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RE: it asks for my google password!
Yes, it would have been nice if you didn't have to give your password to third party people, but blame Google for this for not providing SyncML functionality. They only provide SMS functionality, which can't be used with PDAs (only with phones), it isn't as convenient and it's not free (you pay for the SMS received, at least here in USA).
So, it's up to you if you want to trust Goosync in exchange for the functionality they offer.
RE: it asks for my google password!
RE: it asks for my google password!
Calm the F down. The only moron is YOU. driveblind made a legitimate point that anyone using this service is potentially giving up some private info and her/his warning will be appreciated by many who may otherwise have felt safe using this service.
Why is it that so many former Be employees/fanatics are such a**holes? Self-righteous trolls like you are the lowest form of Internet life.
If you have any cojones (and I suspect you're sporting bigger rocks than you hippie-dippie hubby) you'll apologize publicly to driveblind.
TVoR
RE: it asks for my google password!
This is similar like going to a third-party bank ATM, and it's asking you for your PIN number in order to give you money. Just because the ATM is not your bank's, you start calling them morons for asking your PIN number? I am sorry, but this is exactly the same thing with what the first comentator is bitching about. YES, there is a _potential_ privacy problem if Goosync is not careful with their source code, but technically speaking, this service can not be carried out without giving your login/passwd to them.
So, I am all about apologizing to the guy above, as long as he understands the technical limitations that make the login credentials a necessity. I have nothing to do with that company btw, I learned about them via your news item.
BTW, I even blogged about this because I find the service exciting:
http://eugenia.blogsome.com/2006/11/08/google-calendar-syncing/
RE: it asks for my google password!
RE: it asks for my google password!
Leave my husband out of this, he has nothing to do with it (and he was never at Palmsource btw, so you don't have to have a grudge about him). It is really low of you to even speak about him. JBQ is one of the most intelligent, kind-hearted and good people you could ever find. Maybe there are times that I do deserve to "hear" it, but JBQ has never, ever, EVER provoked anyone.
>you'll apologize publicly to driveblind.
I was *not* replying to driverblind!!!! My reply was for the auto194419 guy who was the one who called GooSync morons by not understanding how their system works!
WHOA Nellie!
Again, you need to calm the F down. Take a deep breath and count to 10 before you press "Post Comment" again.
First of all, whether or not the original poster (who I copy + pasted incorrectly as "driveblind") understood the technical reasons behind this company's architecture, the fact remains that she/he raised a valid point: anyone using this service has to give our their password to an unknown 3rd party and no one can promise this info won't be abused. (Much like the situation recently discussed here re: iskoot and their Skype redirection service.)
Your immediate reaction? Flame the HELL out of the original poster, auto194419. Very classy move. Then again, you were always a real "classy" broad, weren't you?
Secondly, as I alluded to, almost everyone even remotely associated with Be seems to have a Jobs-like smarmy attitude that makes them easy to dislike. Yes, I already know exactly who you are and who your hippie-dippie hubby is. To be honest, I'm kinda surprised he married you, but that's a whole other conversation I won't get into here. Your kneejerk savage flaming of the original poster highlights what a TROLL you truly are. As I said before, I hope you have the rocks to apologize to the OP for your silly outburst.
I never said Jean worked at PalmSource and contrary to (apparently) popular opinion here, I DON'T have a grudge against everyone at PalmSource. There were actually one or two mighty fine people there scattered amongst all the idiots and it was sad to see them forced to bail out on that sinking ship. And I'll talk about Jean any time I want. Unlike you, he'd blow off the "hippie-dippie hubby" comment as a good-natured jab that was never meant to be an insult. If I really wanted to insult him, I'd start talking about YOU.
Out of respect for Jean, I'm walking away from this one. [Cue shocked gasping by thousands of Palminfocenter regulars...] We'll see if you have the guts to apologize for your little psychotic break we just witnessed above.
TVoR
RE: it asks for my google password!
Which I AGREE with. What I did NOT agree with is calling the company "morons" by not understanding how SyncML works.
You obviously have a personal grudge against me (very obvious that it was developed years ago), so that's my last comment on the subject. I will apologize to the guy above after he apologizes for his comment and acknowledges that he doesn't know how SyncML works. He could have just said "hey, I find it dangerous to give my password to this third party company". Instead, *he* called them morons. And yet, *I* am the one who hears it from you, not him. Obvisouly, a grudge at work.
Have a nice day.
RE: it asks for my google password!
RE: it asks for my google password!
> Your immediate reaction? Flame the HELL out of
> the original poster, auto194419. Very classy move.
> Then again, you were always a real "classy" broad,
> weren't you?
Look, the original poster flamed the company by calling them morons. Eugenia responded informatively using the same language as the original post. Whether the original poster had a valid point is irrelevant.
And what was your immediate reaction to Eugenia? Name-calling with profanity, "lowest form of Internet life", etc. Yeesh.
RE: it asks for my google password!
Not working
I checked the support group (http://groups-beta.google.com/group/goosync?hl=en) and it looks like they are working on a fix...
Handspring Visor -> m505 -> Zire71 -> Zire72 -> Treo650
RE: Not working
If it doesn't work on a Treo 650, them i'm also guessing that it won't work on a Treo 600?
Not quite there yet...
CompanionLink offers the same feature, via my own PC and direct connection to Google at a cost of $30. Still, I like the ability of being able to sync away from the PC...
For that some may be able to utilise CalendarPublish, by http://www.saraiya.com/. I have tried it on my T3 with some success, though they have told me its unsupported. Its all most ideal as it allows me to sync my primary calendar and 5 others. Alas it identifies the 'others' not by placing those items in categories. Rather it appends notes to the individual palm entries with extra data including the private google URL it came from.
Looks like I'll need to wait a little longer for my ideal solution to emerge...
RE: Not quite there yet...
Just a quick update on GooSync.
We have now added Google Authentication Proxy (in short we no longer need your login and password) you simply authenticate www.goosync.com from with your Google Calendar.
We also fixed loads of Palm related bugs.
Give it a try
Cheers
Chris (GooSync)
RE: Not quite there yet...
Goosync- Contacts & Calendar on Google & handheld
Now this seems pretty self apparent to me, but not to many others I guess. For a lot of years I used Yahoo as my home port and I spent time with Intellisync for Yahoo to not much good effect. Support for the program was nonexistent and I was never able to get it to work cleanly with my T3. Yahoo has focused on mobil applications of late, but their solution is to make the website usable on a handheld device with an over-the-air connection. Makes sense if you're looking for ways to burn minutes on a cell phone, but my T3 doesn't have an over the air connection once I'm away from the Bluetooth access point in my house. So we cast about for another solution.
What I've found is Google in combination with Goosync, (the paid version, not the freeby). Once this was set up, the handheld calendar and contacts databases synced nicely with Google. I was a bit charry because of the way that Palm handles additional email and phone fields in their database, but the application did a very credible job of mapping to Google's database structure.
There's always room for improvement of course. It would be nice if contact categories could get mapped to google groups. And the price for a one year subscription is steep, (especially given the current exchange rate). There is, however, currently a special on which will allow you to buy a "lifetime" subscription for $5 over the cost of a one year subscription, Plus, I'll get a little back canceling my mail account at Yahoo. Finally, there is a 30 day money back guarantee, so if it doesn't work for you you're not out anything.
For what it's worth-
GG
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it asks for my google password!