GooSync for mobiles

GooSync is available for various mobile devices, including the Centro and other treo's and I have been using it for the last week or so on my Centro to sync my Google Calendar. I wanted to try out an alternative to my normal Outlook calendar syncing, via ActiveSync for win mob and HotSync for palms, for several reasons:

• I have sent back a couple of devices that I really liked because I could not get them to sync with Outlook calendar on my work PC. One of them was the Moto Q9h which was a great device with a superlative keyboard but at the time, as I couldn't get it ActiveSyncing at work, I sent it back. Had I been using GooSync instead that would not have been such an issue.
• I need to get away from this Outlook "reliance" for keeping my diary up to date and Google Calendar is free and easy to both access and keep up to date.
• There are some things I don't want showing up in my work diary. I can put those entries in my online calendar now and not worry about them showing up in my work diary.
• I don't intend to use another windows mobile device again, not for a while anyway although the Samsung i780 is tempting.
• I have started using Google Calendar on my iPhone so it makes sense to make it the numero uno diary app for all mobile apps rather than using different diaries.

So I have turned off "calendar" syncing on Palm HotSync on my work pc and will rely instead on GooSync. Set up is painless, head over to the site and register and then activate your Google Calendar via the supplied link on their site. Then, download the prc file and hotsync it to your palm. Enter your password and user ID in the app settings and off you go. I was pleased to see that test entries done in Google showed up on the Centro no problem at all.

The version I am using is currently free although there is a paid version that adds further features such as task syncing, I'm not sure I would need that capability. Google Calendar in itself is pretty good, certainly for my needs anyway, and having GooSync on top is like the icing on the cake.