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"First, we have the announcement that Pocket Informant 8.5 was released today with many improvements in Smartphone and Pocket PC editions. We have some major improvements in the Calendar, Tasks View, Missions, and Contacts and it is now available as a free upgrade to all Pocket Informant 8.x owners. Version 8.5 of Pocket Informant is a mature PIM on Windows Mobile and most of our major improvements have been focusing on ease of use, improving the basic usability in finger touch modes, stylus, and one-handed usage scenarios. We don't want just cram more features in. Some areas like Journal and Events Views received a lot of attention."

The folks at WebIS have released Pocket Informant 8.5 as a free upgrade to all Pocket Informant 8.x owners. If you're in that boat, head over to WebIS for the installer. If you're not, and you're interested in trying or buying, head over to our affiliate software store (Classic/Professional [Pocket PC]; Standard [Smartphone]). It's on sale for $16.95, down from the regular price of $29.95. But if you want to take advantage of the offer, you'll have to be quick as it ends on November 30.

"WebIS focuses on mobility software and strives to provide the highest quality software for BlackBerry, iPhone, and Windows Mobile. Our flagship product Pocket Informant is now available on Windows Mobile and BlackBerry and coming soon for the iPhone! We also have several spectacular pieces of software in Note2Self, Speedster, and others in the family. Take a look!"

Simply point your browser to www.pocketinformant.com to take a look.

"FlexMail 4 is a full-featured award-winning (2004/2005/2006/2007) Email application that works with your device's built-in Messaging client to provide the best Exchange and IMAP connectivity available on Windows Mobile! Use FlexMail to improve your ActiveSync or SMS messaging with our multiple signature support, multiple folder searches, and cross-account email copies and moves. Use FlexMail to connect with the best IMAP feature-set on Windows Mobile with easy to configure yet powerful folder settings. Set each folder to download differently, notify of new messages, and get email using PUSH use IMAP IDLE."



Oops, it seems last week's FlexMail 4 press release never made it into our inbox, so we missed giving you the scoop. But as they say, better late than never.

There are a lot of new features to enjoy in this release, including a revision to IMAP support, MMS support, a redesign of the accounts and application settings, a redesign of the single-page view, new notification settings, and an Asian language encoding plug-in. There's more, of course, but we'd run out of space. If you own a previous version, you're eligible for a free or discounted upgrade, depending on when you purchased it. Otherwise, head over to our affiliate software store (Classic/Professional [Pocket PC] and Standard [Smartphone]) to try or buy.