06-30-2004, 02:00 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 8,228
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Pocket Informant 5.1 Released
http://www.pocketinformant.com/whatsnew.php?type=pocketinformant&version=510
Pocket Informant 5.1 has been reased and with the usual tweaks and fixes, there are also a number of enhancements:
� Custom View names now show in a list below the custom view text field. Select it and it auto-fills it in.
� Completing a task with autojournal on now adds the completed tasks' subject to the journal entry
� When in Search View and only one data type is selected to search on, the New menu will create that type
� New option for showing completed task dates
� Regenerating Tasks now supported
� Now support more styles for overdue tasks
� Backup Restore Journal, HT, and All
� Icon chooser now rewritten using the PI Grid - much faster and better use of memory
� Tapping on date in picker opens date picker
� 12 Year Month Date Picker with Category Colors applied as well as category filtering
� Company Pics are now used if no personal pic is found
� Quick Edit button with user choice for quick rename or direct to edit screen
� Much much more!
It is a free upgrade to all Pocket Informant 5.0 users and $12.95 for upgrades from a previous version. If you don't already own Pocket Informant, you can buy it for $24.95 at the Pocket PC Thoughts Handango store.
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06-30-2004, 02:08 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,725
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I've held off buying a PIM replacement app so far. I just haven't seen the benefits outweigh the high cost of these programs. There's some nice features, but for a high school student with no income, PIM replacement isn't at the top of my list of things to buy.
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06-30-2004, 02:18 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 797
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I see where you're coming from.
For me, the integration between the contacts, tasks, and calendar applets, plus the myriad of views makes it all worth it.
I didn't originally like using PIM replacements on the PPC. In older iterations of PI, the performance was miserable.
Now, PI is the second app I install, second only to Pocket Plus.
I know there are people who love Agenda Fusion, and to each their own, but I have to say that nothing can touch PI as far as I'm concerned.
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06-30-2004, 03:18 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 254
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If nothing else, this article emphasizes the prejudice of PPCT towards Pocket Informant over Agenda Fusion. There have been a couple of updates of AF over the past month, but no news on PPCT. PI has an update, and it shows immediately.
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06-30-2004, 03:23 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 31
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I gave it a try several times, and I got to admit, PI is very nice. The only thing is, I don't need it, it has the same functionality as the standard PIM but it only looks diffrent. I think ill pass this release until they come up with some brand spanking new features no-one has ever seen before :!:
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06-30-2004, 03:23 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 8,228
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Originally Posted by dlangton
If nothing else, this article emphasizes the prejudice of PPCT towards Pocket Informant over Agenda Fusion. There have been a couple of updates of AF over the past month, but no news on PPCT. PI has an update, and it shows immediately.
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Checking my inbox, I have seen no announcements on AF being updated, and I personally don't use AF. We got 3 alerts this morning on PI being updated and I use it anyway so I also got an email directly from PI.
You should be careful about assumptions... :|
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06-30-2004, 03:42 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 473
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Yep :P I've got an email in my inbox telling me PI 5.1 was released  The previous version was fairly stable and it's been a while since the last release (a while in PI terms being a couple of weeks)!
Off to d/l the new version and to check out the PI forums to see if there're any bugs or what not.
But a PIM is definitely a worthwhile investment. Even for a student (wait for the 50% or use another voucher to get a discount). You'll use it every single day of the week.
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06-30-2004, 04:33 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 110
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Re: Pocket Informant 5.1 Released
The ability to view a month at a time with actual words in the boxes (not colored bars or icons) is worth it alone to me. Works great in VGA and even fixes the tasks cut off problem in VGA.
I purchased AF a couple of times and never used it. PI, I use many, many, many times a day.
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06-30-2004, 04:38 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 601
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Originally Posted by Derek
I gave it a try several times, and I got to admit, PI is very nice. The only thing is, I don't need it, it has the same functionality as the standard PIM but it only looks diffrent. I think ill pass this release until they come up with some brand spanking new features no-one has ever seen before :!:
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Ummmm...wow...PI really does offer quite a bit of functionality that exceeds the standard PIM. Even the "looks different" part is important (to me any way) as PI offers so many useful ways to display my information that simply are not are not available in the standard PIMs. Maybe give this version another look, there is some very nice stuff.
Off Topic: What kind of Subaru is that in your avatar?
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06-30-2004, 05:03 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 185
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Just installed it. It Rocks!!!
Wish that the icons were a little better, though. Maybe I should design my own set! 
Wished that there was a yearly calendar in the appointments like in Pocket Outlook and that in landscape there were a sort of yearly planner, a month by line, 12 lines.
Anyway, anyone else noticed that the installer states Pocket Informant PRO 5.1?
Maybe Pocket Informant is thinking of lauching a Lite version. Cool!
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