donderdag, maart 22, 2007
Boys and their toys 2 : Google calendar on my mobile
One drawback of the Windows Mobile platform I have on my brand new toy 'E-ten Glofiish M700' smartphone is that out of the box it only synchronises with Microsoft Outlook. I do have contacts in Outlook, but for my private mail I use Firefox, and for my calendar I'm using Google Calendar. In fact, I'm using 3 different calendars in Google: one private, one project based and one for our 'household' shared with my friend.
I looked at two free solutions to let my Windows 5 Mobile calendar synchronise with Google. The first one I tried was the free and open source GMobileSync. As a prerequisite you need the .NET Compact Framework 2.0 installed on your device otherwise the program won't run. The tool works OK, but only synchronises with your default calendar, and you can't configure which one. So I uninstalled it and I'm now using OggSync. This tool also requires the .NET Compact Framework 2.0, and also synchronises over the internet without needing ActiveSync. However it comes in a free and paying version. The paying version allows you to synchronise multiple calendars. The free version just one, but at least they let you select which one.
If you try either one of these tools out: don't forget to set your timezone offset to the same value as the one on your PDA and your Google calendar.
I looked at two free solutions to let my Windows 5 Mobile calendar synchronise with Google. The first one I tried was the free and open source GMobileSync. As a prerequisite you need the .NET Compact Framework 2.0 installed on your device otherwise the program won't run. The tool works OK, but only synchronises with your default calendar, and you can't configure which one. So I uninstalled it and I'm now using OggSync. This tool also requires the .NET Compact Framework 2.0, and also synchronises over the internet without needing ActiveSync. However it comes in a free and paying version. The paying version allows you to synchronise multiple calendars. The free version just one, but at least they let you select which one.
If you try either one of these tools out: don't forget to set your timezone offset to the same value as the one on your PDA and your Google calendar.
Labels: E-ten, GMobileSync, OggSync
