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Device Basics
Connecting Your Device to a Computer
Whenever you connect your device to the computer with the USB cable, the Connect to PC screen displays
and prompts you to choose the type of USB connection:

ActiveSync

Select this mode when you need to do the following:
Synchronize Outlook email messages, contacts, calendar appointments, files, and other data between
your device and your computer.
Have read and write access to the whole device.
See “Synchronizing Information With Your Computer” on page75 for details.

Disk Drive

This mode is available for selection only when you installed a microSD card on your device. Select this
mode when you want to use your storage card as a USB thumb drive, and copy files between your device’s
storage card and your computer faster.
See “Using Your Device as a USB Drive” on page99 for details.

Internet Sharing

When you do not have Internet access on your computer, you can select this mode to use your device to
provide Internet access to your computer.
For more information about using Internet Sharing, see “Internet Sharing” on page 173.