With version 0.3.5 it’s now possible to manually set the preferred timezone from the application Settings screen. To do so, you have 2 choices:

• If you want to use the timezone sent by Google Calendar server, you can set to “Yes” the “Use server timezone?” option
• If you want to explicitly set your timezone, then set the previous option to “No“, and then specify your timezone offset in the “Timezone” field

If you have problems with timezone in your GCal client, then you should definitely update. Just update from within GCal (“Options” -> “More..” -> “Check updates”), or download version 0.3.5 from here:

JAD file is also available for download here: Gcal JAD download.

Give it a try and, if you still get error messages while logging in, leave a comment here specifying the exact message you get. Thanks!

JAD file is also available for download here: Gcal JAD download.

• Wrong saving of “All day” events
• Wrong time of events saved on device calendar
• Various other unhandled Exceptions that were causing crashes of the application

In this release, a first support for previous Nokia Series60 editions (specifically: 1st and 2nd editions) has also been added, so you should now be able to use Gcal on your beloved Nokia 6600

And, for those who still experience problems, more meaningful error messages have been set, so that it’ll be easier to spot out and solve the issues. So, when reporting a problem, please also add the exact error message you get in the related error popup. Thanks!

If your mobile phone also needs a JAD file, you can download it from here: download Gcal JAD.

Small update for Gcal, that fixes some bugs reported by users, as:

• “All day” wrongly shown for all events, for some particular timezones (e.g.: GMT)
• Right softkey not working on popups on some specific Nokia devices

You can download the latest version from the download button here, or directly updating from inside Gcal itself.

Most of the work was done to improve device compatibility and fix bugs on specific handsets (e.g.: BlackBerry devices, Nokia E61, and many more).

Release details

New cool features are introduced:

• Touch-screen support: if you have a device supporting touch, now you can easily interact with Gcal with stylus/fingers!
  Touch gestures are also implemented: go from a day to another simply swiping!
• Event saving on local calendar: you can now save an event on your local calendar. If you’re creating a new event, just check the “Save on local calendar” option. Instead, if you’re viewing a saved event, choose “Actions” -> “Save locally” from the options menu.

New settings are also available:

• Font size: introduced to improve readability, and to allow users with touch-screen to have larger touchable areas
• Alternative soft-keys: devices without hardware soft-keys can now use ‘*’ and ‘#‘ keys to substitute them, and so use Gcal without any more problems
• Show only calendars with events: this will allow users with a lot of calendars to show only the ones actually selected in the “Filter calendars” screen, greatly improving events readability

Among the fixed bugs:

• Calendar loading errors on various handsets
• Filters scrolling and selection in calendar filtering screen
• Screen size/orientation changes are now better handled

Give your feedback

A lot of new features are still under development, and surely a lot are the missing features that you would like to see into your Gcal. Just leave your comment here, and your feedback will be surely considered for the next Gcal releases!

Since there is still some available time, if you would like to see some new features in the next version, this is your chance to say it!

Meanwhile, let me thank you all for your precious feedbacks and suggestions, that helped me a lot in debugging and improving Gcal! Yet a lot needs to be done, so keep it up

Holidays are gone, but gifts are not! So, here’s a big update to Gcal, the J2ME Google Calendar client: version 0.2 is available for download!

Thanks to your precious support and feedback a lot of improvements and bug fixes have been done: thank you all (and please don’t stop )!

New features of this version include:

• Check for updates and auto-update features: you can now manually check for updates, or switch on auto-updates (from Settings screen) to always get the latest Gcal releases!
• More control over events: delete, duplicate and copy an event from a calendar to another in a snap!
• Comments: It’s now possible to add and view comments for an event
• More event details: event visibility (private/public) and available/busy status now available when creating an event
• Map viewing: different types of maps have been added, so you can now switch among satellite/terrain and other views
• Sending an event, with his details, via SMS

Important bugs fixed in this release:

• Character encoding: terrible lack of first versions, character encoding should now correctly work
• Wrong time when creating/showing events, with some timezones
• Events order sometimes scrambled
• Wrong login error messages: now, different types of errors are correctly handled
• Calendars filter sometimes resetted without changing the account
• Different types of errors and Exceptions when receiving events (e.g.: on Nokia S40 devices)

Many other minor fixes have been done, so it’s highly recommended to upgrade your Gcal to 0.2 version. As always, for any kind of feedbacks or bug report, please leave a comment here

Meanwhile, here’s the first little upgrade to GCal, the J2ME Google Calendar client: if you use Google Apps with your mapped domain, now you can use your hosted accounts with GCal as well!

Download GCal v0.1.1 here.

Edit: this version also fixes a bug with some Nokia S60 3rd edition FP2 devices, who previously got stuck at splash screen.

Christmas is rapidly approaching, and it’s time for presents!

For those who have always wanted a Google Calendar client for their Java ME enabled cellphones, it is finally here!

J2ME Google Calendar

It’s still an early alpha, but everyone is welcome to try it and give feedbacks.

Features of this first release include:

• calendar filtering
• events creation
• event searching
• events location map viewing

And here are some screenshots:

Daily events

Calendars filter

Event creation

Event location map

Date selection

Event search

Settings screen

For all requests, feedbacks and bugs please leave a comment to this post

Release notes

Compatibility issues:

• Some Nokia Series60 1st and 2nd edition devices have problems in handling HTTP redirects: I’m working on a fix, that will be available in a future GCal release
• You must specify your account name without the ‘@gmail.com’ part, otherwise authentication will fail (an automatic check will be added in the next release): you can now specify ‘@gmail.com’ part in your account name, and authentication will fail no more. Also, if you’re using a mapped domain with Google, you can now use your hosted account data as well.