Tags: Google, Palm
Google Calendar (no Palm Sync yet)
April 13th, 2006, by Rich.
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Google Calendar has now entered it’s public beta testing phase. The interface will be familiar to anyone who’s used GMail and any other calendar application before - it’s basically a hybrid of the two.
Palm Sync for Google Calendar is Needed
My initial impression is that it looks good, but without the ability to sync with handheld devices (e.g. Palm Pilot) it’s ubiquity is far from certain.
PC-using iPod owners will no doubt be delighted to know that their music machine can already sync with google calendar, thanks to it’s support for the iCal format (if Palm Inc. are listening, take note!)
iCal
The best of the low-hanging fruit so far is that it happily subscribes to iCal files, so publicly available calendars (which are typically produced by the legion of apple users who have been enjoying a good calendar app for a couple of years) are now far more accessible to web-based users.
Sharing
The ability to collaboratively author calendars looks good too, however, this seems to be broken at the moment.
Update: People want Palm Sync!
Since writing the above entry I’ve noticed an awful lot of people arriving here with similar desires… it’s understandable really, given that Palm have sold over 34 million PDA’s worldwide, and licensed the OS for use in millions more phones.
April 17th, 2006 at 7:18 am
I join this wish.
as a proud owner of PALM i’d like the ability to sync palm and google calendar
April 19th, 2006 at 1:39 pm
just on it my-self.
using a treo650 and would love a sync to google calendar and maybe even an imap gmail access via GPRS :o)
April 19th, 2006 at 3:18 pm
i would like a sync palm calendar google pleaseeeeeeeeee
April 20th, 2006 at 2:52 pm
Well Google has release the API for the calendar, so I would not be surprised if we see this soon from a 3rd party!
April 20th, 2006 at 3:06 pm
Thanks for the tip Timmay. Google have today announced the Google Calendar Data API which includes all the basic bits that will be required to at get a conduit working, so if anyone’s going to hack one out, feel free to leave a message and ask for volunteers/testers/etc.
April 21st, 2006 at 5:27 am
I agree - GMail and Google Calendar without any Palm synching just doesn’t fly. When does Google plan to suport sync for GMail contacts and the Google Calendar - especially on the iMac ???
April 22nd, 2006 at 12:19 am
I’ve been working on a Google Calendar Palm Sync and I’m looking for some testers. If you are interested, email me at shawn [at] aimsniff [dot] com
April 25th, 2006 at 4:27 pm
PLEASE provide a Palm synch.
April 26th, 2006 at 12:51 pm
Patience my friends…GOOG must know it’s a MUST DO if they want their calendar to take off. Otherwise, we need to manage two calendars (Palm & Google), & we all know that’s not going to happen.
I’m sure their development nerds are coding long nights as we yearn!!
Note to Google…HURRY UP!!!
April 28th, 2006 at 12:04 am
I want Google to develop some synching programs for calendar as well as contacts for my iPOD! I love both it’s hard to have them apart.