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Android and Outlook integration

I'm currently using a Blackberry, and really appreciate the tight integration with Outlook (Calendar, Contacts, and Notes). Is there similar (seamless) integration between Android and Outlook? If not, does this require 3rd part applications, and how bullet-proof are they and what are your experiences with this issue? Thanks very much in advance.

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Calhoun

Welcome to my world. I use Outlook heavily to manage my life and was quite disappointed at the lack of integration. However, it makes sense, Google has its own products/services. I look around on a weekly basis (as well as check the market) and haven't found a rock solid solution yet. I hope someone addresses the issue soon. I'd pay big money for a useable app.

DASYLady

I set up Google Calendar and Google Calendar Synch to enable me to keep Outlook on my work and personal computers synchronized.

As a result, I've got the most current information on my Google Calendar.

Here's a link to the Google Calendar Sync page

http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/topic.py?topic=15305

Hope this helps!

-cj

turreypond

DASYLady, thanks for your reply, but are you suggesting that you first sync Outlook with Google Calendar, and then sync your android device to Google Calendar? If so, is there also a way to synch my "Contact" list in Outlook to a similar Google application...and then synch with the android device? Thanks in advance.

Calhoun

turreypond,

That seems to be the only viable option right now. I've seen folks talk of a desktop application called CompanionLink, but from what I can tell, it just automates the process that DASYLady explained. The issues (for me) I've found with going through Google are that:

A. Your information is stored on Google. Even if you 'delete' it from Google, they still retain the information.

B. Syncing this way doesn't carry over any recurring appointments or some of the extra data you might have associated (such as contact notes, categories, etc.)

C. A lot of the paid solutions can be done for free by exporting your outlook data as a text file, copying it over, and then importing it. Which, works good for contacts (except the extra data I mentioned before) but doesn't address the calendar issues.

our3rotts

We have 2 ERIS phones. 1 running activesync with a corporate Exchange server, the other running activesync with a home Exchange server - you select how often you want the sync to occur - minutes, hours, etc.

Both of them have functionality with Outlook. The Corporate exchange has limited LDAP/Global Address List functionality (only email addresses, no phone or location info).

Access to all of my mail folders, calendar and contacts. Don't think the tasks/to-do lists transfer, but this is only day 3.

turreypond

our3rotts, thanks for the reply. can you tell me more about the "home" exchange server software, including name and company. I do not have a corporate connection, I just want to synch my home Outlook (calendar and contacts) on my personal laptop with an android phone. Thanks in advance!

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