I don’t want too much – just a little

I want my iPhone to sync via bluetooth with my mac, and this is why:

I’m mildly OCD… but only about my address book. My address book is an impeccable collection of the obvious: names, associated telephone numbers, addresses, email addresses and important dates. It’s essentially my whole CMS – or at least my database for any customer relations. I rely on it (my Apple Address Book) to keep information that I deem important on hand for quick and handy access. And, since I have an iPhone, I am able to keep it with me all of the time.

“Well fine and dandy,” you say, “where’s the catch?”

The catch is that I don’t plug my iPhone into my computer very often. I update it only when I get a new music album that I want to listen to on the road. So, what do I do?

I’ve given Google Sync a go already. And, I do like it enough to use it to sync my calendars. It’s not quite up to par with iCal alone, but I love the fact that it allows me to edit my schedule from any web browser… furthermore it actually adds some functionality to the iPhone that didn’t previously exist without the gCal integration. It allows you to send invitations to events from the iCal app, when previously you were limited to that function from the desktop iCal only. And, best of all – it’s push-enabled. Every addition, edit or deletion gets pushed to my iPhone through Google’s servers instantly.

The contacts sync through google doesn’t do me any justice. It rearranges and messes up my Address Book (the holiest of books) each and every time I give it a try. I don’t want to place blame, but for me to use it, Google will have to reinvent their contacts section with more Apple-like fields – or at least more compatible fields.

So Address Book, Mr. Apple, do me know wrong. Enable bluetooth syncing for the smallest of functions. Allow me to sync my address book, perhaps my notes, and my calendar (for those who don’t use gCal, at least). I mean, I could pair and sync the oldest of phones years ago, why can’t I do so with my iPhone?

Silly Apple.

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db

Oh.. and I want a tablet.
hm!

Tags: Dylan Blanchard, gCal, Google, iCal, iPhone, Life of db

Googelios Wavios

Just to add to my previous post on Google Wave, I came across the following video  in my RSS feed today..
Hopefully it’ll shed a little light on how potentially revolutionary Google Wave will be!

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Tags: Dylan Blanchard, Google, Google Wave, Life, Life of db

Google Wave Invite Paaleeasee.

So, it’s out. While it’s not quite out to the masses it’s out to the first 100,000 lucky people.

Already the folks over at lifehacker have put up a screenshot Tour of Google Wave, and to be honest, I’m a little bit envious. While I am drooling over certain features like the Ribbit conference call gadget (everyone inserts their phone numbers to a wave and a conference call gets made inline), it’s the potential that really gets me going. As I sit here now, I’ve got 4 google-related tabs open: Google Reader, Calendar, Docs, and Picasa).. imagine a streamlined page…. 1 page that contains all of your ‘online conversations’, your interests and your google related doings. Life will be simpler, no?

But! As the writer acknowledged, such innovations and collaborative tools are only as good as how many of your friends use it. The same holds true for the present, what with the social aspect recently added to Google Reader, the shared-calendar feature in gCal and even so in Docs or Google Talk! You don’t get to use half of the functions of these programs unless your friends are as into it as you.

Soon though, soon. It doesn’t take much to convert people to the good side, and over time I’m finding people to move back to the simple things like RSS, and some of those people will share calendars, and some who will log into latitude every once in a while. It’s a start.

What’s your thoughts?

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Tags: Calendar, Doc, Dylan Blanchard, Google, Google Wave, Life, Life of db, Picasa