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Handhelds Syncing w/ Web-Based Calendars?

Posted by Cliff on from the using-the-same-data dept.

hacker asks: "I have been asked many times over the past few years to support "web-based calendaring" with pilot-link, so people can syncronize their PalmOS handheld devices directly with 'online' calendaring software. The problem is...what calendaring software? I've looked at the various alternatives (PHP iCalendar, WebCal, and about two-dozen others) free and commercial, and none of them really offer a good, powerful, flexible way to integrate the same kind of data that resides on a Palm handheld device. I would write the conduit between Palm and calendaring software. Has anyone actually used a web-based calendaring product they like, and if so, which one, and why? Would the ability to syncronize your Palm handheld with your web-based calendaring software be useful?"

6 of 67 comments (clear)

  1. Yahoo Calendars is GREAT by bfgimpexe · · Score: 5, Informative

    I've been using Yahoo Calendars for a couple months now and it does everything I need, as well as syncing well with Outlook and Palm Desktop. In Windows it's convenient to make it your active desktop--you have your entire month laid out in front of you.

  2. ArcStream's Blackboard toGo! by profet · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you go to university you probably have dealt with the Blackboard web application and its various features.

    ArcStream makes a conduit for Blackboard called Blackboard toGo! I have never used the software but it seems to be exactly what you are looking for.

    Again...this all stems on you already using the Blackboard software...(from what I understand most Universities in the states already do)...and you getting your University to use the Arcstream software.

    Note: I am not affiliated with ArcStream Solutions, Inc. or Blackboard Inc.

  3. Re:More general... by biglig2 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Well, Exchange 2K3 springs to mind, although probably not a popular suggestion, and in your case probably way too big.
    The web client is almost identical to Outlook, and every PDA syncs Calendars, ToDos etc. with Outlook.

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  4. Steltor CorporateTime by stonebeat.org · · Score: 5, Informative

    Check out Steltor CorporateTime by Oracle. It has a web based Calendering Client, integrates in Outlook, and support Sync to Palms and other PDAs.

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  5. Webcalendar.sourceforge.net? by millisa · · Score: 5, Informative

    Webcalendar's features include:

    # Export events to iCal, vCal or Palm

    # Import from vCal or Palm

    # Optional general access (no login required) to allow calendar to be viewed by people without a login (useful for event calendars)

    # Users can make their calendar available publicly to anyone with an iCal-compliant calendar program (such as Apple's iCal or Mozilla Calendar)

    1. Re:Webcalendar.sourceforge.net? by hacker · · Score: 5, Informative
      #Import from vCal or Palm

      Unfortunately, it can't import the standard Palm data. I have 697 events in my calendar, which show up in Linux under Evolution and J-Pilot and with a Perl dump of DatebookDB.pdb. They also show up in Windows under Outlook and Palm Desktop.

      Following the instructions in Webcalendar, to import the datebook/datebook.dat file from the Palm Desktop setup, only imports 53 entries, mostly holidays.

      If it can't handle the format supplied, it should not advertise that it can. Clearly nobody tested this capability (and yes, I'll be reporting the bug with the Webcalendar maintainers).

      That's a blocker for me, so I stopped testing it right there.