Operation Manual

Chapter 5 : Copy files and sync your personal data 63
NOTE Changes you make in your Yahoo! or Facebook account on the web show
up on your smartphone. There's nothing you have to do. You cannot, however,
change Yahoo! or Facebook contacts and calendar events on your smartphone.
Sync your desktop organizer and your
smartphone
If you want to continue using a desktop organizer to store your contacts,
calendar events, and tasks—iCal and Address Book on the Mac, or desktop
Outlook
®
or Palm Desktop by ACCESS on Windows—you have two
choices:
• Sync directly with your desktop organizer, avoiding the web completely.
• Sync your desktop organizer with Google on the web, and then sync
Google with your smartphone.
Both choices require you to use a third-party solution (sold separately). Go
to palm.com/sync-solutions to learn more about these third-party solutions.
Sync directly with your desktop organizer
If you prefer to sync your Veer directly to your computer without going
through the web, using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth technology, or your smartphone’s
USB cable, you can download a third-party application (sold separately) that
enables synchronization of your smartphone directly to your desktop.
1 Go to palm.com/sync-solutions to learn about third-party applications
that enable you to sync your smartphone with your computer.
2 Follow the instructions given by the third-party vendor to install the
app on your computer.
NOTE You may also have to install another part of the application on your
smartphone. Follow the instructions of the third-party vendor.
Sync your desktop organizer to Google, and Google to your
smartphone
Download and install a third-party application (sold separately) that can
sync your desktop app to Google. Your desktop app syncs with your Google
account, and your smartphone also syncs with Google.
1 On your computer, set up an account on the Google website if you
don't already have one (go to gmail.com).