Soocial VS Plaxo – How to sync contacts between Google Apps domains, Gmail and Hotmail
I also replied to some questions regarding this subject on Quora here and here.
There’s a notable lack of good software to bring all the different contacts on several different platforms available today such as mobile, desktop and multiple Google Apps accounts. Even though contact enriching services such as Gist tries to do this it fails on a couple of points that are critical to me.
- No two way sync with for e.g Google Contacts (this is a MUST!)
- Slow and bulky UI
Today I use Google Contacts on my primary Google Apps domain as my base, my one point of sync for mobile (iPhone) and desktop devices. My first encounter with the need to sync between several Google Apps domains occurred when I started up another business and wanted to have my business contacts on more than one Google Apps domain.
Google´s lack of personal support and why I’m still with them
It’s no secret that Google´s support is lacking in many aspects. Their customer relations rely heavily on their customers helping themselves and eachother. They have an extensive database filled to the brim with help articles and guides and that is all good, but sometimes it just isn’t enough.
If you have been with me for a while you know that I do love many of the products that Google put online and I rely on some of them every day. I have even taken it a bit further so that I am not only helping myself, I actually help and consult other people on how to use cloud and SaaS to help them make their daily chores less tedious and more effective. I do this through my company NETRiK.se (shameless self promotion I know) and some external consultants here in Sweden. My focus lies on smaller companies and entrepreneurs, ranging from 1-10 employees.
99% of the time they end up in one of Googles own huge support databases filled with comments from 50 other frustrated users with the same problems…
I bump into issues with Google products at the very least on a monthly basis, with some of them falling into the small easily resolved category and with others
Speck iPhone cases – their support rocks!
As soon as I bought the iPhone 4 I also got the Speck – Darkest Tartan Case for it and was amazed by its sturdiness and fit. I also really liked the textured back side of the case aswell as the rounded corners, it made the iPhone much more comfortable to hold and also easier to grip when picking it up.
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