sync Gmail contacts with Phone

by Farhan on February 9, 2009

Google is realizing the power of s60 based mobile phones and is coming up with useful applications integrating their services like Gmail and Google maps with the phone .

Last Google introduces Google Maps with Latitude their Nokia Friend View like of service , just download latest version of Google Maps and it has it ( will post the review later today )

Now what PRE was touting syncing contacts with GMAIL , Facebook etc well atleast we S60 users can sync our Gmail contacts with our phone and it’s also very simple

The step by Step instructions are

go to Tools Menu

Choose Sync

Choose option Soft Key

Choose New sync Profile

Name the Sync Profile , I called mine Gsync

click ok

Select Applications

Click on contacts

Choose ‘Yes’ in include in Sync

Enter ‘contacts’ all in small letters in Remote Database

Sync Type is both Ways

click Back

You cannot choose Calendars or any other options for now so click back again

Choose Connection Settings

Server Version is 1.2

Server Id is ‘ Google ’ , G in Caps

Data Bearer ‘ Internet’

Access Point is your Data Provider

Host Address “ https://m.google.com/syncml” notice this is https not http

Port is 433

Username , your gmail login with XXx@gmail.com

Password , your password for Gmail

allow Sync Request is Yes

Accept All Sync Request – NO

Network authentication – NO

click back twice

Choose GSync or what ever you have called it and choose Synchronize , it will connect to your gmail contacts and all the contacts between your phone and gmail will be synced

Very easy procedure took less then 5 min

Sorry no pix right now as my work Network is very slow

Have any questions , feel free to ask

Syncingly

Farhan

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