I’m happy to report that Blackberry’s newest revision of their PC sync conduits seem to be much better behaved. Earlier, I had complained that the calendar sync simply would not work reliably between my Vista/Office ’07 system and my BB 8800 over USB.
I was never able to identify the root cause of my issues (which caused the sync engine on the PC to just go into a “not responding” state), but I have been able to get sync back to fully functional thanks to BB’s client software update.
I’m now running version 4.3.0.15 of the Blackberry Desktop Manager and all appears to be right in the world. My device’s calendar has returned to being something that I can use only daily basis to keep me on time (hallelujah).
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FWIW, I’ve been using the Google Sync BB application for over-the-air Google Calendar synchronization and have been pretty happy with it; very similar to the BES experience at the office.
Outlook 2007 and Google Calendar do not mix, so standard BB calendar sync was out of the question.
@PB – Very cool to know. I know someone who was just evaluating possibly buying a BB for just that purpose (using their GMail & OTA GCal on a mobile device).
Do either of you know if google calendar sync can sync over USB? I guess the more general question is: can the blackberry access the internet through USB?