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Google Calendar and Verizon
Verizon is not one of the options for SMS notification in Google Calendar -- that makes Verizon customers feel a bit ripped off. But, I've done some snooping around and I found a simple solution for the problem.
In Gmail
In Google Calendar
- Login to your gmail account
- click Settings
- click Filters
- click Create a new filter
- in the From box, enter: calendar-notification@google.com
- click Next Step
- select Forward it to: email address
- enter <yournumber>@vtext.com
- click Create Filter
- click Settings
- click Notifications
- check EMAIL for Event reminders
This work-around does not fix the Verizon SMS limitation on Google Calendar, it simply emulates the desired functionality. The idea is to set up a filter on your Gmail that forwards email calendar notifications to your phone's email address (<your number>@vtext.com).
One bad thing about this solution is that you cannot have Google Calendar send notifications to just your email address -- only SMS alone or both SMS and email. I do however think Verizon users who really want SMS functionality will be able to put up with this quirk.
Update:
It looks like Verizon users can use the T-Mobile option rather than setting up forwarding rules in Gmail. Thanks for the comment.