On Sat, 28 Dec 2013 18:57:58 +0000 steve-ALUG@hst.me.uk wrote:
On 28/12/13 18:01, Chris Walker wrote:
I've just bought myself a new phone to replace my ageing Nokia N900 and now want to migrate the 6 calendars I have on that to the new phone. But while I'm doing that, I thought I ought to find a way to sync them with a desktop calendar, or some other calendar and that's the purpose of this mail.
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Or should I think of something else, which doesn't necessarily have to run on a Pi?
My first thought was to use Google Calendars. You can have multiple calendars and access them from android devices, web browsers, or plugins for Thunderbird, and probably many other calendar apps. I suppose it depends if you want your calenders on-line or not, or trust Google to know & look-after your stuff. Personally I do and let it do my calendars and contacts.
I do already have a gmail account and associated calendar but I would rather avoid them if possible. I now trust them less than I used to trust Microsoft!
Before starting with Google I wondered if I could use some sort of ical server, but I never really got anywere. Google allows multiple calendars. If you have an android phone you can probably access multiple calendars on it (or at least you can on mine).
My new phone will run Android apps but again, I'd like to avoid them and only run native apps if one exists. (It has its own OS called Sailfish).
Simple to use and set up. Don't have to dial in to home to access it all.
I would only need to sync when I get home anyway so no need to log in while away.