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About the Data Transfer Assistant, On Windows Vista and Windows 7, only Outlook 2007 is supported.

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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 Pixi Plus phone. 3 Enter your username and password for the Google or Exchange account. 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 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 what data the DTA transfers to your phone: Table 1. DTA: application data transferred Desktop application Windows XP, Vista®, or 7 Outlook 2003 or 2007 Palm Desktop v6.2 Mac OS 10.5 Address Book iCal Contacts Calendar √ √ √ √ √ √ Tasks √ √ Memos/ Notes √ √ 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. • On Windows Vista and Windows 7, 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. • Do you use Palm Desktop on the Mac? Don't worry, 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. Chapter 3 : Transferring data 45

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Chapter 3
:
Transferring data
45
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 Pixi Plus phone.
3
Enter your username and password for the Google or Exchange
account.
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
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 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.
•
On Windows Vista and Windows 7, 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.
•
Do you use Palm Desktop on the Mac? Don’t worry, 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
Desktop
application
Contacts
Calendar
Tasks
Memos/
Notes
Windows
XP,
Vista
®
, or
7
Outlook 2003
or 2007
√
√
√
√
Palm Desktop
v6.2
√
√
√
√
Mac OS
10.5
Address Book
√
iCal
√