HTC Dash About Synchronization, Ways to Synchronize, Synchronizing Information With Your Computer

5.1About Synchronization

You can take information from your computer wherever you go by synchronizing it to your device. The following types of information can be synchronized between your computer and your device:

Microsoft Outlook® information, which includes Outlook email, contacts, calendar, tasks, and notes

Media, such as pictures, music and video

Favorites, which are the bookmarked links to your favorite Web sites

Files, such as documents and other files

Before you can synchronize, you will first need to install and set up the synchronization software on your computer. For more information, see “Setting Up Windows Mobile Device Center on Windows Vista®” on page 51 and “Setting Up ActiveSync® on Windows XP®” on page 53.

Ways to Synchronize

After you have installed the synchronization software to your computer, connect and synchronize your device with your computer by using one of the following methods:

Connect and synchronize using the supplied USB sync cable.

Upon connecting the sync cable to your device and your computer, the synchronization process starts automatically.

Connect and synchronize using Bluetooth. You must first set up a Bluetooth partnership between your device and your computer before you can synchronize information between them using Bluetooth. For more information about setting up a Bluetooth partnership, see page 95.

Try to synchronize frequently in order to keep information up-to- date in both your device and your computer.

Note:

You can also synchronize Outlook email, contacts, calendar, and tasks on your device with your Exchange Server at work. For more information about setting up your device to synchronize with the Exchange Server, see page 80.

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