Android and non-Exchange Outlook: How to Sync

Mar 28, 2011

By now you know I am a bit biased toward using Exchange server with Outlook (I really do encourage it). That’s because using Exchange with Outlook solves a ton of mobility issues and adds tons of features. But if you use Outlook and do not work in a company that uses Exchange, or if you cannot afford 2 Starbuck latte’s a month ($7 a month for Exchange at Godaddy), then you are stuck with using an Internet mail server like Gmail or one of a thousand other possible Internet e-mail services as your server feeding mail into the Outlook client.

In that case how do you sync Outlook with your handheld? Well, when using Internet mail your Outlook tasks are only stored on your local Outlook—the server does not sync tasks, nor many other data types. So you need a way to get data from Outlook into your handheld. The only real way to do this is to sync directly between your Outlook computer and your handheld, like with a wire or with local Wifi. So you have to do it when at or near the computer. Aside from being incredibly inconvenient, things can get complicated when doing that, especially with all the task software choices on handhelds.

Well, for Android users, here is a nice article from PC Mag that helps solve that problem. Take a read and leave a comment as to whether it helps or not.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2382337,00.asp

Michael

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4 Responses to Android and non-Exchange Outlook: How to Sync

  1. George says:

    So true!

    I’ve started looking for a way to sync my smartphone with desktop Outlook. In my case, price was not a stop factor. I wanted something that worked reliably. As another consideration, I wanted to avoid putting sensitive data (such as contacts and schedule of meetings with my clients) to the 3-rd party servers. I tried other solutions, all of which had shortcomings.

    After trying different solutions for a few months and still having issues with syncing my calendar events, I started a company which developed software called Akruto. It can sync everything from Outlook with your smartphone’s apps (except emails). As for the interfaces, it works via Wi-Fi network and over the Internet without sharing the data with us or with 3-rd parties. Best of all, it just works.

    Here’s a link: http://www.akruto.com/best-ways-to-sync-android-with-microsoft-outlook/
    Another good thing is that syncing process is automatic, so you don’t have to press anything to make sure changes are synced – everything goes behind the scene.

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