There are some third party sync-to-the-Googlebrain solutions out there for Macs and iPhones, but most people I know actually have just been using Safari on the iPhone to get access to google's calendar. (Of course, that means you have to have a connection, which can be slow...) Apple and Google have a good relationship, from what I see. Macs are *hugely* popular inside Google, and they seem to share common design sensibilities.
You may, however, be more interested in Apple's new MobileMe system. $149/yr for a Family Pack, each member has their own account, there's also a shared space. Syncs mail/calendar/bookmarks, works on Macs, PCs (w/ Outlook), and the iPhone, natively, and has a nice looking web interface if you're really without your own devices. 5GB storage for each individual, 20GB in the communal space. Web hosting of your own domain if you wish, (email does not offer using your own domain yet, which bites - waiting for that to happen). Multiple email aliases for each person, central management for private shared space, cool stuff. iPhone comes with a 60-day trial period to get you completely hooked. :) They're marketing it as 'Exchange for the rest of us.' Uses CalDAV, AJAX, IMAP Push, etc, etc to boot.
And oh yeah, it's all OTA, so you can be at work, update your household social calendar, and the men will get instant updates where ever they are, on all devices.
I'm jumping on it. I'm tired of futzing with 'almost but not quite' solutions that are free, except for my time. $150/yr is a bit over $12/month. I can live with that, if I don't have to worry so much about crap.
http://www.apple.com/mobileme/ for a rundown of features and a demo video.
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Date: 2008-06-10 04:30 pm (UTC)There are some third party sync-to-the-Googlebrain solutions out there for Macs and iPhones, but most people I know actually have just been using Safari on the iPhone to get access to google's calendar. (Of course, that means you have to have a connection, which can be slow...) Apple and Google have a good relationship, from what I see. Macs are *hugely* popular inside Google, and they seem to share common design sensibilities.
You may, however, be more interested in Apple's new MobileMe system. $149/yr for a Family Pack, each member has their own account, there's also a shared space. Syncs mail/calendar/bookmarks, works on Macs, PCs (w/ Outlook), and the iPhone, natively, and has a nice looking web interface if you're really without your own devices. 5GB storage for each individual, 20GB in the communal space. Web hosting of your own domain if you wish, (email does not offer using your own domain yet, which bites - waiting for that to happen). Multiple email aliases for each person, central management for private shared space, cool stuff. iPhone comes with a 60-day trial period to get you completely hooked. :) They're marketing it as 'Exchange for the rest of us.' Uses CalDAV, AJAX, IMAP Push, etc, etc to boot.
And oh yeah, it's all OTA, so you can be at work, update your household social calendar, and the men will get instant updates where ever they are, on all devices.
I'm jumping on it. I'm tired of futzing with 'almost but not quite' solutions that are free, except for my time. $150/yr is a bit over $12/month. I can live with that, if I don't have to worry so much about crap.
http://www.apple.com/mobileme/ for a rundown of features and a demo video.