Some people swear that Product X is much better than Plaxo.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThe complaints have to do with duplication of appointments, inability to handle recurrent appointments, inability to handle exceptions to recurrent appointments, etc. Nothing as dire as the complaints about Google Sync, but enough to make me shy away.<\/p>\n
The real problem is, this isn’t critical, just a serious convenience. I already have my Outlook calendar at all times, courtesy of my Blackberry. What I want is to be able to see it overlaid on my Google Calendars, so that when a question comes up of whether I can do X in time slot Y, I can see if the work stuff interferes, too.<\/p>\n
So … still in a holding pattern. Alas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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