My iTouch is here!

[dreamshark]

Plugged it in and transferred a few of my favorite music folders from iTunes.
That's not really important at the moment - I bought this device primarily as a PDA. So now I have to figure out how to transfer 12 years worth of Palm Address Book to the iTouch.

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[jolest.livejournal.com]

I'd appreciate any tips youd care to share. Like you, I've had a LONG association with my various Palm PDAs and I'm contemplating "the next step" in my PDA-user evolution.

From some recent research, I've decided that even though I really like my 2nd generation 16GB Zune (and will probably continue to use it for a long time for various musical, audio-book, and podcast audio content), I don't think the Zune HD will be my next general PDA. A fairly long conversation with a "Microsoft rep." at a recent "Zune HD demo" has convinced me that the Zune development team has a severe(!!) case of convergence myopia. While it is a cool device, they're SO focused on the music industry that they've lost any glimpse of what the public wants in a general-purpose handheld device.

So, I'm now eying the various Palm Pre, iPhone/iPod-touch, and Android units trying to decide which way to jump.

[fuzzygabby.livejournal.com]

And I've just gone from Palm to an "iTouch" (actually an iPhone with no phone service - I don't like cell phones). My Palm stopped holding a charge and if it's possible to get the battery replaced by the company, they're hiding the info. I got so annoyed by the situation that I started contemplating alternatives, when a friend upgraded to the newest iPhone sold me his old one cheap.

I haven't been able to figure out a way to transfer the addresses on mass and have been adding them one at a time. If you figure out how to do it, please let me know!

Assuming you're on a Windows PC

[dreamshark.livejournal.com]

From Palm Desktop, export the contacts to csv format and then import it to Outlook. To get this to work you have to strip out all but the most basic fields.

Alternatively, export to vcard format and import into the Windows Address Book (which you probably didn't even know was there). Again, you lose all your custom fields and categories.

In iTunes, click on your iPhone, then go to the Info tab. Change the dropdown box for "sync contacts with.." to either Outlook or Windows Address Book. Then scroll to the very bottom of the screen and hit the Apply button.