Client Applications
PIM Synchronization
The PIM Synchronization service is used to match information between a Bluetooth client and a Bluetooth server. A perfect example would be a Personal Information Manager (PIM) database.
BTW supports synchronization with devices that support IrMC v1.1 and exchange the v2.1 vCard format.
If Information Synchronization is used for the first time with a new application, it may take a few minutes to synchronize the database. This is how it works – it merges data from both devices, deletes duplicate entries, and then copies the updated database to both devices.
Following the first attempt, subsequent uses of Information Synchronization for the same application will be much faster – only the changes that have been made since the devices were last synchronized will be exchanged.
Microsoft Outlook is the only Personal Information Manager that this release of BTW supports. Outlook permits duplicate entries, so all duplicates may not be exchanged in the synchronization process. The only thing synchronized would be Outlook’s default contacts folder. Items in the subfolders will not be synchronized. This means that if you have moved items from the default folder to a subfolder, they will seem to be deleted after the next synchronization.
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