Google Contacts: names and numbers without Gmail 26
Looking to get prepared for the Palm Pre but not interested in signing up for a Gmail account just to get your Synergy on?
We’ve known since day one that webOS would support synchronization of mail and contacts and calendars with Google, but up until now the first two were inextricably tied to Google’s popular Gmail webmail service. While you still can’t sync non-Google mail through Google, those who are interested and not willing to pony up for their own Exchange server have an option (Facebook aside): Google Contacts. Essentially, it’s the same contact management interface that Gmail users are used to, but without the Gmail. It is tied to other Google services, like attendees/guests in Google Calendar and email contacts in Gmail. Even Google Apps users can get into the Contacts action, simply get your administrator to go to the control panel and click on the “add more services” button. Of course, you will still need register a Google Account...
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Well. I do NOT have an exchange server and all my contacts (close to 2'000) as well as the calendar, the memos and a BIG organized task list (ToDo's) are in Outlook (now - and probably in Thunderbird in the future).
What do I do???
and memos/notes too!
My Treo has a lot of contacts as well and it doesn't hurt anything. I guess my point would be nobody is forcing you to buy into this technology or approach from Palm. It's just one company's vision for how people will interface with the web & social networking sites. Are there more technically saavy people than others? Sure! But I'm betting Palm & Sprint are going after the millions of Facebook users who could care less about this thread's discussion. Categorizing, stripping off excess contacts when they have never even had the ability to sync contacts on their phone!
I saw an interesting video on youtube last night that smartphones have a very small share of the global market. These companies are trying to get cellphone users to migrate over to their platforms NOT get geeks like us to agree on the right way to combine all our contacts from multiple platforms the right way.
Let's face it, if you are like me and have been reading about the Pre for a few months before it launched, we're the minority! Palm & Sprint are going after WAY LESS technical people who really don't get this stuff.
Setup multiple google or facebook accounts to split off your contacts or don't use that feature. Better yet, stick with what you have. I'm buying a Pre and figuring out how to change my workflow to integrate it into my life.
See y'all in line on June 6th!
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