Palm desktop to ical to iphone

call me clueless, but i cannot figure out how to export my calendar (or my contacts) to an apple application that can then up synched with the iPhone. when i choose export in palm, neither iCal nor address book show up as an option.

For the contacts what I did was to export to my desktop from the Palm (T|X, and In Palm desktop for Mac 4.2.2) using the Address option for Module and the vCard option in Format.
For my date book (in monthly) I exported to my desktop in vCal.
Then I imported the contacts to my address book on my iMac as group labeled "contacts." These I them copied to my iPhone during the sync process.
For the date book I imported them directly to my iCal on my desktop and them synched them with my iPhone.
Hope this helps.

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    Message was edited by: Jennifer_B

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