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December 12, 2007
Google Calendar Sync for BlackBerry
Synchronization is probably the most requested feature for Google Calendar and Google has finally done something about it. It's not quite what you would've expected, but it's still a promising start. Google Sync is an application that lets you synchronize your Blackberry's calendar with Google Calendar.
"Using your BlackBerry smartphone's native calendar, you can now access your Google calendar even when you don't have network coverage and be alerted for upcoming appointments with sound or vibration. Your Google Calendar stays synchronized whether you access it from your computer or your phone. You can add or edit entries right on your BlackBerry smartphone or on your Google Calendar on the web."
The application should be available at http://m.google.com/sync if you visit the page from your Blackberry's browser. According to Google Mobile Blog, it supports Google Apps accounts.
This week, Google launched a mobile package of applications for Blackberry and a unified interface for iPhone. Google really tries to build solid mobile offerings, but only Google Maps is available for the most important mobile platforms. Hopefully, Google Sync will be released for other platforms and it will synchronize your contacts as well.
Sync your mobile phone with Google Calendar (third-party apps)
201 comments:
- AnonymousDecember 12, 2007 at 11:50 AM
Here's hoping they manage a sync utility for OS X. Spanning Sync continues to be buggy and slow -- maybe Google could do it better.
ReplyDelete I was so excited to see this that I immediately downloaded and starting playing with it. So far, the results haven't been awesome.
It brought down everything from Google to my BlackBerry, but practically nothing went the other way. The only events that went back to Google were new events that I created for testing. The older events never synced. So, it looks like it will be great for here on out, but things that I already have in my calendar don't seem to be getting added to Google.- AnonymousDecember 12, 2007 at 12:18 PM
I just hope this is the beginning of something bigger... I badly need to sync with SFDC, iCal, etc...
ReplyDelete - AnonymousDecember 12, 2007 at 12:44 PM
I am sure they won't offer this for Treo owners either, just like everything else.
ReplyDelete According to the help center, it doesn't seem to be a bug.
"Google Sync is a BlackBerry client that downloads Google Calendar events onto your BlackBerry, and uploads Calendar events from your BlackBerry (two-way synchronization over the air)."
"Google Sync is configured to synchronize with the default calendar of your Google Account. You can select other calendars to be downloaded as well, but you can't add events to these calendars from the handheld."- AnonymousDecember 12, 2007 at 4:41 PM
Double check the URL for a typo... I downloaded the patch fine from my Curve.
ReplyDelete - AnonymousDecember 12, 2007 at 6:48 PM
What I'm trying to do is sync my Outlook with my Blackberry and my Blackberry with Google Calendar. I can not seem to get the calendar entries on my Blackberry from Outlook to sync with Google.
Is there something I can try? Cool Breeze - Try plaxo. You can synch Outlook to Plaxo and then Plaxo to Google and it is two-way. I use this to sync Google & iCal.
Suzanne - Load the Google Sync app then click for the menu. You'll see an options setting. Click on that. It will show your calendar. Click on that and it will show you all the calendars you have. It's non-obvious, but you can add multiple ones from there.Google just keeps on giving this holiday season. First they give us the new home page for iPhone users and now Google calendar syncing to Outlook via Blackberry - because that's what this update really is. Thank you Google!
P.S. Google - I'd really like the rest of the prize so I can sync my Outlook back to Google calendar.- AnonymousDecember 13, 2007 at 1:02 AM
I want to sync Google Calendar with my N81. GooSync doesn't have N81 but I managed to do away by selecting E65. But, I can't do it second time and it always shows me System Error.
I hope Google will come up with something to sync Calendar with my Nokia. - AnonymousDecember 13, 2007 at 1:40 AM
I can't make it work with my BlackBerry Pearl 1800 on T-Mobile. I get "Login failed, due to network problems, please check your settings." Any hint?
ReplyDelete - AnonymousDecember 13, 2007 at 6:16 AM
Great! Do you plan to release a Symbian UIQ3 version for this sync tool :)
ReplyDelete I wonder if anyone can help.
I have downloaded and instaled the Google sync software to my BBerry 8800 (connected to T-Mobile in the UK) but I am getting a 'Login failed. Your phone does not support end-to-end secure connections. In order to protect your data Google sync cannot be used at this time'.Cool Breeze - You're welcome - my pleasure.
For those of you interested in the multi-calendar sync, I wrote up a quick + dirty tutorial
Enjoy- AnonymousDecember 13, 2007 at 11:38 AM
I am also having the same issue - NOTHING from Blackberry is going to Google Calendar. Without this feature, the sync is *COMPLETELY USELESS* to me - and it sounds like others as well.
What gives? Working perfectly here, on a Blackberry 8830. Multiple calendars, successful upload of events newly created on the Blackberry side, the works. The only limitation appears to be that I can only create new events on the Blackberry in my "primary" calendar, not in the other calendars I subscribe to and to which I have write permission.
ReplyDelete- AnonymousDecember 13, 2007 at 12:05 PM
Ahh. That's the issue - it only uploads *new* events, not existing ones. That's unfortunate given that many months in my bberry and lots of reoccuring events - none of which will ever get tranfered.
ReplyDelete - AnonymousDecember 13, 2007 at 12:23 PM
I downloaded it to my pearl right away. It seems to do a great job copying from Google to my pearl, but not vice versa. Hopefully, this is something they are already working on!
ReplyDelete this app is awesome (I figured out the issue from yesterday.)
For those of you wondering why there isn't BB --> gcal xfer, it could be b/c the default period is 8 weeks (this can be changed in options for up to 24 weeks)
So if events aren't appearing after the transfer, it could be due to their landing outside of the that window.- AnonymousDecember 13, 2007 at 11:45 PM
I'm getting the same error as Mike ...
"Your phone does not support end-to-end secure connections. In order to protect your data Google sync cannot be used at this time"
Is this a network setting we can change on the BB or is it network specific? - AnonymousDecember 14, 2007 at 9:19 PM
I have Blackberry 8320 from T-mobil, I don't have a data plan, Installed google calender sync using wi-fi, now when i try to sync i get the same problem as mike :
" login failed, your phone doesn't support end-to-end secure connections. In order to protect you data, google sync can not be use at this time." Brilliant application - but with one caveat - it needs something to allow us to upload all our existing Blackberry calendar information!!
I can understand that only uploading new events is probably good for data usage, but I've got tonnes of events and recurring meetings that need uploading. Please help!!- AnonymousDecember 17, 2007 at 4:25 PM
The is the first time I've been able to sync my blackberry without any systemic issues. It worked terrifically. Not only did it sync my google calendar, but it allowed my lotus notes calendar at my corporate headquarters to upload what I broght over from the google calendar. 2 birds 1 stone trick..
ReplyDelete - AnonymousDecember 18, 2007 at 7:20 AM
Works awesome - just installed it. I have an 8310 Curve and everything worked flawlessly.
ReplyDelete - AnonymousDecember 19, 2007 at 9:31 AM
ReplyDelete - AnonymousDecember 20, 2007 at 8:42 PM
tried syncing my 8700g and got "Login failed, due to network problems, please check your settings."
what settings? - AnonymousDecember 21, 2007 at 8:44 AM
If google would add two way iCal support ala WebDAV that would solve all of my syncing issues. A lot of us thought they'd never add IMAP to gmail so who knows... While they're at it, I'd also really love to see some way to synchronize contacts other than a manual export->import.
ReplyDelete Love the New Google map works great with Thunderbird as well. It sync great the other day now I am having troubles with it, if a make a new appointment it well sync with my BB but then it gets erased from my blackberry, or if I make A new appointment on my Google calender it will not sync with my blackberry
ReplyDeleteHere's an interesting Google Sync side effect.
I'm still getting paper bills through my carrier (AT&T) so I can expense them. Since I installed Google Sync using automatic syncs, my bill is huge!
The sync occurs once every 10 minutes, which generates about 3 pages of data xfer items per day. I'll soon be getting those boxed phone bills that the iPhone users were complaining about.
I'm recommending those of us getting paper bills turn off automatic Google Sync updates.- AnonymousJanuary 7, 2008 at 9:12 AM
To resolve the "Your phone does not support end-to-end secure connections. In order to protect your data Google sync cannot be used at this time" error:
Add your carriers TCP settings to your device. I have an 8830. Ran Google Sync. Here's what I get:
10% of your events have changed. ... (Deletes 85, Changes 0, Adds 12).
If I click Yes, I get a msg that almost all my Google calendar events will be deleted! If I click No, it asks me if I want to remove all my calendar events on handheld!
The exact same thing happens regardless if I do "Handheld Wins" or "Server Wins" in the options. So it's completely useless, and could actually make my life real miserable if, if I use this app at this point. Any suggestions on a different approach are greatly appreciated.- AnonymousJanuary 10, 2008 at 8:12 AM
I am having a problem with google sync that Bill mentioned on 12/13. Events entered from my laptop into google calendar make it to my BB. But events entered in my handheld do not make it to my calendar. Any solutions?
ReplyDelete Horrible!!! I entered recurring events in my BlackBerry. Then sync with google. Thereafter the events were somehow made into individual events and could no longer be edited as a group. Somehow a Tues/Thurs is now Mon/Wed and a Wednesday event is now on Tuesdays!!!
Another problem I've discovered is after March 9, 2008 when we switch to daylight time, after syncing with Google, all events after March 9th have been moved an hour later in my calendar!!!! WTF! Now technically this is correct since BlackBerry only give us the option "Pacific Time (-8)", but not PDT, so I cannot change it to the correct timezone it will be in the future, but assume Blackberry would do this for us on March 9th. So, now whenever I want to look at what I'm doing after March 9th, I have to remember Google moved all my appointments an hour later and hope it will magically all be better after March 9th!!
How do I uninstall?- AnonymousJanuary 13, 2008 at 6:06 AM
I am using Google Sync for the Blackberry which is also syncs to
Outlook (via a corporate BES). In Google Sync, you can set the number
weeks the calendar syncs up (8 weeks up to 24 weeks). If I schedule
an appointment outside of the Google Sync Window using my Blackberry
or Outlook, after a few minutes, the appointment gets deleted from
both the Blackberry and Outlook.
For example, to start with, I had my Google Sync window set for 8
weeks. I tried to schedule my vacation in June which was about 16
weeks out. Every time I entered the appointment, using Outlook (syncs
to my Blackberry automatically & then syncs to Google Calendar from
the Blackberry) it would disappear after a few minutes. Once I
changed the Google Sync window to 24 weeks, the disappearance stopped.
This is a serious problem because it means I can't ever schedule
appoints further in advance than the 24 weeks that Google Sync allows
without it mysteriously disappearing by itself.
Who do I need to send this bug report to so it can get fixed? It is
very repeatable. I'm a big fan of many google applications and this application is great in concept but is also currently a disaster. I'm a very surprised that Google suggested that it was ready to work with a BB. It doesn't register existing appointments from your Blackberry when you initiate use, only ones added after (you can import from outlook, but this doesn't work for recurring appointments). All of the comments regarding problems with recurring appointments are accurate. Also, all of my all day events were turned into events starting at 4pm and ran til 4pm the following day. Not the best experience.
ReplyDelete- AnonymousJanuary 15, 2008 at 6:34 PM
does google test it's software before release or is that what users are for now? any responses or apologies from google? feels very microsoft like.
ReplyDelete - AnonymousJanuary 25, 2008 at 3:44 PM
Messed up my callendar horribly. Does not sync, and worse, I was getting content Protection in place of my meetings. Also, even worse, it deleted my outlook entries that were created in Outlook
ReplyDelete - AnonymousJanuary 31, 2008 at 6:50 PM
After I installed Google Sync, it worked with BlackBerry Curve fine... but when I sync to my Outlook, it deleted all my calendars. why???? why???
I am pissed now!!! - AnonymousFebruary 4, 2008 at 10:01 AM
this is pathetic - I wish I'd read all of this last week. I had no experience with Blackberry, but my boss asked me to set his new one up. We use Google Apps, so the G-stuff available for Blackberry was exciting.
Two problems so far: the Gmail app only works with real Gmail accounts, our custom domain does not work, and, more importantly, the calendar syncing is still terrible... downstream from the web calendar seems OK, but upstream didn't work at first, until I uninstalled and reinstalled Google Sync, but then it doesn't upload sync any existing events (doesn't tell you that, either), just new events. Plus existing events synced down from the web calendar are now duplicated.
And if that weren't bad enough, events are now disappearing at random from the web calendar, presumably every time it syncs.
WHat the heck, Google? Terrible!!! This completely hosed my BB calendar in three ways:
1) After initial install, all of my BB calendar events suddenly became un-viewable. I got an error message instead, saying "This even has been externally deleted. Viewer will automatically close." Upon restart of my BB, my calendar was *blank*!!! WTF?!
2) OK, so after laboriously re-entering my entire calendar into the BB, I open up GCal on the web and find that it's mis-recorded every single one of my recurring all-day calendar events. I'm in the Pacific timezone and it looks like all-day events were sync'ed into GCal as GMT events -- they're all one day ahead of where they should be at 4pm. 8 hours ahead!!! What kind of stupid "sync" product doesn't compensate for TIMEZONES!!??
3) Argh. To add insult to injury, GCal has turned all my recurring events (dailies, weeklies, and annuals) into INDIVIDUAL events and re-synced them back onto my Blackberry that way!! So, all those recurring events that I just hand-entered into the Blackberry have now been replaced with individual events ON THE WRONG DAYS (#2 above).
This software is complete and utter crap. Beta indeed. Humph. User beware!
I love the concept of sync'ing BB to GCal, but I've learned an important lesson: my calendar is way to important to me to experiment with beta software like this!- AnonymousFebruary 9, 2008 at 8:29 AM
I have 9 calendars on Google Cal but can only import default calendar (which I hardly use!).. tried to look for other calendars on BB but no other calendars come up for me to select!!
ReplyDelete - AnonymousFebruary 9, 2008 at 12:16 PM
Suzanne, on the bb going into calednar, select google sync select the menu button, then options, go to the bottom of the screen where it says sync these calendars. You can then select that entire section and it brings you to a page that says my calendars. check the boxes for the calendars you want to sync.
ReplyDelete - AnonymousFebruary 11, 2008 at 8:06 AM
Glad I read these posts - I'm having a problem with recurring items scheduled on my desktop outside the GSync 24 week window just like zoidberg. I schedule them outside that 24 week window (25 weeks let's say - they exist on my desktop - and then when it syncs - they get transferred to the google calendar - but then are deleted off my desktop (Notes) calendar... I thought the problem was a Notes issue - but now see it is my own doing for using Gsync...
ReplyDelete I am not sure what is going on with Gsync and my BB. I have the Pearl 8100. I have tried downloading it a total of 4 times each time with no luck. The problem seems that it tries to sync with my Calendar and BB. When the sync is finished nothing has been transfered either way. I am not sure what is going on any help would be greatly appreciated.
ReplyDelete- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2008 at 3:15 PM
I had the same problem, google sync deleting appointments from my BB. Deleted google sync. How that solves it. Amazed that google distributed such buggy software.
ReplyDelete I too am having he problem of events created on my blackberry outside of the sync window getting automatically deleted with a cancelation notice going out to the invitees. This only seems to happen for events created on the Blackberry.
I sync with Lotus Notes by only through Blackberry Desktop Manager. I use BIS.
On events created using Lotus Notes, invites outside of the window disappear initially during the Gsync process. But when I resync the BB using BB Desktop Manager, the events reappear on the BB calendar outside of the Gsync window.
Lesson learned - Do not create invites on the BB until Google fixes it's bug.
Ideally, I want to use the Gsync to sync only my family group calendar with my BB. I wish their was a way to disable the Primary Calendar from syncing!
Once the bug is fixed, this program will be much more useful!!!Google sync looked like my solution. My enterprise uses NotifyLink which is a complete disaster as a synching product to Groupwise. I synched to Outlook, exported my calendar as a csv file to get all my current entries into Google calendar. Loaded Google sync to my ATT 8800, I was a pig is S _ _ _.
Then… I realized that not all the entries that I was creating were synching. I gave my secretary full editing permission to my calendar (and asked her to keep a record of all changes while I test the syncing.) The initial tests passes. When we moved to "production", I saw that some appointments that were created on Google calendar never synched to my BBerry, and some from my BBerry would appear on the calendar and then vanish from my BBerry.
Oh well, Sync needs to go back to Google labs. it's not ripe yet…- AnonymousMarch 9, 2008 at 9:25 AM
Google Sync is awesome! I really hope Google comes out with an address book sync as well.
ReplyDelete im sorry, google sync is not awesome. You cannot sync things in your calendar after 120 days (or something close to that) how can you carry around a blackberry and not be able to check what you are doing in 6 months from now?
I used gcal sync for a few months when there was nothing else available. I used to use outlook only, but I've always liked gcal because its on the web. well now gcal has an outlook sync program (link on top right up gcal window). so my outlook, gcal, and blackberry have finally all synced.
this gcal sync is useless unless you can sync 6 months, 1 year, or forever in advance. a 4 month sync? VERY UNPROFESSIONAL. i'm beginning to think the gcal programmers have given up and are already working on something else...- AnonymousMarch 19, 2008 at 5:01 PM
Google Sync was a disaster for me. Recurring meetings were automatically deleted. Meetings that orginated from other parties and were then updated (new time or date) didn't update in Outlook.
I have since disabled Google Sync and everything is back to normal. I think it has great potential, but I can't believe Google released a product with so many bugs. - AnonymousApril 7, 2008 at 1:01 PM
I have the most incredibley advanced G3 Verizon 8830 and not one commercial app runs on the incredibley stupd devise!
The Google Sync program I downloaded does not get past the Log-In screen. It hangs indefinitely when I hit the submit button.
The incredibley stupid technical support folks at Verizon referred me to a GOOGLE SEARCH to scope the problem.
So far I have not heard back from the Google App helpline folks so I cannot yet add them to the Incredibley Stupid list.
And yes, I have already added myself to the list of incredibley stupid for going with Verizon who has locked down all GPS functionality that every other provider includes for free so that they can charge an extra $10 per month on the VZ Navigator app. Although others here have indicated that multiple calendars associated with a Google account do sync to the BlackBerry, I have not been able to achieve that. Meaning if I have:
1. a work cal
2. a personal cal
associated with my Google account, then only the primary calendar syncs. I understand that if I make a change to my BB handheld, it will only update my Google primary calendar. However, others appear to have figured out how to sync the other way.
If anyone who has figured this out can shed light on what I'm missing, would appreciate the help.While Google Sync used to work on my 8300, it has been over a month since my last successful sync - every time I try I get: "Sync failed. Server problem please check network settings, or try again later."
Could somebody from Google at least acknowledge that the problem is being worked on? I know many many others on Blackberryforums are having the same errorsI'll answer my own question to:
"Although others here have indicated that multiple calendars associated with a Google account do sync to the BlackBerry, I have not been able to achieve that. Meaning if I have:
1. a work cal
2. a personal cal
associated with my Google account, then only the primary calendar syncs. I understand that if I make a change to my BB handheld, it will only update my Google primary calendar. However, others appear to have figured out how to sync the other way.
If anyone who has figured this out can shed light on what I'm missing, would appreciate the help."
Answer: go to Google Sync on your BB and select OPTIONS. Scroll all the way to the bottom where it says SYNC THESE CALENDARS and click (it's not intuitive at first). After clicking, check off the calendars that you want to sync.
Note: that only the primary calendar is synced both ways on the Blackberry. All others only appear on your BB and are sync'd one way from the Google server.I've been having problems with my Google Sync since May 2, 2008. The only way to get my calendar to sync is to delete Google Sync, reset my Blackberry, reinstall Google Sync, and then sync the calendar. The Automatic sync will work for a day or two and then just stop working. If I try to manually sync with "Sync Now", the screen says "Starting Sync" and nothing happens. I can leave it like this for hours and it doesn't sync.
I have another problem that seems to occur with my gmail to the blackberry. I'm getting a security certificate error. If I choose continue, it seems to be fine. I don't know how to get this error message to dissappear. Even choosing "Trust Certificate", the error message comes back.
What do you think is happening?Hey Amanda and Liz,
I started having the exact same problems as you guys at around the same date. I have the BB Curve 8310 on AT&T.
My theory is that the Google Certificate expires after a couple of days and the Sync no longer works (no idea what changed on 5/2/08 to make this issue appear). For me, just taking out the battery and restarting the BB made it work again for a few days, but it was definitely annoying.
The only thing I was able to do was go to Options -> Security -> Key Stores and set "Certificate Status Expires After" to Never and "Accept Unverified CRLs" to Yes.
Then I went to Options -> Security -> Certificates and "trusted" anything with "google" in it.
No idea if this actually fixed the problem or not, but ever since then I've turned off the automatic updating and been able to update my calendar manually without any hang-ups. Not nearly as good, but at least I don't have to restart my BB every couple of days to make it work. Haven't tried setting it back to automatic updating, so not sure if that messes things up again or not.
Hope this helps.
--Eugene.- AnonymousMay 28, 2008 at 10:31 AM
I'm having the same problem. I'm going to try Eugene's recommendations about security and see if that helps.
ReplyDelete After struggling with this for a few weeks now, I've figured it out thanks to the posts above.
To download multiple calendars to your mobile device:
1. download http://m.google.com/sync on your mobile device.
2. sync your primary calendar
3. under settings, go to "Sync These Calendars" and click all the ones you want.
DONE.Syncing with outlook doesnt work either. It tries to delete all Google calendar events that aren't in my outlook calendar every time. I just wanted this to upload events from Outlook calendar into Google Calendar (which i otherwise love). Unfortunately, Google has decided that if an event's not in my Outlook calendar, its not worth keeping...
ReplyDeleteThis is a peculiar problem; my google sync has worked fine since i´ve had my blackberry and now it´s not able to sync at all. It says that the sync is running in the background when i tryed to reset.. (if it is then it´s been taking hours.) Thus, i´ve taken the battery off and a reboot has done the trick. If anyone finds out a proper cure please post!... cheers, s.
ReplyDeleteThanks to this board for helping me fix a sync problem that was making me debate whether I would keep the blackberry or not.
Now that I've synced multiple calendars, does anyone know if google sync can sync to multiple programs - like blackberry and outlook at the same time? I like to have backups, and find outlook is a good use on some occasions.
Thanks!I'd like to throw my 2 cents into this discussion as well. I've been using the gSync for my calendars and absolutely LOVE IT! But now I'd really like to see Google sync my contacts. That would make everything so much easier. I'm a very heavy Plaxo user for my contacts, but I'll be perfectly honest -- if Google gets contacts syncing with the BB, I'll drop Plaxo like a diseased rodent! (Well, okay... maybe I'll still use Plaxo to keep things up-to-date...) But I'm guessing it's a race to see who'll sync contacts with BBs first -- Google or Plaxo. I just hope SOMEONE does it soon!
ReplyDelete- AnonymousJune 16, 2008 at 12:04 PM
Dorian, I have the exact same problem that you have with your calendar sync. When I first download the system onto my BB Curve it worked perfectly! Now, not so much... Whenever I add something to my Calendar on my BB Curve and go to sync the device it tells me that it syncs the new event but it does not show up on my Outlook Calendar at all and visa versa. Very frustrating! If anyone has a solution for this, please help!!!
ReplyDelete - AnonymousJune 17, 2008 at 8:21 AM
OK, say I have 5 google calendars under the one account that I share with 3 other people. I have read / write access to these calendars, and the others have read only access.
I download google sync to tool to my blackberry 8310 curve. I link it to my google account, go to options tick all 5 calendars so I can now see all my calendars & dates on my BB, and everything seems good so far.
I decide to enter a new date on one of my calendars via google calendars online. I sync with my blackberry and all is good... I can see the date appear on my BB calendar.. still happy.
Then I am on the road, and need to update one of my calendars via my BB. Here's the problem. How am I able to select WHICH calendar I want to update. It seems Google will only update my default calendar... is there a way to choose which calendar I want to update from my BB?
Would appreciate the help! - AnonymousJuly 2, 2008 at 7:57 AM
I cannot access http://m.google.com/sync from my BlackBerry...it shows "Not found"Can anyone help me?
ReplyDelete - AnonymousJuly 5, 2008 at 9:24 AM
Had the common problem with GSync on a 8310. "Login failed, due to network problems, please check your settings. I called T-Mobile blackberry support. As the GPS maps also didn't work the support guy suggested that the adult content protection be activated their end and adult content to be allowed. Within minutes GSync has be rock solid.
ReplyDelete - AnonymousJuly 5, 2008 at 1:30 PM
Notifylink will be the new application to Sync Google Apps to mobile devices (late july Iphone 2.0 included)
http://www.notifycorp.com/imap4_solutions/google/index.htm - AnonymousJuly 9, 2008 at 7:34 AM
you mentioned "...the support guy suggested that the adult content protection be activated their end and adult content to be allowed"
Did oy mean that the adult content protection was activated on THEIR end? and did the tmo blackberry support allowed adult content and then you were able to sync w/ gcalendar?? - AnonymousJuly 27, 2008 at 4:07 PM
We're disappointed currently with this feature. After having a whole calender wiped out from treo calender software, we thought with google sync on the blackberry curve we would be able to send events back and forth without using a port. It seems like a wonderful feature and looks promising in the future, however, after trying to start a whole new calender within a week it had deleted most of my events and changed the times of the rest. More information lost with me. Apparently I'm not the first to have this problem. I wouldn't recommend while they're having this problem to use the "sync" feature, for it deletes off both the online calender and the blackberry calender is synced to.
ReplyDelete - AnonymousAugust 12, 2008 at 1:51 AM
I like the future , but it is a little bit confusing when you work with corporate BES server .
ReplyDelete - AnonymousAugust 12, 2008 at 6:27 AM
This was running relatively smoothly for me until i created an second calender to separate work and personal events. Some of the events i had set up i moved to work events after the set up. Now every event is repeated on both personal and work calenders on my BB. It recognizes its incorrect saying it has been deleted on the calender online.
Sucks because it was working well. - AnonymousAugust 13, 2008 at 2:57 PM
Typically love the google products such as picasa and maps. But I do work for a large law firm where we use a Enterprise Blackberry server in combination with Lotus Notes version 6. Google sync is a true disaster, so far I found 2 people who installed this program on their Blackberry and both of them called in informing IT that calendar entries on the Blackberry and in Lotus Notes were disappearing. I would die to hear how they explain this one to the customer, "sorry but google ate the homework, I mean our appointment". We are now thinking about sueing Google. Ok, I'm just kidding about that but this product is very ungooglish! Shame!
ReplyDelete - AnonymousAugust 17, 2008 at 3:58 PM
on the BB, multiple calendars from google get tossed into the main BB calendar after sync.
on google, any new additions made to your BB show up in your main Google calendar after sync.
mike - AnonymousAugust 17, 2008 at 9:10 PM
Since I had my Blackberry curve replaced, I now too am having the same problem as Bradley and Cami above...I can only get my default calendar in the options portion of the sync menu. I can't get my other calendars to sync or appear.
ReplyDelete Having similar issues with a BES and Curve. After a successful initial syncs, My meetings were being deleted from my local Lotus Notes calendar, others were only synched on the BB itself and with Gmail.
had to delete it.
Too bad -- this would have made ical/gcal/BB interaction so much easier (PocketMac flakes out on me after a few syncs)> I have many web sites with Google calendars shared in HTML format.
> However when I try and access these HTML calendars through my
> Blackberry I only get the calendar name displayed not the calendar
> contents.
I finally stumbled upon the solution to the problem I was having getting my events to upload from my BB (8330) to Google Calendar, & I thought I'd share it here.
Try this:
Go your calendar & open the menu, and select Google Sync. On the Goolge Sync page, open menu & select Options.
On the Options screen, under "Sync these calendars", highlight "Default Calendar" and press enter.
This brings up a screen that says "Select Calendars" at the top. Right under that, it will say "Add new handheld events to".
If there is a blank space next to the word "to", place your cursor in the space & hit enter. This should bring up a menu with the choices "Default Calendar" and "None."
Select "Default Calendar" and you should be good to go.
When I first found this page I thought the sentence "Add new handheld events to" was referring to the list underneath the "My Calendars" heading, and I didn't realize there was supposed to be a selection where that blank space was.
Anyway, I hope that helps. - AnonymousAugust 23, 2008 at 4:28 PM
You rock! Thanks for the very clear explinations in the comments. You solved my problem.
ReplyDelete My calendar syncing has been working great, then all of a sudden yesterday I notice my appts are showing up twice on my calendar. Also, I can't get any of my calendar entries to delete off my Blackberry!! I have:
1)deleted things off my BB and off my Gmail calendar online(I don't use Outlook) to try and delete unneeded items
2)I've tried syncing over and over again but my BB won't update with the correct info
3) I took off the auto sync feature and set the BB to manual sync only, then tried to resync just the handheld to delete all handheld calendar events
4)I moved ahead in the calendar on my BB to a date in the future, then tried to delete all prior events
None of these solutions have worked. Can anyone help????
TIAOK, maybe I'm missing something in all this. I have Outlook at home synced to Google Calendar account which is my home email address. I have Outlook at work synced to Google Calendar which is my work email address. So I have 2 separate Google Calendar accts. I have 2 calendars on my Blackberry (shown as 1 ea email address). I want to sync to each one, but I can only seem to get it to sync to the home email address. I reinstalled Sync on the Blackberry and it is asking me for an email address at startup - I'm afraid that it will only allow me to sync to that one. Any workarounds to this? I want to keep them separate, and be able to choose the one to view/edit in Sync.
ReplyDeleteI have a BB curve where I have my phone synced with my gcalendar. I had this all working on a phone that crashed on me. After the crash everything I put on the new phone that Verizon gave me will not sync up with the gcal app on the web.
Does anyone know what you do to fix this?
Thank you,
Patrick- AnonymousNovember 25, 2008 at 7:09 AM
Sync multiple calendars:
What everyone forgets to tell you here is that you first need to sync the two calendars in your google accounts first. After you log into your calendar, click the arrow and then click "Share this calendar" To be sure I gave both calendars full access to the other account. Once saved, I did a sync on my blackberry and I now see both accounts listed there. I'm trying to synch my Blackberry Curve with Google calendar. Eventually (after several days) existing items did begin synching. However, I can synch everything except recurring appointments that are on my Blackberry. They do not upload to the Google calendar. fyi - I am only using my default Google calendar, no others.
ReplyDelete- AnonymousDecember 11, 2008 at 9:29 AM
Broken Series Problem:
My calenders have gone haywire. I have my Blackberry, Outlook, and Google calendar all synched together but any reoccuring meeting series set on my Outlook will go crazy -- the series will get broken up into individual meetings rather than a series and the same meeting will appear up to 4 times in one day. How can I fix this? - AnonymousDecember 18, 2008 at 9:02 AM
You still can't seem to add events to your BB that sync to anything but your default calendar. It syncs all calendars TO the BB, but only the default calendar FROM the BB. Then you have to go in to Google Calendar and change the event to the correct calendar manually. Not a big deal, but definitely not the best solution. When you add an event, you can't select any of the Google Calendars besides the default.
ReplyDelete - AnonymousJanuary 5, 2009 at 12:05 PM
I thought it was me until I found this discussion list. I've had many of the same problems with my 8703e and Google calendar. I re-entered recurring appointments in my BB (because Google will only sync those added after the sync software is installed) and the dates were all off and changed from recurring to individual events. Also: All my appointments after the change to daylight savings time on March 8 shifted an hour. How hard is it to write some code to account for this? It would be nice if Blackberry and Google were talking to each other, which apparently isn't high on their list of priorities.
ReplyDelete - AnonymousJanuary 17, 2009 at 4:54 PM
i sync'd my BB calender, google calender, and MAC OS X iCal 3.0.6. Does anyone know which one to use as my default calender so that I only need to make changes to one of them so the other two sync up?
ReplyDelete - AnonymousJanuary 22, 2009 at 8:38 PM
I have a BB Bold (9000) and have downloaded the 0.5.13 Google Moblie Sync. It dowenloads just fine but when I enter my email and password for it to sync with my google account I get the message "Login failed due to network problems, please check your settings. I have unclude my service providers connection details in the APN section of TCP but still no joy!!!! Can anyone help please??
S - AnonymousJanuary 29, 2009 at 6:04 AM
I've got the same problem using a Bold with version 0.5.13 - the previous one worked just fine with multiple calendars. Since then I've tried installing, syncing, sinc-ing out and in, deleting and starting again for several times without success. Maybe we should wait till the next google-output is available?
ReplyDelete You know I have a BB 8900 and Downloaded this software for my BB. Upon installing it the only thing that it syncs was the contacts. That was it. I am so MAD!!! I always trusted Google before this because they have never let me down in any way. I am discusted right now. If anyone can maybe help me I will take what I can get.
ReplyDeleteWhatever you do, don't use this if you are a corporate BB user. BES will conflict, causing the "content protection enabled" to appear where your calendar data used to be.
Worse, even though I uninstalled Google Sync, there's still that option in my calendar. The app is gone, but some hook still remains -- and I keep losing crucial meeting data (I telecommute, and my primary lifeline to meeting times has now been cut).
Perhaps a corollary to "Do No Evil" could be "Don't Break Stuff"?- AnonymousFebruary 6, 2009 at 12:02 PM
I tried this for a while and was happy until some of my calendar events went missing. Turns out the sync was deleting events outside its date range. This app is useless unless Google can provide a "destruction free" mode which promises not to auto-delete anything.
ReplyDelete - AnonymousFebruary 7, 2009 at 12:03 PM
Sorry, but it's funny how disgusted/furious/frustrated/disappointed everyone gets when they find a bug in their *free* software. I understand wanting to report the bug to Google, but do we really need to be so upset?
ReplyDelete I was thinking the same thing, Jason. People need to remember that Google is doing this for free. Install the software and if you find bugs, report them. Simple as that. Google could be like Microsoft and charge you for fixes/upgrades to their already buggy, poorly written software. There are lots of open source applications out there for the Blackberry, too. You should check them out.
ReplyDeleteJason and Chad - I believe the issue isn't that people get angry or frustrated with a free app, but more at the fact of losing precious data (calendar and contact information that gets lost, can't necessarily be recovered and could even affect business). That being said, imagine how angry people would be if they had to pay for the app!
ReplyDelete- AnonymousFebruary 9, 2009 at 2:59 PM
I lost much data to Google Sync. I now employ 2 strategies to minimize the losses:
(1) Set Sync to MANUAL - do not let it automatically update. On Automatic, the losses were extensive, or else, it doubled all my appts!
Yes, I reported it, and received EXACTLY ZERO feedback from Google.
(2) Make a backup copy of your calendar. calendar.google.com, display ALL participating calendars, then SETTINGS - CALENDARS - EXPORT CALENDARS (under "Create a new calendar") and place the exported copy with a name that includes the current date somewhere on your main computer.
Frequency of backups depends on your tolerance ot redoing work: If you are ok redoing a week's worth of appts, take the backup every 6 days. If you cannot take more than a day's loss, back up every 23 hours.
Someone may even come up with a nice little script to do it! Let me know please...
Chagri Lama - AnonymousFebruary 17, 2009 at 9:29 PM
I am running Window XP Media Edition and Outlook 2007, using Google Calendar and a Blackberry. I was having trouble syncing my Google Calendar with Outlook 2007. The sync kept telling me that 110 instances on my Google Calendar would be deleted. We discovered that it cleared up when we turned off the weather feature in the Google calendar, and the sync occurred with no beautifully. I can get my weather somewhere else.... :)
ReplyDelete - AnonymousFebruary 22, 2009 at 4:28 AM
I've been trying to sync Google Calendar with my iPod Touch. I got it to work, but it only syncs past appointments up to late August 2008 and no earlier, while I have years of past appointments that I want to sync on my iPod.
I made sure that the sync on the iPod is set to All Events, not just the past six months. I found a posting online where other people are reporting the same problem. Has anyone else run into this? - AnonymousFebruary 23, 2009 at 7:38 AM
The app is only syncing the events form the Google Calendar to my Blackberry one.
It's NOT syncing events form the BB upwards. Dose anyone have a suggestion for this problem?
Have tried re-installing, but it didn't help.
I'm using a BB Curve 8310, and have the latest official OS. DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, USE THIS SOFTWARE. IT WILL SUSPICIOUSLY DELETE YOUR INFORMATION IN YOUR CONTACTS AND CALENDAR, AND YOU WON'T NOTICE UNTIL YOU TRY TO CALL SOMEONE, OR YOU GET AN ANGRY MESSAGE FROM YOUR BOSS ABOUT A MISSED MEETING YOU KNOW YOU ENTERED ON ONE OR BOTH DEVICES, BUT THAT NOW NEITHER HAVE!
EVER!I have the $15 unlimited email package from Rogers....this allows me to use BB messenger as well as Google talk and MSN messenger....but I can't browse the web which doesnt allow me to go to the m.google.com/sync
Doe anyone know of a way for me to get this onto my phone? I think it will still work if I can get the software onto the phone.- AnonymousMarch 14, 2009 at 12:18 PM
I seem to be having the opposite problem of most. I have a BB Curve 8330 and when I run the sync, it says that the transfer was completed but none of the appointments from my Google calendar transferred to my BB calendar. It seems to be working fine the other direction and it seems to work for my contacts. I have Sprint, if that matters. Any ideas????
ReplyDelete - AnonymousMarch 18, 2009 at 4:30 PM
Anonymous: Only new appointmants added after you set up GoogleSync wil update.
ReplyDelete - AnonymousMarch 22, 2009 at 4:56 PM
When I sync my BB, it says Starting Sync, Connecting to Google, HIDE. And that's it, it does not seem to be moving after that. What am I doing wrong ?
ReplyDelete - AnonymousMarch 27, 2009 at 12:36 PM
quick note to those who aren't seeing the full sync they want (or to PaveMyOwn who is upset about deletions): You have to go into the options menu in google sync to set up 1-way / 2-way / etc. to determine how the sync will occur and how to handle the events back and forth. Otherwise it will use the default method and you risk losing data.
ReplyDelete - AnonymousApril 2, 2009 at 10:03 AM
My BB Curve 8330 now shows 3 entries for each calendar appointment. Any thoughts or suggestions on a fix?
ReplyDelete I think it's clear that Google doesn't care about the BlackBerry. As a BB9000 owner I am getting the "another sync client" error. All Google seems to say is "use our Applet". What if I don't want to Google? Buy an iPhone or gPhone? What if I HAVE to have a BlackBerry (for work duh) and can't get one becuase my operator doesn't sell them (Vodafone are you listening) - come ON Google. Don't be evil. Yeah. Right. All that means is don't piss off your shareholders.
ReplyDelete- AnonymousApril 24, 2009 at 12:13 PM
I was getting the same error as Mike received while I tried to login to Google Sync after I installed it in my Blackberry Pearl Flip 8220:
'Login failed. Your phone does not support end-to-end secure connections. In order to protect your data Google sync cannot be used at this time'
I am not bluffing, but looks like the hard reboot (take out the battery and put it back) of my blackberry did do the trick!
Here goes my story if you are interested:
Installed Google Sync. Got the above error while logging in (email@example.com and password). Read posts. Called t-mobile support to ask about TCP configuration...in vain. No change made till now. Then, changed Permissions (Settings-Options-Advanced Options-Applications-Google Sync-Edit Permissions....under Interactions Section, I changed the last four to allow, allow, allow, prompt) but to no avail. I left working on Google Sync and started working with other applications on my BB. Slept. In morning when I opened BB, it forced me to choose Reset...donno what happened. Did that....looked like it did a reboot of the device. During the day I tried Google Sync again with no optimisum but to my great surprise, I was able to login to Google Sync.
You might anyways waste time reading 10s of posts...why not waste 3-4 minutes in doing a reboot of your device, it is worth trying.
Thank you guys above who suggested a reboot...I really thought you were jerks. - AnonymousMay 17, 2009 at 9:26 AM
I think this is the coolest feature of Google Calender since last time I got iPhone and stuff at www.webdesignquote.ca for contacts synch
ReplyDelete - AnonymousMay 21, 2009 at 7:19 PM
i have a bb bold. i was able to sync succ., but was unable to sync my bb calendar to google calendar. have been working on this for awhile...'bout ready to give up on google!
ReplyDelete - AnonymousJune 2, 2009 at 12:59 PM
used to work great. Now it won't sync. Says I need to sign out and back in. Won't let me sign back in, though. Frustrating.
ReplyDelete I agree with the hard reboot. It helped me several times and I now have a seamless and always working sync between BlackBerry and my Google Apps. Multiple Calendars. It took me a while to get all my contacts right, lots of double entries (merging contacts in Google helped me).
Recently I upgrade the OS of my BlackBerry, had to start sync again and also this time it didn't want to start syncing and after a hard reboot it was back in action!
/Eric- AnonymousJune 16, 2009 at 3:53 PM
BOTTOM LINE: Should never have been released to the public. It's beta at best. Has lots of bugs. It has different problems depending on the blackberry device you're using. As an IT development manager, I would be ashamed to have had this go out to my internal users, not to mention external customers. When I installed it on my 8330, it duplicated some contacts. It didn't delete others it should have. Updates were uncertain. It's a shame. Really wanted to use Google calendar and contacts as my base wherever I happen to be and have my blackberry synch up every so often so I have access to up to date contact and calendar information. Oh well. Will have to find another way.
I agree with the above comment. It SUCKS!!! - AnonymousJune 23, 2009 at 12:37 AM
I don't have online access on my blackberry, but I have a cable that connects the BB with the desktop. How or can I sync it manually at night when I get home?
ReplyDelete - AnonymousJune 24, 2009 at 4:07 AM
sorry i've been searching the net to find out if google sync is available in any form outside the US as it asks for an american prefix on the main page...does anyone know one way ot the other?
ReplyDelete - David CookeJune 29, 2009 at 1:37 PM
Gosh, this program is terrible. Luckily I found thinkpost.net / they offer a Bberry sync product which just plain works!! Sure it costs $5/month, but...I'd rather cut back on coffee instead....
ReplyDelete I don't know why so many people are griping about problems with Google Sync. I have a Bold 9000 and have been using Gsync for quite a while now. Everything works beautifully. Items created on any of my Google Calendars sync to my BB, and items created on my BB sync to my default Google calendar. This is how it's supposed to function right now. After initially having a problem with duplicated contacts, that has since been resolved as well. Many of us are now submitting a feature request to have our multiple Google calendars sync with multiple BB calendars to preserve categories and color coding. We're also trying to get them to implement Task syncing as well since they launched the service.
Overall, though, Google has a solid sync product right now that does what it's supposed to do. It may take some tinkering and research to discover how to use it optimally, but that's a user issue, not Google's.Although the system appears to be working I have noticed the application to be slow, and this has since slowed down my phone a little as well,
I am using a 8900 and have the need of multiple calenders (Work, Personal, Facebook, and a business one shared)
The only calander I am using with gsync is the business one and there has been a noticable slow down in phones perforamnce since installation.
However, it works, and it works well, just a little slow- AnonymousJuly 13, 2009 at 7:26 AM
try posting birthdays in your contacts list. Your device will import them into its native calendar. Then watch as google synce slowy and surely removes them. Its an ongoing problem for about a year and a half. Google seems to move slow.
ReplyDelete - AnonymousJuly 21, 2009 at 1:28 PM
We had sync problems between Google Calender and Contacts with BB Curve. Firstly, Contacts need to be in My Contacts on Google for BB to pick up; Secondly, needed to tick, on the BB Google Sync Options, all appropriate objects to Sync - I forgot to tick the Calendr one;then Reset Calendr Sync on BB which asked if ok to remove BB entries; I said yes and now it Sync's with Google with no problems.
If you have key entries on BB then I would think it maybe better to backup on PC first and then restore from PC after resetting Cal Sync on BB.
Still have figured why BB Device Manager does not See Outlook 200? on PC, therefore wont sync with Outlook - but that's another story! - AnonymousAugust 7, 2009 at 11:19 AM
The old addage "Never judge a book by it's cover" comes to mind. While I find value in Blogs I am glad I tried it for myself.
I had zero issues and am using the product without a hitch. I refuse to connect to my corporate BIS server (one I leave work that is it I am done) and by placing selected appointments into Google Calendar I can sync with my BB8310 and get the mandatory appointments.
Slown - this is a friggin' cellphone so who cares how fast or slow it is, as long as I get my reminder so I DO NOT miss a meeting I am happy.
I agree with many comments that Google should try and provide better products. However with open source you get what you pay for and in this case zero outlay is working pretty well. As Director of Change Management for a Fortune 100 I certainly understand the SDLC model, ITIL concept and this is still a beta. Don't like it either develop a better product or delete it. Thanks to all for your comments! - Toe KneeAugust 14, 2009 at 10:22 AM
LOOOOOOOOOOOVE this feature! due to all sorts of red tape policies around servers and security at my place of employment it's impossible to sync your MS Outlook calendar to your blackberry's. However, i've found that I can explort a csv file and upload that to google calendar and sync it! It's an extra step for me, but well worth it!
ReplyDelete I loved (past tense) Google Sync until I just upgraded to a TMobile BB8900. Contacts won't sync. TMobile tried sending service books, resetting host routing, etc. with no luck. I will ask for a new phone, but for those who don't understand the problems others are having, it could easily happen to you, too. Don't be so smug. My last Blackberry worked seamlessly with Google Sync; this one doesn't. There may be changes cell phone service providers are making in the OS to discourage free apps from working, or because they do not care whether they work or not.
ReplyDeleteThe contact sync works well -- once you figure out its quirks. The calendar doesn't work well, however. Apparently, it doesn't understand "relative dates," as they relate to the Blackberry calendar.
If you upload a recurring event from the Google calendar, the BB reads it as a series of single events. If you try to send a recurring event from the BB back to the Google calendar, Google doesn't see it at all. Google will read a non-recurring event that comes from the BB, however.
Workaround: Only upload recurring events to the Google calendar, and don't be surprised when they appear as single events in the BB. You can upload non-recurring events to either Google or the BB without any problem, at least not that I've found.
This is a major oversight on Google's part.- AnonymousOctober 15, 2009 at 4:27 AM
Pearl 8100 user with Sync v0.5.15
As with many I'm having the problem of Google>BB = ok, BB>Google = no way.
I don't even appear to be getting the same menus under "Options" on Sync as others (eg. Anonymous said on August 20, 2008).
Can anyone help with BB>Google syncs? - AnonymousNovember 11, 2009 at 3:11 PM
I'm having the same problem as Joe. Downloaded google sync for BB 8300 - multiple times now. Says it's sync-ing and that sync was successful-completed within a sec - but no info has been transferred. Any suggestions?
ReplyDelete - AnonymousDecember 18, 2009 at 7:48 PM
Hello? Does anyone remember Palm solving this problem 15 years ago? Oh and then Microsoft resolved it again 10 years ago. I think the children at Google need adult supervision or they should not be allowed to play with grown up things like a Blackberry
ReplyDelete I just synced my google calendar and my BB calender on my 8530. This is so awesome, but I will add my voice to the request that the color coding for different calendars used in google be available in on the BB. Other than that- all is flawless. If your calendars aren't syncing correctly- try again because this worked perfectly for me.
ReplyDelete- AnonymousFebruary 1, 2010 at 11:34 AM
Help!! when I sync an even from calendar to my BB, it changes the time (the ate is ok). I'm looking at my g-mail calendar right now and it shows my event at 7pm, but when I look at my bb calendar it says 1pm. UG!
ReplyDelete Rubbish in today's techno world. On my Google calendar I have an all day event set from 03/02 to 06/02. When it syncs with my BB Bold, it changes the date to only 03/02. Birthday event on Google syncs as a non recurring event on BB. This 24 week max period is also no good.
If anyone can suggest a workaround I would be so grateful.I just tried it out yesterday. Same issues as 2 years ago:
Created a recurring all day Friday event on the blackberry and synched. It then changed the schedule of that event (on both the BB and GCal) to 5pm Thursday - 5pm Friday, and on the BB it had no knowledge of the series anymore, individual appts only. I tried created the recurring event on GCal instead and syncing down, which did fix the scheduling, but the BB still didn't know it was a series.
Now reading here about issues with time zone/DST, I'm afraid to use this product at all. I agree I can't get ANGRY about this free software, but it's pretty lame of Google to continue to distribute it with the same MAJOR problems that existed 2 years ago.- AnonymousJune 9, 2010 at 5:11 AM
It does not work on my BB Curve 8520.
When I try to install it after I enter email and password it says "Connecting to Google" and it freezes in this state! - AnonymousSeptember 23, 2010 at 5:50 PM
It definitely downloads my schedule from Google Calendar to my Blackberry but it doesn't work for the the opposite way. Disappointing!
ReplyDelete I just downloaded Google Sync to my Bberry Curve 8530. It brought over my Google calendar but started adding duplicates of every event. I got the message "Another sync client has been adding events to the Blackberry calendar, to avoid duplicates Google Sync will not keep these events up to date."
Anyone else get this? Any suggestions?- AnonymousJanuary 21, 2011 at 6:20 PM
@ Laura - I'm receiving the same message. I uninstalled and reinstalled Google Sync several times. I'm searching the internet for a solution and may need to try a 3rd party solution.
ReplyDelete - AnonymousFebruary 6, 2011 at 6:47 AM
Hi Laura & Anon I'm having similar issues with a Curve 3G. Either duplicates or erases my original google calendar (just erased everything for the 2nd time). Rather than rebuilding and have it erase again I'm searching for a 3rd party app. for an online calendar that I can sync down ONE WAY preferably to multiple blackberrys. Find anything that works? firstname.lastname@example.com
ReplyDelete Laura i was having the same problem. Very very annoying. After Searching for a while i came across this great product called "bievo" check it out at www.mybievo.com what was great about it was that it was free for the first 30 days so if you dont like it you dont have to pay. believe me it worth buying i love it. i think it only costs 20 bucks or something like that
ReplyDeleteToday I have concluded that BB Google sync is totally worthless. I had 1 appointment scheduled with a reminder for today, it morphed into 1750 entries in BB and Google calender and effectively killed my BB while I received reminders. I had to kill my BB calender data and also kill my Google calender. Forget about Google sync, it's not worth it.
ReplyDelete- AnonymousFebruary 20, 2012 at 3:35 AM
I have question. If I have several calendars on my google account and they have different colours, after sync with blackberry the colours will be saved or all events from google calenadrs will bo the same colours I have set for gmail account on my BB ??
ReplyDelete - AnonymousApril 18, 2012 at 7:53 PM
How are you suppose to edit your events that are created on a desktop using a blackberry bold 9900 is it possible any advice?


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Chris Capuano (11-11, 3.74) vs. Casey Kelly (2-2, 5.55).
Although we've come, to the end of the road (trips), still I can't, let, go. And not just because Michael McCary won't reunite with the rest of the band. No, it's because the Dodgers keep stringing us fans along this season, clinging to a slim tragic number of four with 13 outcomes left in the season.
Could the Dodgers go 6-1 while the Cards go 2-4? It's possible, given the Cards play the Nationals and the Reds, since we're facing a rookie pitcher with just 24 innings under his belt (on the other hand, Capuano hasn't had a win since August 12, eight starts ago). But it's unlikely (listed a 0.9% chance). And I don't know if it's worse to just get this elimination thing over with now, rather than have to face getting knocked out by the Giants at home next week. Can I see what's behind curtain #3 instead?

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - If Wall Street needs to climb a wall of worry, it will have plenty of opportunity next week.
Major U.S. stock indexes will make another attempt at reaching all-time records, but the fitful pace that has dominated trading is likely to continue. Next Friday's unemployment report and the hefty spending cuts that look like they about to take effect will be at the forefront.
The importance of whether equities can reach and sustain those highs is more than Wall Street's usual fixation on numbers with psychological significance. Breaking through to uncharted territory is seen as a test of investors' faith in the rally.
"It's very significant," said Bucky Hellwig, senior vice president at BB&T Wealth Management in Birmingham, Alabama.
"The thinking is, there's just not enough there for an extended bull run," he said. "If we do break through (record highs), then maybe the charts and price action are telling us there's something better ahead."
Flare-ups in the euro zone's sovereign debt crisis and next Friday's report on the U.S. labor market could jostle the market, though U.S. job indicators have generally been trending in a positive direction.
Small- and mid-cap stocks hit lifetime highs in February. Now the Dow Jones industrial average <.dji> and the S&P 500 <.spx> are racing each other to the top. The Dow, made up of 30 stocks, is about 75 points - less than 1 percent - away from its record close of 14,164.53, which it hit on October 9, 2007. The broader S&P is still 3 percent away from its closing high of 1,565.15, also reached on October 9, 2007.
The advantage may be in the Dow's court. So far in 2013, it has gained 7.5 percent, beating the S&P 500 by about 1 percent.
The Dow's relative strength owes much to its unique make-up and calculation, as well as to investors' recent preference for buying value stocks likely to generate steady reliable gains, rather than growth stocks.
But the more defensive stance illustrates how stock buyers are getting concerned about this year's rally. While investors don't want to miss out on gains, they're picking up companies that are less likely to decline as much as high-flying names - if a market correction comes.
The Russell Value Index <.rav> is up 7.6 percent for the year so far, outpacing the Russell Growth Index's <.rag> 5.7 percent rise. Within the realm of the S&P 500, the consumer staples sector led the market in February, gaining 3.1 percent.
There is some concern that growth-oriented names are being eclipsed by defensive bets, said Ryan Detrick, senior technical strategist at Schaeffer's Investment Research in Cincinnati.
"This isn't a be-all and end-all sell signal by any means, but we would feel much more comfortable if some of the more aggressive areas, like technology and small caps, would start to gain some leadership here," Detrick said.
Signs that investors are becoming concerned about the rally's pace is evident in the options market, where the ratio of put activity to call activity has recently shifted in favor of puts, which represent expectations for a stock to fall.
"We are seeing some put hedging in the financials, building up for the past month," said Henry Schwartz, president of options analytics firm Trade Alert in New York.
The put-to-call ratio representing an aggregate of about 562 financial stocks is 1:1, when normally, calls should be outnumbering puts.
Investors have no shortage of reasons to crave the relative safety of blue chips and defensive stocks. Although markets have mostly looked past uncertainty over Washington's plans to cut the deficit, fiscal policy negotiations still pose a risk to equities.
The $85 billion in spending cuts set to begin on Friday is expected to slow economic growth this year if policymakers do not reach a new deal. Markets so far have held firm despite the wrangling in Washington, but tangible economic effects could pinch stock prices going forward.
The International Monetary Fund warned that full implementation of the cuts would probably take at least 0.5 percentage point off U.S. growth this year.
Investors will also take in a round of economic data at a time when concerns are percolating that the market is being pushed up less by fundamentals and more by loose monetary policy around the world.
The main economic event will be Friday's non-farm payrolls report for February. The U.S. economy is expected to have added 160,000 jobs last month, only a tad higher than in January, in a sign the labor market is healing at a slow pace. The U.S. unemployment rate is forecast to hold steady at 7.9 percent.
While lackluster data has been a catalyst in the past for stock market gains as investors bet it would ensure continued stimulus from the Federal Reserve, that sentiment may be wearing thin.
Markets stumbled last week following worries that the Fed might wind down its quantitative easing program sooner than expected.
"It shows the underpinning of the market is being driven at this point by monetary policy," Hellwig said.
With investors questioning what is behind the rally, it will make a run to record highs even more significant, Hellwig added.
"There's smart people that are in the bull camp and the bear camp and the muddle-through camp," Hellwig said. "The fact that you can statistically, using historical evidence, make a case for going higher, lower, or staying the same makes this number very important this time around."
(Wall St Week Ahead runs every Friday. Comments or questions on this column can be emailed to: leah.schnurr(at)thomsonreuters.com)
(Reporting by Leah Schnurr; Additional reporting by Doris Frankel in Chicago; Editing by Jan Paschal)


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Feels and Squeezes...
...'Cause you know that's what they really want, right?
Yep, it's time for the Dad-Blogger Totally Manly Handshake/Laddish Back-Pat/Hey Buddy Shout-Out.
Featuring the It's Not Easy Being Green Dancers!
Are we on yet?
But first, by way of introduction, a reflection on the Mommy-Blogger Love-In (thereby allowing HBM to jam last week's forgotten Weekly Squeeze in here)...
When I put the call out for posts celebrating mama-bloggers, I was hoping that it would provoke reflection about what makes this community (YES) and its members so great. That it would give us all pause to consider why we blog, in the fullest sense of participating in this community as both writers and readers. That it would cause us to look around and recognize the tremendous awesomeness surrounding us. That it would make us feel good.
And, that it would allow us all to indulge in some shameless link-whoring. 'Cause in my view, there ain't nuttin' wrong with that. We all got a little blog slut in us - let's embrace it. Sluts are fun.
So while all us blog-sluts were frolicking with our links, I noticed two things. First, that there were very few - until recently, NO - male participants. I realize that this was a Mommy-Blogger Love-In, but that didn't preclude guys from shouting out to the moms that they read. I know that they're reading, and I know that they like us. And doesn't every guy like parties where the girls all hug and tickle and get drunk and all kissy-faced? Still, I understand if this whole Love-In thing seemed to involve too much estrogen. It might have felt too much like putting on a dress. I get that.
But this lead me to the second thing: despite the hormone-gassing estrogen levels surging throughout the posts, there was still the occasional pause to consider the men. Mostly Dutch from Sweet Juniper, who is, according to some, a Mommy-Blogger in Dad's clothing. This, in any case, was the assertion of Mo-Wo, in her post 'Eclectic Kool-Aid Acid Test [Pattern]' (this would get prize for best title, if I was awarding such prizes), and Melanie in Orygun said much the same thing.* (As it happens, I also talked about Sweet Juniper in my own shout-out post. But I was shouting-out to Wood, not Dutch.)
(Hey. If Dutch is the Mommy-Blogger at Sweet Juniper, does that make Wood the Daddy-Blogger? Does that sort of thing go over in Detroit?)
I think that Dutch's possible status as a Drag Mom raises some important, or at least interesting, questions about what constitutes manliness in the blogosphere. (Is it possible to be manly while waxing poetic about your family in a public forum? Would one have to include stories about bullfighting and deep sea fishing to really man a blog up? In my opinion, no, but I tend to to be too literal about these things. I'd begin from the ancient Roman ideal of manliness - which is the root of our term virtue [vir is Latin for man] - and work up through the weakening of that ideal of manliness by Christianity, and on towards Rousseau's bourgeois man before turning to Hemingway and such figures as Michael Landon as Pa Ingalls [here I would be indebted to Dutch.] Finally, I would consider whether Dave Eggers can be considered to be manly, especially in comparison to Dog the Bounty Hunter, who may or may not be manly, depending upon where one stands on the issue of overcompensation with regards to manliness. After all of this, we might have an operating definition of manliness to work with.)
(Loves me this subject. Takes up a goodly amount of space in my dissertation.)
But, as always, I digress. Considerations of manliness in the blogosphere will have to be left for another day. (Men? Care to take me up on these questions?)
For the moment, our business is celebrating Dad-Bloggers, regardless of whether they are manly or only sorta manly or metrosexual (can one be manly and metrosexual?) or totally girly. And so we have...
Are we done? Can I break his legs now?
TO Momma's get-together!
So it looks like Friday, June 30th is our day. (Not everybody can make these date, I know, but no fear - this will only be the first of many!) The plan so far is this: a daytime gathering in the park with the babes, and reconvening for an evening drink after babes have been put to bed/to sitters/to husbands. Parks have been narrowed down to Dufferin Grove (central) and Withrow (east side). Cast your votes now (leave a comment here or e-mail me), and let me know if you plan to join us for one or the other or both gatherings (day and/or evening). Precise details will be posted once settled, in a few days.
All are welcome (and no - since some of you have asked - you don't absolutely need to have a baby.) Looking forward to meeting you!


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We are pleased to present the new online 2013 Slow Food Almanac to you.
As in years past, we have sought to paint a picture of the complexity of the Slow Food movement, revealed through the many articles, images and interactive links that describe our work over one year, as exhaustively as possible.
The Almanac is divided into three sections: biodiversity, our themes and campaigns, and education. These three concepts, rich in meaning, exemplify the hundreds of concrete, everyday experiences that have characterized our network's journey.
A network that is increasingly widespread, creative, positive and aware that every day, through its actions, it communicates that when faced with the paradoxes of the current food system, we must respond with determination and an ability to trigger significant changes. A network that teaches us that the energy contained in all the faces you will see as you leaf through the Almanac has an enormous potential, and that all together we can contribute to a slow but radical transformation.
So my invitation to you is to digest this publication and discover all the actions that the Slow Food and Terra Madre network is undertaking around the world: Actions to guarantee access to good, clean and fair food for everyone; to fight the absurdity of a hyper-industrialized food system with no concern for the well-being of people or the environment; to preserve the wealth of biodiversity; and to educate the adults of today and those of tomorrow about how to guarantee a better future, cultivated with care and love.
To read the Almanac, click here.


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If you follow Surface creator Panos Panoy and director Jon Chu on Twitter, you're probably tired of the constant teasing of tweets over a future Surface commercial. Well, you can finally relax and see what the creative minds have been up to for the latest ad for the Surface Pro. Catch the video after the break.
While Microsoft might argue that the Surface RT can equally consume and create content, others would argue the Surface Pro would be the superior work device. And that is exactly the tone the advertisement sets. The focus of the Surface Pro in the corporate environment shows where Microsoft envisions the Surface Pro taking a strong foothold.
Which ad was your favorite between the Surface RT and Surface Pro? Also, what is your overall impression of the advertising campaign for the Surface? Would you do anything different?
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Jennifer Lopez wowed thousands of fans in Indonesia, but they didn't see as much of her as concertgoers in other countries — the American pop star toned down both her sexy outfits and her dance moves during her show in the world's most populous Muslim country, promoters said Saturday.
Lopez's "Dance Again World Tour" was performed in the country's capital, Jakarta, on Friday in line with promises Lopez made to make her show more appropriate for the audience, said Chairi Ibrahim from Dyandra Entertainment, the concert promoter.
"JLo was very cooperative ... she respected our culture," Ibrahim said, adding that Lopez's managers also asked whether she could perform her usual sexy dance moves, but were told that "making love" moves were not appropriate for Indonesia.
"Yes, she dressed modestly ... she's still sexy, attractive and tantalizing, though," said Ira Wibowo, an Indonesian actress who was among more than 7,000 fans at the concert.
Another fan, Doddy Adityawarman, was a bit disappointed with the changes.
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Lopez changed several times during her 90-minute concert along with several dancers, who also dressed modestly without revealing their chests or cleavage.
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Lopez will also perform in Muslim-majority Malaysia on Sunday.
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Just 1 percent of the world's population controls nearly half of the planet's wealth, according to a new study published by Oxfam ahead of the World Economic Forum's annual meeting.
The study says this tiny slice of humanity controls $110 trillion, or 65 times the total wealth of the poorest 3.5 billion people.
Other key findings in the report:
-- The world's 85 richest people own as much as the poorest 50 percent of humanity.
-- 70 percent of the world's people live in a country where income inequality has increased in the past three decades.
-- In the U.S., where the gap between rich and poor has grown at a faster rate than any other developed country, the top 1 percent captured 95 percent of post-recession growth (since 2009), while 90 percent of Americans became poorer.
"Oxfam is concerned that, left unchecked, the effects are potentially immutable, and will lead to 'opportunity capture' — in which the lowest tax rates, the best education, and the best healthcare are claimed by the children of the rich," the relief agency writes. "This creates dynamic and mutually reinforcing cycles of advantage that are transmitted across generations."
In other words, Oxfam says that if trends continue, the rich will get richer and the poor will get poorer.
"[People] are increasingly separated by economic and political power, inevitably heightening social tensions and increasing the risk of societal breakdown," the report says.
The World Economic Forum is scheduled to hold its annual meeting in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, beginning Jan. 22.
The Oxfam report largely mirrors findings of several other studies in recent years that have documented growing income inequality in the U.S. and across the globe.
In September, a University of California, Berkeley study found that the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans saw their incomes grow by 31.4 percent over the period 2009 to 2012, while the other 99 percent experienced just 0.4 percent growth. Last month, the Pew Research Center published a study that found income inequality in the U.S. was at its highest since 1928, the year before the start of the Great Depression.
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Open Source Entrepreneurship. Free Resources/ Recursos gratuitos para Emprendedores
Desde hace unos meses sigo el trabajo que realiza Steve Blank, experto en innovación y emprendimiento, y sus publicaciones en el blog: http://steveblank.com/
En su último post comparte recursos, herramientas, presentaciones y vídeos para emprendedores y profesores. La mayoría son gratis o «casi gratis» y yo los he encontrado muy útiles. Todos los materiales están en inglés .
Espero que a vosotros también os gusten.!
Herramientas para Startups:
If you're building a startup, the Startup Tools tab on the top of this page has curated links to hundreds of startup resources. Specific links are:
- A list of startup tools is here
- Market research tools to help you figure out the size of the opportunity your startup is pursuing, are here
- Some of the best advice on founding and running a startup from other smart voices are here
Updates and suggestions for tools I've missed are welcomed on the Startup Tools comments page.
The Lean LaunchPad course online
I teach potential founders a hands-on, experiential class called the Lean LaunchPadat Berkeley, Stanford, Columbia and Caltech. The class teaches the three basic skills all entrepreneurs need to know:
- business model design
- customer development
- agile engineering
For my Innovation Corps class for the National Science Foundation it made sense torecord the lectures and put them on-line. In my regular classes I now "flip" the classroom and have my students watch these online lectures as homework and we use the class time for discussion.
The free on-line class, hosted at Udacity is here.
Class Syllabi, My Lecture Slides and Student Presentations
The Slides/Video tab on the top of this page has all the open source course materialfor my classes. Specific links are:
- Syllabi for all my classes are here
- Educators Training Guide is here (it's part of the Educators Course where we teach how to design a Lean Entrepreneurship Curriculum and how to teach the Lean LaunchPad class – described in the Educators section below.)
- Latest presentations posted click here
- Stanford presentations, lectures and syllabus here
- Berkeley presentations, lectures and syllabus here
- Columbia 5-day presentations, lectures and syllabus here
- Caltech 5-day presentations, lectures and syllabus here
- Some general customer development slides click here
The Entreprenuers Checklist
The good folks at Udemy have taken a few of my lectures at Stanford and put them together in a series online.
The free on-line lectures, hosted at Udemy are here.
Online Guide to How to Build a Startup: The Lean LaunchPad
Startupplays.com, publisher of online entrepreneurs processes guides, drew from my Udacity course and The Startup Owner's Manual to create a free step-by-step guide to understanding your customers and creating your value proposition. Called "How to Build a Startup: The Lean LaunchPad," it walks you through the Business Model Canvas and an overview of the customer development process.
Find it here.
The Slides/Video tab on the top of this page has a number of my talks on entrepreneurship, customer development and startup, some short, some long, and a few interesting.
Find them here.
Recommended Reading
The Books for startups tab on the top of this page is my recommended reading list. These books have influenced my thinking. There's a short synopsis of why I like each book.
Updates and suggestions for books that I've missed are welcomed on the books comment page.
Visitors Guide to Silicon Valley
The Guide tab on the top of this page? I got tired watching dignitaries fly into Silicon Valley, visit Google, Facebook, Apple, and Stanford and then say they understand startups and entrepreneurship.
So for the rest of us I put together this Visitors Guide to Silicon Valley.
Updates and suggestions for places to see that I've missed are welcomed on the Guide comments page.
Secret History of Silicon Valley
What began as a hobby of mine – research in the intersection of my military, intelligence and Silicon Valley careers combined with my interest in the history of Silicon Valley and technology entrepreneurship – ended up in this video and PowerPoint presentation. I first gave the Secret History of Silicon Valley presentation as an invited talk at Google, then at the Computer History Museum.
When I gave the talk to audience of CIA staffers they asked how I came up with the talk, so I wrote a series of posts as the back-story that can be found here.
I still love giving this talk to people who lived it and people curious about it.
Almost Free:
Startup Weekend Next
Startup Weekend Next is a three-week version of the Lean LaunchPad class withhands-on instructors and mentors – offered in hundreds of cities around the world.
- The class is organized, led and delivered by Startup Weekend, the global non-profit that teaches entrepreneurs how to launch a startup in 54 hours.
- TechStars and Startup America are partnering to provide mentors in the U.S.
They don't ask for equity and charge just enough to cover the costs of pizza and the room rental.
Sign up here.
The Lean LaunchPad Educators Course
Hosted by NCIIA, Stanford University and U.C. Berkeley, Jerry Engel and I teach a course for educators interested in learning how to update and revise their entrepreneurship curriculum for the 21st century as well as learning how to teach the Lean LaunchPad class.
The Lean LaunchPad Educators Training Guide here is part of this course.
Next class is Jan 30th. Click here for more information.
The Startup Owner's Manual
The Startup Owners Manual written with Bob Dorf, has become the step-by-step reference manual for anyone even thinking about a startup. Each section offers detailed guidance and how-to's, helping you make your way through the Customer Development process using MVP's and Pivots as you search for a Business Model.
Last month we added a Kindle version, reorganized to make it easier to follow on a tablet and incorporating hundreds of links to websites, blog posts, and presentations.
The Founder's Workbook
Zoomstra, the publisher of online workbooks offers The Founders Workbook to help you track and monitor your progress through every step of the Customer Development process. It takes the static 57 checklists from The Startup Owner's Manual and makes them dynamic and accessible by putting them online as an interactive checklist. Use it to keep your team on track and ensure you have completed each critical task as you search for a scalable business model.
Click here for more information.
The Four Steps to The Epiphany
The Four Steps to the Epiphany has been described as the book that launched the Lean Startup movement. The book is still relevant today as when it was written. The last two chapters deal with scale and management of growing startups.
Now get out of the building and make something happen!
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