Google Beefs Up BlackBerrys


	Google Beefs Up BlackBerrys

billpar

5-30-2009 6:16 AM

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5-30-2009 5:53 PM

n2sooners

Love the calendar and contact syncs. Google maps for the BB is pretty sweet too.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/7c539977-10d9-4f06-802d-0c40024c7a7d/3A25D6FB-8D8C-44EC-A81E-6F6E9C8B1628/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.keenerliving.com/google-beefs-up-blackberrys/" href="http://www.keenerliving.com/google-beefs-up-blackberrys/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.keenerliving.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.keenerliving.com/google-beefs-up-blackberrys/"><H1 class="entry-title">Google Beefs Up BlackBerrys</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.keenerliving.com/google-beefs-up-blackberrys/"><P>Recently they have been paying a little extra attention to BlackBerry devices:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.keenerliving.com/google-beefs-up-blackberrys/"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">As <A href="http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2007/12/update-google-mobile-products-on-your.html">explained here</A>, they have made a Google Updater available for the BlackBerry. All you have to do is visit <STRONG>mobile.google.com</STRONG> on your BlackBerry and click download, and it will download the latest versions of the all the Mobile Google Apps to your BlackBerry. Included in these apps are Google Maps, a special Gmail app for BlackBerrys, a Google Search shortcut, and much more.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.keenerliving.com/google-beefs-up-blackberrys/"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">You can now <STRONG>sync</STRONG> your Google Calendar entries to your BlackBerry. Use this <A href="http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/mobile/sync/">Google Mobile Link</A> to get started with it.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.keenerliving.com/google-beefs-up-blackberrys/"><P>I am tickled to have these on my BlackBerry Curve. I think the calendar sync application is still being tweaked, as I have noticed that it has some problems with recurring appointments on my calendar. 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