http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=138740&topic=14252

Unfortunately, I still can’t use this solution because I have my work email setup through Exchange and iPhone only supports one exchange server. I do have everything but my Google Calendars syncing over the air (they sync though iTunes). I’m waiting for the iPhone to start supporting over the air CalDAV syncing and Calendar Subscriptions (like iCal does on my Mac). Then I’d have everything.

I then wanted to sync my Google Contacts with my iPod Core App Contacts. While some cleaning up was needed, everything is syncing well and quickly.

Here are my questions:

During my research of how to Sync my Google contact list with my iPod Core App Contacts, since I have a Macbook also, I was told that Mac Address Book was the simplest way to do this. The respondant said:

“if you have gmail you could wire your server/email addy/password intoMac Mail, which interacts wonderfully with the Address Book, iCal, and iPhoto.

Address Book pgm will accept that CSV file you created from Outlook Express.

Then in iTunes, when your phone is docked, you simply tell it to sync
Addresses (I think it’s on the Info tab, or maybe Applications)”

Also, I came across this Apple blog

http://www.tuaw.com/2008/05/28/10-5-3-sync-your-iphone-contacts-with-google/

which explains syncing the iPhone with Address Book.app (is this in my Macbook?) using Mac OS X 10.5.3.

Do I have what’s explained here in my Macbook? Can I do this?

Also, here’s another blog

http://memerocket.com/2008/07/19/a-gmail-devotee-experiments-with-apple-mail-and-iphone-mail-app/

that explains configuring address book synchronization via MobileMe.

If I’m not mistaken, MobileMe is a service one has to pay for. I don’t
use an email client as I use web-based fastmail.fm . The only time I
use an email client is my MobileMail Core App on my iPod to sync with
all my email accounts.

Also, I use a web-based calendar, only to be sync’d with my Calendar
Core App on my iPod.

So, it seems that for Email, Contacts, and Calendar, and since I’m not
always on my Macbook, MobileMe is probably not for me.

Anyway, both my Calendar and Contacts are syncing quite well.

However, I’m using a third-party web-based service that seems to be conducting all my syncing 24/7 – Nuevasync.

Of course, I have my settings set up in Nuevasync – as a trustworthy source – which has access to my Google Account username and password (for Calendar and Contacts). I’m not concerned about them having access to my account.

The concern is that all of the Syncing is being performed by a third-party source over the airwaves (my iPod touch only syncs when I open the application within a Wi-Fi connection).

If Nuevasync goes down, my Calendar and Contact list won’t sync.

Correct?

Also, if Nuevasync goes bankrupt, they also won’t sync, and I’ll need to
find another solution to sync my Google Calendar and Contact list.

Correct?

In reading about all this, many Apple experts are commenting that it
seems quite strange that Google, Inc. doesn’t have a direct setup to
sync Calendar and Contacts directly to the iPhone / iPod Touch.

That seems puzzling to me as well.

So, should I just continue with what I’m doing with Nuevasync?