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floppy

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Hello,

anyone aware if there will be a samsung software to sync outlook (calendar, contacts and tasks) to the Captivate?

I actually own an Iphone 3G and the sync is verry smooth. I want to to leave apple but I'm reallyt concern about being able to sync my outlook (without exchange).

Thanks for your help
 
well, there ya go :) If we keep linking handy threads from xda people might start staying there be careful! :)
 
The Kies programs does a straight forward job of syncing the contacts from outlook which is how I transferred from my Samsung Eternity as I wanted all the extra info the sim card wouldn't carry over.
 
Are you guys running the latest Kies?
http://samsung-firmware.webs.com/samsungkies.htm
Might be an idea to check.
It's the last one listed.
The previous Kies had an issue with the USB drivers.
After installing Kies I ran the Driver Recovery underneath the Kies tab on teh upper left it reinstalled the driver and OMG I am in heaven I don't have to pay for another program if I do not want to.
 

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Kies_1.5.1.10071_32.exe is the one that I couldn't get to work last and it seems like it's the latest one.
 
floppy said:
Hello,

anyone aware if there will be a samsung software to sync outlook (calendar, contacts and tasks) to the Captivate?

I actually own an Iphone 3G and the sync is verry smooth. I want to to leave apple but I'm reallyt concern about being able to sync my outlook (without exchange).

Thanks for your help
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I have spent quite a while on the phone with Samsung. They will be coming out with a downloadable USB sync software for Outlook in September. I downloaded the one on their website but found out it was for Europe. I have read their 194 page manual and couldn't find the answer.
 
Don't sweat it, if you have an exchange account it's really smooth to sync with outlook.

Before I hooked mine up, I used google calendar sync and created a gmail account to synchronize my outlook and gmail calendars.
 
YES. I use Kies to sync with Outlook, for my contacts and calendar. No special tricks or mods are required - Kies has the Outlook sync functionality built-in. I just haven't found a way to sync it using Bluetooth yet, like I could with my old BlackBerry, and I have to plug in with USB.

I am one who does NOT want to use Google's sync because I don't like managing my contacts with Google (partly because anyone you e-mail becomes a contact and you end up with a huge list of junk contacts to sift thru). I prefer to keep using Outlook.

Incidentally, there are a few apps in the Market for Outlook sync, but based on the reviews these appear to be problematic. I'm sure someone is working on a better sync/bluetooth solution, either an aftermarket developer or Samsung.
 
Outlook 2010 would not sync with Captivate when I got my phone so I went with gSyncit - a add on to Outlook and it has been working great to sync with Gmail - so I never have to connect my phone to have my contacts and calendar updated
 
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