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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. Reinvent(ing) the Wheel by Aiua · · Score: 0, Troll

    I use the Intellisync for MSN that comes with my MSN Subscription. It is capable of syncing the Address Book, Calendar, Memo Pad, and Task Lisk between my Palm and MSN Subscriptions. I have experienced a few problems, but there are bound to be problems with any syncronization software. My suggestion would be to not reinvent a wheel that someone else has already written.