[Clinton Fitch]

Originally Posted by dommasters

I wonder if SPB will ever release something original instead of copying other company's apps. Just look at their catalogue. You'll struggle to find ANYTHING original there whatsoever.
Can't wait to see the reviews for this ;0) No doubt they will say things like it's the greatest, that you won't be able to live without it etc. The reviewer will give the impression he has never seen anything like it before :0)
One thing is for sure, the reviews won't compare it with, or even mention the applications it rips off sorry I mean 'competes' with.
If you like fake goods buy an SPB product ...
Dom

As a reviewer I can tell you that I have seen applications like this before and I have used many of them. PocketBreeze is terrific and when it comes to complete customization, it has Diary beat hands down. However the point I made in my review that I just posted on Diary is that it cuts to the chase and provides the base, most commonly used customizations that most people use. Ultimately it is up to user to decide what level of customization they need.

As for copying... I will just leave that alone. That arguement is as old as software applications on any platform itself.

[Clinton Fitch]

Originally Posted by dommasters

I wonder if SPB will ever release something original instead of copying other company's apps. Just look at their catalogue. You'll struggle to find ANYTHING original there whatsoever.
Can't wait to see the reviews for this ;0) No doubt they will say things like it's the greatest, that you won't be able to live without it etc. The reviewer will give the impression he has never seen anything like it before :0)
One thing is for sure, the reviews won't compare it with, or even mention the applications it rips off sorry I mean 'competes' with.
If you like fake goods buy an SPB product ...
Dom

As a reviewer I can tell you that I have seen applications like this before and I have used many of them. PocketBreeze is terrific and when it comes to complete customization, it has Diary beat hands down. However the point I made in my review that I just posted on Diary is that it cuts to the chase and provides the base, most commonly used customizations that most people use. Ultimately it is up to user to decide what level of customization they need.

As for copying... I will just leave that alone. That arguement is as old as software applications on any platform itself.

[dommasters]

Originally Posted by clintonfitchdotcom

the point I made in my review.

I hadn't seen your review. Can you point the rest of us to it ? Can I see your review of Pocket Breeze too ? Would be interesting to see them both.
Dom

[Clinton Fitch]

Originally Posted by dommasters

I hadn't seen your review. Can you point the rest of us to it ? Can I see your review of Pocket Breeze too ? Would be interesting to see them both.
Dom

Spb Diary was just posted about 30 minutes ago so not surprised you hadn't seen it yet.

http://www.clintonfitch.com/reviews/...-0/default.asp

PocketBreeze 4.2

http://www.clintonfitch.com/reviews/...-2/default.asp

[Sven Johannsen]

I gotta go with the guys suggesting competition is good. I don't think it is a 'total' rip-off. In the world of software apps there is just so much you can do, and some of it is natural and expected. With a calendar plugin, wouldn't you expect to see catagories associated with the event? Wouldn't it be normal to expect to be able to personalize the fonts and relate them to catagories? If you tap and hold, what would you expect to see in the menu? Seems like there is just so much you can do. The differentiation can come under the hood. One could be more efficient, or more user friendly (a personal choice). At this point it looks like SPBs Diary doesn't do as much as Pocket Breeze, and maybe that is a plus for some folks. I don't run PI or AF for example, because they are just overkill for me.

As far as SPB products are concerned, they have always struck me as solid products, that are done when released, unlike others that seem to be a stream of betas. (And no that is not my impression of SBSH. They have a very unique philosophy, it seems. There doesn't seem to be a need for many bug fixes, but rather continuous improvements, added features and response to user feedback.)

There's plenty of room for options in PPC software. I'd hate to go back to the beginning when the biggest complaint is there weren't any software choices, and in some cases no option at all.

[Clinton Fitch]

Originally Posted by Sven

At this point it looks like SPBs Diary doesn't do as much as Pocket Breeze, and maybe that is a plus for some folks. I don't run PI or AF for example, because they are just overkill for me.

There's plenty of room for options in PPC software. I'd hate to go back to the beginning when the biggest complaint is there weren't any software choices, and in some cases no option at all.

Couldn't agree more. There is room for both of these applications and it totally depends on the needs of the end user as to which one to purchase. Fortunately both offer a trial.

[dommasters]

Is SPB Diary a rip off of Pocket Breeze ?
I've put a poll here:

http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/foru...ic.php?t=39642

[dommasters]

Originally Posted by clintonfitchdotcom

Spb Diary was just posted about 30 minutes ago so not surprised you hadn't seen it yet.

http://www.clintonfitch.com/reviews/...-0/default.asp

PocketBreeze 4.2

http://www.clintonfitch.com/reviews/...-2/default.asp

Quality reviews Clinton ! Not least because you have reviewed both of them. Have added your site to my favorites :0)
Dom

[Clinton Fitch]

Originally Posted by dommasters

Quality reviews Clinton ! Not least because you have reviewed both of them. Have added your site to my favorites :0)
Dom

Thanks Dom. I'm glad you found it helpful as well as my site. I appreciate it.

[encece]

One thing I like better about Disry is the contact support. I thing it is better than contactbreeze.

You cant really blame them for entering into competition with their own version of the product. Most screenshots I've seen for PocketBreeze included the SPb Plugins above it anyway. I could see why they said...let's just make our own.

It's pretty slow to return to the homescreen after changing today settings. But it's had no major problems other than that as far as I could tell....where PocketBreeze would freeze for about 30 seconds after the PPC was off for awhile.

My personal opinion...I like Diary better...rip-off or not.

[Jason Lee]

Well i installed the trial just to see. It is like an very simple version of Pocket Breeze. No were hear the functionality. I do like that when you tap and hold on an item app, contact, or task you get all the option that you would if you actualy had the calendar, contacts, or task windows open along with their options.

One very bad thing.. Try rotating to landscape.. yeah.. nice, huh?
Pocket Breeze has a seperate hight setting for protrait and landscape. With diary you get the lovely os scroll bar on the side. eeww..

If that were fixed it might not be too bad. I don't use half the features in Pocket Breeze but there are a few very nice things that i do use that diary will not do.

I really like the special events tab on Pocket Breeze. It will list all birthdays and aniv from your contacts database for however long into the future you want. even 365 days.. 8O too much for me. I like 30 days. You can also setup custom filters, i have it set to also show holidays for the next 30 days.

also there is no way to turn off the task check boxes just on the calendar tab. If you turn them off on the task tab the go away. but then they are also gone from the task tab. I want them on the task tab and just "Task:" on the calendar.

If it were a little cheaper i might buy it just to play with both. But i can't shell out $15 for something i am not really gonna use that much.

Amit has been very good to us and proven beyond a doubt that he deserves my business.