well, you can pull in the calendar locally via the ical share - and publish to gcal likewise (at least from ical). might also want to take a look at gcalsync, though i don't know how well it works.

I tried them all...ical share is not great to deal with and the back and forth is a struggle. Gcalsync went south on my 8700

yeahh.. I have been using Google Apps for a while now... but the missing sync is a bummer. There are some open source alternatives out there... but not very stable...

Online apps have a problem in general with productivity (good comment here:http://www.beyondvc.com/2007/02/goffice_continu.html)

But the GApp Api should solve a lot of those issues... for example we are developing an FREE open source "business application platform" (think salesforce.com). Our first application is working tightly integrated with GOOGLE APPS. http://www.applicationexchange.com.

Biggest problem I see with any of these apps, is that relying on them for your business needs is a bit flaky. I would rather have my own IT staff manage/secure my corporate emails, calendars, IP, etc... than have it floating around on the internet for google to manage. Then again, no internet => no office environment is a no-go as well. ;-)

Yeah, Google is a *bit* scary, cause really who knows what they might do with your stuff. On the other hand at least we know they invest heavily in hardware and have no choice but to backup their data...more that most us can claim to have done in our IT shops.

You can sync Google Calendar with your mobile devices.

Take a look at www.goosync.com.

It's works, works well and its free.

Chris (GooSync)