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Posted by skid_ Tuesday, Nov 24, 2009 904 days ago

Just upgraded to 4 and have to say first impressions are good.

If you need an application to receive emails, contacts & tasks, then this is for you.

 
 
Posted by sherb12 Tuesday, Nov 24, 2009 904 days ago

does direct push with this kill battery like it does on windows mobile devices?

 
 
Posted by John-Fox Tuesday, Nov 24, 2009 904 days ago

I know iPhone can use it's ONLY Exchange Server to access Gmail for mail, calendar and contacts, so can the Gmail settings be entered with this program and work just like an Exchange Server like iPhone can?

 
 
Posted by John-Fox Tuesday, Nov 24, 2009 904 days ago

After reviewing their website some, I see the answer is yes.

 
 
Posted by dk21 Tuesday, Nov 24, 2009 904 days ago

I just upgraded to the new version. It looks good, but it looks like they have some bugs to work out. It will only sync one day of mail regardless of the settings, it only downloads a portion of the message with no apparent way to see the rest, and enabling HTML support makes the body of every email in my inbox appear blank. I'm sure they'll get it worked out. It is a good product if any of you are looking to make your BlackBerry sync against an ActiveSync based system.

 
 
Posted by BruceDBR Tuesday, Nov 24, 2009 903 days ago

I think this sounds great, but one thing I'm not sure about. I use Gmail and it's worknig for me fine, but I'd love to be able to use this to keey gmail AND my google calendar synched. Can this be done with this? I looked at the site and it SEEMS you can, but I'm not sure.

Thanks!

 
 
Posted by katsuG Wednesday, Nov 25, 2009 903 days ago

Can this sync multiple calendars in google? It looks like it can only sync one.

 
 
Posted by AstraSync Wednesday, Nov 25, 2009 903 days ago

Sorry to hear you are having issues, can you either post to our forum or open a case on our website and we can help get you past them.

AstraSync

 
 
Posted by AstraSync Wednesday, Nov 25, 2009 903 days ago

Unless Google enable something fancy on their end to allow syncing of multiple calendars then the Exchange ActiveSync protocol AstraSync uses will only allow you to sync one calendar

AstraSync

 
 
Posted by AstraSync Wednesday, Nov 25, 2009 903 days ago

Yes, AstraSync will sync your Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Contacts to your BlackBerry at the same time.

Settings guide here: http://forum.astrasync.com/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=1376

AstraSync

 
 
Posted by katsuG Wednesday, Nov 25, 2009 903 days ago

Thanks for the quick reply. I just switched over from an iPhone, where I had the calendars and contacts syncing instantly through their exchange servers. And I was able to sync up to 5 calendars, where it was direct push and instantly changed as I changed it on my computer.

Great product though. If it ever could support multiple calendars, I'm definitely buying it.

 
 
Posted by jzamoras Wednesday, Nov 25, 2009 903 days ago

does it have any advantage over google sync?

 
 
Posted by AstraSync Wednesday, Nov 25, 2009 903 days ago

Google Sync for Blackberry doesn't sync Gmail only calendar and contacts

 
 
Posted by jzamoras Wednesday, Nov 25, 2009 903 days ago

pay 49 just for that seems too much for me

 
 
Posted by pgrtag Wednesday, Nov 25, 2009 903 days ago

I have Google App. How well does this work with that? Are the emails still sent to the native BB inbox? Is there true 2-way sync?

 
 
Posted by AstraSync Wednesday, Nov 25, 2009 903 days ago

You can choose to use it in conjunction with the Google app to just sync your Gmail. It is true 2 way sync and emails arrive into the AstraSync mail client, which is designed to have the look and feel of the Native Client (RIM have tight restrictions on what you can do with respect to the native email inbox)

 
 
Posted by mscottfl Wednesday, Nov 25, 2009 903 days ago

I set this up on my work account last night. My company is very email heavy and even today on a slow day - setting the sync to run every 5 mins I was at half battery life when I left the office. Granted- I could adjust my sync settings or remove tone it down during times I'm in the office but the battery drain was enough for me to remove the app for now.

 
 
Posted by TimLuff Wednesday, Nov 25, 2009 903 days ago

Do you need to have sync services set up on your first class server for this to work? Or will it work without?
Thanks

 
 
Posted by AstraSync Thursday, Nov 26, 2009 902 days ago

Yes, AstraSync connects to the Sync Services