On your computer, you typically store such personal data in organiser software like Microsoft Outlook, Palm Desktop by ACCESS or the Mac's iCal and Address Book software.

It's also likely that you store some personal data in accounts that you have created on the web. These are called online accounts. Sometimes you'll hear that data stored in online accounts is stored "in the cloud." That's just another way to say that your data is stored on a server that you access through the Internet. For example, if you have a Google/Gmail or a Yahoo! account, you have a contact list stored in the cloud. You may even use the calendars in these accounts to keep track of your schedule, so you may also have calendar events stored in the cloud.

Finally, you may have important phone numbers stored only on an old phone. You no longer use that phone now that you have an HP Pre3, but you want those numbers on your new smartphone.

You want to be able to access all this data on your smartphone. This section explains how you can do that. The actual how-to part of getting your personal data on your smartphone is pretty simple. But before you take that step, we recommend that you spend some time thinking about where you want your personal data to be stored and how you want to access it.

On your smartphone and in the cloud: You can set up a sync relationship between your smartphone and an online account in the cloud. This enables you to create and change data in one place—on your smartphone or in the online account—and have it show up in both places.

On your smartphone and on your computer: You can set up a sync relationship between your smartphone and selected desktop organisers. Different kinds of sync relationships are possible using third-party solutions. This enables you to create and change data in one place—on your smartphone or in the desktop organiser—and have it show up in both places.

On your smartphone only: Store and create contact and calendar data in your HP webOS Account. It's backed up to your HP webOS Account in the cloud. You cannot create, change or look at your HP webOS Account data except on your smartphone.

NOTE Data that you store in your HP webOS Account cannot be accessed anywhere but on your smartphone. HP webOS Account data is backed up daily. No one, not even you, can see that data.

For further information about getting personal data onto your smartphone, see hpwebos.com/migrate-webOS.

What do we recommend? We recommend that you set up a Google account and move your contacts and calendar data to the cloud. That way, you can access, create and change your data both on your smartphone and in your Google online account. The remaining personal data that you create on your smartphone—tasks and memos—are automatically backed up as part of your HP webOS Account.

Use the following table to review your options. Then click the link to learn how to complete the solution you choose for your personal data.

These solutions are not mutually exclusive. Do what works best for you. You could potentially use all these solutions. You could, for example, sync several online accounts, including an Exchange account; sync data with a desktop organiser using a third-party solution; and store and create new data in your HP webOS Account.

Chapter 5 : Copy files and sync your personal data

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