I will have to consult the user manual to be sure, Don, but I believe you can disable the daily backup sync. And, I believe you can keep all PIM data local only (no cloud services). I will check & report back.
...... Original Message ....... On Sun, 31 May 2009 07:16:25 -0600 "Don Ferguson" <[email protected]> wrote: >Craig, > > > >You seem to know the most about this. Is it definitively true that the Pre >is going to back up information over the air to Palm's servers whether the >user wants it or not? And/or that, if the user can stop that in full or in >part, the user will have no alternative way to backup/sync anywhere else? >That might well be a showstopper for me, and I can only imagine the >difficulties in the legal, medical, human resources and educational >communities with a device that backs up to an uncertified, unknown quantity >such as a manufacturer's server. I'm sure Palm runs wonderful servers, but >that's not the point. Imagine if Windows required that it all such >information be backed up to Microsoft servers, or MacOS to Apple's. There >would be a revolt! I myself went through hours of cleanup of my address >book before allowing my Treo, then Centro then Blackberry to sync address >book and calendar information with my hosted Exchange service. > > > >Primary data elements of concern here would be calendar, contacts, tasks and >notes - and perhaps SMS/MMS messages. OH, and pictures, voice recordings, >shopping lists, and maybe more I haven't thought of. The quasi-public >nature of email is already a given, but not those others. > > > >Can you further enlighten us? I will be hesitant to activate the thing when >I buy it in 6 DAYS unless I understand this better! > > > >Cheers, > >Don > > > >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >ladycat_32244 >Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 6:21 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [Treo] Palm Pre - Will it have option to mark contacts as "private" > >I would feel much more comfortable having ability to only back up those >private contacts to my own personal computer and not be on anyone's servers. >There is just so much identity theft out there now. Do you think there will >be any third-party applications that will address this problem? Frankly, I >have more problems with the info being on Google servers than with Palm, but >would rather info not be on either one. Then I have a problem because if >something happens to the Pre device and I am unable to retrieve that info, >I'm screwed. > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >------------------------------------ > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
