iphone sync with palm desktop

cheeki · 11-25-2007, 02:13 PM

PLEASE HELP
I'm getting ready (finally) to buy my iphone but, before I do.......
I use my palm and palmdesktop software for my agenda / calendar and my contacts. Is there a way to sync this info to my iphone and stop using the palm. I do not use outlook.

If this can't be done.... I don't know if I will buy the iphone.....

I'm trying to eliminate gadgets in my purse....
phone / ipod / palm

macgirl · 11-25-2007, 02:42 PM

there have been lots of posts about this process here - doing on the words "palm desktop" here turned up over 30 threads. your answer is probably already here somewhere...

Khris · 11-25-2007, 04:07 PM

Originally Posted by cheeki

PLEASE HELP
I'm getting ready (finally) to buy my iphone but, before I do.......
I use my palm and palmdesktop software for my agenda / calendar and my contacts. Is there a way to sync this info to my iphone and stop using the palm. I do not use outlook.

If this can't be done.... I don't know if I will buy the iphone.....

I'm trying to eliminate gadgets in my purse....
phone / ipod / palm

You will NOT be able to directly sync the iPhone with the Palm Desktop. You will need to use Outlook if you want to be able to sync Addresses and Appointments with the iPhone.

In response to macgirl, clicking on "this search" revealed nothing but "Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms."

macgirl · 11-25-2007, 05:08 PM

Originally Posted by Khris

In response to macgirl, clicking on "this search" revealed nothing but "Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms."

i guess a search is only good for so long - thanks for flagging that for me!

Hawk · 11-26-2007, 08:14 AM

It's been a long time since I had a palm, but I believe you can export your calander and Address book and then import it to Outlook (of course you need to have outlook installed, and not Outlook Express).
"Should' be a painless procedure, provided you have everything necessary.

Khris · 11-26-2007, 09:10 AM

You can also just sync your Palm with Outlook and then sync your iPhone.

If I remember correctly, you'll need to sync your palm with the Palm Desktop first to ensure all your data is saved, then reinstall it and select that you want to sync with Outlook instead of Palm Desktop. As Hawk said, you do need to have Outlook installed.

cheeki · 11-27-2007, 03:52 PM

Originally Posted by Khris

You can also just sync your Palm with Outlook and then sync your iPhone.

If I remember correctly, you'll need to sync your palm with the Palm Desktop first to ensure all your data is saved, then reinstall it and select that you want to sync with Outlook instead of Palm Desktop. As Hawk said, you do need to have Outlook installed.

thank you for all your help

renegade · 01-31-2009, 09:10 AM

I too am looking at the I-phone and want to continue using the PALM desktop for contacts and calendar rather than outlook. So is this working for you Cheeki?

Hawk · 01-31-2009, 03:06 PM

Originally Posted by renegade

I too am looking at the I-phone and want to continue using the PALM desktop for contacts and calendar rather than outlook. So is this working for you Cheeki?

The original poster was not asking to use the palm software with his iPhone, just how to Transfer his data to the iPhone.
The iPhone only syncs through iTunes, which can sync to either outlook or the mac address book.
If you sync through the palm software to palm desktop, you have to sync, uninstall the palm software, reinstall and setup to sync to outlook instead. Then you can sync the iPhone to that address book in outlook.

gjantz1 · 01-31-2009, 04:40 PM

I used PocketCopy it worked very good $199.95 to copy palm to Outlook