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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Google Calendar Sync Updated

Posted by Tim Williamson in "Digital Home Software" @ 03:00 PM

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/...nc-updated.html

"Thanks for all the feedback you have sent us about Google Calendar Sync. We're rolling out an update that should make it a lot more useful. Previously, your Google Calendar email address needed to be the organizer or an attendee of your Microsoft Outlook events for the Outlook events to sync to your Google Calendar. Now, when you choose to do a 2-way sync or a 1-way sync from Outlook calendar to Google Calendar, all of your Outlook events will be synced to your Google Calendar. If you haven't been auto-updated to Google Calendar Sync 0.9.3.2 and you don't want to wait for the update, you can download it here."

Google is pushing out an update to correct some bugs in their Calendar Sync. I've been too chicken to try it out yet, I'll let the suckers...err...early adopters iron out any bugs first (hehe!). My main concern is how well recurring appointments sync up between Outlook and Google Calendar. For those of you who've used Calendar Sync, do you have any good or bad feedback to share? Has anyone had their calendar wiped out or other horror stories? Or has it been smooth sailing?


Saturday, May 26, 2007

Google Calendar Rolls Out for Mobiles

Posted by Pete Paxton in "NEWS" @ 05:00 AM

http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/05/25/google-calendar-rolls-out-for-mobiles/

"Google's rumored and real romp through mobile space continues with the announcement of its Google Calendar application's support for mobiles. The calendar seems to work perfectly, displaying a day by day view of your world and your plans for it, though, sadly, we couldn't find any way to remove events one they were added. Events can be added by typing a description of your appointment in the "Quick Add" box at the bottom of the screen. For example, typing "Pause for dinner today 16:00" (or 4 pm) adds that event to your calendar. This is a pretty handy tool if you rely heavily on your Google calendar or aren't into all that Windows Mobile Calendar syncin' business."

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I don't use Google Calendar for my appointments, but for those of you who do, Google Calendar for mobile devices is here. Like everything else with Google it's in beta. Why is that by the way? How long can Gmail be in beta? Anyway, if Google Calendar for mobile devices is what you've been waiting for, you can read about it at Engadget Mobile or you can go to calendar.google.com on your mobile device and keep your almost missed appointments. :D


Wednesday, April 4, 2007

TeamCalendar now in BETA - View Co-Worker's Calendar and Plan Meeting from the Smartphone

Posted by Kris Kumar in "SOFTWARE" @ 08:30 AM

http://www.teamcalendar.com/

"Smartphone & Pocket PC users throughout the world can now bring their "virtual secretary" along while they are on the move. HandStep is launching an intuitive program that enables mobile co-workers to schedule meetings on the spot via their PDA or SmartPhone. ... TeamCalendar gives you a complete overview of your colleagues� schedules directly from your PDA or Smartphone for any given day or week. What�s more, you can book meetings on the spot � so no more phone calls or emails trying to set up that all-important meeting."

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If you are always away from your desktop and want to schedule meetings on the go, then TeamCalendar is the application to check out. It is currently in BETA, and expected to be released sometime in July. The price seems to be a bit steep for a feature that I would like my Windows Mobile device to provide out of the box. But sadly even the upcoming Windows Mobile 6 will not have support for this. Windows Mobile 6 will enable you to see the attendees and invite new ones, but you will not be able to see if they are available or not.

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Thursday, December 14, 2006

Sync Google Calendar to your Smartphone

Posted by Mike Temporale in "SOFTWARE" @ 09:15 AM

http://thegooley.wordpress.com/tag/gcalendarsync/

"GCalendarSync allows you to import events from one or more of your Google Calendars directly to your Windows Mobile PDA or Smartphone over the air using GPRS, without docking or using Outlook or the desktop computer in any way."

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There's been some talk in the past about sync'ing your Google calendar with your Smartphone and the best way to do this. If I recall correctly, the application ended up removing all of your appointments from Exchange - not good. I haven't tested this, but then again, I don't use Google's Calendar either. ;) But for all of you who do, you might want to give this a try. Just be careful and back things up first. Please report back and let us know how it works.

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Monday, August 21, 2006

How to Sync Google Calendar with Outlook and Smartphones Automatically

Posted by Kris Kumar in "SOFTWARE" @ 04:30 AM

http://www.jakeludington.com/ask_jake/20060818_how_to_sync_google_calendar_with_outlook_and_smartphones_automatically.html

"My big complaint about Google Calendar was lack of support for easily syncing calendar data with my smartphone. I use Outlook for my personal information management because it's still the only thing that puts all my data in one place the way I want it. Google Calendar's iCal export made manual syncing with Outlook possible, but I want to get all my calendar data from my computer to my phone automatically. RemoteCalendars solves this problem, making ongoing data sync simple after a convoluted setup process. Here's how you can sync your Google Calendar with Outlook 2003 or 2007 and automatically sync to your phone in the process."

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If you use Google's Web based calendar for keeping track of your appointments then you will find this how-to guide useful. I must point out to our readers that this concept can be applied to the Yahoo calendar as well. Yahoo provides a free tool for syncing its Web based calendar with Outlook. ;-)


Thursday, March 10, 2005

New Homescreen Calendar Plugin

Posted by Jerry Raia in "SOFTWARE" @ 02:00 PM

http://www.modaco.com/index.php?showtopic=202836

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One of the MoDaCo members has come up with this homescreen plugin. Personally, I think things like this take up too much screen real estate. From the thread it seems you install plugin with a .cab file. Then install the theme you see in the image above. If you want your own theme you will have to edit the xml yourself however.


Monday, January 31, 2005

Smartphone Calendar Replacement - Papyrus Release and Giveaway

Posted by Mike Temporale in "SOFTWARE" @ 07:10 PM

http://www.smartphone.net/smartphonethoughts/software_detail.asp?id=1085

"Manage your busy life with Papyrus and your Smartphone. Papyrus is a robust time management solution for Smartphone devices. Papyrus offers many smart views and powerful tools to manage and keep track of your schedule. This is how your Smartphone is supposed to act!"

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If you didn't participate in the beta, or haven't seen Papyrus before, you don't know what you're missing. Papyrus is an amazing calendar replacement for your Smartphone. It has many features including a monthly view with daily preview, status icons for each appointment, and support for many common recurrence patterns allowing you to define recurring events on your Smartphone . This could very well be the best application to hit the Smartphone this year.

The nice guys at SBSH Mobile Software were kind enough to offer 3 copies of Papyrus to Smartphone Thoughts readers. Simply reply to this thread and let us know what your favorite feature of Papyrus is. You have until the end of day Thursday (February 3rd) to enter. The 3 winners will then be randomly selected from the valid replies. You can download a trial version here. Of course, if you can't wait, you can purchase a copy for $17.95 here. [Affiliate]


Monday, December 27, 2004

Papyrus - A Calendar Replacement From SBSH, Now In Public Beta Stage

Posted by Mike Temporale in "SOFTWARE" @ 06:00 AM

http://www.sbsh.net/press/index.php?page=papyrus09

"SBSH released today their first software for Smartphone devices; Papyrus, a new solution designed to replace the default calendar application on Smartphone devices with a more powerful solution. Papyrus is first released as public beta and can be downloaded for free, in return we hope that users using Papyrus will post their feature requests and ideas on our forms and help us improve Papyrus."

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Papyrus looks like a pretty nice replacement for the limited functionality of the Smartphone calendar. Papyrus beta is a free download, however you must be a registered user of their forums before you can download it. Once you've registered, use this link to download Papyrus.


Friday, October 8, 2004

DeveloperOne Updates Power Tasks & Power Calendar

Posted by Mike Temporale in "SOFTWARE" @ 06:45 AM

http://www.developerone.com

DeveloperOne has been busy updating their Smartphone software offerings. Both Power Tasks and Power Calendar have a new version out, and an updated version of CodeWallet Pro is coming in the next couple weeks. It looks like the upgrades are free for existing customers!

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"Featuring all-new compact, yet powerful editors to speed the creation of new calendar items! New pop-up date selector makes it easy to select dates for tasks or appointments. No need to key-in dates anymore or guess what the date is three weeks from now!

Improvements also include enhancements to the way you can add contact information, Email items, better support for setting more types of recurring items and more!

Our Power Text feature makes it debut in Power Calendar! Power Text gives you the most powerful way to quickly insert text, phrases, date/time stamps, contact information, into any appointment or task field. With just a few presses of the action button, you can create a new appointment with a contact name, phone number and subject line! Even use Power Text to help you track time you've spent with a client on the phone and much more!"


Saturday, April 17, 2004

Developer One Power Calendar Reviewed By Boston Pocket PC

Posted by David McNamee in "ARTICLE" @ 05:00 PM

http://www.bostonpocketpc.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=162

"As someone who uses both a Pocket PC and a Smartphone, there always tends to be some apprehension when I first begin to use any Smrtphone application from a company experienced in the Pocket PC world. I have visions of the developer(s) saying "OK - let's figure out how to resize our Pocket PC application's screen, then add softkey support. Then, we ship!" Needless to say, porting an application from the Pocket PC to Smartphone platform requires a bit more thinking.

My apprehension was hightened when I first agreed to review Developer o�ne's Power Calendar and Power Tasks (EDITORS NOTE: This review focuses o�n Power Calendar). Developer o�ne has been extremely successful with their Agenda Fusion product; this did not, however, guarantee that they would easily move to the Smartphone development platform. After a very brief bit of initial use, I was able to breath a sigh of relief, as Developer o�ne has put together a product that shows their strengths in understanding the PIM market, yet thoughtfully implements an interface well suited for the Smartphone device."

Read the full review at Boston Pocket PC.

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Thursday, February 26, 2004

DeveloperOne Releases Power Calendar

Posted by Mike Temporale in "SOFTWARE" @ 11:45 AM

http://www.handango.com/brainstore/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=311&productId=111227

"Power Calendar gives you the time management tool you need to better view and work with your busy schedule on your Smartphone. Single and multiple day views, quick date navigation, full customization and many more great features help to make Power Calendar work as you need it so that you can rely on your Windows Mobile Smartphone as your one and only mobile solution."

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Agenda Fusion and CodeWallet Pro are easily 2 of the must have applications for any Windows Mobile user. DeveloperOne has done it again creating the best calendar for the Smartphone platform bar none. This is a must have application in my books.

You can purchase it for $19.95 USD. [Affiliate] There is also a free trial version available for download.


Tuesday, February 24, 2004

Power Calendar Preview

Posted by Mike Temporale in "SOFTWARE" @ 05:00 PM

http://www.mpx200.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article

"As I see it, there were two major things missing from the SmartPhone
operating system as it comes on the phone, a good e-book reader (preferably Palm
Reader) and a powerful calendar application. I would go as far as to say
that all Windows CE devices have had weak calendar applications. Every
device I have had so far, I have always used a PIM replacement program. For SmartPhone, there has not been any options yet, but just around the corner you will be able to get Power Calendar by Developer One and guess what, as the name suggests, this program will give your calendar some power for a change."

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Sean Murphy from Mobile Gadget News (formerly MPx200.org) has written up a nice sneak preview of the upcoming Power Calendar release from DeveloperOne. If you find the current calendar application is lacking a little, you should check this out to see what's coming from DeveloperOne really soon.


Monday, February 16, 2004

Power Calendar From DeveloperOne Coming Soon

Posted by Mike Temporale in "SOFTWARE" @ 07:00 AM

http://www.developerone.com/powercalendar/index.htm

"Stay tuned for the release of Power Calendar for Windows Mobile Smartphone 2002/2003. Featuring many of the great features that makes our Agenda Fusion for Pocket PC a success, Power Calendar gives you the solution you need to quickly navigate and drill into your schedule."

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The website indicates that this product is going to be released really soon. If you have used Agenda Fusion, CodeWallet, or any other program from DeveloperOne, you know the quality products they turn out. This one should be just as good. Sign up for their newsletter or keep your browser pointed here because we'll let you know as soon as it's released.

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