Here’s a good video I found that explains on the new conversations feature in Outlook 2010 helps keep related emails group in your inbox. This is very similar to how Gmail operates. I know that Conversations are a feature within Outlook 2007, but Microsoft has enhanced the experience so it is actually useful now :)
To go along with my iPhone Calendar post, here is a quick how-to for adding the same .ics calendar to your outlook. This is of course assuming you already have your Outlook set up.
Step 1: Navigate to Control Panel >> Mail or Mail (32-bit) >> E-mail Accounts >> Internet Calendars
N.B. if you’re using Vista/7, you may need to change your control panel view to see the “mail” icon
Step 2: Press “New”, paste your the URL to the .ics version of the calendar, and click “Add”
Step 3: Give your Calendar a useful name and press “ok”
Step 4: Open Outlook, navigate to the calendar function, and select your new calendar
I just figured out how to do this and I wanted to share it. This definitely works with Google Calendar, but theoretically can work just as easily with any .ics calendar hosted on the internet.
Okay, so you have your calendar on your phone, but you want to know what someone else is doing or stay in touch with some organization you’re a part of. Well. you can have access to both on the same calendar function on the iPhone.
Step 1: Get the .ics file for your desired calendar
In Google Calendar, tell you friend/association to go to Settings >> Calendars >> [Name of Calendar] >> Calendar Address: ICAL
Step 2: Copy the resulting URL ending in .ics and email it to your iPhone
Step 3: Find email and copy the URL
Step 4: Enter Settings on the iPhone and click on “Mail, Contacts, Calendars”
Step 5: Select “Add Account”
Step 6: Select “Other”
Step 7: Select “Add Subscribed Calendar”
Step 8: Paste desired URL and press “Next”
Step 9: Add a name and Press “Save”
Step 10: Press the HomeButton and Enter the iPhone Calendar. Click on the “Calendars” button in the upper left hand corner and you’ll see your new subscribed calendar.
Apparently, if you don’t have a MacOSX running iCal, you can’t customize the colors of the calendar, but if anyone finds a work around for this, please let me know.
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