[olug] Syncing address

[Benjamin Watson]

I guess I'm a little confused here.

You said you have: "HTC Touch Pro, It has windows mobile".

Could you elaborate on this a little more?  Google'ing for HTC Touch
Pro seems to indicate an Android-based smart phone, but this conflicts
with your statement: "It has windows mobile".

So the real crux of the problem is: what OS is your device running
currently?  Android or Windows Mobile?

You also said you "converted to a PDA"?  Again, did you load custom
ROMs onto this thing?  Is this phone being used as a phone (e.g. under
contract with a major cell phone service provider) or only as a PDA?


Going on the assumption that this phone is:

1. Still a phone with cell service and
2. Is running Android

Typically when you "activate" these Android phones for the first time,
there is a requirement to have a GMail address.  During the activation
process, you enter your GMail address into the phone thereby pairing
the phone to your GMail account.  After activation, the phone will
sync automatically with your GMail account, pulling in e-mail.  You
can then manage contacts via Google Voice (via a web browser signing
into your GMail account).  Again, your phone's contact list will
automatically pull down and sync to your Google Voice contact over the
air or over WiFi.

As you add more accounts to the phone (e.g. "Corporate" Exchange,
Facebook, etc.), you typically have the option to import/sync those
contacts into your phone's contact list as well.

I'd highly recommend utilizing the Google Voice contacts as it allows
you to merge duplicate contacts into a single source.  For example,
you may have manually entered some contact information for your friend
Bob on the phone.  This automagically shows up in Google Voice.  Next,
you import some Facebook contacts (Bob is your FB friend too).  Now
you'd have duplicate contact info for Bob.  With Google voice, you can
select both entries and merge/combine the information into a single
contact.  I imagine there are methods to import externally managed
contacts (e.g. Outlook, Thunderbird, etc.) into Google Services like
GMail and Voice.

Ben

On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Kevin <sharpestmarble at gmail.com> wrote:
> Wireless and Bluetooth don't work with Android?! Thy seem to be working just
> fine to me. Perhaps you could elaborate more on your setup?
> On Jun 17, 2011 11:31 AM, "Kelly Williams" <kellywilliams81 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> I have heard that wireless and bluetooth doesn't work with droid..
>>
>> On 6/17/2011 8:48 AM, Jason N wrote:
>>> There is no might, there is an android rom for it.. but I never ran it,
> so I have no idea how good it is.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---- Aric Aasgaard<aric at omahax.com> wrote:
>>> I have a touch pro. Exchange server works great. ......<troll
> snicker>...... There might be an android rom for it.
>>>
>>> Sam Tetherow<tetherow at shwisp.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> When I got my android phone there was an app for Windows that would let
>>>> you sync with google apps.
>>>>
>>>> Don't remember what it was but I found it pretty quick googleing for it.
>>>>
>>>> On 06/16/2011 11:42 PM, Jason N wrote:
>>>>> what parts are you trying to sync? and with what programs?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---- Kelly Williams<kellywilliams81 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> I was given a HTC Touch Pro, It has windows mobile. I have been
> googling all
>>>>> day about what is the best way to sync this phone that I converted in
> to a
>>>>> PDA. What is the best way to sync it with having to go buy office 2007
> with
>>>>> outlook. I wondering if there is something that is cross platform..
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Kelly
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