Palm 500V User Guide - Page 77

SYNCHRONISING INFORMATION 5 CHAPTER Synchronisation overview How do I synchronise? This chapter discusses using desktop sync software and other methods to synchronise your smartphone and your computer. When you synchronise, info you enter on your smartphone, your computer, or your corporate server is automatically updated in the other location. There's no need to enter the info twice. This is true whether you sync wirelessly with your company's Exchange server using Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync (see Setting up wireless synchronisation) or with your computer using desktop synchronisation software (see Setting up your computer for synchronisation). There are a number of ways to make synchronisation occur. You may be able to synchronise wirelessly with an Exchange server, or you can install desktop sync software on your computer to synchronise in one of several ways. You can also maximise your sync options and sync with both an Exchange server and desktop sync software. Synchronising wirelessly with the server You can set up your smartphone to synchronise email and other information wirelessly with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 or Exchange Server 2007 using Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync (see Setting up wireless synchronisation). If you choose this method, synchronisation takes place automatically after setup. You do not need to install the software from the Windows Mobile Getting Started CD. NOTE We recommend that you install the desktop sync software from the CD even if S Y N C H R O N I S A T I O N O V E R V I E W 77