Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 User Guide for Android 2.1 - Page 59

Synchronizing Synchronizing information between your phone and a computer is an easy and practical way to share the same contacts, messages, or calendar events on both devices. You can use the applications in your phone to synchronize different information: • Sony Ericsson Sync - synchronize your phone contacts with your personalized Sony Ericsson website. The contacts are safely stored in one place and you can use them with several phones. • Google Sync™ - synchronize your phone with your Gmail™, Google Calendar™, and Google™ contacts. • RoadSync™ - synchronize your phone with your corporate Microsoft® Exchange email, contacts, and calendar to keep them with you all the time. Sony Ericsson Sync Use Sony Ericsson Sync to synchronize your phone contacts with a personalized Sony Ericsson website at www.sonyericsson.com/user. At this website, you can safely store and edit your contacts in one place. With Sony Ericsson Sync, you can synchronize the contacts with several phones or a new phone. You need to have a Sony Ericsson account to use the website. See To set up a Sony Ericsson account in your phone on page 59. To set up a Sony Ericsson account in your phone 1 From the Home screen, drag upwards. 2 Tap Settings > Accounts & sync. 3 Tap Add account > Sony Ericsson Sync. 4 Follow the registration wizard to create a Sony Ericsson account, or sign in if you already have one. 5 Tap Sync interval and select how often you want the phone to synchronize automatically. 6 Tap Done. 7 Tap your newly created Sony Ericsson Sync account and mark the checkboxes for the items you want to synchronize. To synchronize manually using Sony Ericsson Sync 1 From the Home screen, drag upwards. 2 Tap Settings > Accounts & sync. 3 Tap Sony Ericsson Sync. 4 Press , then tap Sync now. To edit your Sony Ericsson account 1 From the Home screen, drag upwards. 2 Tap Settings > Accounts & sync. 3 Tap Sony Ericsson Sync. 4 Mark or unmark the checkboxes for the items you want to synchronize. 5 If you need to change your account settings, tap Account settings, edit the desired information and tap Done. To set a synchronization interval 1 From the Home screen, drag upwards. 2 Tap Settings > Accounts & sync. 3 Tap Sony Ericsson Sync. 4 Tap Account settings. 5 Tap Sync interval and select an interval option that suits you. 59 This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.