GeekGuy:
Google Calendar? 
Thanks!
I've never used that feature, but given the Drod's relationship with Google....
Regards,
Stu.
GeekGuy:
Well, almost....
No problem getting the calender into Google Calendar. Didn't try notes yet....
However, it won't sync with my version of Outlook. Outlook 2002 as updated on the fly, somehow, a couple years ago.
And I can't find a link to tell the phone about this stuff, although I may be surprised if I actually look in the phone ....
Any ideas?
(TIA)
The phone seems to work well, too, so far. About my only other criticism is that the USB cord is too short, and I need another one.... The phone "lives" in a bedroom, and has to sync down in the office. I prefer to charge it while I'm sleeping....
Guess I can get one of those....
Regards,
Stu.
SMMAssociates wrote:GeekGuy:
Well, almost....
No problem getting the calender into Google Calendar. Didn't try notes yet....
However, it won't sync with my version of Outlook. Outlook 2002 as updated on the fly, somehow, a couple years ago.
And I can't find a link to tell the phone about this stuff, although I may be surprised if I actually look in the phone
Any ideas?
(TIA)
The phone seems to work well, too, so far. About my only other criticism is that the USB cord is too short, and I need another one.... The phone "lives" in a bedroom, and has to sync down in the office. I prefer to charge it while I'm sleeping....
Guess I can get one of those....
Regards,
Stu.
Unfortunately it does not look like Google Calendar is compatible with Outlook 2002.
Compatibility
Currently, Google Calendar Sync is only compatible with Microsoft Outlook versions 2003, 2007, 2010 32-bit and operating systems Windows XP and Windows Vista.
Windows XP 64-bit Edition is not compatible with Google Calendar Sync at this time.
Here is a link for more info on this : http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?answer=98565
I happen to be using Outlook 2003, and the syn works great with Google Calendar. I hope that there is some kind of solution for you.
GeekGuy wrote:
SMMAssociates wrote:GeekGuy:
Well, almost....
No problem getting the calender into Google Calendar. Didn't try notes yet....
However, it won't sync with my version of Outlook. Outlook 2002 as updated on the fly, somehow, a couple years ago.
And I can't find a link to tell the phone about this stuff, although I may be surprised if I actually look in the phone
Any ideas?
(TIA)
The phone seems to work well, too, so far. About my only other criticism is that the USB cord is too short, and I need another one.... The phone "lives" in a bedroom, and has to sync down in the office. I prefer to charge it while I'm sleeping....
Guess I can get one of those....
Regards,
Stu.
Unfortunately it does not look like Google Calendar is compatible with Outlook 2002.
Compatibility
Currently, Google Calendar Sync is only compatible with Microsoft Outlook versions 2003, 2007, 2010 32-bit and operating systems Windows XP and Windows Vista.
Windows XP 64-bit Edition is not compatible with Google Calendar Sync at this time.
Here is a link for more info on this : http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?answer=98565
I happen to be using Outlook 2003, and the syn works great with Google Calendar. I hope that there is some kind of solution for you.
Google Calendar sync works on my Windows 7 64bit system just fine (operates in 32bit mode) and works very well.....
curtterp:
Thanks....
I missed the "2003" when I read that article the other day....
I can live with Backup Assistant and Google's calendar, although I'm kinda used to Outlook's single-point interface. Not the end of the world....
(I thought I'd updated to Outlook 2003 somewhere along the line, btw....)
The only thing left is Notes....
I was surprised - who knows what's out there - not to find an app for tying the Droid solidly to Outlook - it's pretty much an industry standard. Kinda "what were they thinking?".... After all, it's not an iPhone ....
I still prefer a "contact" screen, too - I like to use a stylus v.s. just my pudgy fingertips. But, overall, it ain't bad. I had a Blackberry Storm for a couple days two years ago and returned it. I never could get used to the screen. The Samsung Omnia is a much better, IMHO, phone, but demands a stylus. The OS is such that one can assume the designers never actually used it, either, but that's another story.
Regards,
Stu.
SMMAssociates wrote:curtterp:
Thanks....
I missed the "2003" when I read that article the other day....
I can live with Backup Assistant and Google's calendar, although I'm kinda used to Outlook's single-point interface. Not the end of the world....
(I thought I'd updated to Outlook 2003 somewhere along the line, btw....)
The only thing left is Notes....
I was surprised - who knows what's out there - not to find an app for tying the Droid solidly to Outlook - it's pretty much an industry standard. Kinda "what were they thinking?".... After all, it's not an iPhone
I still prefer a "contact" screen, too - I like to use a stylus v.s. just my pudgy fingertips. But, overall, it ain't bad. I had a Blackberry Storm for a couple days two years ago and returned it. I never could get used to the screen. The Samsung Omnia is a much better, IMHO, phone, but demands a stylus. The OS is such that one can assume the designers never actually used it, either, but that's another story.
Regards,
Stu.
Now the Google Calendar sync is only for the Outlook Calendar. There are other sync options if you are looking to sync the other parts of Outlook.
For business's using Exchange, there is a product out there called Touchdown. It works very well and uses OWA to sync (if the company allows it). I have been playing with it for my email at work, and have not had a problem with it.
SMMAssociates wrote:curtterp:
I really don't want to get involved with Exchange....
I'm pretty much the whole company, though....
All I really need to get sync'd is Notes - between the PC and the Droid, somehow, and the initial "conversion" is done. But then I need to mirror the phone on the PC, etc.
I'll likely have to upgrade Outlook, but that wouldn't be the end of the world.
(I wonder if Backup Assistant will OUTPUT .CSV's.... )
Guess the point is that I'm used to Outlook, and while I'd switch to something else, it doesn't seem that the Droid supports anything except contacts and the calendar, by separate means. Whole lot more painful than just plugging in the sync cord....
One-time transfer is a good starting point, of course, but....
Meantime, I just found out that the browser doesn't support Java. I use GoToMyPC a LOT, and it requires it.... Again, nothing I couldn't live without, but also yet another "what were they thinking?"....
One problem with zillions of apps is that finding them gets interesting....
I can write PC-based stuff to handle Outlook's CSVs, and may end up having to do that if I can find a WP of some kind to handle the notes. Swapping in and out of Google's Calendar and Backup Assistant is going to be a bit of fun, though.
Regards,
Stu.
Log into My Verizon, and then go to contacts. You want to view the contacts, then find/click 'Select All' , then after all contacts are selected, look for the gear just to the right. Click on the gear, and there will be a menu with Export Contacts. This will export contacts into a CSV file that you choose.
I searched the Market for gotomypc, and found PhonemyPC. It has its own client for the PC (which they claim is free) and the Android app is $9.99. The comments are mostly positive,with a few bad comments thrown in. Just a thought here. I do understand about the java not working frustration. I wonder if you have tried the Dolphin or Opera Mini browsers that you can get from the Market? I don't know if that will work for you or not, just a thought.
and I do understand why you do not want to use Exchange..... if my workplace didn't have it, I wouldn't be using it
Thanks for all the assistance so far....
Looks like that Android Sync program mentioned most recently will do the job. Been too busy to play for a couple days....
PhoneMyPC doesn't seem to be worth the effort - if I read 'em right, it'll let me control a remote PC, but not SEE it....
LogMeIn doesn't support Win98, and I have a client running it....
I haven't tried those other browsers yet - seems like there should be a Java clone for the Android's browser(s) somewhere - not that I'm a great Java-lover, but a lot of sites use it, and since we have an otherwise excellent browser available out of the box....
(My old Samsung Omnia came with Opera - didn't care for it. Ended up with MicroSoft's Internet Explorer. I can do without it, too, but it's a Windows Mobile box and.... Both worked with GoToMyPC, though if memory serves. IE certainly did.
I'm still playing....
(Still like the Droid X, too. I picked up an IGO charger so I could use the USB cable in my office. Damned expensive, but.... 'Course it also means a spare charger....)
Regards,
Stu.
Following up yet again....
Success....
I ended up upgrading to Outlook 2010 (about $40), and it still wouldn't work with Missing Sync....
However, I managed to get both an Android and Missing Sync update earlier this evening, and things worked! The files need some massaging - probably because they started life on a Palm Pilot - but I can handle that....
Now only one zinger left. Outlook 2010 sometimes refuses to shut down.... The result is that clicking on the desktop Icon (on the PC) does nothing but start another copy of OUTLOOK.EXE.... Killing it in the task mangler usually either results in the older copy waking up, or the ability to start it.
(I'm going to find some time - it's been insanely busy here - to ask on Microsoft's boards, but if anybody else has seen this....)
Anyway, thanks to everybody who participated. Missing Sync needed at least Outlook 2003 (I was running 2002)....
The phone is still a little flaky, IMHO, but as an old Windows (and Windows Mobile 
) user....
Regards,
Stu.
unitedjoe:
Thanks for the input.
I'm already committed (i.e., paid ) Missing Sync, but Companionlink looks pretty good, too. What surprised me was that I apparently needed the latest Android update and an update to their software before the fool thing would work.
But that's the nature of the beast, usually, anyway.
About the only downside I can see with companionlink is that the wireless form doesn't sync notes. I use 'em....
'Course, the USB sync would be fine with me - I've been doing that since forever. My old Samsung Omnia only supported that, and I had an iPaq that was supposed to support wireless sync, but only got it to work once, after a full reset of the system. (As in wipe-out....)
(The Omnia didn't support Backup Assistant, either....)
I think the Omnia's camera was set up for easier use, btw, but not so you'd really care - mostly 'cause my "philosophy" likes to click things rather than swipe 'em, etc. The Omnia also comes with a teensy little stylus, which was convenient for me - I'm still fighting the capactive screen a bit.
Regards,
Stu.
