FoxTwo Micro

This is written for people who still are using the older Palm PDAs, such as Zire, Tungstens et al. I am writing this disclaimer simply because this is untested on newer Palm products, but in theory it should STILL work.

The crux of the problem is that there isn’t a USB “driver” available for Windows XP 64-bit, hence people who run Windows XP 64-bit are suddenly unable to hotsync their Palm devices via the cradle/cable.

If your Palm device has a Wifi connection available, such as the Palm T|X, *and* your PC is also on a network, then you can overcome this problem. Nowadays, almost everyone has some sort of a home network set up, so this should be easily available.

1. Select “Network” in addition to other methods you would like to sync, in the Hotsync Manager
2. On your Palm device, select the Hotsync icon
3. Tap on the “Network” tab
4. Configure (if not already done so) which PC on the network you want to hotsync to. Choose either to sync via IP address or Hostname. I use IP address myself, although if your home network constantly has people hooking up and logging out, you might be better off with using hostname.
5. Naturally in step 4, the IP address or the hostname must be the one where you’re running the Hotsync manager on.
6. Hotsync away!

It shouldn’t matter which version of the Palm Desktop you have. I can remember the “Network” sync option being available as early as Palm Desktop 4.0 or even earlier, ie in the early 2000’s.