Gizmodo: Google Calendar

Gmail Finally Comes Out of Beta

matt buchanan — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:22:50 EDT

Today, Google's pulling Gmail, Google Talk, Calendar and Docs out of beta. Not because of major new updates or anything, but to make business customers happy. But Google keeping it in an extended beta is the opposite of Beta Culture, the practice of releasing stuff that's not ready. [Google via TechCrunch]

Question of the Day: What Gadgets Do You Use to Keep Your Life Organized?

Sean Fallon — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:20:00 EDT

I have to admit, I am nothing without my cellphone—my whole life is crammed into that thing. Back in the day I wandered around aimlessly—my appointments scribbled down here and there on random scraps of paper. Fortunately, I manage to keep up these days because the software makes it easy and my phone is always close at hand. That having been said, I'm curious to know what tools you use to keep your schedule organized.

Google Calendar Now Supports CalDAV, Syncs Natively With iCal (But Not iPhone)

John Mahoney — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:45:00 EDT

One of my personal sticking points for keeping my online life totally synced is now one step closer to being easier—Google Calendar now supports CalDAV and can sync natively with OS X's iCal without a third-party add-on. But there's a huge hitch—as of now, I see no way to sync events created on my iPhone back into a Google Calendar, as you can't create an event in a CalDAV calendar directly on the iPhone. Damn, almost there—looks like I can't throw out BusySync just yet. But if you've found away around this limitation, please share in the comments. So close! [Lifehacker]

We're not sure how many of Google's apps...

Jason Chen — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:06:40 EDT

We're not sure how many of Google's apps have gotten the iPhone makeover, but GMail (along with Google Calendar before it) look quite optimized for the phone's screen. Of course, there's no real use to optimizing Google Maps for it, so don't expect that one anytime soon. [Google via Boy Genius]

iPhone + Google Calendar = Organization On The Go

Jason Chen — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:41:56 EDT

Google's finally put out an iPhone-friendly version of their Google Calendar, allowing you to add, view, but not edit or delete events from your phone. Of course, you could get this kind of functionality by syncing GCal to Calendar or Outlook and then syncing to your iPhone, allowing you to add, edit, and even delete events. But if you're one of those who insist on using only Google Calendar along with your GMail, this seems pretty usable—not to mention fast. [Google Calendar via GMailBlog via MacApper]

Google Cal on Cellphones

Wilson Rothman — Mon, 28 May 2007 17:50:00 EDT

Jacqui Cheng over at Ars Technica is pretty excited about Google Calendar for mobile phones, a service you can get to with a standard Gmail account by visiting calendar.google.com from your phone or PDA. What did she like?

• Events are displayed in a "small-screen friendly list format"
•Clicking on event shows details, and even has map links, which she finds "helpful when I'm out and about"
• Main calendar page displays next 10 events "no matter when they occur...over a period of two days or three weeks"
• Users add entries via phone by typing simple text: "1pm brunch Sunday" is smartly interpreted and entered into both mobile cal and online Google cal "more or less instantly"

Cheng did complain about the lack of alerts, but according to Google, you can set up SMS notification for your calendar entries regardless of whether or not you're running the mobile software. She did not mention what phone she used for the test, or even which phones are or are not supported.

Is it as sweet as Cheng says, or is she just drinking the Google-Aid? If you've already tried it, please fill us in. – Wilson Rothman

Hands-on with Google's new calendar interface for mobile phones [Ars Technica]