Synchronize your Google contacts with your cellphone

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Synchronize your Google contacts with your cellphone

by Brad Linder Oct 25th 2007

Looking for an easy way to synchronize your Google Calendar with your cellphone or PDA? GooSync lets you sync your Google data with a ton of different cellphone models as well as Palm and Windows Mobile PDAs.

GooSync's been around since last year. But now the company has launched the ability to synchronize Google contacts with your mobile device. Basic calender synchronization is free, while you'll need to sign up for a paid account if you want the contact sync feature.

The paid service will run you £19.95 (or about $40) for 12 months. In addition to contact sync, a paid subscription will get you advanced synchronization options. And eventually the company plans to roll out an automated sync feature for paid users. Right now you have to manually initiate a synchronization from your mobile device.

[via SolSie]

Tags: GooSync, sync, synchronization

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Motoxo said 12:43PM on 10-25-2007

i can't be certain, but plaxo does it for me. and for free? weird.

rushangshah said 1:44PM on 10-25-2007

CompanionLink does a USB-based sync, for a one-time cost: $29.95.

www.companionlink.com/clgoogle.html

Wireless sync is coming soon for $9.95/month.

rushangshah said 1:44PM on 10-25-2007

CompanionLink does a USB-based sync for a one-time cost: $29.95.

It syncs GCal with Outlook and BlackBerry, Palm OS, and Windows Mobile devices.

http://www.companionlink.com/clgoogle.html

HardwareGuy said 2:23PM on 10-25-2007

Just tried the free calendar sync on goosync and it worked like a charm with my Nokia 6120 Classic. Thanks for the link!

Nick C said 8:52PM on 1-13-2008

Goosync just syncs the calendar, not the contacts as this article implies - Goosync has its own contacts manager, but it isn't in sync with Google. This won't be possible until Google release an API for Contacts; to request this feature, star and add a request to issue #25 at http://code.google.com/p/gdata-issues/issues/list?can=2&q=&sort=-stars&colspec=API%20ID%20Type%20Status%20Priority%20Stars%20Summary

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