There was quite a bit of buzz about the release of GooSync this week, but when I went to try it out there was no support for s60v3 devices like the ones I use… It was not actually a limitation of Symbian, but the version of SyncML that the phones support.
That’s all resolved now and I’ve been trying to get it to work on my E61, N93 and N73. There’s a slight hitch which is I have yet to receive the configuration message – sent wirelessly for the Sync Server. Once received, I should be able to sync my device two-way over the air (OTA) with Google Calendar, which is suddenly very compelling. In fact, if this works (GooSync was actually doing an update last night) I would seriously consider ditching iCal and .Mac sync for my Calendar.
Once you use a device that syncs over the air, there is no going back. Why? Have you ever not been able to leave your house while a palm was syncing in the cradle or your phone was waiting on iSync? I have. This is a slow and burdensome task and even though I’ve enabled sync for devices, I rarely use it. I get most of my info OTA from my work Exchange server and sync once in a while for my personal info with iSync — all because of the time required.
The GooSync service is a massive consumer win and I hope becomes a wakeup call for Apple’s .Mac team. When the iPhone is eventually released, it will HAVE to sync OTA with your .Mac info out of the box in order to be competitive — regardless of the coolness factor Apple brings to the space.
Anyway — looking forward to getting this rolling later today and exporting my personal .ics files from .Mac to Google’s Calendar.
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Worked as advertised for me…Am using an O2 Xda IIi device…downloaded the windows mobile cab file…installed it…seems to work in both directions just fine:-)
I actually can’t get it to work on any of my S60v3 Symbian devices… highly frustrating!
Try https://zyb.com. I guess they support all the E and N series phones. https://zyb.com/help/Default.asp?m=phones
I found them better than others.
I had actually tried them first but their config message does not arrive courtesy of Cingular…
A direct over-the-air sync is available at http://www.saraiya.com .