Multiple Google Calendars via iPhone/iPod touch

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No time to completely walk iPhone users through it, but I

have an iPhone and was able to sync up my various Google Calendars to the

iPhone – personal, wife, work, call schedule at hospital, etc.

Got the hospital to put the call schedule on Google Calendar

(G-cal), so now changes made there automatically show up when I look at them.

I can access my various calendars online and turn on and off

various calendars to see what conflicts are occuring.

But can also look at the calendars on my iPhone -- and

changes to the schedule update on the iPhone so I am never behind on changes.

The iPhone doesn't allow picking Calendar A, C, F and seeing

those specific calendar schedules at once -- but it does allow looking at

individual calendar schedules or looking at all the calendar schedules at once

with highlighted color dots reflecting each individual calendar appointment.

See below.

I was trying to get this setup for our call group at the

hospital, but syncing with Palm/Treo type cells with G-cal is almost impossible

(there is a way through syncing G-cal with Outlook calendar and then with the

cell phone) and the Windows Mobile and Blackberry type cells can only sync the

main G-cal -- and not the other calendars one is subscribed to. -- Sigh.

Although, I guess, technically, anyone with browser

capability on their Cell can surf over to the online Google Calendar and see

the schedule...just not quite as slick.

There may be other ways to access calendars on the iPhone,

but this works for me currently.

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For more info on syncing multiple G-cal's with your

iPhone....

http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en & answer=175691

Getting Started: How to get Google Calendar

on your iPhone

With your

iPhone (and iPod touch), you will be able to access Google Calendar in two

different ways:

- Browser

- Sync

Learn more about the options below to help you find the method that suits you

and your iPhone device best.

Browser

- Google Calendar for mobile browsers

Just like you would on a computer, simply go to http://www.google.com/calendar

in the Safari web browser to access Google Calendar. There's no setup required.

The mobile browser interface of Google Calendar is always in sync with the main

Google Calendar server.

Sync

- Google Sync or CalDAV

If you prefer to use your iPhone's native Calendar app, you can integrate

Google Calendar with your iPhone using Google Sync. You'll get on-device alerts

and over-the-air synchronization of Google Calendar to the built-in Calendar

app on your iPhone. You can also sync via CalDAV on iPhone devices (includes

iPod touch). You can also sync via CalDAV on iPhone devices (includes iPod

touch).

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Of note – you can sync your e-mail, calendar, etc

using the Microsoft exchange option – typical use for businesses allowing

e-mail/calendar access to the main server at the company.

But this doesn’t allow the multiple calendar option.

You have to use the CalDAV feature to get the various

calendars.

Basically….

http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en & answer=151674

CalDAV: CalDAV Calendar Sync

Print

Sync your

Google Calendar with your Apple device (including iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch)

and always have your schedule at your fingertips.

Note: You can also use Google

Sync to sync your Calendar and Contacts. It is possible to run CalDAV sync

and Google Sync simultaneously.

Requirements

Syncing via

CalDAV is only available for Apple devices running software version 3.0 or

above. Learn

more about checking the software version on your device.

Getting

Started

To sync with

your device, follow these steps:

Open

the Settings

application on your device's home screen.

Open

Mail, Contacts,

Calendars.

Select

Add Account...

Select

Other.

Select

Add CalDAV Account.

Enter

your account information:

In

the Server

field, enter [ google.com ]

In

the Username

field, enter your full Google Account or Google Apps email address.

In

the Password

field, enter your Google Account or Google Apps password.

In

the Description

field, enter the name you'd like to appear on the account.

Select

Next

at the top of your screen.

After you've

completed setup, open the Calendar app on your device and syncing will

automatically begin.

By default

only your primary calendar will be synced to your device. You can sync additional

calendars by visiting the following page from any web browser:

https://www.google.com/calendar/iphoneselect

(Google Apps users can go to https://www.google.com/calendar/hosted/your_domain/iphoneselect, replacing

'your_domain' with your actual domain name.)

Select the

calendars you'd like to sync, and click Save.

The selected calendars will display on your device at the time of the next

sync.

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The only other quirky thing is you might need to change the

server #.

See the full description here…

http://justanotheriphoneblog.com/wordpress/general/google-calendar-speaks-caldav-to-the-iphone

I’ve read several reports where people have said it failed on the

verification, and they had to manually adjust the advanced settings to enable

SSL on port 443. I didn’t have to manually change any settings, so this

may or may not be resolved by now.

Regardless, under Advanced Settings, the “Use SSL”

should be enabled, the port should say “443“, and

the Account URL should read “https://www.google.com:443/calendar/dav/usernamegmail/user“. This is what

my settings are set to by the automatic configuration, and are what other users

are also reporting works.

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Here is another walk through…

http://ktula.com/2009/06/17/how-to-configure-google-calendar-caldav-in-iphone-3-0/

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Locke, MD