.ical calendaring solutions? Yahoo?

[rjnagle]

Hi, I really want to have a way to sync my work PC, home PC and axim.I don't want to use outlook.

How do I do this?

In other words.

When I create an appointment in pocket informant, what is happening? Am I creating an .ics file(or some nonproprietary file) which is easy to import/export?

If I see an .ics file on a website, is there an easy way to drop it into my PC calendaring application? (Firefox, Mozilla Calendar, etc).

I try not to use OUtlook because I don't want to get caught in a MS only solution. Has anyone used Yahoo Calendar to sync between PCs and computers? How would you do that? That could be a graceful solution if it stayed online all the time.

Truthfully, I just don't understand how calendaring works in a nonOutlook world (and I don't really understand how it works in an Outlook world as well).

Can anyone recommend something, point to software recommendations or synchronization suggestions?

Thanks. Robert Nagle
idiotprogrammer

[rjnagle]

Here's a description of yahoo's calendaring program
http://calendar.yahoo.com/YYY,283a21/srt,0/?v=120&pv=61

[stevenator65]

I would love to do what you suggest and will monitor this thread. I dislike Outlook and want a choice. The yahoo calendar seems like a great idea. It would be fantastic to go online, without using a desktop, and just sync your pda contacts and calendar to something like yahoo. Great idea.

[rjnagle]

I'm going to look into it in the next week or so. Looking over the Pocket Informant website, it seems that they require Pocket Outlook, so I may stick with it.

Robert Nagle

I recently converted from Palm. I love my Axim, but not Outlook. I liked the Palm desktop much better. Someone in a previous thread was looking for a desktop alternative, but the last time I looked, there was no resolution...just a bunch of smart remarks about using Outlook. I'll renew my search efforts as well.

[gjohnson]

I recently converted from Palm. I love my Axim, but not Outlook. I liked the Palm desktop much better. Someone in a previous thread was looking for a desktop alternative, but the last time I looked, there was no resolution...just a bunch of smart remarks about using Outlook. I'll renew my search efforts as well.

I use Lotus Organizer 6.0 on my desktop and sync the dates and addresses to my x50v (using Pocket Informant as a frontend for Pocket Outlook) and my Treo 600 (Palm) using Pumatech's Intellisync. Works like a charm.