From voytek at sbt.net.au  Mon Apr 24 00:31:50 2006
From: voytek at sbt.net.au (Voytek Eymont)
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:31:50 +1000 (EST)
Subject: [Fwd: Palm <-> Google Calendar Sync]
Message-ID: <50908.220.240.55.11.1145853110.squirrel@www.sbt.net.au>

in case this is of interest to others:

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Subject: Palm <-> Google Calendar Sync
From:    "Shawn (googleSync)" <shawn at googlesync.com>
Date:    Mon, April 24, 2006 2:17 pm
To:      undisclosed-recipients:;
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Thank you for your interest in tesitng the Palm <-> Google Calendar
Sync software (currently named googleSync, but subject to change) .

Currently the software is in it's infancy, I would even say it's
embryo, stage.  I started with a proof-of-concept on Friday and I've
been working all weekend to enhance this POC to the point that I could
release something.  After about 36+ hours of coding, I have a very
buggy and basic Palm Desktop AddIn that will create/update entries in
Google Calendar with entries from Palm Desktop Datebook.  This is
currently written in Visual Basic and has been tested on Palm Desktop
4.2 and 4.1.4.

The current state of this software does not necessarily represent the
direction I'm planning for this project.
The primary goals I've set for this project are:
    *Cross-platform (Windows, Linux, and potentially OSX)
    *Ability to sync Calendar & Contacts with Google (in both directions)
Tentative Goals:
*Palm and Pocket-PC support (Pocket-PC will depend on interest and
availability of testing hardware)
*Implementation may be conduit, Palm Desktop AddIn, or Palm based program
*Sync may be performed through Desktop Sync connection or WiFi

To achieve these goals, there may be different solutions that comprise
the total project to satisfy the various requirements and goals.  Most
notably, I will be switching over to Java as the primary language.

If you would like a copy of the Palm Desktop AddIn, please let me
know.  As I said, it's fairly buggy (nothing that should impact your
system though) but it's fairly functional.

If you have Java experience and are interested in contributing, also
let me know.

If you are still interested in testing but don't have Java experience
and don't want to use the buggy Palm Desktop AddIn, keep an eye on
http://www.googlesync.com for upcoming news and releases.  Based on my
initial POC, I estimate about two weeks for something to be released
for testing.  In the meantime, if you have suggestions or feature
requests, please submit them at http://bugs.googlesync.com.



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Thank You,
Shawn Grimes


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Voytek