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At long last, Google today released an official Google Calendar / Blackberry solution. This mobile software, dubbed Google Mobile Sync, runs in the background on a Blackberry, allowing users to take advantage of the Blackberry Calendar application in coordination with Google Calendar. I’ve had a chance to use the software and I am impressed. Besides accomplishing the obvious goal of two way calendar updating, the software pays special attention to data usage by displaying usage in KB’s– a helpful feature for Blackberry users on limited data plans.

Mobile Sync joins a series of excellent Google Blackberry applications, including Gmail Mobile and Google Maps Mobile. It is refreshing to see this important update to the family of Blackberry applications. With the integration of the iPhone into the mobile market, it began to seem that every new Google product was being designed for an iPhone-toting clientele.

Read more about this release on the Google Mobile Blog.