Ok
calendaring companies out there - what have you got that can beat the new
Google
Calendar? I am, in many ways, sick of Google - but you have to admit they've done a very good job here.
Two coolest things in my mind: Ajax support throughout and natural language event adding. In other words, I
can hit quick add and type "kick dog in yard at 1:30 am" and all the important details will be added to my
calendar. My goodness, it's enough to get me off my desktop calendar. Nothing else has been so far, that's
for sure.
- Nicole Simon has some philosophical
thoughts to share in her review.
- Trumba
blogs about the relationship between their calendars and Google's via new Trumba features that will be rolled out
tomorrow.
- Looks like "who can top it" is the wrong question to ask. See Charlene Li's great long review and
comments following. It's all about the platform.
- The Unofficial Apple Weblog (a Winc member) has a tutorial on synching your GCal
with your Mac's iCal. It's only one way, though - things you add to your GCal will be autoimported to your
iCal but not the other way around. That's probably an ok thing.
1. I'm pretty sure that there are many people who feel 30boxes, Airset, Kiko, etc. do a comparable if not better job as Google's offering. Maybe if it was truly integrated with Gmail it would be a different story. It is truly a typical Google BETA release.
Posted at 2:35PM on Apr 13th 2006 by Angel