Nextel i920 User Manual

This chapter introduces the basic features of Microsoft

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 ActiveSync

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 desktop client 

technology. It describes how to use ActiveSync for synchronizing information on your 
Smartphone with your desktop computer. 

For detailed information about using ActiveSync desktop client, see ActiveSync Help 
once you have installed the client on your desktop computer by clicking the Help tab and 
selecting ActiveSync Help.

Note: You do not need to install ActiveSync desktop client in order to synchronize 

wirelessly. For information on wirelessly synchronizing e-mail, see“Setting Up 
Wireless E-mail” on page 52.

ActiveSync desktop client synchronizes information stored on your Smartphone with 
Microsoft

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 Outlook

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 information on your desktop computer. It also allows you to share 

files between your Smartphone and your desktop computer.

When you synchronize, ActiveSync desktop client compares the information on your 
Smartphone with the information on your desktop computer and updates all locations 
with the most recent information. 

With ActiveSync desktop client, you can:

• Synchronize Outlook e-mail, Contacts, Calendar, and Tasks information on your 

Smartphone with your desktop computer.

• Copy (rather than synchronize) files between your Smartphone and your desktop 

computer.

• Synchronize on a schedule to control when synchronization occurs.
• Select which types of information are synchronized and specify how much information 

is synchronized. For example, you can choose how many weeks of past appointments 
to synchronize.

Using Microsoft ActiveSync desktop client, you can synchronize information on the 
Smartphone with your desktop computer. This section explains how to: 

• Install ActiveSync desktop client on your desktop computer.
• Create a partnership between your desktop computer and the Smartphone.
• Set up a synchronization schedule.

Before you can synchronize information with a desktop computer, you must first install 
ActiveSync desktop client on your desktop computer, use the Sync Cradle and mini USB 
cable to connect your Smartphone to your desktop computer, and then create a 
partnership between your Smartphone and your desktop computer.