Google "gearing" up for offline calendar use
The Googlfied folks are living up to their names... how else would you figure that they noticed a new "Offline" setting in their Google Calendar settings? It's a pretty safe assumption that we'll soon hear news from Google telling us that we can view and edit our calendars offline. Based on the new setting which I see in my calendar as shown, the offline feature will use Google Gears for the offline use. Presumably, you'll be able to add or edit calendar events while offline and have them sync up when you get back online.
Personally, I can't wait for the feature as I've moved my calendar completely to Google. I use BusySync for a two-way sync between Google Calendar and iCal on my Mac. For my Windows devices that are running Outlook 2007, I use the free new Google app that keeps the calendars identical on both sides; plus that will push the events over to a Windows Mobile device over ActiveSync. And when I have just my iPhone, I have the calendar events synced via iTunes; if I haven't tethered the phone in a while, the Google Calendar web client is of course always up to date. Of course, now that you know my strategy, I have no excuses to be late for anything you invite me to... crap.
(via Download Squad)
In the words of Kevin C. Tofel:
"ahem, the cloud!, cough"
Posted by: vm-01 | March 14, 2008 at 09:35 AM
Anybody have a reliable, free, sync program for Google Calendar and WM5 devices?
Posted by: Ben2K | March 17, 2008 at 01:25 AM