Re: [NTLK] Synching my Newton with the Palm

From: Heiko Cultus (Heiko.Cultus_at_edag.de)
Date: Fri Sep 07 2001 - 07:19:54 EDT


Have you tried Backtalk? With Backtalk you can beam Names, Notes and Dates
between your Newton and Palm. But it only works with Newton OS2.1
http://www.smartdogsw.com/

Heiko

James Charney wrote:
>
> Has anyone found a routine to successfully transfer Calendar and
> AddressBook data from their Newton into a Palm?
> I use my Newton 2001 daily for all my office scheduling and patient
> info and I am devoted to it, but I recently purchased a Palm--mostly
> because it is so darn small. It is a hobbled device in many ways,
> campared to the Newton, and I find myself using it as a passive repository
> of information that I daily put into my Newton.
> Which is why I want to be able to synch the Palm with my Newtons'
> Calendar and Address Book. I've had some problems, though. Synching
> directly to the Palm Desktop doesn't seem to work--I get error messages.
> But I can export my data in Claris Organizer format, and then Merge it
> into the Palm Desktop on my Mac--which I can then Hotsynch with the Palm
> 500.
> The problem is that I keep getting a doubling of my data when I do the
> Merge. It works fine when I open a New File and Merge my Claris Calendar.
> But when I do another Merge of the Address book into the same file, I get
> a doubling of the Calendar--two copies of every appointment!!
> Has anyone else had this sort of problem?
> Has anyone found a routine to successfully transfer infor into their Palm
> from the Newton? I actually don't want to do a synch--I want the data to
> go one way--Newton wins.
> Any help will be much appreciated!! Jim Charney
>

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