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Chapter 3 : Data transfer 47
How do I get data off my computer?
Do you want to sync your personal information between your Pre Plus
phone and Google or Exchange, but first need to get the data out of a
desktop app that you want to stop using? You can do a one-time, one-way
export of data to your phone, and then if you choose to, sync the data to
Google or Exchange.
1 On your computer, set up an account on the Google website (go to
gmail.com) or with Microsoft Exchange (speak to an IT person at your
company).
2 Open Contacts on your Pre Plus phone.
3 Enter your username and password for the Google or Exchange
account. See Use Contacts for the first time.
NOTE You don’t have to go to Calendar to set up your account there—that’s
done automatically using the username and password you enter in Contacts.
4 To transfer data from a desktop app that you want to stop using, go to
palm.com/migrate-pre for more information about the Data Transfer
Assistant (DTA)—it’s a free download from Palm.
About the Data Transfer Assistant
The DTA enables you to do a one-time, one-way export of data from
selected desktop apps to your Pre Plus phone through the USB cable
included with your phone. After the data is on your phone, you can select
the account you want to import the data to.
IMPORTANT The DTA is not synchronization software. It is meant to be used
once per desktop app, to export your info from the desktop app to an account on
your phone.
These are the desktop apps that the DTA works with, and what data the
DTA transfers to your phone:
Note the following:
• Depending on the amount of data you are transferring, it can take up to an
hour to transfer data with the DTA.
• You cannot use the DTA to transfer data from a copy of Outlook that is
associated with Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, which wirelessly syncs
data between your phone and an Exchange server. See Set up email:
Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync (EAS).
• On Windows Vista and Windows 7, only Outlook 2007 is supported.
Table 1. DTA: application data transferred
Desktop
application
Contacts Calendar Tasks Memos/
Notes
Windows
XP or
Vista
®
32bit or
64bit
Outlook 2003
or later
Ye s Yes Yes Ye s
Palm Desktop
v6.2.2
Ye s Yes Yes Ye s
Mac OS
10.5
Address Book Yes
iCal Yes Yes