Google Calendar (no Palm Sync yet)

April 13th, 2006, by Rich.

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Google Calendar (no Palm Sync yet)

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.

SteveK Says:
August 15th, 2006 at 4:29 pm

Google calendar looks really good but it’s useless to me without a quality Palm Sync tool.

Maurice Says:
August 20th, 2006 at 2:26 am

What about Blackberry? There are a good number of us Blackberry users out there.

Erik Says:
August 21st, 2006 at 5:25 am

I’ve been hunting for a good way to do this for months. I think the AirSet is going to be the way for me. I can sync my calendar both at home, at work, and on the palm, plus my wife has a chance to know where the heck I am. A great web-based solution (I’m giving up on google calendar all-together)

Mickey Bankhead Says:
August 21st, 2006 at 2:14 pm

emphasis on SteveK’s comment - desperately need a “QUALITY” palm sync (other than quality sync NEED NOT APPLY)

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Bart Says:
August 25th, 2006 at 8:01 am

I’m waiting for this sync,
Bart, Belgium

Natalie Says:
August 30th, 2006 at 12:25 pm

I’m waiting for Google to set up the calendar so when you print it out in month format you can see all your appointments properly. At the moment it cuts them off!