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Downloading contacts from Palm to iphone




By jph92532 on Jul 27, 2007

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I want to download my contacts from my Palm Pilot to my Iphone
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Mar 13, 2009

-   I have a palm centro w/ a lifetime of info contacts, calendar, task etc... I want an iphone... how do I transfer all my info from centro to iphone??-   karreras1

Mar 10, 2009

-   I previously had a Palm Centro - using Palm Desktop
now I have an Iphone and have recently purchased MobileMe..
how do I transfer calendar and contacts?-   Guest

Mar 10, 2009

-   I recently purchased and Iphone- previous phone was a Palm Centro,
please instruct me how to transfer contacts and calendar to IPhone-
I also purchased Mobile me-   Guest

Mar 10, 2009

-   I don't have Microsoft Outlook on my computer and all my contacts are stored on Palm Desktop,,, help me to solve this problem.-   Guest

Feb 23, 2009

-   How to sync Palm calendar to iPhone without Outlook?-   rjin

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posted on Mar 27, 2008
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Guest

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My wife and I just bought an iPhone and wanted to transfer our contacts from our Samsung i500 Palm phone. All the instructions I found online suggested going through Outlook, but that didn't work for me for a variety of reasons. I found this other method that worked really well.
  1. Bring up Palm Desktop. Make sure your Palm phone is sync'ed up. Show the Address page, select all contacts (Ctrl-A), and export them with File, Export vCard... This puts all contact information into a single file as a sequence of vCards.
  2. Bring up Windows Address Book. You can find this in Start, All Program, Accessories, Address Book.
  3. Using Windows Explorer, drag the vCard file you created in step 1 to the Windows Address Book window. I had never used Windows Address Book, so it was empty. If yours isn't empty, you'll have to decide whether you want to merge your contacts.
  4. When you drop the file, you'll get a window asking you to confirm the first contact. Press OK. Another window will come up for the second contact. Press OK until all windows are gone. It's easiest to hold down the Enter key.
  5. Bring up iTunes with your iPhone plugged in. Go to your iPhone page, to the Info tab, and configure it to sync from Windows Address Book. Click Apply in the lower-right corner of the window.
  6. Sync your iPhone. Verify that your contacts transferred over.
  7. Tell iTunes to stop sync'ing with Windows Address Book, since you probably only wanted a one-way sync. Your contacts will be backed up anyway by iTunes, so the Address Book sync feature doesn't buy you much.

Solution #2

posted on Jul 27, 2007
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Guest

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Sync your palm to outlook, then sync your outlook to your iPhone. It'll grab the outlook contacts and calendar.

I've done this for a couple of iPhones now.

Solution #3

posted on Oct 05, 2009
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c461

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Just save the contacts as described above "Bring up Palm Desktop. Make sure your Palm phone is sync'ed up. Show the Address page, select all contacts (Ctrl-A), and export them with File, Export vCard... This puts all contact information into a single file as a sequence of vCards."
Then send the file you saved as an e-mail attachment - using any mail (i.e. gmail, yahoo, outlook, etc) - to your i-phone e-mail. Open this email on the i-phone and push the attachement - it then asked you if you want to add these, click (push?) yes, and select eithr merge or new and voila you got them.

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Solution #4

posted on Aug 29, 2009
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dnkcampbell1

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I have a palm centro that I had to do this for. Open your palm desktop application, goto addresses, goto edit and select all (which should highlight all contacts in your address book) then goto edit and forward as vCard which will prompt your email screen to open (need outlook acct first) then using the outlook email send to your email address which you'll receive on your iphone. From there open your email file which shoul prompt you from there to save all contacts to your phone.
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Solution #5

posted on Aug 25, 2009
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dbj1954

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Get Companionlink. You'll need to open a gmail account (it's free). Then you'll synch your palm contacts and calendar to gmail, and from there to your iPhone.
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Solution #6

posted on Jan 31, 2009
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catsmeownish

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You can use iSync if you have a Mac to transfer Palm contacts and calendar to your new iPhone or iPod Touch.
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19 Other Users Have The Same Problem - Continued

Comment by kweaver350, posted on Feb 02, 2009

need to transfer hubby's contacts from palm treo 680 to his new iphone. Any suggestions?? :)

Comment by Guest, posted on Jan 27, 2009

I need to know how to download my contacts from my treo 650 to my iphone

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Solve the downloading from Palm to iPhone. Caryncc@mac.com

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I have a palm Tugsten e and am going to buy the I phone. How can I synch my contacts from the tugsten e to the i phone

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My Boss just purchased the IPHONE, how can I SYNC his Palm Desktop Contacts and Calendar to the new IPHONE. Help?

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How do I transfer my memos from palm to iphone

Comment by SCRAPPYDAWGS, posted on Dec 07, 2008

i need help with Vista

Comment by fthomas12, posted on Dec 05, 2008

I just bought an iPhone and can't figure out how to download my contacts and calander from my palm.

Comment by kennym57, posted on Sep 06, 2008

I want to tranfer my contacts and calendar from my Palm pilot to my new iphone 3G.
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Comment by ruzicka, posted on Aug 24, 2008

I just do not know how to transfer my palm info to my i phone.

Comment by ewelling, posted on Aug 19, 2008

How do I download my contacts from my Palm pilot to my iphone. Is there a program to do this?

Comment by holly3484, posted on Aug 19, 2008

I want to download my contacts from Palm Treo to my Address Book on G4 Mac Powerbook.

Easy way to do that?

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Comment by raddison, posted on Jul 12, 2008

I have a Palm Treo 650, containing all my contacts, calendar, and memos. I also have my email addresses in my Mail on my iMac G4, using OS 10.3.9, and Palm Desktop 4.2.1. What is the most reliable way for me to get ready to move all of the above into a new iPhone?
Thanks,

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