Birthdays Calendar on iPhone

I finally figured out how to get the "Birthdays" calendar to show up on the iPhone! It's a bit of hack, but at least it's automated. Note: you need to be a MobileMe subscriber for this. I'm sure there's a way without MobileMe, but this is what I used.

1. Right-click on the "Birthdays" calendar in iCal on your desktop Mac, and select Publish...
2. Select Publish on: MobileMe and check all the checkboxes. Then click the Publish button.
3. On the iPhone, go into the Settings app and tap Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
4. In the Accounts section, tap Add Account... and select Other.
5. In the Server field, type: homepage.mac.com/username/.calendars/Birthdays.ics
6. In the Description field, type: Birthdays
7. Leave Username and Password blank.
8. Set both Use SSL and Remove Alarms to OFF.
9. Save and exit the Settings app.

Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a way to change the colour of the calendar, and on mine that means it doesn't match the green colour of the Birthdays calendar on my desktop.