iCalendar program for Windows Mobile 6?

[AncientPC]

I've always used iCalendar with an internet calendar because it's not feasible nor desirable to to run a personal Exchange server.

However my new smartphone runs Windows Mobile 6, and thus is integrated with Outlook. Is there any application out there that allows for iCalendar integration for Windows Mobile 6?

 

[TheStu]

By iCalendar do you mean iCal on OS X, or something else?

Something that you can do (if you are talking about iCal on OS X) is to download gCal which will let you sync iCal with Google Calendars. Then, on Windows, find a way to sync Google Calendar to Outlook, and you should be golden

Alternatively, if your smartphone has bluetooth, try connecting it through iSync (again, OS X) and see if you can share address book and calendars that way.

 

[AncientPC]

Actually I use Sunbird on a WinXP desktop / Ubuntu desktop. I've looked into a few solutions but they all involve OS X.

 

[RebateMonger]

Have you tried a hosted Exchange account. They are $10 a month or less nowadays.

 

[AncientPC]

Well even if I did get a hosted Exchange account I wouldn't know how to get it working on my Linux boxes, and I wouldn't want to switch over either as I primarily use Sunbird/Rainlendar anyway.

 

[RebateMonger]

Actually, when I was playing with Ubuntu, it seemed like the integration with my Exchange Server wasn't horrible with the default email client, whatever that is.....

I played with email and calendars and they were working. Some functions weren't nearly as smooth as with Outlook or Entourage (on the Macintosh). It appeared that the Linux client was using web-based access to talk to the Exchange Server, which is why some features were a bit lacking. But it it only took a few minutes for me to get it working, and I haven't really played with Linux since 1998 or so.

On the other hand, Windows Mobile 5/6 work SO nicely with Exchange. Simple setup and you get email/calendars/tasks/contacts that "instantly" synchronize over the Internet with no need to ever hook up anything to a PC.