Google Chairman Eric Schmidt Posts Guide on Converting to Android from iPhone

[roadbloc]

Lol it's you again!!! How's your Linux admin going?

Apple fanboy mate... if you're one you'll know it's 'us'.

I pity you.

 

[mib1800]

*facepalm*
CalDAV is not so common? Apple proprietary system? Exchange or Google would be the most common? What?

We're talking about CalDAV.
You know? The one that pretty much everybody uses aside from Exchange?
It's an open standard. It's everywhere.
Yahoo uses it.
Apple uses it.
Facebook uses it.
Microsoft uses it.
Even Google uses….er used it… (whatever happened to being open?)

Exchange and CalDAV are way more common than Google Calendar. In the grand scheme of things, Google Calendar is garbage. They have data loss bugs that have been reported, but still not fixed after over 4 years.

Yeah, you can use a 3rd party application on Android to use CalDAV. But for a company who once prided themselves on supporting open standards, this is an embarrassment for Google.

You are overreacting isn't it? Yeah maybe Google calendar android client doesn't support direct caldav connect but that's not the end of the world isn't it. There are many calendar clients that do.

Your mind shouldn't be locked in the ios walled garden mentality that whatever functionality has be given to you by Apple otherwise you are doomed.

Android is plug and play. You don't like the default stock calendar then seamlessly replace with the one you like. You can use whatever combination of apps from any vendors that satisfy your requirement the best. Can apple gives you such power and flexibility? Not in a million years. That's what "open" means. Not your narrow definition.