HTC DIAM400 user manual About Synchronization, Ways to synchronize

54  Synchronizing Information With Your Computer

5.1  About Synchronization

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

•Microsoft® Office Outlook® information, which include Office Outlook e-mail, contacts, calendar, tasks, and notes

•Notes, which are created using Microsoft® Office OneNote® 2007

•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 need to install and set up first the synchronization software on your computer. For more information, see “Setting Up Windows Mobile Device Center on Windows Vista®” and “Setting Up ActiveSync® on Windows XP®” in this chapter.

Note ActiveSync or Windows Mobile Device Center only synchronizes data on your computer and device. If you have installed a storage card and you want to back up files from the storage card, use Windows Explorer on your computer to copy files from the storage card to your computer.

Ways to synchronize

After you have installed the synchronization software on your computer, connect and synchronize your device with your computer by:

•Using the supplied USB sync cable.  

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

•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 Chapter 9. For information about synchronizing through Bluetooth, see “Synchronizing via Bluetooth” later in this chapter.

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

Notes • You can also synchronize Outlook e-mail, contacts, calendar, and tasks on your device with the Exchange Server at your work. For more information about setting up your device to synchronize with the Exchange Server, see Chapter 7.

•If you are sending your device for repair or performing a hard reset, data from your device will be lost. It is recommended that you sync your device to your computer to back up your files. To back up files from the storage card to your computer, use Windows Explorer to copy files from the storage card to the computer.