Great, but I think Alli had the point when she suggested the nightmare of restoring 8GB over the air. Server to PC, how long does it take you to download even 4 GB in real world conditions?
And does "all your settings" = "all your data"? Gmail wrote: > how about this from the article; "but the phone does come with an > automatic wireless backup feature, good for restoring all your setting > in case something bad happens to the handset." > > On 1/12/09, Craig Froehle <[email protected]> wrote: >> Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm not the least bit happy about losing what >> I consider a very valuable bit of functionality. >> >> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 11:08 PM, Alli <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I understand that. But have you ever been fortunate enough to have >>> everything crap out on you when you're home in front of your computer? >>> Noooo...it only happens when you're in the cab on the way to the >>> airport. Or in a strange airport during a layover. That was the beauty >>> of restoring from your sd card. >>> >>> Craig Froehle wrote: >>>> 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.
