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GooSync drops free service
GooSync, a calendar, contact, and task synchronization service we've written about before is discontinuing their free service, and guiding free users to their new "Lite" offering. The new Lite version costs $10US per year, and apparently consists of what was available before in the free version, while there is no change for GooSync Premium users.
WebWorkerDaily reported the news, and while it seems obvious that current GooSync users would have received an email from GooSync announcing the changes, I was unable to find any information about the service change on their website at all. GooSync doesn't seem to have a company or product blog, or at least there isn't one linked to from the GooSync site. WebWorkerDaily reports that GooSync's change in policy is due to "exponential demand for GooSync over the last 12 months". That seems unlikely, given that Google has recently released a free synchronization service that covers the lion's share of what GooSync offers, plus push Gmail.
It's hard to compete against the Google juggernaut, particularly when your product relies on offering add-on services to Google's existing products. The chance will always be there for Google to expand their offering and make yours irrelevant. Let's hope that's not what's happening here, as GooSync has a loyal following.
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Subscribe to commentsAcaciaOct 12th 2009 10:13AM
Only reason why I used GooSync previously was because of the multiple calendar support which Googles own tool didn't have at the time. Not having a Exchange solution and completely relying on Google Calendar without multiple calendar support sucks :(
RichardOct 12th 2009 10:15AM
A word of warning if you're thinking about using Google's Calendar Sync application, don't.
It is extremely buggy and has an annoying habit of not copying an appointment up to the Google Calendar server. The next time you sync, it is promptly removed from Outlook! This always happens with appointments marked as "tentative" but also on some random ones too.
If you value your calendar, don't let this application go near it.
dpOct 12th 2009 6:30PM
I'm not sure if you're saying you did, or didn't get an email message about it.
I did, on 08/10/2009. Did their blog not exist on that date? It seems to have.
TrevorOct 23rd 2009 9:16PM
The reason this app is still relevant (and dirt cheap) is because it covers a range of phones with a FIERCE following that are quickly being left in the dust, despite their resilance in the marketplace (functionality comparison) - and that would be PALM OS (Treo 650, 750, Centro, etc).
The Google app does NOT support Palm OS, therefore - this third party app is still relevant and needed of those of us that have been forgotten.