Palm P121VZW, User Manual

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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 Pixi 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 Exchange (speak to an IT person at your company).
2 Open Contacts on your Pixi 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-pixi for more information about the Data Transfer
Assistant (DTA)—it’s a free download from Palm.
About the Data Transfer Assistant (DTA)
The DTA enables you to do a one-time, one-way export of data from
selected desktop apps to your Pixi 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 the data that 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 complete the transfer of your data.
• On Vista, only Outlook 2007 is supported.
• If you have an earlier version of Palm Desktop, you can download version
6.2 for free from
palm.com/desktop . Install it, sync with your old Palm
device, and then use the DTA to transfer your data.
• If you use Palm Desktop on the Mac, you can export your contacts,
calendar events, and tasks into Address Book and iCal. Then use the DTA
to transfer your data. For more information, go to
palm.com/migrate-pixi .
• To transfer Calendar and Contacts to Yahoo!, you must use the upload
tool provided by Yahoo!. For more information, go to
palm.com/
migrate-pixi .
Table 1. DTA: application data transferred
Operating
system Desktop
application Contacts Calendar Tasks Memos/
notes
Windows
XP or
Vista
®
Outlook 2003
or 2007
√ √ √ √
Palm Desktop
v6.2
√ √ √ √
Mac OS
10.5 Address Book
√
iCal
√