Thanks much! I do use the Mac calendar, so this should work well for me. Paul On Jan 13, 2011, at 3:45 PM, Tim Bray wrote:
> http://google.com/calendar - if you have a gmail account, you get > calendar and Google docs (shareable cloud-based docs and presos and > spreadsheets) along with it, they're linked at the top left of the > gmail page. If you're using your Mac's Address Book & calendar, you > can sync that stuff both ways to Google, but you have to buy some > software. I use "Spanning Sync" ($25/year or some such) and it works > perfectly. So the calendar on my mac and my phone are always > auto-magically in sync. -Tim > > > On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Paul Stenquist > <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: >> Good to know, Tim. Where can I find the Google calendar on the web? Can I >> synch my android phone with that on a Mac? I notice some of the android file >> transfer options won't work with a Mac, which is unfortunate. But I do like >> the Android options. I am using their mail client for my comcast mail, and >> it works great. >> >> Paul >> On Jan 13, 2011, at 1:18 PM, Tim Bray wrote: >> >>> I'm one of the people who does Android at Google. For those out there >>> who already use some combination of gmail and Google calendar ("those" >>> is a big number), when you give the phone your login, it goes and >>> automatically sets up your email and calendar and contacts on the >>> phone, and then makes sure they automatically stay in sync. It's >>> really slick and handy, and the gmail program that runs on Android is >>> very smooth & snappy. >>> >>> There's also a regular ordinary mail client that will talk to various >>> kinds of mail servers including the ones most people have "at work". >>> >>> But if you hate Google and/or have no intention of using any of that >>> stuff, you might be better off with something other than Android -Tim >>> >>> On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 4:23 AM, Boris Liberman <bori...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Paul, like you I also have an Android (Google's OS for smartphones) based >>>> cell phone. It seems to me that you have confused it a little. When I got >>>> the phone (with the number of the local provider, obviously) and fired it >>>> up >>>> for the first time, I was asked to give my GMail account to "initialize" >>>> the >>>> phone or "connect it to the cloud" or whatever would be the term. Android >>>> phones seem to be unable to operate without a GMail account stored >>>> somewhere >>>> deep inside them. >>>> >>>> What I am trying to say is that my (local) cell phone number is a part of >>>> contract between me and the respective operator. Google is no part of it. >>>> Even if I were to take the Google Nexus phone, I would think that the same >>>> reasoning would have applied. >>>> >>>> Boris >>>> >>>> >>>> On 1/13/2011 1:58 PM, paul stenquist wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I think it has to do with gmail's role as an app for smart phones. I >>>>> had to set up a gmail account when I bought an android phone from >>>>> Verizon. Didn't bother me in the least. Don't use the address, but it >>>>> certainly didn't make me angry. There are lots of weird things going >>>>> on in the world of interconnectivity as the players stake out their >>>>> territory. If it doesn't affect me personally, I don't give a damn. >>>>> Paul >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> PDML@pdml.net >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
