Palm said the Pre won't come with desktop software. The USB port allows it to be accessed just like a flash drive, so conceivably, you should be able to plug it in, drag a copy of its contents to a PC, and then disconnect. Restoring would be the reverse of that.
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 10:11 PM, Alli <[email protected]> wrote: > Right now the only sticking point with me is that removable storage. I > don't want to have problems and have to restore 8GB OTA. Or worse yet, > not be able to restore anything except my pim data! > > Craig Froehle wrote: >> Someone who generally has good info said he heard the Pre would have a >> microSD slot, but my guess is that he actually heard/read that it >> would have a "microUSB" connector instead. >> >> The Pre looks awesome...I will absolutely be getting one...but I'm >> disappointed on three points so far: >> - lack of a built-in Palm OS compatibility/translation layer >> - lack of external storage >> - lack of video recording (which I use a lot). >> >> Of those 3, I expect the last one to be resolved before launch >> (although neither iPhone nor the G1 had it at launch...wtf is this >> one-step-backward thing?) and a solution to the first one to be >> offered by someone shortly after launch. The second one, however, >> greatly disappoints me, as I'm constantly swapping out my Treo's SD >> card for various uses (e.g., demoing a camera in a store, a quick file >> transfer among camera/laptop/phone/PC, external backup of my phone's >> system every night, etc., etc.). Losing that will hurt, but then it's >> becoming clear that only my laptop and my camera will have full-sized >> SD slots in the future, so the flash format consistency across all my >> devices I've enjoyed the past couple of years is going to hell in a >> handbasket anyway. >> > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
