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Hope this isn't the FAQ of the week....

I just got a DroidX. Not bad at all, but I need to sync Outlook (2002 as updated) with it - contacts, calendar, notes. No problem getting "Backup Assistant" to accept the contacts list, but there's no apparent provision for the rest.

Not precisely a deal breaker, but I'm spoiled - my Omnia supported it.

Must be an app out there someplace....

TIA

Stu.

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GeekGuy

SMMAssociates wrote:
Hope this isn't the FAQ of the week....

I just got a DroidX. Not bad at all, but I need to sync Outlook (2002 as updated) with it - contacts, calendar, notes. No problem getting "Backup Assistant" to accept the contacts list, but there's no apparent provision for the rest.

Not precisely a deal breaker, but I'm spoiled - my Omnia supported it.

Must be an app out there someplace....

TIA

Stu.

I am on Windows Vista. I copied my contacts into a CSV file and then imported into google. I then used google calendar to sync calendar and note items from Outlook. Works like a charm.

SMMAssociates

GeekGuy:

Google Calendar? :smileyvery-happy:

Thanks!

I've never used that feature, but given the Drod's relationship with Google....

Regards,

Stu.

SMMAssociates

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 :smileyvery-happy: ....

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.

GeekGuy

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.

Geeky1

The Missing Sync for Android works great. You can find it here: http://www.markspace.com/products/missing-sync-family.html

SMMAssociates

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.... :smileyvery-happy:

(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.

SMMAssociates

Following up....

"Missing Sync" looks like it'll do the sync job for me, but it doesn't like Outlook 2002....

I've got Outlook 2010 ordered as a "downloadable" - day or two, I guess. That should do it.

Now to find a browser or Java add-in....

I do like the phone, at least. Sure wish they'd gone with a pressure-sensitive screen in addition to (or in place of) the capacitive setup. I like a stylus....

But, to be honest, I do most of my on-screen "editing" - i.e., new phone numbers, etc., from the PC anyway, other than appointments or contacts added on-the-fly, like at the Doctor's office. My fingers are just a little chubby....

Also, unlike my old Omnia, it looks like the designers actually used the thing. The Omnia has some odd contradictions - things that work differently depending on what you did to get there, etc.

Again, thanks to all, so far!

Regards,

Stu.

SMMAssociates

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 :smileyhappy: ) user....

Regards,

Stu.

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