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What the Outlook sync options for HTC evo BESIDES google?

Well, today I joined the GoogleBorg. After trying 5 different syncing apps and paying for a few - the last one being Missing Sync, that worked for a while but has now stopped communicating - I'm now a member of The Collective.

I found an app ($$$) that syncs contact photos (one of my personal requirements) and is very flexible with its settings. Since setting it up, I have been able to get just the right type of data up to GMail's Contacts, Calendar, Tasks, & Notes and then back down to my phone. gSyncit is the name of the app & it's available for $15.

I still need to tweak the timing of this three-way syncfest and make sure everything on the "GMail Cloud" is private, but once those things are done, I might be able to live with it.
 
splatter666 said:
Well, today I joined the GoogleBorg. After trying 5 different syncing apps and paying for a few - the last one being Missing Sync, that worked for a while but has now stopped communicating - I'm now a member of The Collective.

I found an app ($$$) that syncs contact photos (one of my personal requirements) and is very flexible with its settings. Since setting it up, I have been able to get just the right type of data up to GMail's Contacts, Calendar, Tasks, & Notes and then back down to my phone. gSyncit is the name of the app & it's available for $15.

I still need to tweak the timing of this three-way syncfest and make sure everything on the "GMail Cloud" is private, but once those things are done, I might be able to live with it.
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Privacy and security has been one of my concerns since I got an Evo as my first smartphone. Just because I have own an Android phone doesn't mean that I automatically want to upload all my personal and business data to a Google server somewhere not under my control. Who knows what data breaches may occur or privacy violations. I rather have a direct sync through USB from my laptop to my smartphone. Of course if I ever change my mind and decide that's hardly a real concern, I can always press a button and have three-way sync as well.

So far Evo 4G <-> HTC Sync <-> Outlook 2010 has been working for me for contacts & calendar. And Astrid <-> RememberTheMilk <-> Outlook 2010 for tasks, and no Google involved in either. So far I haven't run into any serious limitations, but I haven't used all the features like multiple or shared calendars, recurring appointments or contact photos, so maybe I may run into more limitations later.
 
Glad you've found some kind of mix that works.

One of the big wrenches in my works is that I'm running WinXP64. HTC Sync and a few other crucial programs don't run on it.
 
Jimi-Drama said:
$40 for a sync program? Dude...that is insane. It is unthinkable that HTC did not create a sync program that would fully support Outlook. I'm moving from Blackberry to Android and this is a major flaw not having tasks and memos...but I'm sure as hell not going to pay $40 for a sync program.
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Yes, and at $40 you would expect that it works REALLY well.

But it doesn't.

Unfortunately, there's really no other option if you really need *local* sync with Outlook.

Otherwise, just grab Google Calendar Sync and go with it. No contact sync through.
 
Hi

I have been reading all this with interest however it doesnt solve my problem. I have a HTC wildfire which i have synced to my laptop using HTC sync. It worked well the first time and my appointments did sync to my phone. however - now when I run the sync none of the new items from outlook come over to the phone ie it does not update with new caalender entries -- why is this???
 
glynda summers said:
Hi

I have been reading all this with interest however it doesnt solve my problem. I have a HTC wildfire which i have synced to my laptop using HTC sync. It worked well the first time and my appointments did sync to my phone. however - now when I run the sync none of the new items from outlook come over to the phone ie it does not update with new caalender entries -- why is this???
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I have a Desire HD and the wife has a Wildfire S. I sync both to my PC/Outlook with MyPhoneExplorer over wifi. Works much better than HTC Sync.

Dave
 
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