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Migrating from a Palm TX to a Google Android

Migrating from a Palm TX to a Google Android

With the purchase of Palm by HP, I am reminded that the Palm Pilot is dead. For years I had been using a Palm Pilot, starting with a Vx, then an M505, and finally a TX. It was all of the applications available for the Palm OS platform that keep me there. So when my cellular phone provider, Verizon Wireless, had a great deal on a Google Android, I decided to go for it.

Palm TX & Google Android - Side by side (vertical view)
Palm TX and Google Android side by side (vertical and horizontal views)
Palm TX & Google Android - Side by side (horizontal view)

The first thing I had to look at was getting the same functionally from the Android as I did from the Palm. I started with the existing applications I used on the Palm. Sure enough, Dataviz, creators of Documents To Go, had a version for the Android. It has almost all of the same functions as the Palm version.

Next was synchronizing Microsoft Outlook with the Android. I was using the conduits in the Palm Desktop to sync with Outlook, so I had to look around to see what I could find. I came across CompanionLink, makers of DejaOffice. It has all of the same functions as the Palm conduits.

And last but not least, since the SD card in the Android appears as a removable disk in Windows 7, it is just a matter of synchronizing between the two. For this, I am using SyncToy 2.1 from Microsoft to work just right for me.

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