On my Windows laptop, I used Outlook to manage (well, strictly speaking, store) my calendar and contact data. This is for two simple reas0ns:
- every device and most software you buy syncs with Outlook. Palms, Clies, all kinds of phones, iTunes, you name it. It was easy to have several devices (japan phone, roaming phone, web calendar) synced.
- Office 2003 personal came with the Laptop. It was there.
It’s hard to get data out of Outlook unless you use some third party tools. Here’s how I tried migrating my Calendar and Contact data from Outlook 2003. I eventually used my iPhone to transfer the data because of the issues with Contacts, but for those without an iPhone, read on:.
