iPodpedia: The Ultimate iPod and iTunes Resource

Chapter 18Using Your iPod as a Calendar/Scheduler

Among the many auxiliary features of the iPod are some that help it perform similarly to a personal digital assistant (PDA). In particular, you can sync your calendar appointments and contact information to your iPod, so that you’ll always be aware of what you need to do and who you need to see. There’s no need to carry both a PDA and your iPod; the iPod does double-duty just fine in this fashion.

That said, let it be known that one thing the iPod doesn’t let you do is input new calendar or contact information; there’s no keyboard on the iPod, after all. Instead, what you do is transfer existing calendars and contacts from Microsoft Outlook and similar applications, which you then view on your ...