I am the owner of a TH55 but it is suffering charging problems and because of Sony's withdrawal from the European market I am told I might find it difficult to get a repair organised.

To get round the problem I have bought a Tungsten T3. However, I have immediatly hit problems. The T3 doesn't HotSync via the cradle. I just get two bleeps on the desktop and the T3 eventaully times out with the message connection could not be established. I have tried closing HotSync manager and re-opening.

I can get HotSync started in bluetooth mode but the T3 eventually crashes with a fatal error. On reset I am presented with a message that "this is a sony clie application only".

Help. I need the data my TH55 holds before it expires completly. Surely, I haven't got to start with my T3 from scratch. If I have it won't be worth the hassle.