User guide

iPAQ Pocket PC H3700 Series Reference Guide 28

Communicating

Your Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC H3700 Series lets you communicate in many ways:

• connect to a computer

• connect to the Internet or your network

• create and organize contacts

• use the e-mail Inbox

• record messages with the microphone

• take notes

Connect to a Computer

Connect your Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC to your computer using Microsoft ActiveSync 3.5

and either a USB or serial cable and a cradle or an infrared connection.

With Microsoft ActiveSync 3.5,

• synchronize information manually or automatically with applications on your computer

• synchronize information on your server while connected to your computer

• move files to and from your computer

• install applications on your Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC

• back up and restore information using the Microsoft ActiveSync 3.5 Backup/Restore

utility

Synchronize with your computer

CAUTION: For synchronization to work properly, install Microsoft ActiveSync 3.5 before you first

connect your Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC to your computer

During installation,

• create partnerships, which allow you to synchronize information with multiple

computers

• select the information to synchronize with your Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC, for example,

Contacts, Calendar, Inbox, Tasks, Favorites, Files, Notes, and AvantGo

Hint: If you have selected to synchronize files, drag and drop files from the folders on your

computer to the Pocket PC My Documents folder on your desktop. When you synchronize,

the files move to your Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC.

1. Insert the Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC Companion CD-ROM