I'm getting rid of Outlook and starting to use Sunbird with the Google Calendar extension but I'm a little confused on what I need to do from here to get everything working the way I want.
I'd like to be able to use Sunbird for my tasks and calendar and Thunderbird for my contacts. I want my PC to be able to sync all this data online (free or paid... not really important) and I'd like my phone to be able to sync all that data wirelessly. This way, If I mark a task as complete on my phone, when I log onto my computer it will show as complete as well. All of this, without needing to use ActiveSync by conntecting my phone to my PC.
So far I have Sunbird syncing with Google Calendar without any issues. I also know of a few apps for Windows Mobile that will sync the Pocket Outlook database with Google Calendar. This then, takes care of all my calendar needs.
But, what about my tasks and contacts? Google Calendar doesn't sync either of those so I'm confused on what I need to do to get all 3 things syncing.
I'm thinking maybe I need some sort of online service (other then Google Calendar) that allows the syncing of all 3 and also has an app for windows mobile.
With that said, can anyone point me in the right direction? What's the best (in your opinion) way to sync a windows based PC with some online service that also syncs with your phone wirelessly?
try oggsync
I successfully used GooSync to do that; worked fine.
Only issue is that it's a manual process from the phone.
BirdieSync, while not free seems to do the job really well. I have thunderbird with lightning calendar extension configured to sync with google calendar.
I am one of those guys that uses Google services for almost everything. One of the most valuable services, for me, is the Calendar. However, keeping it in sync with my Touch Pro is not very easy and although there are some applications to handle the synchronization of calendars, I've not been very happy with them. Also, I have Linux on my laptop, which makes Outlook a little bit hard to use . I believe many people may have the same problems that I have. Having this in mind, I've started the development of a little application that shows the google calendar on the Touch Pro. I've included some screenshots of it.
What I would like to ask you is if this application would interest anyone or if I am already reinventing the wheel and there are better applications already done for the same purpose.
I've also attached the application. Remember that it is in the starting phase and right now only shows the events of the default calendar (except All-day events). If the response is favorable I will add the ability to view multiple calendars, to edit, add and remove events and to notify the user as the "reminder" settings of the events specify (right now I let Google send me a SMS, so it is not that important to me). I have not made an installer yet, so to try the application just unzip it to someplace in your raphael and run the executable (with File Explorer, for instance).
As it is, the application will not store or modify any data in your phone, except storing your username (and optionally your password) in the registry (key HKCU\Software\GooMobiCal).
So, what do you think? Should I continue to develop it? Do you have any other (better) option?
Marco
This looks great. Although I'd like to just see Google Calendar work with the calendar built into the phone. Like it did on my blackberry.
i'm with cladeus101. i would love for gCal to work with the existing calendar on the phone.
but then, i also think that the existing WinMo calendar looks ugly. i like the gCal look more. heh
This app is pretty awesome though! I would love to see the new features you mentioned.
cladeus101 said:
This looks great. Although I'd like to just see Google Calendar work with the calendar built into the phone. Like it did on my blackberry.
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You can use Google .net API to this this. There are some interessting opensource sync tools out there, but the developer stopped developing them Oh and there is no need for a PC to sync!
Yes I use google calendar but I've just been opening it in Opera. Which is fine but if there was something better...
Hi !
Nice application, that is promising.
Maybe that using Mobile Outlook with Google Calendar API will be also a great interesting alternative. (I am using a Mac). Online Google Calendar Synchronization with Mobile Outlook can be so great.
However, If it is too difficult, your application is in the good way. Please continue .
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You can use Google .net API to this this. There are some interessting opensource sync tools out there, but the developer stopped developing them Oh and there is no need for a PC to sync!
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I would like to have a tool like the org. "Google Calendar Sync"4Outook but then for the build in Calendar. I'm using Oggsync now and that works more-or-less. It's a paid programm and the licence you pay for, is only valid for one year. (So i use the freeware version)
In de freeware function, the tool does not sync automatically every X-minutes. (And it supports only one calendar, but thats not a big problem to me)
So what i would like for Christmas is a automatic-calendar-sync-tool that syncs all fields in the calendar (and, if possible, syncs more than one calendar. And² if possible syncs the contacts aswell) Djeez, thats a big question for Santa
I'm with the general consensus .. I would really like to see an app that allows me to sync Pocket Outlook calendar with Google calendar, on an automated scheduled occurrence. As already stated, OggSync kind of works, which means I wont pay to purchase it.
The Google calendar is already available on mobiles (http://www.google.com/calendar/m), which I use occasionally, so I'd see little use in this app for myself.
If there is a possability to add appointments and share the agenda I would like to try it.
Also, it would be nice if the password is stored encrypted.
Hope you will develop it, I'm willing to test if you're looking for testers.
I just found this service that might be everything you already want: http://www.goosync.com/
I found something that is free!
This site is in beta, www.nuevasync.com ...let me sync google Calendar AND contacts for free w/activesync on Windows mobile. It's free for now, but it says "beta" so hopefully it won't change.
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This site is in beta, www.nuevasync.com ...let me sync google Calendar AND contacts for free w/activesync on Windows mobile. It's free for now, but it says "beta" so hopefully it won't change.
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I'm impressed... That's exactly what my ActiveSync/Mobilitycentre does. I can even select more items to synchonize there, but wait, i won't!
If i am on the road, i cannot synchronize with my laptop So i would like to synchonize the phone just by using a tool (like the Google Calendar Sync) and my UMTS/HSDPA internetconnection.
Not sure what you mean Daneels. That site does let you sync with only your phone and 3G/data connection, no need for a laptop.
Basically you set up the active sync on your phone to sync with their server settings (that mimic an exchange server) and you can config active sync to do that at intervals of 5 min to 4 hours.
So contacts and calendar, from just the phone, using software already on the phone. Seems to work okay for me, though like I said the web page says "beta" so I'm a little nervous about how long it will last.
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...let me sync google Calendar AND contacts for free w/activesync on Windows mobile.
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...With activesync... Activesync runs on both the phone and computer. By this i mean, very local even without internet, over bluetooth/usb. So i tought someone has re-invented activesync (is also free for Windows-users). If it is syncing over internet, than it's something different . If it enables the use of activesync over internet, than it is extra interesting!
So perhaps we we're having some miscommunication
Yeah, that's what I'm trying to say, it let me sync Google calendar/contacts over the internet with the phone...no PC/local connection involved! check it out I just hope it's free forever
These are both subscription services... I do not think that we need subscriptions, just a app that does the synchronization directly with Google. Without anybody in the middle.
I would be glad to start something like that... but I was amazed that there is no cheap way to develop for WinMo. Yes, the SDK is free, but you need Visual Studio, which is far far from free...
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These are both subscription services... I do not think that we need subscriptions, just a app that does the synchronization directly with Google. Without anybody in the middle.
I would be glad to start something like that... but I was amazed that there is no cheap way to develop for WinMo. Yes, the SDK is free, but you need Visual Studio, which is far far from free...
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I'd love to see a talented developer coming up with this as well!
please work on this. Taking winmo into a cloud arena is the right direction. Google currently has the best cloud suite out there. This is great. I can not wait to be able to add events. until then those who are interested should use www.jott.com to add events. there is a google calendar plugin.
Version 0.2
Thank you all for your replies. I already knew GooSync, but not the other services, like nuevosync. However, they are either not free or require a third-party to forward my calendar to my ppc. I see no reason to give a third-party access to my own calendar data (Google already knowing my private calendar is enough for me). I was looking for something more direct.
Having not found anything free, I continued to develop my little application and arrived to version 0.2, which now allows viewing multiple calendars simultaneously (including the Outlook calendar) and allows to add new events to those calendars. Synchronization between Google and Outlook is in my to do list, but I prefer to get more familiar with both Outlook and Google APIs before diving into it. Also, there are a lot of little things to do before, such as:
- Remove events;
- Support All-Day events (they are not displayed yet);
- Support Multi-Day events (they are incorrectly displayed so far);
- Allow "Quick Add" events (easy on google calendar, not so easy on Outlook);
- Store the preferences (such as selected calendars) of the application;
- Store locally the google calendar events to access them offline;
- Encrypt the password on the Registry;
- and probably a lot more features and bug corrections.
Anyway, for those who want to check out how it is going, here are some screenshots and the application. As before, you only need to unzip the file to a folder on your PPC and run the GooMobiCal.exe file.
If you try it, please give some feedback on how to improve it and which features you consider more urgent keeping in mind that synchronization will take a while. Also, I'm doing this on my free time, which really isn't much, so the development is not as fast as I'd wish.
Anyone know of a caldav client for the android? If not, anyone have any thoughts about hacking the default android calendar application to be able to sync with an arbitrary caldav server? Does anyone even know what it uses to sync with the google calendar currently? I know that google calendar servers can act like caldav servers, but that does not imply that android is therefore using caldav under the hood to sync.
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This is a critical step to my adoption of a new phone. Is there anyone developing such an application? Is there a way to extend the existing calendar app to allow connections to other caldav or ical servers with either self-signed certs or non-standard CA's?
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This is a critical step to my adoption of a new phone. Is there anyone developing such an application? Is there a way to extend the existing calendar app to allow connections to other caldav or ical servers with either self-signed certs or non-standard CA's?
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I actually finally downloaded some of the android source code last night, but I could not find the place where this is coded. I looked in the packages/apps/Calendar and in packages/apps/Sync. The Sync dir was empty, that code seems to have been deleted recently from the repo. I don't know what it was replaced with, anyone?
I will look into it more, but I am not familiar with the source layout yet and it is turning out to be harder than I thought to figure out how this is currently done to see if it could easily be pointed to another service.
Of course, if you don't mind using google's services, you can probably make their service sync with the other calendar services that you mention.
Seems like they're working on Sync internally. Unfortunately AOSP isn't being developed completely in the open yet. Maybe after donut. Anyway you can see the 1.0 branch source for Sync here
http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=pl...=tree;h=refs/heads/release-1.0;hb=release-1.0
You can also git it by specifying -b release-1.0
And of course like the last poster said, I believe there are ways to make it work if you don't mind routing it through GCal. For my personal usage, I like the Google services, but I am looking forward to more robust integrated Mail/Cal/Contacts replacement apps from other cloud-based providers (Yahoo, MS, etc) and local-sync methods.
Hopefully Google will also fix their own broken CalDAV implementation, and support VTODO sync. That'd be nice...
CalendarProvider.apk may provide some answers.
I've also tried looking for programs like this. It's quite strange that it isn't more noise about this. I guess I just have to bite the bullet and use Google Calendar.
I've taken much pride in being autonomous though, I've got everything Google Calendar has, but not the Android->Cloud->Computer (Evolution in Ubuntu) sync. Only Evolution <-> Cloud (which is just my own servers ).
Did you find anything in the code?
People should probably «star» this wishlist item about CalDAV in Android Calendar: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=2361
I really want to kick this one up.
I need a program that syncs my exchange calendar with google one on my phone, like gcalsync did on winmo.
I am also able to use davmail and get the exchangecalendar in caldav mode. Why is this not implemented nor available on market?
Huge $ potential. Contact calendar sync is not working for me.
I just put up a beta app on android market that does caldav sync with the phone's calendar. Search 'caldav' in the market and you should find it.
Cannot find app
I have an HTC desire running 2.1 and I cannot find the CalDav app in the store. I am in the UK and really need this app to sync my calendar at work. Is there a way of obtaining the app and manually installing it.
Seems it is a protected App. But I was able to download it from the market this morning with my unbranded Desire.
I cant download this on my x10 until root is released, can anyone post the .apk for the beta trial
http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/demo/calendar-caldav-sync-beta_fqks.html
much appreciated
Hang on there!
I am currently developing a full CalDAV-Client for Android.
As a fact, a prototype was developed during my final exam-work in university. Now i am going to do some bug-fixes and enhancements. Await a Beta soon
cu
Sounds great.
Please let us know if we can test your beta version.
i, too, would much like to beta test your app.
I got to have support for multiple caldav calendars (read-only)
in the structure
calendar transport
|-> vehicle 1
|-> vehicle 2
calendar people
|-> person 1
|-> person 2
easiets would be to be able to add just the main calendar (like in ical mac osx 10.6) but adding all the calendars via their own calendarID would be fine too.
Just multiple calendars will be needed.
Hope you will let me in the beta.
Thnx
Hi
I am also verry interested to test your Caldav app.
CalendarSync lacks support for multiple calendars.
Greetings
Christopher
Well, I am currently redesigning the whole app and adding multilanguage support. as soon as there is a beta, i will be informing you guys
Stay tuned in my Post: hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=738135
Nice!
Thanks for working on that.
Ive been trying to set up the caldav sync for a while now and it just doesn't seem to want to do it.
any news?
Any news on this development?
ACal
Perhaps we might see some progress here?
http://wiki.davical.org/w/ACal
A bit annoying that google doesn't have a notes app that can be accessed through web & phone, but anyway...
Any recommendations for a notes app that auto sync between pc/web and phone? Plus would need to give offline accces to view & edit and later sync
First I tried GDocs, which syncs with google docs, and it seems ok but a bit clumsy and don't trust it 100%.
Then tried ak notepad which is great but has no sync.
going to test '3banana notes' & 'notepad with sync'
i use notepad with sync. It uses helipad on the web. Great for writing grocery lists and such
yep, that's what I'm using and very happy with it, didn't bother trying 3banana in the end
Moving from a WinMo phone to the Captivate. I want to keep using Outlook for my e-mail, contacts and calendar. I know how to export the info to Google and have it sync to my phone, and I even found the Google program that automatically syncs the calendar on a schedule, but I want a solution that bypasses the Google cloud entirely and lets me sync directly from PC to device. Missing Sync looks like the right program for this, but unlike CompanionLink, they don't offer a free trial. Anyone here used it? What do you think of it? Before I spend $39 I'd like to get some input. Thanks.
They are bith buggy as hell. I was also looking for a non-google sync and th eonly thing I found that works reliably (once you get the first sync) was Kies.