Lightning Strikes The iPod
I started working to implement support for Lighting (project to integrate Calendar into Thunderbird) to sync with Apple iPods via mozPod. Didn’t take to long before I had a successful sync. It’s not done yet, and likely some big evil bugs (read: including but not limited to loss of data or first born child), but it’s well on the way!
That’s right, we now have the ability to sync contacts and calendar to the iPod on Mac/Windows (Linux still on the todo list, though it’s mostly there). It will require Thunderbird 1.5 or later. No release date just yet.
How cool is that? 
Tags: calendar, extensions, ipod, lightning, mozPod, pim, Thunderbird
September 22nd, 2006 at 11:34 pm
Dead cool. Is there a plan to make this a Sunbird extension also?
September 22nd, 2006 at 11:37 pm
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September 23rd, 2006 at 12:34 am
Cameron: yes, I do plan to do that at some point. Though likely not right away. I’d prefer to focus on good Thunderbird/Lightning support first.
September 23rd, 2006 at 7:22 am
Yay, love it!
September 23rd, 2006 at 9:55 am
“How cool is that?”
Well, “on Mac/Windows (Linux still on the todo list” not so cool.
September 23rd, 2006 at 2:45 pm
@Cameron, there is aready an extension for songbird to sync with your ipod.
@Robert: Awesome! Can’t wait to synce my calendar and contacts with my ipod! Awesome!
September 24th, 2006 at 9:26 am
Hello, I translate mozPod in french and I wait with impatience to can sync my iPod with “Lightning.
Thanks for your works
September 25th, 2006 at 4:43 am
Hey Great!
I’ve been looking around for while to find such a cool extension!
Cheers
October 7th, 2006 at 3:51 pm
Robert - this is great news. I’m using mozPod right now to sync up contacts and can’t wait to try syncing calendar data as well. If you’re looking for someone to put it through it’s paces, please drop me a line. I’m also putting together a howto/white paper on end-to-end synchronization using Thunderbird with multiple machines and devices and want to include the Lightning integration in my write-up.
Nice work!
October 13th, 2006 at 5:27 am
Hi can’t wait for this .. nay plans for realse date or chance of a sneak preview:)
October 31st, 2006 at 10:26 am
Sounds great!
I’ve just installed mozpod and I was wondering if there was something similar to sync the calendar too. When mozpod can sync both the address book and the calendar it’ll be really such a useful component!
Thanks & Cheers,
Davide
October 31st, 2006 at 7:29 pm
Davide: Next version
April 4th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
WOW IT WENT BOOM!!! AND HE WOW WENT BOOM!!!!!!! AND WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND DID I SAID WOW YET!!!!!!!!