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  • 10.30.08
    Simple Outlook to Android G1 Sync Solution on the go | (10)
    We've been chronicling the trials and tribulations of new T-Mobile G1 owners as they attempt to go all-Google for their online and mobile phone data management. The Google Contacts CSV format is drastically different than virtually any other contact format. There are various ways to go about syncing your contacts to Google. So, just this once, Microsoft Office users have the edge in anything technical. Ever. Check out the simple solution after the jump. Continue Reading...
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  • 10.22.08
    Sync Google Contacts easily from Mac OS X 10.5.3 gadgets, on the go | (5)
    The newly released T-Mobile G1 running Google's Android mobile operating system is giving owners everywhere a headache when trying to sync contacts. There are a number of techniques out there, but no centralized sync tool to make life easy. Here are your current options: Sync using Funambol's third-party plugin Manually adjust your contact CSV file after our template of Google's format Sync directly with an Exchange server (has anyone tested this?) Sync from Mac OS X 10.5.3 natively to Google Contacts Continue Reading...
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  • 10.17.08
    Guide to Gmail Contacts CSV format gadgets, on the go | (28)
    With the first batch of T-Mobile G1 Android phones shipped to expectant first adopters all across the country, many Android fans are looking to Google to start managing their contacts. Since the G1 has built in sync capability with Gmail and other Google services, why not migrate your contacts completely over to Google's system? If you've given this a try yet, you've no doubt been introduced to the Gmail contacts double whammy. First, if you upload a CSV contact file extracted from Outlook, you may have noticed that the Name fields come out muddled when you try to import it into ...
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  • 09.24.08
    Funambol Enables Contact Syncing for G1 and Android Phones gadgets, on the go | (13)
    One of the major criticisms of the newly announced G1 phone is that it does not have a native application for syncing contacts with desktop computers. While this capability doesn't come installed, there's already a solution for syncing that was created to work as a plug-in in Android to sync with Funambol and your Windows, Mac or Linux PC. Funambol has already released their Android plugin well in advance of the G1, the first Android phone on the market. You can check out instructions on how to install and use the plugin in an emulator on the blog of Fabrizio Capobianco, ...
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