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	<title>MarcAThing.com &#187; Mobile Life</title>
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		<title>Solved: linking Google Apps calendar and gmail.com calendar on your Android device</title>
		<link>http://www.marcathing.com/2009/08/08/solved-linking-google-apps-calendar-and-gmail-com-calendar-on-your-android-device/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Fonteijn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I got my brand new android phone. At the very first startup of the device you&#8217;re asked to submit your Google account credentials and then it magically sets up your mail, calendar and contacts. I used my personal Google (gmail) account as default account for this. 
At my studio we use Google Apps for [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yesterday I got my brand new android phone. At the very first startup of the device you&#8217;re asked to submit your Google account credentials and then it magically sets up your mail, calendar and contacts. I used my personal Google (gmail) account as default account for this. </p>
<p>At my studio we use Google Apps for all our work related stuff. So beside my personal Google account I have an Google Apps account.</p>
<p>The problem with the default phone setup is that your Google Apps calendar is not automatically synced with your phone (<a href="http://ask.metafilter.com/128952/Google-Apps-calendar-and-gmailcom-calendar-can-they-get-along">also read this blogpost that explains the issue</a>). There&#8217;s no option on android devices to change the google account the calendar syncs with. You&#8217;re stuck with the Google account you entered at the very start.</p>
<p>The fist thing you think of is to share you Google Apps calendar with your regular Google account. Because if you regular Google account has access to that calendar your phone should too. Should take you more than 5 minutes. Right? Well not quite&#8230;</p>
<p>The good news it that it is possible to get this setup working in a way that doesn&#8217;t require any nasty hacks or tricks. The bad news is that it took me half a day to get this setup to work.</p>
<p>The first thing you need to do is to login into your Google Apps management dashboard and change / check your calendar sharing options. They must be set to <em>&#8220;Share all information, and outsiders can change calendars&#8221;</em>. If you don&#8217;t select this option you won&#8217;t be able to edit the events, just view them.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcfonteijn/3800590325/" title="Google Apps by marcfonteijn, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3586/3800590325_61125748f2.jpg" width="500" height="316" alt="Google Apps" /></a></p>
<p>Now you need to go to your Google Apps calendar you want to share with your personal Google account. This is one of tricky parts in getting this setup to work. Sometimes the option to set a calendar to &#8220;<em>make changes AND manage sharing</em>&#8221; (see below) won&#8217;t be available. Even if you&#8217;ve selected the right option in your Google Apps dashboard. I don&#8217;t know if this has to do with a time delay or just a glitch in the system. All I can say is if you don&#8217;t see the option to &#8220;make changes AND manage sharing&#8221; just keep trying. Eventually it will show up.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcfonteijn/3801415148/" title="31Volts - Calendar by marcfonteijn, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2578/3801415148_5572d5fda9.jpg" width="500" height="249" alt="31Volts - Calendar" /></a> </p>
<p>After you&#8217;ve shared your Google Apps calendar it will show up in your &#8220;<em>My calendars</em>&#8221; personal Google calendar account (see below). </p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcfonteijn/3800601307/" title="Google Calendar by marcfonteijn, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2627/3800601307_ab7ebc012d.jpg" width="500" height="308" alt="Google Calendar" /></a></p>
<p>You should think that the only thing left to do is to select the calendar on your phone. Easy does it right&#8230;<br />
Well while fiddeling with this setup I noticed that even though the Google Apps calendar is in &#8220;My calendars&#8221; it won&#8217;t show up on my lovely android phone. Again I have no clue why but I just kept playing with the setting on the Google Apps dashboard and &#8220;share this calendar&#8221; in my Google Apps account and eventually it showed up on my phone.</p>
<p>To check if your setup works, open up calendar on your phone. Go into the calendars selection option.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcfonteijn/3800649199/" title="Cam by marcfonteijn, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2576/3800649199_7cb508e512.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Cam" /></a></p>
<p>If everything went according to plan you should see the shared calendar in the list. If it works the calendar should show up immediately (no need to wait for 5min or something). Don&#8217;t forget to check it so that it syncs.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcfonteijn/3801471376/" title="Cam by marcfonteijn, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3509/3801471376_68dbedfb8c.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Cam" /></a></p>
<p>If you follow all the steps it&#8217;s a pretty straightforward procedure which you can do in under 5 minutes. The thing that messes it all up is that it sometimes just doesn&#8217;t work&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>Limitations</strong><br />
One limitation in this setup is that when you edit an event created by the Google App user on your phone it won&#8217;t update that event. Rather it will create an edited copy of the event and add it to the calendar. <em>Update</em>: I&#8217;ve noticed that this is not always the case. Keeps getting more and more confusing&#8230; </p>
<p>Another limitation is that you can&#8217;t set the privacy a new event on your phone.</p>
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		<title>Nomophobia &#8211; are you scared to live without that phone?</title>
		<link>http://www.marcathing.com/2008/05/01/nomophobia-are-you-scared-to-live-without-that-phone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 18:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Fonteijn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Never heard of Nomophobia? Don&#8217;t worry Nick has written a great article about this disease and it&#8217;s various symptoms thats quickly spreading under the western-civilization.
I think I&#8217;ve got a mix of 7. The 3-minute fidget and 12. The trumper. Have to check with my health insurance to see if I can get a professional diagnose.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Never heard of Nomophobia? Don&#8217;t worry Nick has written a <a href="http://putthingsoff.com/index.php/nomophobia-and-the-curse-of-the-mobile-phone/">great article</a> about this disease and it&#8217;s various symptoms thats quickly spreading under the western-civilization.</p>
<p>I think I&#8217;ve got a mix of <em>7. The 3-minute fidget</em> and <em>12. The trumper</em>. Have to check with my health insurance to see if I can get a professional diagnose.</p>
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		<title>Open letter to Nokia: get the PIM up to todays standard</title>
		<link>http://www.marcathing.com/2008/03/08/open-letter-to-nokia-get-the-pim-up-to-todays-standard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Fonteijn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is my open letter to Nokia
Please, just spend 1% of your hardware R&#038;D budget and give us a decent PIM.
Although you give us fantastic hardware and keep innovating in the features of new devices, we&#8217;ve had to put up with a PIM that just doesn&#8217;t cut it if you want to do something more [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>This is my open letter to Nokia</strong><br />
Please, just spend 1% of your hardware R&#038;D budget and give us a decent PIM.<br />
Although you give us fantastic hardware and keep innovating in the features of new devices, we&#8217;ve had to put up with a PIM that just doesn&#8217;t cut it if you want to do something more than a basic calendar entry for several years now. The PIM is probably the most used application on my phone. I use it way more that making phone calls for instance. It&#8217;s just </p>
<p>You keep giving us firmware updates (which is nice), but please just give the guys at the PIM development department some budget (and a tray of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jolt_Cola">Jolt</a>) to get the stuff up to the level we expect from Nokia. The active users are <a href="http://www.s60.com/business/whatss60/wishlist/displayWishList.do?category=12">contributing their ideas</a> on how you can improve our Nokia experience so you just need to grab the list and off you go.</p>
<p>My no. 1 feature request would be the ability to have <em>multiple calendars</em>. I know everything is miscellaneous but that doesn&#8217;t mean I don&#8217;t wont to have a &#8220;work&#8221; and &#8220;personal&#8221; calendar. Imagine syncing iCal/Thunderbird/Outlook, Goolge Calendar and the Nokia Calendar, wouldn&#8217;t that just be great? The main thing lacking in order to get this setup working is &#8230; the support for multiple calendars in the Nokia Calendar.  Just start out by adding an extra field called &#8220;calendar&#8221; which I can select when entering a meeting , thats all I ask from you.</p>
<p>Do you have any question concerning this open letter, please feel free to contact me anytime.</p>
<p>Sincere,<br />
Marc Fonteijn</p>
<p>08/03/2008</p>
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		<title>My list of Mobile Apps</title>
		<link>http://www.marcathing.com/2007/12/10/my-list-of-mobile-apps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Fonteijn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Applications]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Raimo pinged me to post a list of the applications I&#8217;m using om my phone. This one is easy. I&#8217;ve made such a list (dutch!) some time ago but things have changed over time. To make a complete list I&#8217;m going to include all the app&#8217;s I use, including the ones that come shipped with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Raimo <a href="http://marikaya.wordpress.com/2007/12/10/my-list-of-mobile-apps/">pinged me</a> to post a list of the applications I&#8217;m using om my phone. This one is easy. I&#8217;ve made <a href="http://www.marcathing.com/2006/11/17/dingen-om-uit-te-proberen-op-je-smartphone/">such a list</a> (dutch!) some time ago but things have changed over time. To make a complete list I&#8217;m going to include all the app&#8217;s I use, including the ones that come shipped with the phone.</p>
<p><strong>Daily use:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.google.com/mobile/mail/index.html">Gmail</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.s60.com/business/productinfo/builtinapplications/messaging">Nokia Messaging application</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.s60.com/business/productinfo/builtinapplications/webrowser/">Nokia S60 browser</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.s60.com/business/productinfo/builtinapplications/pim">Nokia PIM</a> (although I wish something better came along)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Regular use:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.shozu.com/portal/">Shozu</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.marcathing.com/2007/07/01/voipbuster-sip-and-nokia-internet-telephony-application-howto-setup-guide/">Nokia Internet telephony (SIP)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.operamini.com/">Opera mini</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.quickmark.com.tw/En/basic/index.asp">Quickmark</a></li>
<li><a href="http://reader.kaywa.com/">Kaywa</a></li>
<li><a href="http://europe.nokia.com/A4491268">MSN Messenger</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.tomtom.com/products/features.php?ID=282&#038;Category=2&#038;Lid=4">TomTom</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.google.com/gmm/">Google Maps</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.fring.com/">Fring</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/software/item/Best_Screen_Snap.php">ScreenSnap</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.shazam.com/music/portal/sp/s/media-type/html/user/anon/page/default/template/pages/p/shazam_id.html">Shazam ID</a></li>
<li>Nokia Music Player</li>
<li>Nokia Sync (for <a href="http://www.goosync.com">goosync.com</a> and iCal)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Rare use:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.widsets.com/">WidSets</a></li>
<li><a href="http://jaiku.com/mobile">Jaiku</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.fon.com/en/download">FON WiFI</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.mgmaps.com/">MGMaps</a> (Google Maps Mobile &#8230; with extra features)</li>
<li><a href="http://europe.nokia.com/A4160376">Nokia Podcasting</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.lonelycatgames.com/?app=smartmovie">SmartMovie</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readerforsymbian.html">Adobe PDF</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.pushl.com/taskspy/">Tasky</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.symbian-freeware.com/download-x-plore.html">X-plore</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.pathe.nl/mobiel">Pathe</a> (dutch movie guide)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>I don&#8217;t know why I stll have them on my phone:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://mobile.yahoo.com/go">Yahoo! GO</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.aut.bme.hu/portal/SymTorrent.aspx?lang=en">SymTorrent</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.comvu.com/">PocketCaster</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.kyte.tv/home/index.html">Kyte</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nokia.com/A4450073">MyStrands</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.rok.tv/">ROK TV</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.quickoffice.com/">Quickoffice</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.scanr.com/">ScanR</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www2.nimbuzz.com/">Nimbuzz</a></li>
<li>many, many more&#8230;</li>
</ul>
<p>How about that for an overview ;)</p>
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		<title>Weet wat je eet, QR Codes bij McDonalds</title>
		<link>http://www.marcathing.com/2007/09/05/weet-wat-je-eet-qr-codes-bij-mcdonalds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 08:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Fonteijn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[De volgende toepassing real-life toepassing van QR Codes duikt op. Deze keer geen marketing actie of het fysiek hyperlinken van de wereld maar voedingsinformatie van je Big Mac bij de Japanse vestigingen van McDonalds.


Ben je niet in de gelegenheid om even een Japanse cheesburger te scoren, dan kun je ook gewoon over in het online [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>De volgende toepassing real-life toepassing van QR Codes duikt op. Deze keer geen <a href="http://www.marcathing.com/2007/09/04/qr-codes-in-hm-mobile-marketing-campagne/">marketing actie</a> of het <a href="http://www.semapedia.nl" target="_blank">fysiek hyperlinken</a> van de wereld maar voedingsinformatie van je Big Mac bij de Japanse vestigingen van McDonalds.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/minceyfresh/216655434/"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/72/216655434_6a627359c7.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="DSCF1264" /></a></p>
<p><img src="http://www.mcdonalds.co.jp/quality/qrcode/img/qr_pic1.gif" alt=""  align="left"/><img src="http://www.mcdonalds.co.jp/quality/qrcode/img/qr_pic2.gif" alt=""/></p>
<p>Ben je niet in de gelegenheid om even een Japanse cheesburger te scoren, dan kun je ook gewoon over in het <a href="http://www.mcdonalds.co.jp/quality/qrcode/qrcode_list.html" target="_blank">online overzicht</a> kijken van de McCodes.</p>
<p>Wie op zijn Japans wil studeren kijkt voor meer info op <a href="http://www.mcdonalds.co.jp/quality/qrcode/qrcode.html" target="_blank">http://www.mcdonalds.co.jp/</a> en anders kijk je gewoon even op <a href="http://calorielab.com/news/2006/09/15/mcdonalds-tags-food-with-high-tech-nutrition-information/" target="_blank">CalorieLab</a>.</p>
<p>Wederom de vraag wie o wie zal de eerste zijn in Nederland &#8230;</p>
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		<title>And than there was Mailku</title>
		<link>http://www.marcathing.com/2007/08/11/and-than-there-was-mailku/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2007 13:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Fonteijn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just 2 days after I managed to send email message to Jaiku using Twittermail, Jaiku has already catched up. Mailku has seen the light. Mailku lets you send direct messages to Jaiku using email. It&#8217;s plain and simple (as it should be).
Register with JaikuFans.com, enter a Mailku password and you&#8217;re done! You can start sending [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just 2 days after I managed to <a href="http://www.marcathing.com/2007/08/08/posting-to-jaiku-using-the-email-client-on-your-phone-via-twitter-and-twittermail/">send email message to Jaiku using Twittermail</a>, Jaiku has already catched up. <a href="http://jaikufans.com/tools/clients/other-platforms/mailku" target="_blank">Mailku</a> has <a href="http://jaiku.com/channel/jaiku/presence/8837453" target="_blank">seen the light</a>. Mailku lets you send direct messages to Jaiku using email. It&#8217;s plain and simple (as it should be).</p>
<p>Register with <a href="http://jaikufans.com/">JaikuFans.com</a>, enter a Mailku password and you&#8217;re done! You can start sending emails to <jaiku username>.<mailku password>@post.jaikufans.com and see them published instantly in your Jaiku stream!</p>
<p>Mailku works great, thanks for such a quick implementation!</p>
<p>By the way you don&#8217;t have to throw your TwitterMail account out the door just yet, you can just CC the messages to Twitter :)</p>
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		<title>Using ShoZu and Jaiku to microblog?</title>
		<link>http://www.marcathing.com/2007/08/07/using-shozu-and-jaiku-to-microblog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 20:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Fonteijn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ShoZu is great! Did I say great? I mean fantastic!
I just realized how often it occurs that I want to post a short message to Jaiku (read: Jaiku, Twitter, Numpa any other microblogging platform that has an open API). This happens on strange times, at strange places and weird occasions. It&#8217;s mostly when I&#8217;m not [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.shozu.com/resources/portal/default//images/logo.gif" alt="ShoZu" align="right"/><a href="http://www.shozu.com" target="_blank">ShoZu</a> is great! Did I say great? I mean fantastic!</p>
<p>I just realized how often it occurs that I want to post a short message to <a href="http://www.jaiku.com">Jaiku</a> (read: Jaiku, <a href="http://www.twitter.com" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://www.numpa.nl" target="_blank">Numpa</a> any other <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro-blogging" target="_blank">microblogging</a> platform that has an open API). This happens on strange times, at strange places and weird occasions. It&#8217;s mostly when I&#8217;m not near a PC that I get the most inspiration. Here comes the mobile phone to the rescue! Or is it? Currently it&#8217;s often too much hassle to open up http:/m.jaiku.com on my mobile browser and post the message. A great opportunity wasted&#8230;</p>
<p>Posting short messages should be a 15 second action. Even using the <a href="http://jaiku.com/mobile" target="_blank">Jaiku Mobile client</a> or the <a href="https://www.widsets.com/" target="_blank">Jaiku Widget</a> is just to much effort in order to post a message (they are ok for reading though).</p>
<p>It would be great if ShoZu could revolutionize this the way they did with posting photo&#8217;s to <a href="http://www.flickr.com" target="_blank">Flickr</a> or video to <a href="http://www.youtube.com" target="_blank">YouTube</a>. Once you have ShoZu installed on your phone, posting photo&#8217;s to Flickr becomes a &#8220;no-brainer&#8221;. <strong>See, point, shoot, upload</strong>! It&#8217;s as simple as that.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.jaiku.com/images/logo-big.gif" alt="Jaiku" align="right"/>Now image being able to do the same with short text messages. <strong>Think, write, post</strong>! This could be implemented in the same way you create SMS messages but instead of sending the message to a phonenumber you would send the message to ShoZu. A lot of phone support writing text notes an sending them through SMS, email, Bluetooth, infrared. So an other option would be to write a text note on the phone an select text &#8220;send to ShoZu&#8221; option.</p>
<p>I wonder how hard it would be for ShoZu to support this with all those available open API&#8217;s &#8230;</p>
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		<title>We verkopen service, geen belminuten</title>
		<link>http://www.marcathing.com/2007/06/19/we-verkopen-service-geen-belminuten/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Fonteijn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Samarron, CTO Vodafone Nederland verwoord het zo:
Vodafone Netherlands is increasingly evolving from a technically oriented company to customer-services oriented company. 
Dit zijn uitspraken die ik van harte toe juich!
Ik vraag me wel het volgende af, er gaan nu 97 technologie experts weg bij Vodafone maar komen er dan ook 97 service experts bij?
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>John Samarron, CTO Vodafone Nederland <a href="http://www.mobilemonday.net/news/vodafone-netherlands-hires-ericsson-to-manage-network" target="_blank">verwoord het zo</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Vodafone Netherlands is increasingly evolving from a technically oriented company to customer-services oriented company. </p></blockquote>
<p>Dit zijn uitspraken die ik van harte toe juich!</p>
<p>Ik vraag me wel het volgende af, er gaan nu 97 technologie experts weg bij Vodafone maar komen er dan ook 97 service experts bij?</p>
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		<title>Een sfeerimpressie van de Nokia E61i</title>
		<link>http://www.marcathing.com/2007/06/11/een-sfeerimpressie-van-de-nokia-e61i/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Fonteijn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[De telefoon die het werd omdat de andere het toch niet geworden is.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>De telefoon die het werd omdat de andere het toch niet geworden is.</p>
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		<title>Eindelijk, je telefoon synchroniseren met Google Calendar via GooSync</title>
		<link>http://www.marcathing.com/2007/05/28/eindelijk-je-telefoon-synchroniseren-met-google-calendar-via-goosync/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2007 23:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Fonteijn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Na de aankondiging van Google dat Google Calendar vanaf nu ook geschikt is gemaakt voor mobiele browsers vroeg ik me weer eens af waarom Google niet gewoon SyncML ondersteuning voor Calendar heeft uitgebracht.

Wat zou er mooier zijn dan alleen 1 agenda te hebben die altijd en overal up to date is? 1 centraal punt voor [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Na de <a href="http://www.marcathing.com/2007/05/26/mobiele-versie-van-google-calendar-waar-blijft-syncml/">aankondiging van Google</a> dat <a href="http://calendar.google.com" target="_blank">Google Calendar</a> vanaf nu ook geschikt is gemaakt voor mobiele browsers vroeg ik me weer eens af waarom Google niet gewoon <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SyncML" target="_blank">SyncML</a> ondersteuning voor Calendar heeft uitgebracht.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.goosync.com/images/GooglePhone.jpg" alt="GooSync logo" /></p>
<p>Wat zou er mooier zijn dan alleen 1 agenda te hebben die altijd en overal up to date is? 1 centraal punt voor al je afspraken die gesynchroniseerd kan worden met de tool die op dat moment het meest geschikt is. Of je nou achter je desktop (outlook, widgets, etc&#8230;) zit of dat je onderweg bent en alleen je telefoon/pda bij je hebt. Natuurlijk zijn er &#8220;oplossingen&#8221; zoals microsoft exhange maar een exchange server opzetten is niet voor iedereen weggelegd en laten we over de licenties niet eens beginnen.</p>
<p><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/189/516808104_2819f4ea9a_o.jpg" alt="GooSync" /></p>
<p>Het ligt voor dat hand dat Google Calendar een ideale plek zou zijn als het centraal verzamelpunt van al je afspraken. Je hoeft geen server op te zetten, hebt meteen online toegang, notificaties via mail/sms en kan via de open api&#8217;s van Google alles synchroniseren. Echter het laatste punt is een probleem. Google biedt <a href="http://code.google.com/apis/calendar/overview.html" target="_blank">toegang voor softwareontwikkelaars tot je agenda</a> maar helaas niet via een gestandariseerd protocol. Applicaties die wil intergreren met Google Calendar moet dit protocol apart implementeren, zonde&#8230;</p>
<p><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/242/516808226_e45d13dc50_o.jpg" alt="GooSync" /></p>
<p>Er bestaat een standaard voor het uitwisselen van PIM gegevens, namelijk het eerder genoemde SyncML. Er zijn al <a href="http://www.scheduleworld.com/syncml.html#N65573" target="_blank">veel SyncML clients beschikbaar</a> voor bijna elk denkbaar platform (windows (mobile), linux, osx, symbian&#8230;). De clients zijn er dus volop maar het ontbreek tot nu toe aan een eenvoudig en goedkoop toegankelijke SyncML server.</p>
<p>De mensen van <a href="http://www.toffa.com/home/index.php" target="_blank">Toffa</a> hebben dit ook gezien. Dit was de aanleiding om <a href="http://www.goosync.com" target="_blank">GooSync</a> te ontwikkelen. GooSync vormt <a href="http://www.goosync.com/howitworks.aspx" target="_blank">de brug tussen een SyncML client en Google Calendar</a>. Omdat dit verhaal gaat over het synchroniseren van je telefoon gebruik ik de SyncML implementatie van mijn <a href="http://europe.nokia.com/A4144349" target="_blank">Nokia 6680</a> als voorbeeld.</p>
<p><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/240/516808498_76a9a779ba_o.jpg" alt="GooSync" /></p>
<p>In het verleden heb ik <a href="http://www.scheduleworld.com/index.html" target="_blank">ScheduleWorld</a> getest die ook als brug zou kunnen dienen tussen een telefoon een Google Calendar maar het is mij nooit gelukt om dit werkend te krijgen. Hoe anders is het met GooSync. Door mijn ervaringen uit het verleden wat ik enigszins sceptisch of ze waar zouden kunnen maken wat ze beweren. </p>
<p><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/233/516835967_d086a75a8f_o.jpg" alt="GooSync" /></p>
<p>Het instellen van GooSync is eenvoudig, met een beetje geluk ben je binnen 5 minuten aan het synchroniseren!</p>
<ol>
<li>Het spreekt voor zich dat je een account moet hebben bij Google Calendar</li>
<li>Je meldt je aan bij GooSync</li>
<li>Geeft je Google Calendar gegevens op</li>
<li>Selecteert je toestel uit de lijst</li>
<li>Je laat een configuratie sms bericht naar je toe sturen</li>
<li>Slaat het configuratie sms bericht op</li>
<li>Gaat naar de sync tool op je telefoon en voert de synchronisatie uit</li>
</ol>
<p><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/216/516808790_f23882e496_o.jpg" alt="GooSync" /></p>
<p>Is er ook iets kritisch te melden over GooSync? Niet veel maar als er iets is dan is het wel dat GooSync een pro account aan biedt tegen 20 pond per jaar. Voor de service die ze bieden heb dit bedrag er zeker voor over. Maar wat ik me af vraag is wat nou als Google morgen zelf SyncML ondersteuning aanbiedt. Je ziet op geen enkele technische manier vast aan GooSync dus je kan zo overstappen maar je zou natuurlijk maar heel kort plezier hebben gehad van je (kleine) investering.</p>
<p>De ketting is zo sterk als de zwakste schakel. Heel lang was synchronisatie zelfs de ontbrekende schakel maar nu met GooSync lijkt die schakel sterker dan ooit. De volgende zwakke schakel wordt echter wel meteen zichtbaar. Een van de sterke punten in Google Calendar is dat je heel eenvoudig meerder agenda bij houden. Met verschillende kleuren zie je het verschil tussen de agenda.<br />
De agenda van mijn Nokia is heel wat minder geavanceerd en schiet eigenlijk al snel te kort als je wat meer wil dan alleen simpel afspraken inplannen. Binnenkort krijg ik de Nokia N95 en ik hoop dat Nokia in de verstreken 2,5 jaar de agenda een flinke opknap beurt heeft gegeven&#8230;</p>
<p>Disclaimer: GooSync werkt bij mij prima toe nu toe, dit biedt geen garanties dat het voor iedereen zo zal zijn. Wees dus voorzichtig als je aan de slag gaat, je wil tenslotte niet je in eens al je afspraken kwijt bent&#8230;</p>
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