Help Meetings calendar

[pinky]

Hello,

I would like a calendar which can deal with all contacts, not just the ones with emails. I have calendars with options to add participants, but only if they have an email. I do not use email for meetings. I want the same with phone numbers. So I could see which contact I am meeting and when. I even tried adding events to my contacts info, but you can add only date not the time. It's a pretty simple function, is there any free simple calendar which can add new events with participants?

 

[Hadron]

What do you mean by "add them" if they don't have email addresses? I would think that most calendars interpret adding a participant as allowing you to send an invitation, which means an email address.

Business Calendar 2 does however have the option to "link private contacts" to an event, which adds a list of people whether they have email addresses or not. So if that helps then give it a go.

 

[pinky]

Yes I need contact linking,because I only call my clients to set up meetings and remind them. Business calendar is a paid app, I would like a free app because it's even more basic function than sending out invites by email. Or evena contacts app where you can add dates and times for metings, not just dates. So it all appears in calendar later. Any suggestions?

 

[Hadron]

Actually Business Calendar 2 is free, but some features are paid, and I see that contact linking is one of them.

Well the other calendar apps on my phone didn't have the option at all (I have several, I'm like that). I expect Pimlical has it, as that app has almost everything (and is descended from the old Palm calendars which I know let you add notes to appointments). However, that is a paid app too. So I'm afraid I'm out of suggestions.

 

[Hadron]

Actually, try Informant. That's also free with in app, but I just tried it on a hunch, and while it won't let you add contacts without email, it will let you add "attchements" to an appointment then select contacts as attachments. And I think this was a free feature (I didn't pay for it, and can't see any indication that it thinks I've paid already - I've trialled so many calendar apps that I cannot be certain). So while it's not pretty, that may give you one option.

I did notice that the attachment wasn't visible if I viewed the appointment in another app. This may be the reason the feature isn't common: most calendars sync with Google as their default, so if Google don't support a feature there's less incentive to add it. Just speculating at this point.

 

[pinky]

Thank you very much. It adds cintacts, you can call directly, show contact notes, default color for tags etc.

 

[pinky]

After lolipop update it messed up contacts in calendar. I have the same fake emails for all clients and it worked before, but now I add one ontact but it uses email to see which one it is and all my invitees are the same contact. Apparently, google doesn't care which contact i choose, only which email. So why it allows to add the same email to multiple contacts. It seems a lost cause.

 

[oleb84]

I know you want a free app but seriously, Business Calendar 2 is do worth the money. Don't forget, you get 15mins free with Android to try or uninstall and get your money back.

 

[Hadron]

Actually the "trial" period is 2 hours rather than the ridiculous 15 minutes (it was originally 24 hours, Google shortened it to 15 minutes, but it seems that after a couple of years they admitted that was too short by quietly extending the trial period).

 

[pinky]

I think i will stay with the informant, it does what i need for free. Just need to get used to the interface. Or even add events with one calendar and use informant just for adding contacts and calling them when needed.