"For a limited time:" I wonder how much they'll be charging once it's out of beta.

Has anyone tried to UNINSTALL this thing? Holy cow, man. Not only did it NOT work for me (never could get a connection made to the server), but the uninstalling it did not remove all of the small pieces of fecal matter that came out of the installer. It also appears to modify something so that logs get made from the apps whose data it backs up (Calendar, tasks, Blazer, etc). Uninstalling it did not seem stop the logs from being created (after I deleted them they came right back). Since it forces a reset during the install, Uninstall Manager was not able to catch all of the changes that it made during the install either. Thankfully, there is BackupMan. A hard reset and restore (3 minutes) later, all was well with the workd again.

I should KNOW BETTER than to install things that are distributed as a .prc file that installs god only knows what on the device.

It may be a great piece of software (I couldn't tell as I couldn't get it to connect), just beware that this does not appear to be a piece of software that you can easily "try and make go away" completely.

I'm not sure what the advantage (other than free) of this software would be. All of the bullet points of this can be done with other backup software to an SD card. Backupman allows my to store a complete image of my Treo on a SD card. I have used it to roll back to a know state after a Hard Reset. Not just the data, but the applications as well.

Just a thought.

About time. Earthlink users can do since they have TotalAccess which syncs your Treo to your Earthlink account.

About time. Earthlink users can do since they have TotalAccess which syncs your Treo to your Earthlink account.

Palm will have to do better than that. Other back up applications fit the bill. I have the data on my PC and the SD card so I can always get that back. Just as important for me is all the preferences, customized buttons, etc., which apparenly aren't backed up with the Palm back up program. And you know they are eventually going to charge for it.

wow. So, it does basically what BackupBuddy.net has already been doing for quite some time, except it skips nearly all the files in your device AND they will probably charge MORE than BackupBuddy.net. Whoopie, Palm.

Is *THIS* where you've been spending your R&D time, Palm? Trying to duplicate something that so many third-party vendors have been successfully doing for years now? How about figuring out how to get the Bluetooth pairing to work in the nearly year-old 700p???

I guess Palm is learning fast from the tricks of Microsoft - let the independent developers create necessary solutions you didn't bother to include - then later come back and try co-opting them. sheesh. 10 months and waiting for a firmware solution to the 700p and they are busy reinventing the wheel.....

My big concern would be putting my data out of my control. As a security professional, I would never volunteerily put my personal data on a commercial server, no matter how secure it was purported to be.

this app sux. I been using it for 3 weeks (i was beta testing it for palm before they released it.). Dumb thing doesn't even back up your files orall your preferences. Palm is officially almost dead.

this app sux. I been using it for 3 weeks (i was beta testing it for palm before they released it.). Dumb thing doesn't even back up your files orall your preferences. Palm is officially almost dead.

It has a way to go before it is ready for primetime and before they can ask for a fee.

Carl Brooks

it is cr@p it never once was able to back anything up on my vzw 700p and now it is gone poof!

it is cr@p it never once was able to back anything up on my vzw 700p and now it is gone poof!

This is a security nightmare. How hard will you fight the FBI, NSA, IRS, CIA to protect our data? I think not at all. 1 lawsuit would break you like Sister Marie breakin' a ruler over my ass.

maybe i am dense but i have not seen anything to click on if you want to restore your data. i downloaded it out of curiosity so maybe i am missing something.

I actually beta tested this a couple weeks ago. Morrie, data is restored automatically. The program scans to see what changes have been made and updates your info accordingly.

Holy Cow What A Mess. First I never got an activation email so it renders the backup useless as I can't restore my information. Secondly, as mentioned below its impossible to delete this app and clean all the spider webs it leaves on your device. Bottom line: AVOID IT LIKE THE PLAGUE!

OMG. Anyone who wants to use this software or any like it is absolutely crazy.

For what reason do you have virus and spyware protection? To keep your information PRIVATE.
So now you are going to send your personal information over a wireless connection to a bunch of people who who want your money...or as you might like to call them... companies...

OK...

Besides the fact that you are willingly going to send your PRIVATE and PERSONAL information to complete strangers, you are going to do it WIRELESSLY!!!!
>>>wireless = encrypted
>>>packet filter = gathering encrypted information
>>>decrypting = someone who wants to know who you are, what your doing, who you talk to and why; getting exactly what they want.

I guess it doesn't matter if your personal information is not important to you but hey, then it's not very personal information now, is it?

It's an awful program. It wouldn't back up my calendar or contacts because it said I have another Enterprise backup program loaded. I do not. It also wouldn't run automatically as it was set up to do. It's been deleted, and will not be re-installed.

If you want something that really works as Palm describes, go with BACKUP BUDDY.NET from BLUE NOMAD. I have been using this for close to 8 months now, and it works like a charm TOTALLY in the background. It saved my life one time 3 months ago when I lost my Treo and bought a new one. Within 15 minutes I was up and working!!!