Palm has finally released a beta version of the Palm Desktop for Windows Vista. The Palm Desktop 6.2 is vista compatible, comes together with HotSync Manager 7.

The change log says,

• Windows Vista compatible: Has earned Microsoft's "Works with Windows Vista" designation.
• New version: This beta software includes the new Palm Desktop 6.2 and HotSync Manager 7 software.
• Install Tool: The Install Tool allows you to sync .prc and .pdb files (Palm OS applications and databases) to your device. See note about Palm Quick Install Tool under "What's NOT in this beta software?" below.
• Outlook 2007 synchronization: Allows you to use your USB sync cable to synchronize with Outlook 2007's Calendar, Contacts, Tasks and Notes.

Palm quick install tool is still not available on this version. Palm software which utilizes the tool to transfer the application to your palm smartphone might have a problem.

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