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How to sync your Google Calendar with Microsoft Outlook and Symbian S60 phone

Part 1 : Google Calendar with MS Outlook

1. Download and install Google Calendar Sync

2. Enter your Google account email address and password.

3. Select your sync method (most likely you want two-way syncing) and the sync frequency you prefer. Depending on the frequency of meeting invites, I have set it to 10 minutes

4. Click Save and you are good to go

Google Calendar Sync

Part 2 : Google Calendar with Thunderbird

1. Download and install the Provider extension (Save it to your desktop, opening the Add-ons dialog in either Sunbird or Thunderbird, and dragging the file you just downloaded into the Add-ons dialog. Restart Thunderbird)

2. Now that Provider is installed, you have to add your new Google Calendar. In Sunbird, go to File -> New Calendar; in Thunderbird, it’s File -> New -> Calendar when you’re in the calendar view.

3. You’re now looking at the Create new calendar wizard. Select “On the Network” and hit Continue.

4. Choose Google Calendar as the calendar type. The Location field requires the XML flavor [important] of your calendar’s Private Address, which you can get by opening Google Calendar and choosing Calendar settings from the drop-down next to the calendar you want to access.

5. At the bottom of the settings page you’ll see the Private Address section. Copy the XML link and paste it into the Location field in Sunbird or T-bird.

6. When you hit Continue, you’ll be asked for your Google Calendar username (your Gmail address) and password. Enter it, give your new calendar a name, and hit Continue.

7. You’re done.

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Part 3 : Google Calendar with S60 phone

1. Open GooSync

2. Register for a free account (The paid accounts are not really worth the money)

3. On the homepage, click on ‘Configure’ (Remember, the free version of GooSync syncs only 1 calendar)

4. Enter your phone number and you will be receiving the Sync settings via SMS

5. Save the settings and you are ready to Sync

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Part 4: SMS Notification (Incoming SMS is entirely free in India)

1. Open Google Calendar in Firefox or Internet Explorer (Wont work on Opera)

2. Click Settings

3. Click ‘Calendars’

4. Click on ‘Notifications’ for your primary calendar

5. Set default reminders as SMS – 2 hours before each event (Can customize it per your requirement)

6. Click on ‘Set up your mobile phone to receive notifications’

7. Enter your phone number. You will receive an SMS with a confirmation code which you will need to enter in the same page in Google calendar

8. You are done

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Disclaimer: Please ensure you have taken a backup of your Google calendar before trying this out. I have configured atleast 3 of my machines with Google Calendar and they have worked fine for me.