Wednesday, March 5, 2003
Pocket Informant 4 Just Around The Corner
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "SOFTWARE" @ 03:00 PM
http://www.pocketinformant.com
Pocket Informant 4 will be here in a few hours. There is nothing radically different like 3.0 was versus the 2.x series but instead some very solid improvements on the great 3.x engine. Just a few of the features I've discovered that I like:
• Task grouping by Priority, Progress, Importance, Date and other items. (pictured below)
• Easily create "child" tasks via tap-and-hold
• Tasks can be independently turned on/off in each of the 4 calendar views. This is awesome in Week View for me where tasks were too much clutter. I can leave them on in Month and Agenda view though.
• Template application is very different than in 3.x. It is much better, including a "%s" variable. If you are a 3.x user, be sure you understand how it works now by reading the quick overview available at the Pocket Informant's site before using them.
• Alarm Note view can now view text/typed notes and/or voice notes from the Pocket PC Notes application.
• The fish-eye Month view has been improved to support the joypad, seems to be much faster and other tweaks.
• Colors tab in Options has been greatly simplified. You now pick one color for each of Free, Busy, Tentative and Out of Office and that color is used across all views.
• There is much much more. Those are just some of the biggies.
Pricing is $24.95 (affiliate). Existing 3.x users can upgrade for $12.50 unless you purchased it after December 1, 2002 which would make it free. Pocket PC 2000 and 2002 devices are supported. It should be on the Pocket Informant web site later tonight or early Thursday morning complete with the upgrade link and documentation.
Overall, the app just feels faster and everything seems to have been tweaked to give it a more intuitive feel. All of this power makes Outlook on the desktop look rather pathetic in comparison. Hmmmm... Desktop Informant? ;)
Pocket Informant 4 will be here in a few hours. There is nothing radically different like 3.0 was versus the 2.x series but instead some very solid improvements on the great 3.x engine. Just a few of the features I've discovered that I like:
• Task grouping by Priority, Progress, Importance, Date and other items. (pictured below)
• Easily create "child" tasks via tap-and-hold
• Tasks can be independently turned on/off in each of the 4 calendar views. This is awesome in Week View for me where tasks were too much clutter. I can leave them on in Month and Agenda view though.
• Template application is very different than in 3.x. It is much better, including a "%s" variable. If you are a 3.x user, be sure you understand how it works now by reading the quick overview available at the Pocket Informant's site before using them.
• Alarm Note view can now view text/typed notes and/or voice notes from the Pocket PC Notes application.
• The fish-eye Month view has been improved to support the joypad, seems to be much faster and other tweaks.
• Colors tab in Options has been greatly simplified. You now pick one color for each of Free, Busy, Tentative and Out of Office and that color is used across all views.
• There is much much more. Those are just some of the biggies.
Pricing is $24.95 (affiliate). Existing 3.x users can upgrade for $12.50 unless you purchased it after December 1, 2002 which would make it free. Pocket PC 2000 and 2002 devices are supported. It should be on the Pocket Informant web site later tonight or early Thursday morning complete with the upgrade link and documentation.
Overall, the app just feels faster and everything seems to have been tweaked to give it a more intuitive feel. All of this power makes Outlook on the desktop look rather pathetic in comparison. Hmmmm... Desktop Informant? ;)
