The Guru

The Guru, aka Ricky Cadden, started Symbian-Guru.com in November 2006, out of his excitement for the S60 3rd Edition version of Symella. The Guru has used Symbian devices since the Nokia 6620, and is known for his perspective as a power user. You can follow The Guru on Twitter at @Rcadden

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  • Merlin

    Goosync seems awesome for calendar management but for contacts I think there’s a lot more that need to be done.
    Many of my Google contacts are people I have no connection with in real life. What I mean is that I have their email adress but no phone number so I don’t want them to appear in my phone but they are people I need in my mailbox though.
    And the same holds true for my phone contacts.
    In the end, there are some contacts in phone I wouldn’t want to see in my gmail, and there are people in my gmail I wouldn’t want to see in my phone.
    Is there a one-way sync option in Goosync ?

  • Merlin

    Goosync seems awesome for calendar management but for contacts I think there’s a lot more that need to be done.
    Many of my Google contacts are people I have no connection with in real life. What I mean is that I have their email adress but no phone number so I don’t want them to appear in my phone but they are people I need in my mailbox though.
    And the same holds true for my phone contacts.
    In the end, there are some contacts in phone I wouldn’t want to see in my gmail, and there are people in my gmail I wouldn’t want to see in my phone.
    Is there a one-way sync option in Goosync ?

  • Bram

    CalSyncS60 is another native s60 application that does sync periodically (but it doesn’s support syncing of contacts). I just tried it and it seems to work great.

  • Bram

    CalSyncS60 is another native s60 application that does sync periodically (but it doesn’s support syncing of contacts). I just tried it and it seems to work great.

  • http://nseriesus.com/nokia-daily-news-091308 Nokia Daily News – 09/13/08 | Nokia Daily News

    [...] Symbian Guru – GooSync review, sync your S60 device to Google Calendar [...]

  • Tom

    Did anyone try ScheduleWorld: http://www.scheduleworld.com/ ?
    Between platform and OS support, this solution seems to be covering a lot more ground. Any user feedback on that?

    Thanks

  • Tom

    Did anyone try ScheduleWorld: http://www.scheduleworld.com/ ?
    Between platform and OS support, this solution seems to be covering a lot more ground. Any user feedback on that?

    Thanks

  • Joe

    How does GooSync handle the problem with contacts that have more than one email address on the phone/Outlook? Usually GMail creates one seperate contact for each email address as this is the “primary key” for GMail. Does this happen with GooSync as well? I wouldn’t want to have 3 different contacts for one real contact with 3 mail addresses.

  • Joe

    How does GooSync handle the problem with contacts that have more than one email address on the phone/Outlook? Usually GMail creates one seperate contact for each email address as this is the “primary key” for GMail. Does this happen with GooSync as well? I wouldn’t want to have 3 different contacts for one real contact with 3 mail addresses.

  • nick

    @tom

    I use schedule world, it works great.

    I sync my google calendar, my thunderbird calendar (one on linux and one on windows) and my phone. All work extremely well.

    The only problems: 1, The phone numbers need to be certain ones or they get mixed up (mobile, tel. (home), tel. (work)). 2. The to do’s are not syncing fully.

  • nick

    @tom

    I use schedule world, it works great.

    I sync my google calendar, my thunderbird calendar (one on linux and one on windows) and my phone. All work extremely well.

    The only problems: 1, The phone numbers need to be certain ones or they get mixed up (mobile, tel. (home), tel. (work)). 2. The to do’s are not syncing fully.

  • nick

    edit: I fixed the to do’s so now they work. but now i just realized only 1 e-mail goes through to symbian. Looking for fix to this now.

  • nick

    edit: I fixed the to do’s so now they work. but now i just realized only 1 e-mail goes through to symbian. Looking for fix to this now.

  • http://inthesewoods.blogspot.com/ JJ

    cool stuff. but $35/year to sync my contacts??? eh. certainly not worth it for me.

  • http://inthesewoods.blogspot.com JJ

    cool stuff. but $35/year to sync my contacts??? eh. certainly not worth it for me.

  • chuck

    Deleting google contacts will NEGATE all authorizations for google talk! After the sync you’ll have to inconvenience ALL your friends by re-requesting their permission to see them online. This is a very poor advice! Oh my, and you call yourself GURU!

  • chuck

    Deleting google contacts will NEGATE all authorizations for google talk! After the sync you’ll have to inconvenience ALL your friends by re-requesting their permission to see them online. This is a very poor advice! Oh my, and you call yourself GURU!

  • http://www.symbian-guru.com/ The Guru

    @Chuck – Indeed, I realize that. Hence the strong warning. However, if you’re seeking to have your Gmail contacts be the same as the ones on your phone, then this would be far easier than syncing and then having to manually edit all the duplicates later.

  • http://www.symbian-guru.com The Guru

    @Chuck – Indeed, I realize that. Hence the strong warning. However, if you’re seeking to have your Gmail contacts be the same as the ones on your phone, then this would be far easier than syncing and then having to manually edit all the duplicates later.

  • Simon

    I have been early testing another product from Mobiun. Does not rely on syncML. To date has been working great with automatic syncs. they may be looking for more beta testers http://www.mobiun.com

  • Simon

    I have been early testing another product from Mobiun. Does not rely on syncML. To date has been working great with automatic syncs. they may be looking for more beta testers http://www.mobiun.com

  • http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2008/09/sbsh-calendar-uses-goosync-calendar-tags-for-categories.html SBSH Calendar Uses GooSync Calendar Tags For Categories

    [...] reading through our review on GooSync, my friend Roy, who works at SBSH, linked me to a forum thread about a new feature in SBSH Calendar [...]

  • http://gadgeteer.org.uk/2008/09/19/goosync-on-symbian-review/ GooSync on Symbian review | UK Gadgeteer Website

    [...] Symbian Guru have produced a detailed review of the service. Head here to read more. Their main issue with it is [...]

  • http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2008/10/the-guide-to-an-integrated-gmail-and-s60-experience.html The Guide To An Integrated Gmail And S60 Experience

    [...] only does it handle Contacts, but also Google Calendar: yes it’s GooSync, Ricky’s new-found gem. The application is free if you want to sync one calendar without contacts, or else you have to pay [...]

  • Jay Armstrong

    With all of the SE phones I’ve run into (w810, z710, w910?) you can easily set up an automatic sync with one or more syncML servers. Currently, I have my phone’s calendar synching every 30 min with goosync and my contacts synching once a day.

    I was recently disappointed to find that the nokia e71 can’t schedule a sync. Symbian just dropped the ball here. The only good news is that android is finally coming out and that may get ported to s60 down the road.

  • Jay Armstrong

    With all of the SE phones I’ve run into (w810, z710, w910?) you can easily set up an automatic sync with one or more syncML servers. Currently, I have my phone’s calendar synching every 30 min with goosync and my contacts synching once a day.

    I was recently disappointed to find that the nokia e71 can’t schedule a sync. Symbian just dropped the ball here. The only good news is that android is finally coming out and that may get ported to s60 down the road.

  • http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2009/12/unohtaneet-sync-brought-to-you-by-nokia.html Unohtaneet Sync, Brought To You By Nokia | Symbian-Guru.com

    [...] Sync has issues with multiple devices, while other SyncML solutions, such as Google Sync and GooSync, operate just fine and dandy. I have Google Sync over SyncML for contacts setup on my E63, 5800 [...]

  • http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2010/01/comingnext-widget-shows-more-calendar-on-your-homescreen.html ComingNext Widget Shows More Calendar On Your Homescreen | Symbian-Guru.com

    [...] started relying on it heavily to keep tabs on various things that I need to remember. I use GooSync and Swim to get my Google Calendars on my phone, which makes it really easy to keep tabs on things [...]

  • http://websla.com/2010/01/comingnext-widget-shows-more-calendar-on-your-homescreen/ ComingNext Widget Shows More Calendar On Your Homescreen | websla.com

    [...] started relying on it heavily to keep tabs on various things that I need to remember. I use GooSync and Swim to get my Google Calendars on my phone, which makes it really easy to keep tabs on things [...]

  • John

    Old post to comment on, but would love to know ne1 actually using this on a e71 or similar device to know how good it actually is.

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