I don't believe it will be available until the Pre launches on 6/6.
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On Sun, 31 May 2009 16:30:40 -0000 "silverdragon53222" <[email protected]> wrote:
>(Yet another Yahoo Email delay. So, I'm sending this via the web interface,
>too.)
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>I'm looking all over the Palm Support site, and I see no download for
>"Data Transfer Assistant." Got a direct URL for that?
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>Michael
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>--- In [email protected], Craig Froehle <craig.froe...@...> wrote:
>>
>> Just verified that you can turn daily backup OFF entirely (page 178 of
>> the user manual).
>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/15851822/SG-Pre-UserGuide
>>
>> And more (page 20):
>>
>> "Palm offers the Data Transfer Assistant to do this one-time data
>> transfer. Use of the Data
>> Transfer Assistant is a three-step process:
>> 1. Download the Data Transfer Assistant from palm.com/support to your
>> computer.
>> 2. Connect your phone and your computer using the USB cable, and open
>> and run the
>> Data Transfer Assistant on your computer.
>> 3. On your phone, select where you want your transferred data to be imported:
>> *** To an online account: You can assign the transferred data to be
>> imported to one of
>> your online accounts, such as Google or Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync.
>> *** To your phone: Transferred data that is imported to your phone
>> is backed up to your
>> Palm profile, so you have a copy of it. But you can change this data
>> in one place
>> only: your phone. The data is not accessible from any online account."
>>
>> So, if you choose not to use an online service and sync your data to
>> your phone only, and then disable daily backup, the only copy of your
>> data will exist on the phone itself.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 9:16 AM, Don Ferguson <d...@...> 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.
>> >
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