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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?"

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  1. Re:php/oracle/java based pc/mac palm conduit by Admiral+Lazzurs · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I would suggest open sourcing it anyhoo. From this two things will happen,

    - Only personal users will use it, oracle is free for them

    - People will convert it to the SQL backend of their choice

    Either way you will get all of the advantages of opening the code base to the community.