Are you asking the first question because you cannot sync when entering your appointments on the phone? Like it does not goto google's calender when you enter it directly in the phone's appointment book? If so you will have to update your WebOS to be able to sync with google. I had that problem and had to call support, Palm web Os 1.2.1. cures this problem. You can do this by opening your keyboard and type update. The launcher should show an update icon. Click it and have it download, then run it.
If you just don't know how to make an appointment. Press the calander icon that shows the number of the day on if when you are on the main screen. This will open your calender book. From there you can flip through the days by swiping you finger left and right on the touch screen. Find the day and tap the hour slot, type the description and then press the i to add more hours to the appointment and stuff like that.
Your second question's answer is just open the keyboard and start to type the name in. It should pull up the matches to how much text you have typed.
Hope this helps.
