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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[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.