03-09-2004, 11:00 PM
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Pocket MindMap 1.3
http://www.pocketmindmap.com
After a very long beta process, Pocket MindMap 1.3 has been released. Pocket MindMap allows you to do mind mapping directly on your Pocket PC. New features in 1.3 include:
� Collapse sub-topics - you are no longer forced to create a sub-map.
� In place editing for topics
� Very large scribbles
� Keyboard support for you thumb board junkies.
Eagle Eye View of a very large mind map.
Pocket MindMap works on all Pocket PC 2000, 2002 and 2003 devices as well as the HPC 2000. Version 1.3 is free to existing owners. You can buy it for $42 from the Pocket PC Thoughts Handango store. (Affiliate links)
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03-09-2004, 11:23 PM
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That seems a little pricey to me, how does everyone else feel. I do believe in mind mapping, in fact I have a book on it as well that I bought at a Franklin Covey store. I have thought about having it on my ppc, but that price seems steep to me.
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03-09-2004, 11:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Thinkingmandavid
That seems a little pricey to me, how does everyone else feel. I do believe in mind mapping, in fact I have a book on it as well that I bought at a Franklin Covey store. I have thought about having it on my ppc, but that price seems steep to me.
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That is a subjective call. If you want rich mind mapping on your Pocket PC, you basically have one choice.
It is a niche product. They won't sell tons of them at $19 because the market is so small. They have to charge what it costs to make it and have evidently been doing a good job of it. 
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03-09-2004, 11:36 PM
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I can't seem to find the answer to this on their site - do they have a desktop version? This seems like a lot of data entry, so I'd prefer to do that on the desktop.
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03-09-2004, 11:53 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
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There is no desktop version, but they do provide partner software that allows data exchange with Mindjet's Mindmanager. It also leverages the fact that PocketMindmap files are XML based to allow XSLT files to be created to convert to other formats.
With regard to the price, I've been using the software for a couple of years and consider it money well spent. I paid far more for Mindmanager for my desktop but I tend to use PMM 80% of the time. The desktop software is more feature rich but is no better at simply getting the ideas into a map, and it's not always in my pocket.
Dave
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03-09-2004, 11:59 PM
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03-10-2004, 01:10 AM
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03-10-2004, 01:18 AM
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I've been trying Mind Mapper for a few days now. I like the concept very much. $42 does seem somewhat steep but Mindjets New Pocket PC version is $49. I didn't even try the software last year when I first hit Pocketpcthoughts because I knew it would be to tempting , I was right! I will probably give Mindjet a try and then shell out the doe for one or the other. :roll:
On a side note there is a pretty decent open source desktop version called freemind.
Bruce
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03-10-2004, 02:35 AM
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Jason Dunn wrote
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I can't seem to find the answer to this on their site - do they have a desktop version? This seems like a lot of data entry, so I'd prefer to do that on the desktop
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I agree, that would make it much better. I like the idea of doing my mind mapping in both directions :mrgreen:
Ed Hansberry wrote
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That is a subjective call. If you want rich mind mapping on your Pocket PC, you basically have one choice.
It is a niche product. They won't sell tons of them at $19 because the market is so small. They have to charge what it costs to make it and have evidently been doing a good job of it.
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That is true, one choice, with that in mind you have a good point. I wonder how many people actually use mind mapping? mmmm
I wonder how many of these they are selling, Ed do you happen to know how popular it is or is not, this software?
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03-10-2004, 03:07 AM
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There is no desktop version per se. You can connect to MindJet MindManager. Note that MindJet also have their own PocketPC client, which is not nearly as flexible or powerful.
I have been following PMM for about two years. For a long time, they hinted on their site that they were in negotiation with a desktop mind mapping software company so that one could link back and forth. While they don't say so specifically, it is pretty clear to me now that that company was MindJet.
However, I suspect that things did not work out as hoped. As you can see, MindJet produced its own PPC client which is way less sophisticated. I agree with the previous poster (sorry, name dropped off screen) that Pocket MindMap is a great way to create and edit mindmaps on the PPC. It is enormously flexible.
What I have not tried extensively is how well MindManager deals with the more sophisticated features of PMM's maps. I think I'll try them again. But I have to say that PMM, even at v1.0, was one of the most elegant, powerful and impressive pieces of PocketPC programming that I have come across (no vested interest or connnection to the company). If you use mind mapping, PMM is definitely the one to go with and is well worth the price.
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