Reply to: Calendar sync - iPod, Outlook, Google

[Bunk]

I think we're into semantics now but that'd still be pull (your phone would poll for updates every x minutes/hours) whereas push has the content on your device within seconds of it hitting the server.

Yeah, I was thinking about setting an alarm to go off in less than a minute from the current time. I doubt the phone pulls more often than every few minutes, possibly more like 10-15 mins so if the alarm was on my phone less than a minute after I'd set it on the web I'd be reasonably sure that had been pushed there.

[ThomserveBAS]

Calendar sync - iPod, Outlook, Google

For me push is a must as upping the check frequency to be real time (or as close as you can get) is a battery killer on my iDevices.

[ThomserveBAS]

Calendar sync - iPod, Outlook, Google

I think we're into semantics now but that'd still be pull (your phone would poll for updates every x minutes/hours) whereas push has the content on your device within seconds of it hitting the server.

[Bunk]

Pretty sure all "DAV" formats are pull (i.e. you call up the service rather than the service pushing updates to you as they happen a-la ActiveSync/whatever Blackberry's version is called).

Hmmm maybe, harder to test that with calendar and contacts than it is with email because you can't tell whether they've been pushed or not until you open the app, at which point it may be pulling them anyway. I might test it with an alarm and see if it goes off on my phone without opening the calendar app.

[ThomserveBAS]

Pretty sure all "DAV" formats are pull (i.e. you call up the service rather than the service pushing updates to you as they happen a-la ActiveSync/whatever Blackberry's version is called).

[Bunk]

...both of which are "pull" rather than "push" right? @Google:

(glad I'm already "in" the club )

Not as far as I'm aware, I thought they were push and pull.

[ThomserveBAS]

...both of which are "pull" rather than "push" right? @Google:

(glad I'm already "in" the club )

[Bunk]

I'm guessing those signed up prior to the cut-off date are keeping their service?

What's the alternative (from Google) for those who weren't signed up prior to the end of January?

I think they're pushing CalDAV for calendar, CardDAV for contacts.

[ThomserveBAS]

Alas you are about a week late as Google pulled support for Outlook Sync on 30th January

I'm guessing those signed up prior to the cut-off date are keeping their service?

What's the alternative (from Google) for those who weren't signed up prior to the end of January?

[thunderlizard]

well, Google's Loss will be gSyncIt's gain at the end of the free trial. Everything is in sync now.

[SimonMac]

Alas you are about a week late as Google pulled support for Outlook Sync on 30th January

[thunderlizard]

yes it's looking like the answer is based on that. A helpful YouTube video has got my iPod 2-way syncing with Google calendar. But Outlook's putting up a fight and only letting me use that calendar read-only. Google says I need "Google Apps for Business". Do I want "Google Apps for Business?"

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[Pondlife]

Gmail Calendar

[thunderlizard]

Actually, going back to a mini filofax like I had before mobile phones had calendars is quite tempting!

[stek]

I've got a Google Nexus 4 phone, an iPod touch, and Outlook with local .pst files. What's my best option for keeping my calendar in sync between all 3?

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