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Stay in sync with Google

In preparation to this years mass release of Android-powered mobile-phones and the likelihood that Ill buy one, Ive started to try and integrate the small things i use daily into the various Google systems. The thing i use the most on my mobile, is the calender. I thought to myself, "Hey why not prepare?", so I went looking around for a way for me to synchronize  my calender on my Symbian powered Nokia N72 mobile-phone with Google Calender. It seems i didn't have to look far, actually only a quick Google search away. I present to you: GCalSync. Its a free open-source application which really does the job its supposed to do. Only con Ive found so far is that its old, and probably not maintained anymore. The install is easy, just push the desired file (in my case gcalsync.jar unsigned) to your phone using bluetooth, email or USB cable. Select install, start up the program, and start inserting your settings(username, password). If your like me and don't want your calender to be public, you need to input your "private calender address" in the Calender address option. If your not like me, you dont need to fill in this option. When your done you can select Test, and if all goes well Full resync. Thats it, enjoy.

After more poking around I also see that Google has their own synchronization application for Symbian S60 powered mobile-phones, Google Mobile. But I don't dare to test it at the moment, as I'm afraid it will overwrite my contacts and such after Ive played around on my Google account. But it looks promising even though its still in Beta, and it doesn't only synchronize your calender, as mentioned earlier it also synchronizes your contacts which is pretty cool in my eyes. If anyone have tried this application, please share your experience in the comments part of this post.

If your interested in having your Google calender and contacts synchronized with Thunderbird, i suggest you take a look here: Stay in Sync with GCal and Thunderbird and Zindus Syncs Thunderbird with Google Contacts. I personally use both, and I can recommend them to anyone who enjoy using Thunderbird and are in need of calender and such. After installing the add-ons my Thunderbird both looks and feels like Microsoft Outlook, but free.

If you have any questions about any of these applications, just post them in the comments and I'll try and help out.

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