Jonathan Ive rumored to be working on new Mail, Calendar apps for future versions of iOS

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, May 1, 2013 a 10:00 am

We've already heard from multiple sources that Apple's vice president of design, Jony Ive, has been working on making iOS flatter and more refined, but now he's also rumored to be working on brand new Mail and Calendar apps as well. It's not clear right now whether a complete revamp of such core personal information management software would be ready in time for iOS 7 this year, or for iOS 8 next year, but the focus sounds interesting. According to Bloomberg:

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Calendar: The ultimate guide: Everything you need to know about settings up and using calendars on your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad

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How to send calendar event invitations using the iPhone or iPad

By Allyson Kazmucha, Wednesday, Feb 13, 2013 a 8:52 pm

When you're creating an event or appointment in the built-in Calendar app for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad, you might want to add other people to it, and alert them about it. That's where invitations come in. If you're using a calendar service that supports it, like Apple's iCloud or Microsoft's Exchange, all you need are the email addresses you want to invite, and a few simple screen taps.

How to create, edit, and delete Calendar events on your iPhone or iPad

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Feb 1, 2013 a 12:49 am

The built-in iOS Calendar app on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch provides a great way to keep track of all your appointments and events. While it's faster to use Siri to create basic events, if you need more precise control, or if you want to edit existing event details, you can also do it the old fashioned way -- by tapping your way through the Calendar app's multitouch interface!

How to create and accept calendar invitations on your new iPad

By Allyson Kazmucha, Tuesday, Mar 27, 2012 a 10:58 am

Your new iPad is a great way to stay organized and focused on the activities and events that matter to you most. The built in Calendar app has a lot of great features and tools to help you create, edit, manage, and share your schedule, including event invitations.

Daily Tip: How to set your iPhone or iPad calendar entries for different time zones

By Allyson Kazmucha, Friday, Jan 20, 2012 a 12:55 am

Taking a trip and curious how to set your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad

The calendar app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch allows you to change the time zone for any event or meeting with just a few taps. Instead of trying to add and subtract time from your own time zone, just set those specific events or meetings for the time zone they're going to occur in.

Calendar will use whatever time zone your clock settings are set to by default. While this is fine in most scenarios, you also have the option of setting time zones on individual entries.

App Giveaway: TouchBase Calendar for iPhone

By Leanna Lofte, Thursday, Oct 20, 2011 a 9:42 am

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TouchBase Calendar is a 1-Touch SMS, Calling & Maps for your iPhone Calendar. It syncs with the built-in Calendar, so you can continue to use it has your main calendar. What TouchBase does, is make it easy to send a text to the person you're meeting, or get directions to where you're going, or push back your meeting by 15 minutes - with one touch.

I've played around with TouchBase Calendar a bit and it's pretty cool. I tend to always be running late to where ever I'm going, so being able to quickly send a text to the person I'm supposed to be meeting with is really nice.

Never miss an appointment with Calendar with Alarm for iPhone

By Leanna Lofte, Friday, Jul 29, 2011 a 9:58 pm

Calendar with Alarm is an iPhone calendar app that, well, lets you set alarms.

Never miss an appointment again! CalAlarm is an elegantly designed user friendly calendar that adds an alarm to your appointments, so that you are no longer committed to the two short standard calendar beeps.

Easy and quick navigation through days and weeks and years.
Quickly add/edit multiple alerts.
Copy events.
Set defaults for new events.
Custom week numbers.
Distinguishes calendars with the same name but of different type.
Lists upcoming and overdue alarms.
Repeats continuously till acknowledged.
Snoozes with variable intervals.
Customize Quick Alert values, Snooze screen and birthdays alarms.
Choice of 25 alarm sounds.
Customizes sounds for different calendars.
All CalAlarm alarms on/off switch.
Sets local notifications.
Works with all calendars that use the iPhone calendar database (iCal, MobileMe, Exchange, CalDAV, Google calendar, etc.).
Syncs with these calendars.

It drives me crazy that the iPhone's native calendar only allows two alerts for an event. For entries that require more alerts, I normally add them to MobileMe in iCal on my Mac. Calendar with Alarm seems like a much better solution.

Calendar with Alarm is available on the iPhone for $1.99. Screenshots after the break.

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Google updates Google Sync for iOS devices

By Andrew Wray, Wednesday, Jun 15, 2011 a 4:24 pm

Google has updated Google Sync for iOS devices, a service that lets iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users sync with Google's Gmail, Calendar and Contacts via Microsoft's ActiveSync protocol.

Google Sync keeps your phone’s native mail and calendar apps in sync with your Gmail, Calendar and Contacts. Today, three new updates to Google Sync for iOS will allow you to:

iOS 5 feature: Tap and hold to add, move, adjust, or delete Calendar event

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Jun 13, 2011 a 11:06 pm

Reader Jorge wrote in to let us know something he found in the iOS 5 beta -- you can now tap and hold to add, move, adjust, or delete a Calendar event. The way it works is fairly simple. From the day view, or the new landscape week view: