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The crippling reminder bugs have been fixed

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 ==Calendar Access==
 ===Why should I use the Provider, and not access via CalDAV?===
-While Google has [http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=99358#sunbird added support] for accessing its data via the open standard protocol CalDAV, they still consider this access experimental. Not all features are available via CalDAV, most notably sending alarms via SMS is not supported. There also seem to be some issues with normal display alarms, which makes alarm support via CalDAV quite useless.
+The Provider predates Google Calendar's CalDAV support and was initially recommended because it was more stable. However, CalDAV support has improved with time and now offers a pretty complete Google Calendar experience, including reminder support (Lightning reminders synced via CalDAV appear as pop-ups in the web interface and as notifications in the Android app).
+GDATA does offer some extra functionality, namely the ability to set up email or SMS reminders, and may be easier to configure since there's no need to enter complex calendar URLs.
 ===I cannot access my calendar at all!===