emtannie Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 OK, I know this isn't EMS related... I need technology help, so please, if you are going to post, provide help, not just "google it" or "go to crackberry.com." I have been those routes already. I have a Palm Treo 755p, and just purchased a Blackberry curve 8530. As this phone holds all my scheduling and contacts for my employment with 3 ambulance services, a college, a hospital, and my personal company, as well as personal contacts, I really do not want to re-key all my contacts and my calendar. When I installed the Blackberry Desktop, there is a section on migrating stuff from Palm, but it doesn't allow me to select Palm or get into the actual setup to do this - the options are greyed out. I googled it, and went to Crackberry, and found several posts that said I could export my data to Outlook, then from Outlook to BB. I tried that... when I import my data from Palm to Outlook, it imports the names in my address book, but nothing else. I tried it as a comma deliniated file, and as an Excel data file - neither worked. I am trying to refrain from throwing my BB as far as I possibly can.... Can someone provide step-by-step instructions on how to get my data from my Palm to my BB? I would really appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tniuqs Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Funny thing I just HotSync (ed) my Treo and found for some reason the Calender, Memos and Tasks did NOT go to the regular desktop Palm folders but to (OUTLOOK) which I do not use routinely .... ARGH .... makes me wonder why I stopped using a day planner, oh yea someone laughed at me calling it a man purse ... I am sensitive that way. So when you figure out how to change the default value to the original software Palm Hotsync. I am all ears because I wasted good part of an afternoon reading 'HELP' files ... and that is an oxymoron beyond belief. Annie just wondering have you tried EXPORT from Outlook to Crack berry files ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedygodzilla Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 You have probably already tired this but you may take both phones to your wireless provider. I know when I got my new Palm they moved all my contacts to it. However since the calendar is a different software it may not be able to be sync to the BB. I don't really know. My advice to you would be to start using google calendars and saving your contacts on there as well. It is a lot easier to edit your calendar in google and I beleive it can easily be sync to your BB. I have a Palm Pre and use google to sync making life much easier. Let me know if you need help with that. You can make a calendar for each job, etc. I have around 10 calendars. Sorry not the best answer but it is all I got. I really doubt anyone here is gonna know more than crackberry.com lol, as I go to precentral.net for my Palm related questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emtannie Posted March 21, 2010 Author Share Posted March 21, 2010 Annie just wondering have you tried EXPORT from Outlook to Crack berry files ? Turnip, I would do that, if I could get my Palm stuff to export properly to Outlook... I can't even get it moved to Outlook so I can go from Outlook to BB. Speedy, problem with using Google calendars is I am never at home - I depend on my phone to keep track of everything, which is why I need the software on my phone to be able to handle it all. And if I load everything onto Google, and it still doesn't sync to BB, I am still f***ed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emtannie Posted March 21, 2010 Author Share Posted March 21, 2010 Never mind, I FINALLY figured it out! I did get my Palm stuff to export to Outlook, and then was able to sync to BB... 342 Contacts successfully transferred! I was having visions of me retiring before getting all my contacts across.... Thanks tniuqs and speedy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMT City Administrator Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Google calendar will sync with your blackberry almost instantly. I use it all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedygodzilla Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Glad to hear you figured it out! Google is great for me, as I can access it from any computer (with internet), my phone, and if I ever change smart phones I can easily sync it. What happens if you drop your phone into a body of water, or something else ruins it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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