Syncing with Google Services

Unfortunately because Google don’t use the standard ActiveSync protocols the Mail for Exchange (MfE) system on Maemo doesn’t support it offically.

It seems to be hit and miss, some people say it works fine, others say it doesn’t work at all.

There is however a solution.

Using Nuevasync you can now sync with Google (and other) services. Contacts and Calendar are free, but to get Push Email support you need to pay 25 dollars for a year. One of the nice things about it is the ability to get data from different accounts. I have my contacts come from my gmail account but my calendar comes from a google apps account.

You can sign up for a 5 day trial account (lets you try the email) here. Configuration instructions are available here.

I don’t use it for email myself, but it works perfectly with my contacts and calendar.