MobileMe is an inventive way to have all of your information synced. Calendars, contacts, mail, everything is synced. Have something to change on your iPhone? Change it. And your computer is immediately changed (upon the next refresh). But there is an alternative to spending the hefty $99/year fee for access. Google is here to help.

Google prides itself with creating top-notch, free products. The money streams in through the advertising stream. But the goal is to separate ads from the user experience. I wouldn’t use it under any other pretense.

One of the incredible deals is that Google is willing sync all of your information over the cloud. Your email, contacts, calendars can all be put onto Google’s online experience.

I thought, “How can we combine the features of MobileMe with Google’s great syncing power?”

Google’s got it. Follow these steps below to get your own, MobileMe-like syncing, for free, with your iPhone and Mac. No need to worry about $99/year fee!

1. Ask yourself if you want to do this. By placing your information in the “cloud,” you may lose it. Information may be unavailable if Google goes down for any reason (let’s hope not). If you’re okay with the preceding terms, continue.
2. Let’s start by syncing your email to your iPhone. Go to–>Settings–>Mail, Contacts, Calendars–>Add Account–>GMail. Fill in your personal account information for Google Gmail, and it should begin syncing.
3. We’ve only just begun though. Make sure you have version 3.0 firmware before continuing. Go back to Mail, Contacts, Calendars–>Add Account–>Microsoft Exchange
4. In the Email field, enter your full Google Account email address. If you use an @googlemail.com address, you may see an “Unable to verify certificate” warning when you proceed to the next step.
5. Leave the Domain field blank.
6. Enter your full Google Account email address as the Username.
7. Enter your Google Account password as the Password.
8. Tap Next at the top of your screen.
9. Choose Accept if the Unable to Verfiy Certificate dialog appears.
10. A new Server field will appear. Enter m.google.com.
11. Press Next at the top of your screen again.
12. Choose contacts and calendars (not mail–it’s not supported).

Google Sync is now setup. To sync multiple calendars go to: m.google.com/sync on your home computer to first configure your device. Then go to m.google.com/sync on your iPhone to configure the calendars you want to sync.

It’s that simple. You’re all done.

Well, maybe… Only if you don’t actually have data in iCal calendars. If you do, you’re going to need to add the calendars into Google Calendar. In iCal, go to–>File–>Export. Then choose the calendar you want to export. Afterwards, go into settings in Google Calendar. Import calendar–>Select each one.

You’re all set after this. If you have any questions, comment below!

Tags: free, Google (GOOG), mobileme, sync