It is true if you sync with google via CalDAV and then sync these to
your iPhone via iTunes. However, it is not true if you sync to Google
directly from you iPhone via Google's Exchange servers. If you do this
you get on-the-fly sync between Google and your iPhone without having
to connect to your computer AND you can edit your Google calendars
directly on your iPhone. SpanningSync seems to selectively pick the
one scenario (iTunes sync to Google CalDAV) which does not work, when
this is not the best way to use Google Calendar on your iPhone. Nor do
they mention this alternative setup.

However, despite the fact that I find Calendar sync works better this
way, I still find myself preferring SpanningSync for AddressBook sync
on Snow Leopard. Why? Because when I tried to use the Snow Leopard
method it wanted to create hundreds of duplicate contacts and contact
information on my Mac, without giving me any control over how this was
to be done, certainly no one-way sync. So, for now, SpanningSync still
seems to have some advantages for AddressBook sync.

-L

On Sep 3, 10:25 am, Larry Hendricks <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Ara,
>
> On Sep 2, 5:58 am, Ara <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > If I have my iPod Touch set to sync with google, then the calendar is
> > fully editable (even with the out of the box Snow Leopard solution
> > between Mac and Google)
>
> Are you sure? Try this:
>
> * Create a new event in iCal in the CalDAV calendar that you sync to
> the iPod Touch
> * Connect the iPod Touch and sync
> * Open the Calendar app and select the event which just sunc
>
> Do you see an edit button? I don't (iPhone 3GS running the latest
> updates…)
>
> > * Integration with existing calendars in iCal
>
> > I think the out of the box solution with Snow Leopard supports this,
> > but I'd have to double check
>
> What I mean is, they show up in the "normal" list of iCal calendars
> instead of having their own group where the name shows up twice. And
> also that you can sync with the calendars that already exist in iCal
> instead of needing to create a new calendar.
>
> > * One-way syncing
>
> > Isn't this the same as your point above, "Supports read-only Google
> > calendars"
>
> Nope. Spanning Sync allows you to sync two calendars which aren't read-
> only in only one direction, thus protecting one from ever getting
> modified through sync. This is useful, for example, if you share
> calendars with others but don't want them modifying your iCal/iPhone
> versions of the calendar.
>
> > * Free tech support
>
> > Always a good thing!
>
> :-)
>
> Cheers
> --
> Larry Hendricks
> [email protected]http://spanningsync.com
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