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Jerry Raia
08-15-2006, 02:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.mobimate.com/smartphone_business.shtml?filename=smartphone.jpg' target='_blank'>http://www.mobimate.com/smartphone_business.shtml?filename=smartphone.jpg</a><br /><br /></div><i>"WorldMate takes the stress out of business travel by providing must-have information you need while traveling - from world clocks and global weather forecasts through real time flight status updates. There's also a currency converter and a world map to make sure you're on time and on the job!"</i><br /><br /> <img src="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/Jerry-Woldmate-sp-anim.gif" alt="User submitted image" title="User submitted image"/> <br /><br />This application always slips under my radar. While it is a bit pricey, 39USD including a one year subscription, it looks pretty complete. Nice to see it supports the Q as well. There is a trial so you can check it out.

Mike Temporale
08-15-2006, 02:12 AM
It's a really nice looking application, but i'm not a fan on the subscription thing.

ctmagnus
08-15-2006, 02:22 AM
Nor am I. But why does the Smartphone version (http://www.mobimate.com/smartphone_business.shtml?filename=smartphone.jpg) cost $5 more than the Pocket PC version (http://www.mobimate.com/ppc_business_se.shtml?filename=windows_pc.jpg?filename=windows_pc.jpg)?

WorksForTurkeys
08-16-2006, 12:55 AM
Nor am I. But why does the Smartphone version (http://www.mobimate.com/smartphone_business.shtml?filename=smartphone.jpg) cost $5 more than the Pocket PC version (http://www.mobimate.com/ppc_business_se.shtml?filename=windows_pc.jpg?filename=windows_pc.jpg)?

Supply &amp; Demand?

Mike Temporale
08-16-2006, 01:23 AM
Actually, I think it has something to do with a feature that the Smartphone version has over the PPC one. But I could be mistaken.

There's 2 things that I really dislike when it comes to 3rd party applications. The first one is subscriptions - can't stand them. In fact, it will usually turn me off the application. I don't like to pay over and over again to continue to use the same application. The second is paying full price for a second license so that I can use the application on my other device. If I already have a PPC license, then the Smartphone license should be free - or at least discounted.

WorksForTurkeys
08-16-2006, 03:31 AM
Actually, I think it has something to do with a feature that the Smartphone version has over the PPC one. But I could be mistaken.

There's 2 things that I really dislike when it comes to 3rd party applications. The first one is subscriptions - can't stand them. In fact, it will usually turn me off the application. I don't like to pay over and over again to continue to use the same application. The second is paying full price for a second license so that I can use the application on my other device. If I already have a PPC license, then the Smartphone license should be free - or at least discounted.

I agree: there should be a discount for multiple devices. Other vendors offer it (eg. VisualIT, XM &amp; Sirius radio); there doesn't seem to be any real justification for penalizing a customer for having multiple devices. They should be rewarding return customers.

apeguero
08-16-2006, 05:21 AM
I installed the trial on my 2125 yesterday and then spent another hour re-installing everything in my phone. This I had to do because for some reason this Worldmate program locked my phone in Flight Mode. The phone would not allow me to bring it out of Flight Mode. It became useless. I'm not about to re-install this program and have the same proble happen to me again.