56 Synchronizing Information with Your Computer
3.1 About Synchronization
You can take information from your computer wherever you go by
synchronizing them to your phone. The following types of information can
be synchronized:
• Microsoft® Outlook® information, which include Outlook e-mail,
contacts, calendar, tasks, and notes
• Media, such as pictures, music and video
• Favorites, which are the bookmarked links to your favorite Web sites
• Files, such as documents and other files
Before you can synchronize, you need to install first the synchronization
software to your computer. For information on installing and using the
synchronization software on your computer, see “Setting Up Windows
Mobile® Device Center on Windows Vista” and “Setting Up ActiveSync® on
Windows XP” in this chapter.
Ways to synchronize
After you have installed the synchronization software to your computer,
synchronize your phone with your computer by using one of the following:
• Connect and synchronize using the supplied USB sync cable.
Upon connecting the sync cable to your phone and your computer,
the synchronization process starts automatically.
• Connect and synchronize using Bluetooth.
You must first set up a Bluetooth partnership between your phone
and your computer before you can synchronize information
between them using Bluetooth. For more information about setting
up a Bluetooth partnership, see Chapter 8. For information about
synchronizing through Bluetooth, see “Synchronizing via Bluetooth”
later in this chapter.
Note You can also synchronize Outlook e-mail, contacts, calendar, and tasks on
your phone with the Exchange Server at your work. For more information
about setting up your phone to synchronize with the Exchange Server, see
Chapter 7.
