Get data from an online account in the cloud
If you are already using Google, Facebook, Yahoo! and/or Exchange to manage your calendar and contacts, then all you need to do to sync data to your smartphone is set up one or more of these accounts on your smartphone. The data syncs automatically. See Manage online accounts for information on how to create an online account on your smartphone.
Table 2. Online account sync table
Set up your HP Pre3 | To sync this data... |
to sync with... |
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Contacts and calendar events | |
Exchange | Contacts, calendar events and tasks |
Yahoo! | Contacts and calendar events |
Contacts and calendar events |
NOTE Changes you make in your Yahoo! or Facebook account on the web show up on your smartphone. There's nothing you have to do. You cannot, however, change Yahoo! or Facebook contacts and calendar events on your smartphone.
Export data from a desktop organiser on your computer
BEFORE YOU BEGIN If you want the data from your desktop organiser to be transferred to an online account, make sure you set up that account on the web and on your smartphone first.
•On your computer, create an account on the Google website (go to gmail.com) or in Exchange (speak to an IT person at your company).
•Set up the same account on your smartphone (see Manage online accounts).
Otherwise, your data must be transferred to your HP webOS Account (see What is an HP webOS Account?).
1On your computer, go to
2Click the link for transferring Contacts/Calendar data from a desktop organiser.
3Read the instructions and follow the links to download the Data Transfer Assistant.
NOTE If you are setting up your smartphone for the first time and downloading a large number of contacts or calendar events from an online account to your smartphone, you may not see all your data on your smartphone right away.
Some online account providers such as Google set limits on the amount of data that a user can import in a given time frame. Also, if you have many years' worth of data or thousands of entries in an online account, you may want to review the data and reduce the number of entries before setting up the account on your smartphone. Filling your smartphone memory with a large number of account entries can affect performance.
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