Palm outs Backup beta for Palm OS Treos

by Chris Ziegler, posted Apr 12th 2007 at 4:19PM

We've gotta admit, this is pretty cool. Palm has started offering a beta of its "Backup" utility which wirelessly backs up the contents of your Palm OS-based Treo (the 650, 680, and 700p, to be exact). Into the password-protected ether, as far as we can tell; it appears that carriers are involved in the action, since it currently only works for AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon customers. The software and service are free (though an unlimited data plan is, obviously, highly recommended) and can be kicked off from anywhere you have a signal. It can also be set to automatically kick off on a schedule, and it only chews up 2MB of storage space on your beloved Treo. As with any beta, be wary -- but at least it's free, right?

[Via Wirelessinfo, thanks Emily]

Filed under: Software, Palm, ATT, Sprint, Verizon Wireless

Tags: 650, 680, 700p, backup, palm, palm backup, PalmBackup, treo

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Corey @ Apr 12th 2007 5:25PM

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT BY AGREEING TO THIS AGREEMENT, YOU ARE AGREEING TO PARTICIPATE IN A TRIAL VERSION OF A NEW PALM SERVICE OFFERING. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT PALM MAY TERMINATE THIS TRIAL SERVICE OFFERING AT ANY TIME, WITHOUT NOTICE OF ANY KIND. THIS NEW SERVICE IS STILL IN DEVELOPMENT AND BECAUSE OF THIS, YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT YOUR DATA MAY BE LOST OR MAY NOT BE RECOVERABLE. ALSO, PALM CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO ACCESS YOUR DATA ONCE THE TRIAL OR BETA SERVICE HAS CONCLUDED. YOU MAY BE REQUIRED TO RE-REGISTER FOR THE COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE VERSION OF THE PALM BACKUP SERVICE AND SAVE YOUR DATA TO THE SERVICE AT THAT TIME. PALM WILL MAKE ALL REASONABLE EFFORTS TO INFORM YOU OF WHEN THE TRIAL SERVICE WILL END SO THAT YOU CAN BACK UP YOUR DATA TO YOUR DEVICE.

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jimmie @ Apr 12th 2007 6:07PM

This also works with T-Mobile, backed up and restored my 680 today.

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Vesselin Nerdeff @ Apr 13th 2007 3:51AM

Vey nice solution indeed, but the disappointement is that thay will charge for it later as it is said at mobile top soft

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Vesselin Nerdeff @ Apr 13th 2007 3:52AM

http://www.mobiletopsoft.com/board/2006/palm-treo-online-backup-application-released.html

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Jeff @ Apr 13th 2007 7:18AM

I will just stick with the Resco Backup app. I can always save it on my pc/thumb/ext drive. There has got to be a way to just send it to a gmail acct and just download it from there. I'm pretty sure it's not that easy, but its possible.

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Richard Sportwood @ Apr 13th 2007 8:43AM

"and it only chews up 2MB of storage space on your beloved Treo"
ONLY 2mb? That's quite large on a 650!

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Carl Brooks @ Apr 15th 2007 11:47PM

Here is my review of the product/service

http://www.palmloyal.com/addons.php?name=News&file=article&sid=17924

Many people will argue that this is not as good as a "backup to SD" solution that has been around for so long. Well those work as long as you have the SD card, which you wouldn't have it you lost your device with the card in it. Nor would the SD card help, if it lost all of the data like my 1GB SD card did once. It would be a better solution if it backed up and restored additional information - at least the preferences information. Additionally I need to be able to restore what I need, not just everything. Security is at the forefront of anyone's minds. Remember Paris Hilton's information getting stolen, not from the device itself, but from the carrier's servers. If someone hacked Palm's servers, they would have a lot of information about it's customers. This would be an even bigger concern if it backed up everything like BackupBuddy.net's Professional service did - as more sensitive data may be transmitted OTA.

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