The Palm OS has used a technology called as HotSync to synchronize data in your mobile device with the computer. The HotSync technology comes into play when your mobile device is connected to the computer. For this purpose there is a software, Palm Desktop which can be installed on your computer.
First of all, you need to download Palm desktop and install it on your computer. After doing this, you can connect your Palm OS powered mobile phone to the PC by an USB cord.
You can also connect the mobile device to your computer through a bluetooth connection. The Palm Desktop shows you whether your phone is properly connected to the PC. Once a proper connection between the mobile device and the computer is established, you can use the Palm Desktop to perform many tasks on your mobile phone from the computer. Using Palm desktop you can transfer media files or text files from your phone to the computer and vice-versa.
When your phone is connected to the PC, you can send and receive SMS from and to your PC with the help of this software. You can connect to the internet through your computer with your mobile network services. Another task that you can perform using the Palm Desktop is to take a backup of your mobile phone’s data on your PC and store it. By doing this, if at point of time in future, you lose your data, then you can always restore it back.
The Palm Desktop works on all versions of the windows operating system up to Windows Vista for computers. It requires a 250 MB of available space on the hard disk drive of the computer for proper installation. Also, the computer must have an USB port so as to connect the mobile phone to the PC.
The Palm Desktop is the best solution for you to maintain synchronization between your Palm OS smartphone and your computer.
