Google Sync pushes contacts, calendars to phones
The service uses Microsoft Exchange’s ActiveSync protocol to get the job done, and because of this can actively push changes as soon as they’re made.
Oh, come on — I know Apple went all Exchange on us with the iPhone, but Google? Really?
It’s worth noting that if you have an iPhone or Windows mobile handset the process will wipe out any existing contacts and calendars from your device. This data loss does not occur on Nokia, BlackBerry, Sony Ericsson, or Motorola devices.
Well, yeah, it is worth noting. I already wasn’t very interested — I don’t want to have Google manage my contacts for me and add whomever I write; I’m one of those weird people who like to manage their data themselves, so Address Book is quite fine, thank you — but that’s all the more reason not to use this.
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