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Posted by mark.wolven on April 30, 2008, 11:15 am
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> > Greetings,
>
> > I have an older (or maybe just old) Dell Axim. Mostly due to its age
> > (and design), some of the pins are broken or bent on the bottom of the
> > PDA where the PDA connects to its the sync cable and recharger. Oddly
> > enough, the PDA will recharge, but it's been awhile since I've been
> > able to sync the PDA with a desktop. It will not sync via IR either.
>
> This I find perplexing- in nearly a decade of using Windows CE based PDAs, I
> have never found one that won't sync via IR.
>
> > The Dell Axim sports the Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition version
> > 4.2.1.
>
> > Now, I've purchased a new smartphone - the T-Mobile Wing with Windows
> > Mobile 6 Professional.
>
> > The Dell comes with a program called "Data Backup" which allowed me to
> > create a backup of my contacts and appointments in a ".bdk" file; The
> > new device doesn't have that software. And I'm pretty sure that Dell
> > is out of the PDA business.
>
> The data backup software was a proprietary Dell product only included in the
> PDA's ROM. It won't restore to anything but itself (or another identical
> model of Dell.)
>
> > How can I move my contacts and calendar items from the Dell to the
> > Wing? Are there any suggestions from the smart folks here - keep in
> > mind that because of the sync cable issues, I don't think I can
> > install new software on the Dell.
>
> Well you can install new software on the Dell by copying the PPC installer
> file (the ".cab" file) to a flash memory card using a card reader and
> running it from File Explorer on the device (or using File Manager on the
> device with WiFi to browse the hard drive on your PC and copy the installer
> file, or e-mailing it to your Axim, etc., etc., etc.)
>
> Probably the easiest method would be to download PIM Backup
fromhttp://www.dotfred.net/-there are separate versions for WM2003 (what your
> Dell runs) and WM5/6 (the Wing uses WM6.) Unzip the WM2003 version, copy
> the .cab file to an SD card and get it on the Axim (or use any of the
> alternate methods I mentioned), run it, backup the PIM data to the SD card,
> and transfer it to the Wing via card reader, IR, BT, e-mail, etc., get the
> WM6 version of the app on the Wing and restore the data from the transferred
> backup file.
>
> Good luck!
Excellent - that worked great!
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