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You won't like it, but I'm using Cozi. It's flylady induced, and it's marketed to moms. But it does work great with keeping the SO & I on the same page.
If I wasn't, I would be trying DayTimer Plan2Go. It syncs with Outlook, Google, Yahoo, even pulls in your birthdays and events from Facebook if you want. But a) it costs, and b) now that I look at it, I don't see that it actually has a widget.
What does a calendar widget do to market to a mom? I'm kinda scared. I'm okay with the calendaring I have no, and I've also installed Executive Assistant Free on my tablet to pull my Google calendar info and my Touchdown into one widget. But it's not so good that I want to install it on the phone if I can find something a) not ugly and b) flexible in terms of sizing.
Well, I mean, first it's called Cozi with an i. There's a red flag right there. Heh. It's probably nothing you'd notice in the widget, it's just the program as a whole is not a businessy type of thing. It has a shopping list and place where you can keep track of "family memories," you can import your kids' school schedule, that sort of thing.
The widget is available 2x3, 3x3, 4x2, 4x4. I use it 4x2 over top of my Astrid premium 4x2, so those two take up that whole screen. But it works; it caused me to remember I had the convention scheduling call today, so I had the papers out and ready when they called.
What does a calendar widget do to market to a mom? I'm kinda scared.
"Keep your family connected" type messaging, meal planning tools, sponsoring mommy-blogs and parenting podcasts. Nothing to be scared of, I don't think.
A widget has podcasts? I was kinda just looking for something that read existing Google calendars. Not an app. It does use Google calendars, right? Will I have to wade through a forest with a machete to get it to do just that?
A widget has podcasts?
No, I mean they sponsor parenting podcasts - that's who they advertise to.
My HTC calendar widget integrates everything--both google calendars and the facebook birthday and events calendars, plus whatever is synced from my PC.
There's a month view, an agenda view (both full-screen), and a 4x1 that lists one or two upcoming appointments. It's fine for what I need.
I was kinda just looking for something that read existing Google calendars.
Oh, okay, this probably isn't for you, then. The option to sync it in with Google Calendar is pretty simple. [link]
But it's not a back and forth. It shows up as a synced, uneditable, calendar event. I'm playing now to see how easily it updates once I update over on Google.
The widgets in Honeycomb and Gingerbread that come with the OS (including whatever came on with Touchwiz and Sense) were just fine. Naked ICS is no happy for me.
Yeah, all I need is widget, not app.
I really like the widgets that come with Business Calendar, but that's mostly because I really like Business Calendar. Best Google Calendar syncing calendar program I've ever used, though I hear CalenGoo is nice too.