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Sync Blackberry w/ Google Calendar - GCALSYNC



Gina touched on Google Calender with Blackberry a while back now GCalSync allows you to carry your Google Calendar in your pocket! GCalSync will allow two-way synchronization between Google Calendar and your phone's built-in calendar. Download events to your Blackberry, or add an event on your BB and upload it to Google Calendar.



To install, visit http://wap.gcalsync.com with your Blackberry's browser.

(First posted by tjunkie via BBhuB)

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Re: Sync Blackberry w/ Google Calendar - GCALSYNC

Sweet. I never really used the BB calender because I couldn't use it other than on the Blackberry, and I never used Google, cause it's hard as hell to navigate on the BB. Best of both worlds indeed. Thanks.
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Re: Sync Blackberry w/ Google Calendar - GCALSYNC

I'm going to try this one out also. Waiting for my 8700g the 7290 is out of space
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Re: Sync Blackberry w/ Google Calendar - GCALSYNC

I tried this earlier on my 7100r. Not a fan.

#1 - When it synced for the first time, all of the stuff that was moved from BB to Gcal or the other way around, had the times all messed up. I was assuming this has something to do with time zones. BB is MST, and so is Gcal, but I have a strange belief that it's referencing everything to Norway time (where the guy who wrote the program is).


#2 - Some items in the BB cal which were "day long" events with 0 min duration showed up in Gcal as being 24 hour events.

#3 - The time thing mentioned above was annoying enough to mention twice.

#4 - Being that I use Outlook at work on the BES, which is updated wirelessly, and my primary use for the BB cal is for work, having Gcal sync isn't a big deal. Plus, there is only 1 calendar on the BB. If there was support for multiple calendars, that would be ideal. Then I could have a work cal and a home cal and keep the two separate. Work would sync with BES, and home would sync with Gcal.

#5 - Calendar events marked as "private" in BB and Outlook were made public on Gcal.

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Don't get me wrong. I think it's a great little app to sync with Gcal. But for my needs and use, it's just not what I'm looking for.
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Re: Sync Blackberry w/ Google Calendar - GCALSYNC

Google's calendar was setup for those who were either not on a BES or didn't want to use the native BB calendar. I chose it because I'm not on a BES.

http://blackberryforums.pinstack.com...ead.php?t=2484
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Re: Sync Blackberry w/ Google Calendar - GCALSYNC

Originally Posted by Lewis


#2 - Some items in the BB cal which were "day long" events with 0 min duration showed up in Gcal as being 24 hour events.

#3 - The time thing mentioned above was annoying enough to mention twice.
Thats funny.
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Re: Sync Blackberry w/ Google Calendar - GCALSYNC

I guess that point was made!
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Re: Sync Blackberry w/ Google Calendar - GCALSYNC

I kept getting an error message during the sync process, so I gave up and deleted it off my BB!
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Re: Sync Blackberry w/ Google Calendar - GCALSYNC

I tried it and I had too much problems with sync failing so I deleted it since it was wasting my time.
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Re: Sync Blackberry w/ Google Calendar - GCALSYNC

Give it time. I am sure great things will come.
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Re: Sync Blackberry w/ Google Calendar - GCALSYNC

I ended up deleting it too. It kept giving sync errors.
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Re: Sync Blackberry w/ Google Calendar - GCALSYNC

I couldn't get it to work either. I deleted it too. Maybe the next update will be better.
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Re: Sync Blackberry w/ Google Calendar - GCALSYNC

~via BB (wap.pinstack.com)~They need to start all over from scratch on this one, too many of the same complaints!
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Re: Sync Blackberry w/ Google Calendar - GCALSYNC

It doesn't work! Sync problems...
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Re: Sync Blackberry w/ Google Calendar - GCALSYNC

~via BB (wap.pinstack.com)~
I'm having sync issues too. When I go to test, it says Java IO error, too many http connections open... I tried rebooting the BB, no other programs open, no IM, no browser, yet still, same error. I tried messing with the TCP settings, tried everything, no avail.

Has anyone tried emailing the author? I'm going to drop him a letter when I get home today. I'd really love it if this worked... Of course with Googles SMS notifications, I do get by for now.
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