I'm motivated due to my new Android phone - trying to find the best way to sync my local (currently Outlook) data with it. While I've resisted putting my data on Google, it seems time to not fight the man^H^H^Hsystem and get the data to Google so the OTA sync will work effortlessly. With that perspective, I'm looking for a solution to sync contacts, calendar, and tasks with Google. I've looked for Outlook solutions and best found seems either CompanionLink [0] ($40) to sync directly from Outlook to Android via USB or Google Apps Sync [1] with a Google Apps premier account ($50/year) to sync to Google. (without a Premier account, Google only offers a calendar sync for Outlook - I did not find one for contacts) I've also looked at switching desktop clients to have a better/easier migration/integration/ongoing syncing, and have been reviewing Zimbra Desktop [2] (contact and calendar Google sync built in) and Thunderbird [3] with the Lightning calendar [4] and its Google calendar and contact sync plugin options gContactSync [5] and Zindus [6]. I'm kind of at a crossroads and not sure where to go next... Anyone doing this already or have knowledge of it to share opinions/suggestions? [0] http://www.companionlink.com/androidusb [1] http://mail.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=23333 [2] http://www.zimbra.com/products/desktop.html [3] http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird [4] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2313 [5] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/8451 [6] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/6095