Palm’s Backup Beta offers a simple, automatic solution to keeping your personal information recoverable in case of disaster(s) by making an over-the-air, encrypted copy of the data to Palm’s servers. It doesn’t back up everything in the Treo, but stores enough of the Treo’s essentials to get you running again, in case of worst-case scenarios. What the service costs when it exits beta will determine whether it’s worth investing in, but for now it’s free.

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Criteria  Rating Design 4 Features 2 Usability 3 Cost/Benefit 5 Overall (not an average)	Pros Automatic backups that you do not have to remember to perform Off-site storage is restorable from any place you can get a data connection Nearly seamless interface Simple, dedicated, and unobtrusive
	Cons User agreement from Disclaimer City Unknown what the service will cost when out of beta Calendar and Contacts are not backed up for certain Versamail and Microsoft Exchange Active Sync users, even if the EAS account is deleted.