Comments on: Switching to iPhone: How To Move Your Contacts, Calendar, Email, Bookmarks, and Photos to the iPhone – Wait-a-Thon!

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:28:27 +0000

If you are in PC maybe using this solution for iCloud too.

I’ve put my print screen there

http://www.justin.my/2012/01/how-to-transfer-contacts-from-google-to-iphone/

By: Attila

Attila — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:13:00 +0000

I’ve found an app in the App Store which has copied 300+ contacts from my Nokia E72 to my new iPhone 4S pretty easily. I had to download a Java applet to the E72 which has uploaded the contacts to the “cloud” (no registration or stuff like that; I hate those) and has given me an access code. After that I had to enter the code in the iPhone app and then my contacts appeared on the iPhone in seconds. It isn’t perfect though, because it copies only two phone numbers per contact, so I’ve lost some details during the transfer, but still it has saved me quite some headache. The app is called “ConCopy”.

By: Lhlily16

Lhlily16 — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:36:00 +0000

Under: Syncing Your Email I followed the step, but cannot syncing any email, please if you have any other idea to transfer/export email from Windows Mail/Outlook to iPhone 4, many thanks! Lily

By: Annoyed

Annoyed — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 03:23:00 +0000

Such a dense article… In the midst of seeking technological assistance, th flowery language and crap aren’t necessary… getting to the point is most helpful for someone seeking technological assistance.

By: Simon

Simon — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 09:49:00 +0000

Hello, There is a software called MOBILedit!, which is capable working with phones through computer, including copying contents (such as SMS, contacts and so on) from one phone to another. It supports vast majority of popular mobile phones. it is – in my humble opinion – the best tool to use when migrating from one phone to another.

By: Sunhongshuai

Sunhongshuai — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 13:59:00 +0000

hey, I have an App that was developed to help people import contacts from old phone to iPhone. It bulk import all your contacts within a few button clicks. Please check out here: http://itunes.apple.com/hk/app/vcard-backup/id452726300?mt=8

By: al_lea

al_lea — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 05:42:00 +0000

Please check iNoki at: http://www.nokisoft.com/inoki. It’s an iPhone app which can extract and import data in .NBU file created by Nokia PC Suite. All phonebook, sms, calendar, photo, audio, videos can be imported.

AppStore link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/inoki/id438619967?ls=1&mt=8

By: Han Heidt

Han Heidt — Tue, 31 May 2011 22:56:27 +0000

Great article and straight to the point. I don’t know if this is actually the best place to ask but do you folks have any ideea where to employ some professional writers? Thanks in advance

By: Sjufri

Sjufri — Tue, 24 May 2011 13:04:01 +0000

What I need to know is How to transfer data such as contact, SMS(Short Message), e-mail, calendar and data other than photo and video clip from my apple iPhone 3G to my laptop and/or desktop computer? are there anybody can help me? By the way my computer already used Window 7. Thanks a lot

By: nyc yoga

nyc yoga — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 16:00:43 +0000

Apple iphone is great for it’s thousands of apps. Iphone is more smooth in operation than Android or other capacitive touch cell phones.

By: michael atlas

michael atlas — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 12:58:12 +0000

Is there, yes or no, a way to send Palm Centro content (adress book, memos, calendar) to iphone??

By: Carmen Bracco

Carmen Bracco — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 19:16:59 +0000

"People pay as much as $40,000-$250,000 for very PAINFUL and risky surgical growth procedures." haha I have included a video on my blog about that. Who even does that? They break you legs into pices and then stretch them up!! Egh, wasn't that a torture method back in the days or some thing lol :p Anyway My blog [EDIT] Oops wrong post :S

By: Palm Desktop

Palm Desktop — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 03:47:25 +0000

Sorry, friend, but quite disappointing. The picture shows a Palm OS phone and Palm Desktop transferring to iPhone/iTunes. However, the article doesn’t really talk about this (except Palm Desktop doesn’t work, need to use Outlook) and barely even mentions Palm devices at all. Ironically, the article mentions Palm twice in regards to how people are switching from Palm to iPhone, and another three times in a paragraph which is actually about RIM. As you can see from post 16 and 23 (and your own article), there are some people looking for what your first photo shows. Very unfortunate misrepresentation!

By: Erin

Erin — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 21:09:40 +0000

Lost my Nokia (unsmart phone) which had most of my phone #s. Any suggestions?

And moved contacts via exchange to phone, now wondering how to make sure a SELECT FEW get into phone book and not the others. I don't want all contacts on phone? Thanks

By: Find Information for

Find Information for — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 11:28:35 +0000

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By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:55:59 +0000

I found this very well explained tutorial on how to sync contacts and calendars to iPhone http://www.sync-iphone.com/contacts-calendars-email/sync-iphone-with-gmail.html

By: George Mounts

George Mounts — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:26:28 +0000

I used Nokia N73 and needed to move all contacts to new iPhone. On AppStore I found Phonecopy and within several minutes i transferred contacts. The App is free and Nokia has native support for http://www.phonecopy.com synchronization. There is also web access for editation, archive for deleted contact etc.

By: imtpro

imtpro — Fri, 07 May 2010 15:16:35 +0000

Here is a guide shows you how to backup and transfer windows mobile contacts to iPhone?

http://imobiletool.com/how-to-backup-and-transfer-windows-mobile-contacts-to-iphone.html

By: iPhone Application Development

iPhone Application Development — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 06:57:50 +0000

For transferring contacts and other things, this is great. Thanks for sharing.

By: MikeS

MikeS — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:13:38 +0000

considering the switch from treo 650 to 3GS has anyone found a way to get notes in contacts to transfer to the iphone I havea over a thousand contacts with notes attached. I see you can set up extra fields in contacts on the iphone but I am concerned I will loose all this info in the sync from outlook 2007

solutions would be appreciated

By: iphone application development

iphone application development — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:04:39 +0000

well this article make life easy of newly iphone user. nice article

By: Joan

Joan — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:02:43 +0000

I moved from a nokia 5800 to an iphone and syc my contacts but only some of them transferred, why ideas why?

By: Crystal

Crystal — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:12:49 +0000

This was a great, clear and concise article. As a new convert to iphone it gave me some great information and in easy to follow steps;-)

By: jayavardhan reddy

jayavardhan reddy — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:58:31 +0000

after upgrading from 2g to 3g my fone battery’s charge is going down really fast without using any application…why it happens and wat is the best solution to this???

By: Waqas

Waqas — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:44:31 +0000

Your retarded to write post that big, just write the steps, no one cares about how goldy locks got lost in the woods.

By: iPhone Applications Developer

iPhone Applications Developer — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:26:39 +0000

This article make the iPhone users life easy. Thanks for this so informative article.

By: Amjad Qureshi

Amjad Qureshi — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:28:58 +0000

I have just purchased the iPhone 3G and i am trying to sync my Outlook contacts along with their respective categories to iPhone.

Though my contacts goes to iPhone but without their respective categories that i made in the Outlook.

Can somebody guide me, what to do.?

By: ENeiman

ENeiman — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:39:27 +0000

Unable to sync contacts with categories or calendar with categories to IPhone from Outlook despite numberous calls to Apple tech support. Apple support is unfamiliar with Outlook. In addition, the search feature of the Iphone does not work properly and does not compare with the excellent search in the Palm. I loved my Palm and am very disappointed in the Iphone. If things don’t get better ( now 6 weeks trying)I’ll have to switch back. Very disturbing.If anyone knows of an APP that would work, please please let me know. Thanks. eneiman2000@aol.com.

By: Pat

Pat — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:59:43 +0000

I have my data on a Palm TX. we do not have Outlook on our machines as we use Novell as our e-mail system. Any way to go directly from Palm TX to the I-PHONE. Help Please. Pat

By: qn

qn — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:54:34 +0000

how do you delete contacts email address so it no longer shows up in iphone when you type in an email address close to it even though i deleted it from my main contacts it shows up?

By: iHagaki

iHagaki — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:08:20 +0000

Thanks – this is very informative. I just wanted to add that when synchronizing photos, iTunes downsizes them to iPhone screen resolution. Sometimes, however, it is nice to be able to zoom-in and see details (for instance, I know some photogs, who use their iPhones and iPod touches to have their portfolios of photos ready to show off to clients). It is beyond my comprehension, why iTunes still does not support syncing full resolution images, but here is a short HowTo on a couple of ways to achieve that: http://bit.ly/1a1HPo

By: fellowweb

fellowweb — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:55:42 +0000

Rene, this is a wonderful guide!

However, it would be great to update the article as a lot of new options have shown up during the last month - e.g. Google Sync's ActiveSync implementation among others.

By: best rakeback

best rakeback — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:51:10 +0000

Fairly decent laptops are becomming so cheap now i like to replace them every few years and just buy something in the mid range to budget area.

By: justin

justin — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:30:21 +0000

how do i delete unwanted email address contacts on my yahoo address book on the iphone? i have already deleted contacts from my pc but it saves them on my iphone! i deleted my account on the iphone and then logged back into my account but the address’s are still there

By: Rob Madone

Rob Madone — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:29:19 +0000

I just upgraded to the iPhone 3G, this info will be very useful.

Thanks

By: Glenn Withrow

Glenn Withrow — Sun, 10 May 2009 22:05:41 +0000

I have been using PalmPilot T/X, and Windows XP. I am switching from Alltel to AT&T and bought a iPhone 3G.

I need advice on how to transfer my contacts and calandar from Palm to my new iPhone.

Anyone else done this?

Thanks,

Glenn

By: Willie Ha

Willie Ha — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:12:48 +0000

wow, great for my move from palm to apple

By: Richard Michaels

Richard Michaels — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:08:32 +0000

I've transferred my contacts from my Motorola Razr, am using gmail for mail and have MobileMe instantly synching my calendar. But I keep getting a popup on my Dell PC that says "Either there is no default mail client or the current client cannot fulfill the messaging request. Please run Microsoft Office Outlook and set it as the default mail client."

I don't want Outlook to deal with mail - I use gmail. How do I keep this message from continually popping up?

By: DB

DB — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:07:44 +0000

I want to sync my 3G with my hotmail and hotmail live calendar, but I share a laptop and itunes with my husband and don’t necessarily want him reading my email. Can I log on to our shared windows account to sync my iPhone with iTunes and then log in to my own windows account to sync my hotmail live calendar?

By: sw

sw — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:56:50 +0000

Easy process to get Blackberry contacts to iphone using an imac. Use the PocketMac Syncmanager software which is free for all BB owners.

Download this from the BB site. Install it. Download contacts from your BB to the Address Book application. Use that app to de-dupe the contacts if necessary. Then tell itunes to sync the iphone with Address Book in the Info tab and you're good to go!

By: tbw

tbw — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:42:18 +0000

arg. what is the deal? I just want my google contacts and my phone contacts and calendars to sync up, is that too much to ask Apple? Is Apple agin Google? Are we having a tiff over the Android phone? Wait, just say this Sync in a Blink thing, will give it a try too. Mad luv, tbw

By: John

John — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:56:46 +0000

There’s an app on the store called Sync in a Blink that will sync your Gmail contacts over the air. It’s a nice solution out there for non-Exchange/Mobile Me users.

By: Nitin Kumar Rohilla

Nitin Kumar Rohilla — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:24:56 +0000

Dear All, I have configured my Microsoft Exchange settings. I am able to see my all mails & also being able to replay from exchange account. The issue with me is that all mails in sent folders remains in my iphone & are not synced whenever I connected to my PC.

By: Kat Vo

Kat Vo — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:56:33 +0000

Is there any way to publish only my outlook calendar to mobileme? I work for a bank and corporate policy does not allow us to download outside software (such as itunes) on our systems.

By: gorbe

gorbe — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:49:04 +0000

How can i move my contacts from my Nokia 8800 to my iPhone? without copying them on my sim. thanks.

By: Rene Ritchie

Rene Ritchie — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:20:58 +0000

@Patrick: Unfortunately, it's my understanding "push" data replaces "sync" data entirely. i.e., while you can push multiple datasets (ActiveSync AND MobileMe), or sync multiple datasets, you can't push some and sync others. And in a battle, push will obliterate synced data (ActiveSync will wipe out iTunes synced data, but not MobileMe which is also push).

This might just be a current limitation of the technology or Apple's implementation. Perhaps 2.1 will be better for this?

By: Patrick Reilly

Patrick Reilly — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:23:12 +0000

I have updated manually all my contacts on my iphone 3G…now I want it to sync with the ones on my computer…only have a few…my worry is that if I sync I’ll lose all the data of my iphone, and instead get the current 5 contacts I have in exchange…how can I sync without losing the information on my iphone…will both iphone and Exchange sync adding all the contacts? or the PC contacts will “dominate” the iphone leaving me with only 5 contacts on my iphone? How can I get the iphone contacts in to my PC without them getting erased? Please help!!

By: Amit

Amit — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:51:03 +0000

i moved to iPhone2.0 & ITunes7.7 and trying to sync my outlook calendar using USB mechanism, but the calender seems to be not syncing and i see old data, any idea how to fix?

By: Dylan

Dylan — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:24:28 +0000

Nice guide, i really like it. thanks.

By: Allen

Allen — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:59:13 +0000

I upgraded from 1.0 to 2.0 on my iPhone 2G. It now syncs all my email, calendar and contacts with my Exchange server (and outlook). Since I run Outlook 2007, it also syncs the pictures in contacts. Now how do you sync your notes with iPhone?

By: jamesus

jamesus — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:11:09 +0000

Very nice and robust article Rene! Hopefully with the App store, people will develop apps to facilitate better Google integration…

By: Step

Step — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:41:05 +0000

Pretty comprehensive guide. Might be nice to have a links section at top so people can jump to the section they're interested in.

I'm surprised no one has really written about / tackled the AT&T business plan aspect. I sure hope I don't have to pay $45/mo just to get Exchange syncing - I will probably draw the line at that nonsense.

I currently sync photos, music, etc from my Mac, and Calendar/Contacts from my work PC (Win XP). I haven't gotten the old-style exchange support working, but I'm hoping ActiveSync gets rid of all my worries there.

Now if there was a super easy way to get ringtones without the latest iLife....(Yes, I do have custom ringtones, it's just more work than I'd like to make and sync them using iLife'07 and some other software).

By: ethan

ethan — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:00:07 +0000

I have a Katana II with Sprint. I’m an idiot, and handed over my phone for a new one due to warranty issues. I totally forgot to review my calendar and texts for anything important, and lost it all. So, iPhone 3G will be a fresh start. (I lost my photos too! I’m done with sub standard phones, and await Apple’s iPhone Nano or Flip if I break the 3G.)

By: yo

yo — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:06:46 +0000

After using PALM DESKTOP on the Mac for 10 years (!) and now a PALM TREO, I was VERY concerned about transferring over all of my CALENDER and ADDRESS BOOK info into Apple iCal and AddressBook in anticipation of buying an iPhone 3G this Friday. It turned out to be much easier that you listed above.

If you already use PALM DESKTOP on the MACOSX to sync your PALM device successfully, then Just go to iSYNC in your applications folder, start it up, It will prompt you that it is automatically installing the new iSYNC conduit, disable your Palm Desktop Cal/Address conduits and then all you need to do is press the HOTSYNC button on your Palm device dock. That's it!

Much to my surprise, 10 years of calender information including repeating events transfered over no problem. My address info transfered over too but but some of the fields are going to need to be cleaned up, ie. home/mobile fields, but everything is there!

I had looked into MarkSpace, Pocket Mac, using Outlook and Entourage and that all proved unnecessary. iPhone here I come!

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:14:11 +0000

well . . . considering that my RAZR ummm . . . broke in half, i don't even have to deal with this. My replacement "GoPhone" doesn't have any ports what so ever, so that means no sending contact info to my computer . . . i had to enter them all manually.

UGH! that was a full 116 "v-cards" and i'm still entering contact info.

By: Tankgunk

Tankgunk — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:02:33 +0000

One of my favorite things about the iPhone is that once you have all that stuff set up, the syncing just works.

By: Akaash

Akaash — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:28:19 +0000

I am happy they are finally doing this for the iphone. The only thing holding my dad from switching from his blackberry.

By: carsly

carsly — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:56:33 +0000

Very well written and comprehensive, thank you! Now if only someone can explain to me the difference between syncing and a full backup…

By: Matthias

Matthias — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:10:13 +0000

Thanks a lot for the article! If I tell my coworkers about the possibility of this easy procedure, they will line up to the stores…

By: Neil

Neil — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:08:14 +0000

Gosh, I can’t wait for Friday 8am! I’m going to be syncing my Nokia for the last time. These tips will help very much. I plan on getting everything off of my Nokia Thursday to be ready for the big day.

By: Ben N

Ben N — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:54:56 +0000

I will be switching from WINMO 6.1 to iPhone 2.0…

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:59:42 +0000

It will be interesting to see how Apple handles the data sync options in iTunes for people who are using MobileMe. Will it let them sync their contacts over MobileMe AND via iTunes, or will it grey out the iTunes options if you have MobileMe? Will using both screw things up royally? If so, I'm betting there will be at least a few people out there who get messed up.

Sync can be a real pain, and I'm REALLY hoping that Apple gets it right. It's amazing the kinds of things that sync can mess up. I used a Treo 650 for a while before getting really sick of the problems it had syncing with my Mac. As an example, at one point it caused all of the birthdays in my Contacts list to move forward one day. Wow, was that a really annoying problem.

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:01:50 +0000

I might be tempted to get MobileMe. But if I really can get Exchange for free(I’ve been told), it seems a little extravagant.

By: Dyvim

Dyvim — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:24:53 +0000

I’m currently using Outlook on PC for Contacts and Calendar Sync. It’s ok. Contacts modified on my iPhone lose their pictures in Outlook when synced. Some Calendar events never seem to sync down to the phone. I have a new MacBook Pro I’d like to start using for iTunes sync, but haven’t gotten everything set up yet. I’d like to have all my Contacts in the cloud via Gmail, but Gmail’s contacts don’t have nearly as many fields as Outlook or iPhone and importing the contacts is a buggy process (I have to manually map fields in order to get it to recognize addresses, etc. from an exported Outlook .csv file). If MobileMe can handle my contacts in a seamless way, it may be worth the $99 to me.

By: Smileyboy

Smileyboy — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:10:57 +0000

Cool, tip. I didn’t realize that “anything” was really needed to upgrade. Good to know, I can pass it along to friends who are upgrading.

By: Jaime

Jaime — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:49:21 +0000

I wish there were a way to create photo albums from the iPhone. Or, if there is one and I am not aware of it, can someone tell me? I would like to be able to put the pictures that I take on my iPhone into different folders/albums. I haven’t found a way to do so, not even from my pc. It’s not going to make me lose my mind… but it would be nice if I could do it.

By: Jeanine

Jeanine — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:32:57 +0000

Easiest is to just abandon all friends/family when you switch over. Once in the sweet, sweet embrace of the iPhone, humans will be irrelevant.

By: Dorth

Dorth — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:30:05 +0000

Sweet timing as I’ll be inheriting a gen 1 iphone when a friend of mine will be upgrading his to the next gen. yay!

By: horatio

horatio — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:24:55 +0000

So close i can almost feel the fast speeds( compared to my old razr), thanks for the info thank goodness I got everything backed up on Outlook.

By: Scott D

Scott D — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:03:44 +0000

I can’t wait!

By: Marco

Marco — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:53:17 +0000

Thanks for tips, am going to be trying these tips on July 11th when I get my iPhone 3G

By: Nathan

Nathan — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:25:50 +0000

Since I was already using Outlook and Picasa, getting everything I needed to my iPhone was so easy I never needed any instructions. iTunes has all the options laid out nicely.

Now, when I upgrade to the 3G, it will be even easier, because I can just restore from my previous settings.

By: raymie

raymie — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:02:37 +0000

Haha. Im switching to the iPhone 3G from a poor lil samsung flip phone. Sure this lil nugget can surf the internet, but I wouldn’t even want to try it, I don’t want to know how mind-shattering Safari really is on the iPhone. And as far as contacts go, I transferred about 150 by hand from the phone to Address Book, syncing for the first time will feel so effortlessly sweet.

By: pyroguysf

pyroguysf — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:50:35 +0000

Having Palm’s and BlackBerries, I’ve got all the same data pretty much everywhere I could possibly have it. Really hope I don’t run into problems, lol. I have noticed outlook kinda sucks for syncing though, at least with Palm- none of the fields ended up matching, but BlackBerry usually works. Planning on getting a MacBook Pro soon anyway.

By: Savoy

Savoy — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:26:05 +0000

Haha Too Bad I only have a helio and this wont be that helpful to me.. Still glad this was made though

By: WatersWest

WatersWest — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:07:16 +0000

One of the greatest beauties of using an exchange account is switching phones. Just plug in the exchange server address on the new phone and voila! Done. Same thing when I flashed my current phone with new software. Thank goodness for smartphones. I used to hate having to re-enter my contacts with every new phone.

By: BB Curve 8310 Owner

BB Curve 8310 Owner — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:04:59 +0000

So there’s no way to get push with gmail?

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:20:37 +0000

As a 2G user (who will be staying that way for a while at least), I don’t need this yet. But, I’ll be pointing my Windows-loving friends that are finally convinced to take the Apple plunge here to make the transfer as painless as possible. Thanks!

By: H22kai

H22kai — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:07:25 +0000

This article is very helpful! Thank you for taking the time to write it! I do, however, have one question. I have two email accounts. One is Yahoo (which is “push” as you described) and one is AOL, capable of IMAP. Can someone please answer this for me? What is the difference BESIDE the fact that I receive Yahoo mail instantly and AOL mail every 15 or so minutes? Thanks in advance!

By: Joany

Joany — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:33:43 +0000

Thanks! This helped me get my BB ready. Now if only I can swipe a 3G early.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:10:53 +0000

When I switched from my Treo650 to the iPhone I used the opportunity to get used to the iPhone keyboard and manually typed in my contacts. Ok sure, I was bored and it gave a good excuse to fondle the iPhone a bit more

By: tschertz01

tschertz01 — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:06:24 +0000

Great guide. Wish I had had this info a year ago when I upgraded from my Treo to the original iPhone. I’ll pass this along to my friends though that are just chomping at the bit to get the new 3G but don’t have a clue how to get their data on the new phone. This will be a lifesaver for them plus it’ll save me a lot of explaining too.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:58:46 +0000

Does anyone know if I will be able to access work email via 3G without the Business Data Plan (Add $15/month). Right now, I access it through my BB Pearl, with no enterprise plan, just standard data plan.

By: abalboa3

abalboa3 — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:42:07 +0000

Started going through most of these steps about a week ago. Had all of my contacts, and calendars on my mac already. I have just been going through and making sure they are all up to date. Can’t wait to give mobieMe a shot. I’m a current .Mac subscriber and am just as excited for the launch of mobileMe as I am for the launch of the 3G iPhone.

By: Nico

Nico — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:30:30 +0000

Thanks for the information!

By: The Reptile

The Reptile — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:27:08 +0000

I’m a soon to be former Palm owner and have already started the process. I downloaded the Palm desktop to our Mac Desktop and synced my palm. Then I exported the contacts as a vCard. Next, I imported the file in the Mac Address book. The Address Book allows you to review the contacts on an individual basis to accept one version over another or simply load en mass. It went a whole lot easier then expected because Mac’s just work. Now, when I get my iPhone I’ll be ready to sync with the Address Book in addition to the media from iTunes and iPhoto. Then I will be complete.

By: joshua

joshua — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:23:00 +0000

It is about time that apple try to capture back the windows world with a little respect in the transformation. Watch out crackberries!

By: bob cobb

bob cobb — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:22:37 +0000

Nice, I’m switching to the 3g iPhone from a PPC6700 on friday morning I sure will miss my cheap sprint sero plan

By: Kudzi Madzima

Kudzi Madzima — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:19:55 +0000

I think its very important to be able to sync bookmarks something that looks definitely cool, and is very user friendly

By: burnsaa

burnsaa — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:06:25 +0000

I too think that mobile me is a little pricey I’m thinking about waiting to see if it is actually worth the price and if google or microsoft will come out with something comparable but free. I wonder if MS will make their live mesh compatible with the iPhone I will have to look into it a little more as it seems kind of like Mobile me in a sense minus the push for iphone part:).

By: Ali

Ali — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:58:27 +0000

4 more days….can’t wait

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:49:15 +0000

Excellent! I was just coming to The iPhone Blog to post just such a request on the Forums. How serendipitous! I have everything on Google Calendar and GMail, and this was just the tutorial I needed to move everything over. Thanks!

By: dloveprod

dloveprod — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:46:45 +0000

Mobile me sounds like a great service I just don’t know if its worth the $99 a year fee, I guess I’ll find out when I sign up for the 60 day trial. I will probably fall in love with it, I’m guessing.

By: Robin

Robin — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:40:36 +0000

This is great information and will really help as soon as I get my first iPhone!! Thank you so much for providing such valuable tips to help us get started!!

By: William

William — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:20:17 +0000

I’m coming from a blackberry Curve. My outlook has been ready to transfer my contacts and info since the iphone 3g was announced! Soon I shall be able to bury my blackbury! Goodbye plain text e-mail and crappy browser… hello HTML e-mail and real browser. I will miss BB Messenger though.

By: Rene Ritchie

Rene Ritchie — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:16:48 +0000

@Andy, I added the direct link for Apple's KB article on upgrading your iPhone. Thanks!

@Adam: true dat!

@David: It took Gmail so long to go IMAP, and they implement it so poorly already, I won't hold my breath (even tho it's my personal email as well!).

By: Christopher Vitek

Christopher Vitek — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:16:32 +0000

Thanks for the tips. I use a Treo 680, and am considering getting an iPhone. This is very helpful!

By: David

David — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:14:12 +0000

I personally use BusySync to sync Google Calendar and iCal so I can edit events on my iPhone and know that they will be updated on Google Calendar when I sync my phone. As far as email goes, I’m waiting for GMail push IMAP.

By: Matt Muelver

Matt Muelver — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:11:23 +0000

I’ve got .Mac so even though I’m coming from a Treo 700p I don’t expect to run into any trouble as far as getting my data onto my new iPhone 3G. My big conundrum right now is finding a case.

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:10:55 +0000

Remember to always backup!!