I tend to split my time using Twitter and blog reading tools between mobile access clients and desktop web tools. Unfortunately for most of these activities there is no way to keep the view consistent between the mobile and desktop views. This could be solved by adding a “last read” value to the APIs and databases of these services.
Tags: api, bloglines, blogs, newsstand, rss, sync, tweetie, twitelator, twitter
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The latest version of the Sync in a Blink iPhone app supports Google Contact Groups. This is a wonderful feature addition, as Google adds all correspondents to its “Suggested Contacts” group which then sync down to the iPhone which probably isn’t desirable. I don’t really want all the mailing lists and support email addresses I correspond with to show up as contacts on my iPhone. By creating an “iPhone Contacts” group, I can avoid that problem.
Unfortunately, the way contact groups are supported on the iPhone and their interaction with Sync in a Blink is not entirely intuitive. After configuring Sync in a Blink to only sync the “iPhone Contacts” group, I found that newly created contacts on the iPhone were not syncing back to Google. I initially thought this may be a limitation of the iPhone, but it’s not. There is a way to make this work.
Tags: contact groups, contacts, google, iPhone, ota, sync, sync in a blink, wireless
Categories: iPhone, tech, tutorial and how to | Comments
As I’ve written before, I am a big user of Google Apps for Domains services. This includes e-mail and contacts, but also calendar services. I have tried a lot of online calendar services, but Google’s calendar meets my needs the best. The big down side has always been the lack of proper mobile support. Google does have an iPhone interface to the Google calendar system, but it’s very limited in functionality.
When I got the iPhone I was hoping to be able to sync it with my Google calendar via iTunes, but no such luck. That may work on the Mac version of iTunes, but it does not on iTunes under Windows. So I haven’t had good access to my calendars on my iPhone. Until about a week ago.
Tags: calendar, google, iPhone, ota, saisuke, sync, wireless
Categories: iPhone, life, tech | Comments
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