A solution for Google Calendar on Blackberry 8700c

Gah, finally!

I meant to write about this ages ago, but now that Version 1.1 is out thanks to Thomas Oldervoll, I can happily report that I have Google Calendar working on my Blackberry 8700c!

For awhile I was using 30Boxes Mobile as my Gcal proxy, but no longer! I can unhide that Calendar app on my Blackberry desktop now that I’ve got the open-source Gcalsync running!

Cut-to-the-chase instructions: load up wap.gcalsync.com on your Blackberry and install the signed version. Run the app. Choose Sync, type in your Google username and password (no idea how trustworthy this thing is) and hit Save. The Sync should commence.

Now, I had some issues with this, but it’s better than nothing, so I can only hope that Thomas will continue his work (or you’ll pitch in).

And hey, if it works for you, digg it.

This entry was written by Chris Messina and posted on Oct 10th at @ 8pm and filed under Life online, Open source, Technology, Web building. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

6 Comments

  1. Steffen
    Posted Oct 11th at @ 1am | Permalink

    Nice.. Any idea on how much traffic it produces on someone’s blackberry (since in Germany we don’t have affordable unlimited data plans - for whichever reason)?

  2. Brad Barrish
    Posted Oct 11th at @ 3pm | Permalink

    I tried it out and can’t seem to get it working. I hope you’re having better luck with it.

  3. random374
    Posted Oct 16th at @ 6am | Permalink

    For specific platforms, there’s an alternative solution: http://www.saraiya.com

  4. Ed Whiting
    Posted Nov 20th at @ 1pm | Permalink

    I have a 7250 and the downlooad of the blackerry version opening error says I must have a RIM Runtime Code.. The signed version just fails. any thoughts?

  5. Chris Messina
    Posted Nov 20th at @ 2pm | Permalink

    Yeah, I’m still having trouble getting it to work. Try posting to the .

  6. BB8800
    Posted Mar 26th at @ 7pm | Permalink

    No Luck this evening to my BB 8800. I followed several peoples’ instructions but no luck. IN THE NAME OF ALL THINGS TECHNO! GOOGLE! PLEASE GET THIS WORKING FOR US SOON!!!!

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