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Sync Treo 700p with Google or Outlook?

I'm trying to reduce my buckets by REQUIRING good syncing with the Palm Treo 700p. I'm constantly on the go without my laptop (main/only computer), although I'm in a environment with a reasonable number of public computers (thank goodness for portable USB apps!). So I'd like to keep my lists mostly on the Treo 700p and will probably need some printed-out 3x5 cards (I already always carry a stack of blank ones).

My GTD buckets are (in order of importance):
Treo Palm Desktop application: tasks, memos, calendar [and contacts, but I'm not worried about contacts]
Gmail, Gcal, Gdocs, Gnotebook
Outlook 2003 on Windows (for work-related emails, not really using it for calendaring or tasks)

It's too many buckets. Supposedly Outlook sync well with the Treo 700p, but because it's Palm and not WindowsMobile, I don't think it will repropagate categories very well... so it's difficult for me to invest in learning GTD-plugins vs Total Workday Control methodology (which is better?). The problem with the Google Apps is that they don't sync with Palm. I suppose the Treo 700p's web access is a bit faster so it could access the Google Apps?

Anyways, I'm hoping someone out there has a similar requirement for syncing with their portable Palm device, and has figured out some reasonable strategies.

Thanks!

 
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