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.
May 22nd, 2006 at 6:27 am
Dear Santa; be kind, give us Google clendar sync with our Plams!
May 23rd, 2006 at 2:18 am
I need it.
I want it.
I contacted Shawn to see if I can help. Have you?
–PB–
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:43 pm
A little extra googling (well, actually reading further down the same search results that brought me here :>) has revealed open source code for a suite of utilities that sync ICAL to Palm.
http://www.alcove-labs.org/en/addons/ical2pilot/
I dl’ed the files and had a quick look. Some of the minimal docs are in French which I would be happy to translate if there are any real coders who want to take a run at this.
The file dates are from 2000 but that’s only meaningful if we assume they had their system date set properly.
–PB–
May 29th, 2006 at 1:31 am
A way to sync Google Calendar with Palm is to export with Jpilot to a iCalendar file and then import from google Calendar. It’s a bit odd but the only way i found.
June 9th, 2006 at 9:51 pm
I still waiting…..
I want gcalendar sync with my palm * ok, ok outlook is fine
I want my gmail contacts syc with my palm ok, ok outlook is fine
Google tell me is asking to much?, you have a lot of enginers pls let de people get what they want….
June 15th, 2006 at 4:56 am
I would dearly love to be able to sync to my google calender, since I no longer use my Outlook calender and don’t wish to go back to it.
June 16th, 2006 at 5:57 pm
Here’s the third party software for syncing Google Calendar with Palm:
http://www.companionlink.com/clgoogle.html
June 27th, 2006 at 5:34 am
Yeah, if you can get companionlink to work give me a shout, I’ve been trying for days!
There are so many suggestions for exporting from Outlook (e.g. CSV) and importing into Google Calendar, but the WHOLE point of using gCalendar is the ability to NOT open Outlook in the first place anymore with all it’s resource grubbing greed.
Bah, come on Google…
June 27th, 2006 at 7:06 am
I’ve tried CompanionLink and found it to be utterly useless. Hitting the synchronize button just pops up an error box that says:
Anyhow, whilst I’m happy to trial such a program, I’d not pay for it.
July 11th, 2006 at 5:32 pm
I will PAY for Palm Sync so I can use Google Calendar with my Samsung i500 (Palm) phone. I’ve switched to Gmail, but can’t completely kick the Outlook habit until Google Calendar and Google Contacts sync with my device! I know it’s coming, but wish they’d hurry… ~ Drew