User guide

Chapter 5 : Copy files and sync your personal data 51
On your computer, you typically store such personal data in organiser
software like Microsoft Outlook, Palm Desktop by ACCESS or the Mac's
iCal and Address Book software.
It's also likely that you store some personal data in accounts that you have
created on the web. These are called online accounts. Sometimes you'll
hear that data stored in online accounts is stored "in the cloud." That's
just another way to say that your data is stored on a server that you
access through the Internet. For example, if you have a Google/Gmail or
a Yahoo! account, you have a contact list stored in the cloud. You may
even use the calendars in these accounts to keep track of your schedule,
so you may also have calendar events stored in the cloud.
Finally, you may have important phone numbers stored only on an old
phone. You no longer use that phone now that you have an HP Pre
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you want those numbers on your new smartphone.
You want to be able to access all this data on your smartphone. This
section explains how you can do that. The actual how-to part of getting
your personal data on your smartphone is pretty simple. But before you
take that step, we recommend that you spend some time thinking about
where you want your personal data to be stored and how you want to
access it.
On your smartphone and in the cloud: You can set up a sync relationship
between your smartphone and an online account in the cloud. This
enables you to create and change data in one place—on your
smartphone or in the online account—and have it show up in both
places.
On your smartphone and on your computer: You can set up a sync
relationship between your smartphone and selected desktop organisers.
Different kinds of sync relationships are possible using third-party
solutions. This enables you to create and change data in one place—on
your smartphone or in the desktop organiser—and have it show up in
both places.
On your smartphone only: Store and create contact and calendar data in
your HP webOS Account. It's backed up to your HP webOS Account in
the cloud. You cannot create, change or look at your HP webOS Account
data except on your smartphone.
NOTE Data that you store in your HP webOS Account cannot be accessed
anywhere but on your smartphone. HP webOS Account data is backed up
daily. No one, not even you, can see that data.
For further information about getting personal data onto your
smartphone, see hpwebos.com/migrate-webOS.
What do we recommend? We recommend that you set up a Google
account and move your contacts and calendar data to the cloud. That
way, you can access, create and change your data both on your
smartphone and in your Google online account. The remaining personal
data that you create on your smartphone—tasks and memos—are
automatically backed up as part of your HP webOS Account.
Use the following table to review your options. Then click the link to learn
how to complete the solution you choose for your personal data.
These solutions are not mutually exclusive. Do what works best for you.
You could potentially use all these solutions. You could, for example, sync
several online accounts, including an Exchange account; sync data with a
desktop organiser using a third-party solution; and store and create new
data in your HP webOS Account.