I can add or edit calendar events on either the phone, in Lightning, or in g-cal and they’re automatically synced to all three places. I use a first-gen Galaxy S, on my PC I use Thunderbird with the Lightning extension, and calendar data is in a collection of google calendars. Even if you figure out how to use Kies, nothing’s going to sync with Palm Desktop’s oddball database formats. ![]() It didn’t work on the newer OS’s, wouldn’t sync with the current phones, most current PCs no longer have the serial ports or infrared ports Hotsync was designed for, and it can’t even import/export data in reasonable formats. I used Palm Desktop for 10 years and loved it, finally giving up on it just two years ago. I apologize if my newness to Android has me missing something obvious, but if so, I’ll be most grateful if someone can point it out to me. Simply put, I’m a bit at a loss how to proceed at the moment. In the absence of credible evidence that can allay my concerns about using Google Calendar (or any Google products), I’m not sure how to come up with an alternative arrangement that will sync easily and give me the ability to manage the bulk of my calendar event entry on my PC. As a result, it appears that I need to find an “Outlook equivalent” PC calendar program, then find a way to have it sync with some sort of Android App. Since I don’t have Outlook on my computer, trying to sync through Kies doesn’t appear to be my answer. Use My calendar to sync with Kies.” I’ve downloaded and installed Kies, but I’m not clear on how this would work, as A) I don’t have “My Calendar” and B) when I click on the Sync tab in Kies, it only gives options to sync with MS Outlook functions. ![]() When I first open the native “Calendar” app that comes on the Samsung GS2, it tells me that “Google Calendar cannot sync with Samsung Kies. As a result, I think (someone please correct me if I’m wrong here) I need to find a new desktop calendar program, then choose an Android calendar app that can be synced with it by some means (or vice versa). As a result, I don’t have a current PC calendar program to work with, other than Palm Desktop, which is so old that I have to run it in XP Mode under Windows 7. I don’t use MS Outlook or any of the MS Office suite, having for years used the old Lotus suite, though I’m now slowly transitioning over to the Libre Office suite. I’m afraid I’m a bit of a newbie on Android phones, however, as I only got it four days ago, so I hope my questions aren’t too hopelessly naive. Knowing that WindowsSecrets members are the savviest tech group around, I thought I’d see if anyone knows of any combination of PC calendar program and Android calendar app that would meet those specs. As an additional consideration, it would be SUPERB if I could somehow get my current Palm Desktop calendar events to be synced or loaded into the new desktop program, thus saving me hours of work. I use Firefox and Thunderbird, so I was wondering about the Mozilla Lightning Calendar for TB, but I don’t know enough about it or how/if it would sync with some sort of Android calendar app. Ideally, the calendar program/app should allow me to see day, week, month, and year views. I use this calendar primarily for business, so I need to be able to not only enter the event name/description, but also in many cases lots of notes attached to the event, and I need the ability to set very precise event times and duration, as well as to be able to repeat an event at certain regular intervals. However the Palm is at (or more correctly, far beyond) the end of its useful life, so I’ve just acquired a Samsung Galaxy S2, for which I’m trying to find a desktop calendar program that will sync easily and well with some sort of Android calendar app. Then I sync it to my Palm, and presto, I’m up-to-date, as any changes I’ve made on either the Palm Desktop program or the Palm itself are then registered on both devices, which is what I need. For years I’ve used a Palm T|X which has a desktop program that allows me to quickly enter new appointments or to-do items, change them easily, and search them quickly when I’m at my desk, as I often am. I hope that this is not off-topic, but this seemed like the best section of the Lounge to post this in, as it absolutely relates to my productivity.
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