Google Calendar Sync woes and a workaround

Ok for weeks now I have been looking for a solution to the Outlook 2010 RTM incompatibility with the current version of the Google Calendar sync tool. I run Office 2010 x64 bit version and found out the hard way that tinkering with the Outlook 2010 executable by changing the 14.0.0 to 12.0.0 does NOT work. So after much headache and ran into a workaround all by ACCIDENT.

So here is my setup:

• Android Phone specifically Motorola DROID
• Outlook 2010 RTM 64bit
• POP3 Account (this is where I get meeting requests that I need sync’d with my phone)
• A normal personal gmail account

Here is my workaround:

When I get a meeting invite that I want to ACCEPT, I forward it to my GMAIL account. NOTE: I have to go to my GMAIL Account to view the email. Once I view the email, it adds it automatically to my Gmail calendar which then shows up on my DROID at the next synch.

 

Not the best solution but better than nothing. The way I look at it is that I have to take action on the meeting request anyway (ACCEPT or DECLINE) so while I am doing that if I can forward it to my GMAIL account it’s not a big deal.

Also one thing to note from an Outlook perspective is that you should forward the meeting request prior to ACCEPTING because if you do it after you accept the requestor will get a notification that you have forwarded the meeting request to your GMAIL account and confuse the requestor.

I hope eventually Google fixes their awesome sync tool to be compatible with Outlook 2010 RTM.

Thanks.

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