Google Calendar Review
Name: Google Calendar Price: Free
Google has released its much anticipated calendar. On first inspection, this new service is brilliant. From this clean, fast interface, you can add events by typing in a short sentence such as, “Dinner with John tomorrow 6pm.” You’re able to view your agenda very easily, and print out the day/week/month’s plan.
Google Calendar offers excellent integration with Gmail; however you don’t need a Gmail account. If you are using Gmail, you’ll be able to click a link if there is an event listed in from the sender. To make things a little clearer, if someone sends you an email, asking you to come to a meeting this Tuesday, Gmail will be able to recognise the date and event. You’ll then be able to add it to your calendar.
One of the greatest features of Google Calendar is that you can share and view other peoples’ calendars. What are the Australian Public Holidays? It’ll tell you. You could create a calendar that others can view, and another that was your own. This would be very useful in the businesses.
Another excellent idea integrated into GCal is the way you can manage invitations for an event; see who’s coming, and how many aren’t. Even better, Google Calendar doesn’t require the invitee to have a calendar with the company. You can let the guests invite others and let them view who’s coming as well. You can also deny them of those privileges.
Google Calendar is one of the best calendar solutions available. To get started, you’ll need an email address linked to a Google Account.
Edit 3/11/06: Post title changed for clarity.
