My wife and I just got Droids, after laboring far too long with PPC-6800s. Obviously, the Droid is better. However, one feature that we both really miss from the 6800 is the "beam" feature. In short, you can beam contacts and calendar events from phone to phone and they automatically show up in the appropriate place.

Is there something that is functionally similar with the Droid?

I tried Bluetooth File Sharing, but I never got it to work right for contacts or events (I can send generic files to the SD card). I have gotten contacts to share properly using barcode scanner, but I still can't get the calendar appointments/events to share using anything. Any ideas?

Yes, I know we could use the same Google Calendar, but we both really use the calendar function, and neither of us need to know 90% of what the other is doing, but it was REALLY convenient to just "beam" an event to make sure we're both on the same page.

Thanks,

Mike

PS Yes, I did a search...that's how I got barcode scanner to work for contact transfer

 

Thanks for the reply. That won't work with the way we have used our phones in the past. We don't really use the "full" version of the calendar at all. we only use it as a backup for the calendar on our phones. Basically, we input directly to the phone and only look at the calendar on the phone. Heck, my wife hasn't even synched in months.

Maybe if there is a slick way to add it from the Droids it will work...

Thanks for the quick reply.

Mike

 

Doss-

I see what you're saying now. I'm trying it out as we speak, and I think that's a very good workaround, possibly even better than the original "beaming" solution.

Thanks!
Mike

 

Hmm. Can you use it to send calendar events?

Mike