Official Google Blog: Google Calendar Sync

Official Google Blog: Google Calendar Sync

Finally! This is just indispensable. Now I can have my calendar with me no matter what laptop I am using. Having my smartphone sync with Google Calendar was a major breakthrough, and this fits right in.

iStudioWeb

Since iStudioWeb.com blog tanked from PR=2 to 0 I decided to revive this blog for promotional purposes. Let's see what will happen by the time the next Google PR update hits us.

IMified in the blog

IMified (www.imified.com) is a really neat (as I am currently discovering) tool to post to various services via assortment of instant messengers, namely AIM, Yahoo, MSN and Jabber/GTalk. Additionally, WordPress, Blogger (as you can see) and bunch of other sites are supported. Not sure if I like the idea of posting to web services via IM, but when on the road this tool might really be helpful.

Amazon FPS

Last Friday I have signed up for Amazon's FPS (no, not First Person Shooter), but Flexible Payment Service. That's about all the news I have for now, but we're working on an e-commerce web site that probably will be using AFPS for payments. Stay tuned.

Someone up there loves me

Yes, someone up there must love me, here's the HTC Advantage that is large enough to read/view/game away plus it acts as a GSM cell phone. Just the answer to my yesterday's rant. Well, at least to the first part.

The only two noticed problems are the weight/size (damn, with 5 inches of screen real estate the thing weights around one pound) and the price - Amazon has them for $849.99. CompUSA all sold out, unfortunately, as I was going to try to hold the thing in my hands. Obviously, it will be quite hard to hold it during a lengthy conversation, so bluetooth (or wired) headset is a must. I got two of bluetooth headsets plus one wired, so recharging shouldn't be an issue here. Judging by reviews the PDA is large enough not to fit in small pockets and I hadn't noticed the option to carry it on the belt.

My contract with Verizon expires on August 18th, so if by that time Verizon will not come up with something decent (and judging by some leaked information - it will not) - I'm switching my main Zealus phone from Verizon to (most likely) Cingular - it's the only company I haven't been a customer of yet.