Google Sync for BlackBerry gets into your contacts
If you're a BlackBerry user or a prospective user, and also happen to be a Gmail enthusiast, you're going to be a lot happier than you were yesterday, because Google's just added over-the-air contact syncing to its Google Sync application. Previously, the app was only able to sync up calendars between the cloud and RIM devices every two hours. Now you can get your names and numbers in the mix, so it looks like the nightmare days of having one list of contacts in Gmail and another, totally different one in your 'Berry are apparently at an end. Sure, Google's timing on this seems a little convenient to us, coming as it does just before the BlackBerry Storm launch, but we're not going to complain about something that makes ours lives easier, okay?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
cl347bv @ Nov 20th 2008 12:37PM
this is AWESOME!!!
this completley negates my dependancy on Wireless Sync to get my contacts AND calender information sync's with one solution.
sweeeeet
time to buy a new blackberry. my 7250 is shot
cl347bv @ Nov 20th 2008 1:08PM
with further review, i need to find a way to import my schedule to my google calender, as opposed to typing it in all the time...
that would be ideal
Tito @ Nov 20th 2008 1:43PM
This makes it easier to switch from a blackberry to a G1 (or even any other Android-based phone) later.
Speaking of Android, is this a sign that RIM might be considering abandoning its OS and going with Android and developing a blackberry connect software for Android for BIS and BES stuff?
cl347bv @ Nov 20th 2008 2:17PM
What?
How do you read that from the blog entry?
Google and Blackberry are two entities that are trying to make their stuff as easy to use on their customers as possible.
I for one commend both parties making this an option. I was mentioning to my wife last night about the shortcomings of a blackberry that is connected to a BIS as opposed to a windows mobile device using wireless sync from VZW. Namely, wireless sync will sync both your contacts and calender information, a BB on a BIS only does email. Using this solution, you can sync almost everything that wireless sync does for you.
Tito @ Nov 21st 2008 7:53PM
The inference is easy.
G1 is hardwired to a gmail account.
Thus with a software that is able to sync wirelessly from a blackberry to gmail (i.e. THIS software) you would be able to sync to the gmail account, then activate a G1 and sign in with the same gmail account (which is required for a G1 anyway) and *POOF* you're instantly connected to all of your information that was on your blackberry.
I wish this would have been available when I switched... it would have saved me about 2 hours in transferring everything over.