Conduits
Mechanism for transferring databases across serial ports of device (RS232 or IrDA) to PC
Hot-Sync
- synchronizes RAM databases with PC copies
- changes on PC propagate to RAM and vice-versa
Also used to transfer new applications to RAM
Can be extended to bring arbitrary data into the Pilot
- e.g., collect e-mail for later reading
Pilot was envisioned as extension of desktop
- user input at both ends (PC or Pilot)
- same data (synchronized periodically)