iPhone - FutureTG.com

Syncing Your Calendar
With its snazzy-looking calendar program tidily synced with your computer,
the iPhone can keep you on schedule—and even remind you when you have
to call a few people.
Out of the box, the iPhone’s calendar works with Outlook 2003 and 2007 for
Windows, and iCal, and recent versions of Entourage on the Mac.
The iPhone’s calendar program isn’t especially full-featured, however. For
example, it doesn’t have its own built-in to-do lists (which ought to be something
on Apple’s to-do list, come to think of it). The iPhone can display your
calendar’s color-coded categories (Work, Social, etc.), but it can’t create categories.
Otherwise, though, it’s very pretty, and it does generally keep you on
track.
Here again, setting up the sync depends on the calendar program you’re now
using on your computer.
If you have Windows Vista, you have a built-in calendar program—Windows
Calendar—but no way to sync it with the iPhone. The reason, according to Apple,
is that Microsoft has not made public the format of its calendar program.
• Outlook 2003/2007 Calendar (Windows). In the Calendars area of the
Info tab, turn on Sync calendars from Outlook.
You can also choose how many days’ worth of old events you want to
have on iPhone, since you probably rarely need to reference, say, your
calendar from 2002. Turn on Do not sync events older than ___ days, and
then specify the number of days’ worth of old appointments you want to
have on hand.
254
Chapter 13