It took awhile but I figured how to sync Outlook 2003 calendar and contacts on my PC with my wife's iPad and my android phone.
First one must establish an account with Outlook.com and sync it with the Outlook on your computer. Now your desktop calendar and contacts are mirrored in the Outlook.com cloud. The process is described here:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/olc-hotmail/sync-calendar-contacts-using-outlook-com/
Then it is easy to create an Outook.com account on the iPad and synch with Outlook.com calendar and contacts.
It is a little harder to synch Outlook.com with the android phone. Here is the process.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/outlook/to-go
The contacts are not as functional on Outlook.com or the iPad or android as on the PC. For example, categories are not carried over and I don't think you can edit the contacts on the phone
It is odd that Google drove me to a competitor by withdrawing support for syncing my PC Outlook calendar with its calendar. I suppose they have a reason but it escapes me.