I was really excited when Google Calendar came out until I tried using the notification feature. I was never able to get it to send the notification on time if at all to my Sprint phone even though I could get them from my BackPackit account.
With my switching to Netvibes they have a iCal function that can read the Google Calendar so I decided to try it again. Again I was not getting notifications so i did a search and found this post – Google Calendar reminders with Verizon phones.
Basically it allows you to send an e-mail through your GMail account to your phone instead of the SMS service. Nice.
So I set it up and all of a sudden I was getting 2 messages on my phone – 1 via email from my GMail account and the other via SMS from Google Calendar. For some reason Google Calendar decided to let SMS work for me.
I then tried disabling the e-mail notification and the SMS still worked – weird but cool.
What is even cooler is that you can add events to your calendar now via SMS. All you have to is text your event to 78368 – Dinner at 6:30pm on Saturday – and it will add it to your calendar and send you a confirmation.
I am happy now. I now have centralized calendar that I can use from my phone and computer that I can even see on my start page 
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I just tried texting an event to 78368 but it never appeared on my calendar. Is there something I have to do to tie my phone to google calendar?
Also, I did a search on ” ‘google calendar’ 78368 ” and didn’t find anything relevant.
How did you find out about this SMS Quick Add functionality?
Mason,
To tie your phone into your calendar you need to go to settings > notifications. At the bottom you enter your cell # and click “Send Verification Code”. It will send a code to your phone which you enter in the Verification code slot.
Also, here is the link on how to add items to your calendar from your phone –
http://www.google.com/googlecalendar/new.html (New Features link next to Settings link in top right hand corner).
You need to have you cell setup in the notifications section before this will work.
- Dan
Can anyone recommend me?
I need an free sms service for my homepage.
I am seeking one with the option to change the design(for a bit).
Thanks a million!