Take notice — if you’re not paying for your NuevaSync service you have 5 days to find an alternative. NuevaSync, one of the original options for syncing an iPhone with Google calendars and Google contacts, is shutting down it’s free syncing service. For the next 5 days anyone who had a free account will be enrolled in a free trial of their basic sync service. Once the 5 day trial period expires the account will be disabled and syncing will no longer be available.
Here is the official email from NuevaSync:
Basic service includes all the features available under free service plus the following:
- Remote wipe
- Contacts capture
- Technical support
- Sync tasks from Toodledo or 37Signals Highrise to compatible devices
- Calendar event categories for Windows Mobile devices
More details can be found on our web site.
Your account has been enrolled in the Basic service free trial. The trial period lasts 5 days.
To subscribe, please log into our control panel web site and click the ‘buy’ link at the top of the main page.
At the end of the trial period un-subscribed accounts will be disabled for device syncing but it will still be possible to log in to the control panel site.
The new NuevaSync pay services are as follows:
| Feature | Basic | Premium | ||
| Calendar sync | Yes | Yes | ||
| Contact sync | Yes | Yes | ||
| Tasks sync | Yes | Yes | ||
| Push email sync | No | Yes | ||
| Remote wipe | Yes | Yes | ||
| Contacts capture | Yes | Yes | ||
| Calendar categories | Yes | Yes | ||
| Meeting invites | No | Yes | ||
| Device Sync Scope | Yes | Yes | ||
| Target support response | 72h | 24h | ||
| Max. devices | 2 | 4 | ||
| Price | $15/yr | $30/yr |
The Free Google Alternative
Never fear, Google is here! Google introduced a free mobile sync alternative last year and has steadily increased performance as well as the number of calendars you can sync with their service. When first launched it only supported syncing 5 calendars however the current iteration supports syncing up to 25 calendars as well as an unlimited number of contacts. For information on how to configure Google mobile sync on your device visit the Google mobile sync website: http://www.google.com/mobile/sync/. Once you have the account configured your going to need to select which calendars you sync with your device. For more information on configuring which calendars you sync click here.
Nov 26th, 2010 at 3:26 pm
I don’t understand how to sync many calendars with Google Sync ?
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Rumax Reply:
December 7th, 2010 at 9:44 am
multiple calendar sync is supported only for Apple
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Chris Schiffner Reply:
December 8th, 2010 at 12:52 am
Multiple calendars are also supported on Blackberry’s.
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Chris Schiffner Reply:
December 8th, 2010 at 12:54 am
On the iPhone, after setting up your Google account, go to http://m.google.com and select which calendars you would like to sync.
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