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How do I clear out my contacts and calendar on my blackberry curve?

how do I syncronize my contacts and calendar between BlackBerry and Google without using Outlook?

  • After using Outlook + PDA as my organization tools for at least 5 years, I got sick of all the bugs, and decided to fully migrate to Google Apps and BlackBerry. I have imported my Outlook contacts and calendar into Google. My email has been in Gmail for a while now. Now how do I maintain that on my BlackBerry, given that the BlackBerry uses Outlook. For example, if I need to add a new contact on my BlackBerry, I want it to be synchronized with Google Contacts, not Outlook. Any suggestions?

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    http://www.google.com/sync/blackberry.html?

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There are also GoogleOutlook sync apps (http://lifehacker.com/5193636/go-contact-sync-keeps-google-and-outlook-contacts-matched)... but ... are you syncing with a cable? You really want over-the-air syncing such as Google Sync provides.. otherwise your are using 1% of what the BB can do. Realtime sync is the cats meow. I would be a different person if my BB, and now iPhone didnt do realtime Contacts/Calendar/Email sync. (And by realtime, I mean it beeps when I have emails before my Outlook/gmail client does).>

SirStan

I don't think Google Synch handles contacts between Outlook and Gmail for the BB... Could someone confirm that it does?

KokuRyu

Is there a way to do it WITHOUT Outlook though? I know that new phones with Android would do all that. But I have a BlackBerry Curve, and refuse to believe that there is nothing that can be done...

esolo

Google Sync doesn't need Outlook. I don't use outlook on my blackberry - I have Gmail, and Google Sync populates my address book and calendar quite nicely. The Gmail app itself does all the work for my gmail accounts (you can access more than one gmail acct through the app). It's pretty slick.

Medieval Maven

esolo, according to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt_-qHczCMg that can be found following the linked posted by SirStan, the synchronization happens independently of Outlook or any type of computer. Unless I'm missing something.

vall

So essentially, I need Google Sync for Mobile. Two questions: 1) does it eat bandwidth for synchronization (if I don't have a data plan), 2) is it available in Canada (Rogers provider).

esolo

I gotta say this does sound promising...

esolo

I don't have a Blackberry, but I can't imagine it would eat too much bandwidth when it needs to synchronize. When you mention not having a data plan, do you mean that you don't have an unlimited data plan, and pay for the amount you use? Thishttp://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=82630 says you can enable manual synchronization, so I suppose you could at least have some control over how often you want to use your limited bandwidth. If Rogers allows you to access the Internet using your phone, I don't see why the synchronization wouldn't work in Canada.

vall

I will try that out. Thanks so much! Hopefully that would save me the need to buy a complete solution in a form of $600 HTC Dream phone. :)

esolo

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