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 smartphone.

These are the desktop apps that the DTA works with, and the data that the DTA transfers to your smartphone:

Table 2. DTA: application data transferred

Operating

Desktop

Contacts

Calendar

Tasks/To

Memos/

System

application

 

 

dos

Notes

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows

Outlook 2003,

√

√

√

√

XP or

2007, or 2010

 

 

 

 

Vista®, or

Palm Desktop

√

√

√

√

Windows

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

Mac OS

Address Book

√

 

 

 

10.5

iCal

 

√

√

 

 

 

 

Note the following:

•If you use a desktop organizer that is not listed in the table, go to palm.com/migrate-webOSand click the link for transferring Contacts/Calendar data from “somewhere else”.

•Depending on the amount of data you are transferring, it can take up to an hour to complete the transfer of your data.

•Do not use the DTA to transfer data from a copy of Outlook that is associated with Exchange ActiveSync, which wirelessly syncs data between your smartphone and an Exchange server (see Manage online accounts).

•The DTA is compatible with Palm Desktop versions 4.14e, 4.2, 6.2, and 6.22. If your version of Palm Desktop is not one of these, 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.

•If you use Palm Desktop on the Mac, you can export your contacts, calendar events, and To do items into Address Book and iCal. Then use the DTA to transfer your data. For more information, go to palm.com/migrate-webOS.

NOTE You cannot use the DTA to transfer Calendar and Contacts to a Yahoo! account. Instead, you must use the upload tool provided by Yahoo!. Data is transferred from your computer to Yahoo.com, and then from Yahoo.com to the smartphone. Data is not transferred from the smartphone to Yahoo!. For more information, go to palm.com/migrate-webOS.

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 3. Online account sync table

Set up your Veer to sync with...

To sync this data...

 

 

Google

Contacts and calendar events

Exchange

Contacts, calendar events, and tasks

Yahoo!

Contacts and calendar events

Facebook

Contacts and calendar events

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