I'm looking all over the Palm Support site, and I see no download for "Data Transfer Assistant." Got a direct URL for that?
--- Michael Craig Froehle 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 <[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 >> >> >> >> >> > > > >
