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Originally Posted by Adrynalyne
It kills battery life though. Just an FYI.
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Not a problem. Just make sure you set it to sync only once a day (or whatever you want, but the fewer syncs the less battery it gobbles).
FYI: Birdie Sync and Finch Sync only work with Thunderbird (mozilla mail program).
For e-mail, I have Gmail set up as IMAP on my Omnia for e-mail.
I then use NuevaSync.com (free) to sync my Google Calendars with my Omnia. Google just released their own wireless sync last week, but it will only allow you to sync 5 calendars; NuevaSync allows you to sync 8 (which is why I use it instead). You can also sync e-mail and contacts with NuevaSync, but I prefer to get my Gmail via IMAP... and I hate that Google is so limited with their contact fields (just "name," no first and last, too few phone number fields, etc...) so I use Microsoft Live for organizing my contacts on my computer (not to mention it's accessible from any computer).
You have to set NuevaSync up as an Exchange Server (instructions on their website), so this eliminates using another exchange server for other things (another e-mail account, contacts, etc...).
However, you can use Windows Live (it works like a second exchange server) to sync with your Live (Hotmail) account
WITHOUT using Outlook. It took me about a week to figure this out, but I've got the process outlined here:
http://danbeahm.blogspot.com/2009/02...acts-with.html
It's extremely frustrating that Microsoft doesn't let you sync contacts from your computer to your mobile without Outlook (which you have to buy). It's also frustrating that Windows Mail (which is the default Vista mail app) is now obsolete (Windows Live Mail is the new standard). All this is discussed in the "how to" link shown above.
Hope all this information helps!