03-06-2005, 01:20 AM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Pocket Informant 2005 Enters Public Beta
"This is the public beta of Pocket Informant 2005. It is in the stage now where we are fixing bugs both small and large. It has some known bugs. Some small. None large. Some feature we plan to change their implementation a tiny bit before we release. This may affect Pocket Informant meta-info such as how we complete appointments or custom views. One major thing to note is that due to the major internal changes for Pocket Informant and its settings, Custom Views from 5.x and earlier are not compatible with PI 2005. They will be ignored. We will not post a list of changes until release. This is the only public beta planned."
The usual warning about beta software applies (don't expect it to work perfectly, and make sure to do a backup first). For those of you who are brave and give it a try, report back and let us know what we can anticipate. :mrgreen:
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03-06-2005, 02:45 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 20
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Definitely worth the wait!! New features include timeline view, icon scaling, new options (and new settings pages to set them that are more intuitive)
Don
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03-06-2005, 02:48 AM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 8,228
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Very cool. Found a bug :devilboy: , but the overall app looks awesome.
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03-06-2005, 03:13 AM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 12,959
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Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry
But the overall app looks awesome.
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Agreed. I uninstalled Agenda Fusion 7 for this PI Beta, and found that the uninstalling of AF7 crashes the "New" menu. Great! Better head over to Developer One to report it. 
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03-06-2005, 06:47 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 450
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All i can say WOW! I'm playing with it right now, and its really awesome 8O
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03-06-2005, 08:07 AM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
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Just a heads-up to all you eager beta testers. Earlier in the day, Build 235 was available for download. Since then, a number of bugs have been reported and patched, so if you still have the older build, it may be worth heading over to WebIS again and downloading the updated Build 236.
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03-06-2005, 08:13 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 48
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Beautiful!
Installation thru ActiveStink went smoothly, app itself runs fine, no bugs found yet. All I can say is: awesome 8) !!!
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03-06-2005, 01:06 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 63
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What about IPAQ 4700
Do any of you who are testing have the IPAQ 4700 with the software?
I hope that there is a smooth imlementation plan for those of us who have the ROM version issues to deal with.
Is that a site which shows some screen views of the new software?
Thanks.
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03-06-2005, 01:26 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 61
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Gave it a try for some hours but wasn't that enthousiastic about it. Both v5.6 as 2005 are getting a bit slow on my 524 MHz loox in "turbo" mode....default settings with only 150 appointments and appr. 200 contacts and 15 tasks!!.
I probably won't upgrade unless there are some speed improvements. No matter how good new features were implemented..the speed decrease is annoying.
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03-06-2005, 01:41 PM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Re: What about IPAQ 4700
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Originally Posted by Seeker
Do any of you who are testing have the IPAQ 4700 with the software?
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So far from what I have heard, hx4700 users have successfully installed this beta version in main memory, and no errors have resulted thus far. However, as always, backup the current state of your Pocket PC before installing this beta.
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Originally Posted by Seeker
Is that a site which shows some screen views of the new software?
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Not really. You'll find some screenshots posted around the place, but due to privacy reasons, a lot of the shots are blurred out. It's probably best to install it yourself to see what it's like. 
However, here's a QVGA screenshot if you're interested. You'll notice some slight changes to the interface.
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