maemo.org Bugzilla – Bug 6374
Add support for Google calendar
Last modified: 2011-03-31 16:39:07 UTC
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SOFTWARE VERSION: Maemo 5 SDK final release. Should apply therefore also to the product. EXACT STEPS LEADING TO PROBLEM: Google calendar is a very popular Calendar and I think Google calendar should be supported for better and complete user experience EXPECTED OUTCOME: I want to be able to add Google calendars. ACTUAL OUTCOME: Only local and birthday calendars a are supported. REPRODUCIBILITY: always EXTRA SOFTWARE INSTALLED: None OTHER COMMENTS: IMHO, I think a lot of users take this as granted on devices as the Nokia N900.
*** This bug has been confirmed by popular vote. ***
You can sync google calendar using Mail for Exchange. It isn't prefect but can work while waiting for a different kind of support. Michele
Thanks for reporting this. For future reference, please do not set priority to High. Thanks. (In reply to comment #2) > You can sync google calendar using Mail for Exchange. True, but note that it is not officially supported. If it works, you are lucky. :) Also, feel free to vote for this report.
Also see http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=36082 for a how-to.
I think Juanjo Marin already said this, but I just want to make it clear. The limited support of Google calendars in MfE will only allow synchronizing the first calendar in your google calendars. Consider how limiting this is in this example: Let's say you have two calendars, a personal calendar and a business calendar. With existing support, you can only synchronize personal calendar and not the business calendar. It makes the transparent syncing of Android very attractive in comparison.
The scope of bugs.maemo.org are bugs and only very specific and no-brainer enhancement requests. This report contains a feature request that is too generic for bugs.maemo.org. Please post this problem and propose your solution in Maemo Brainstorm instead: http://maemo.org/community/brainstorm/ More information: http://wiki.maemo.org/Maemo_brainstorm
I've added a brainstorm for this bug with all your comments. Thanks for your help and interest ! http://maemo.org/community/brainstorm/view/add_support_for_google_calendar/
*** Bug 12111 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***