Whether you have an older standby device like the BlackBerry or one of the new kids on the block, like the iPhone or G1, you can vastly improve the way your smartphone works with any of your Google accounts. Here are some helpful tips:
Customized Google Portals
- iPhone
- Motorola
- Nokia Standard (Nokia Smartphones)
- Samsung
Each area provides tools and instructions tailor-made for just about every type of smartphone. There are helpful video tutorials in every section as well. The best thing to do is to install the Google Mobile Pack.
Synchronizing Gmail Contacts
iPhone - [img src="http://sale-online.click/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/gmail_77702a_en-202x300.gif" caption="" credit="" alt=""]Here are instructions for setting up IMAP access for GMail on your iPhone, which allows you to manage your emails and contacts in real-time. This means when you delete or add something on your computer or on your mobile device the change appears on the other end immediately. Here's a brief tutorial for IMAP setup.
BlackBerry - BlackBerry Gmail mobile edition lets you compose emails in offline mode, which will get sent once you have Internet access again.
G1 - GMail and Android (T-Mobile G1) obviously work well together because Google owns both. Here's a tutorial for Google Contacts on Android (T-Mobile G1).
Windows Mobile Devices - Setting up GMail on Windows Mobile Devices is similar to the iPhone setup because it works best with the IMAP option. You can choose to use the pop mail option instead. However, if you want to manage your GMail account in real-time, IMAP is the way to go.
Synchronizing Google Calendar
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iPhone - iPhone Calendar Sync with Google Calendar allows your iPhone calendar to connect to your Google Calendar. Here's a screencast showing several Google services on the iPhone including Goodle Calendar.
BlackBerry - Calendar Sync Tool for the BlackBerry syncs all data between your Google Calendar and your BlackBerry calendar in both directions.
G1 - Calendar on Android (G1) works seamlessly without any special plugins or setup.
Windows Mobile Devices - The Calendar on Windows Mobile devices can just as easily sync with Google Calendar.
Other Useful Links and Resources
GooSync - allows you to sync Google Calendar with any mobile device. There's a free version and a premium edition that allows you to sync multiple calendars.
Google Mobile Blog - the official blog for all things regarding Google on mobile devices.
Google Mobile Site - the official website for Google's mobile services.
m.google.com/mail - the GMail URL for all mobile devices.
m.google.com - Google page in a mobile-friendly format.