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Originally Posted by blazorboy
Hey Steve,
We are in the same boat (although I paddle mine with a Treo rather than my beloved I500 these days). I use the calendar and phonebook on four computers and keep them synced by hard syncs via the Treo. Changes may be entered on any one of them or from the phone. I use the phonebook to place calls from my computer (w/o dialing) and, of course, from the phone.
While I too do not follow all the new lingo, it does not look like there is (yet) an easy solution for our usage. Give it a year or so and things might work out. ss has some work-arounds but they do not seem to really do the trick. By the time you will feel comfortable switching, maybe you will no longer be able to see the keys!! 
Take good care,
B B |
Dare I say that you're a good candidate for the Pre's "cloud" methodology, along with Google? Because in this day and age, I just cannot fathom having to do FOUR syncs!
For phonebook, after you get the Pre, just make sure your 4 Desktops are sync'ed (obviously), then perform the Desktop-to-Pre one-way sync. You might consider sync'ing them all to Google instead of the Palm Profile, since you're probably dependent on having the data on 4 computers (for me personally, I want all my phone stuff on my phone and that's it, I don't want it on my computers).
Of course, you'll always need an internet connection, but I'd be surprised if Google didn't already have some kind of offline option. This way you can always have your phonebook "on" ANY computer anywhere. You know, the "cloud".
As far as Datebook, that's the issue that I've addressed before using RFBackup. You could then copy the .PDB file backed up by RFBackup onto an SD card via your computer, then put the SD card into one of your old Palm devices, copy the .PDF file onto your Palm device, then Hotsync back to your desktops. Of course, this goes against the "cloud" methodology and we're back at Square One where no one has develped a suitable/fast cloud-based calendar app, so we cling to the old Palm OS's diehard PIM apps.
However, phonebook is something I've found easy to uncling to. I'm more than happy to let the Pre manage it in the cloud.