Sync gmail contacts and calendar with the iphone wirelessly
February 17th, 2009Wouldn’t it be great if the iphone let you sync your gmail contacts and calendar in realtime over 3G, EDGE or wifi? I’ve been using Microsoft Outlook as my sync vehicle and it’s dumb. Why am I teathering my gazillion dollar phone when it has multiple options for high-speed wireless networking? Even my five-year old mp3 player can sync contacts and appointments via USB.
It turns out that google (thanks g) has a solution for us. They have something that acts like a Microsoft Exchange server, allowing the iphone to sync mail, contacts and calendar. See simple instructions here:
http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=138740
It works brilliantly, removing the Microsoft Outlook middle-man and providing extremely fast updates.