Syncing your iPhone with Gmail

After having my iPhone and trying the Mobile Me service with Apple for the last year, I decided not to renew and sync with gmail contacts instead.

Here are the steps to make the switch:

1. Plug iPhone into the computer you normally do.
2. Click on your iPhone from the devices list.
3. Choose the info tab up top
4. Click the checkbox to sync contacts
5. Choose google contacts from the sync with options
6. Enter your google account information, and let it think for a bit.
7. Click the Sync button in the lower right hand corner
8. Choose the Merge Option when the window comes up
9. The iPhone will be syncing for a minute or so, depending on how many contacts you have.
10. You are all set.

If you are using Mozilla's Thunderbird try Zindus for syncing your contacts between Gmail and Thunderbird. For the step by step see my post, Sync your contacts between Thunderbird and Gmail using Zindus