Pocket Informant

[Computer Ninja]

Pocket Informant
Web Information Solutions
Price: $24.95
O/S: Pocket PC 2002
For Axim Users Dot Com
By 2_hotty
Rating: 9 out of 10

Do I need a Personal Information Manager (PIM)? Isn’t that what the Pocket PC is designed for? Why do I have to pay for software to do this for me? Buy yourself Pocket Informant and you will see why.

Yes it’s true. Your Pocket PC is designed to handle your tasks, contacts, calendar etc. What it doesn’t do is roll these up in a nice package for you to view. Enter Pocket Informant. If you’re like me, you use your PPC for everything. From TV listings, to work tasks. Pocket Informant gives you everything you need to see, in one clever program.

The calendar view is fantastic. You have many options as to how you want to view your upcoming events and information. Day, month, week views are all available. Pretty standard stuff. One great feature is the filter option. You can filter what you want to view by category. Busy, free, out of office, etc. You can also choose to only bring up birthdays, anniversaries, etc. I love these features.


Task view has some good viewing options also. You can view task with end dates, without end dates, due this week, due all weeks, etc. You can also mark tasks complete in this view.

The notes are great. Allowing you to bold, underline and italicize text, unlike some other PPC programs. You can also do bulleted lists. And my favorite feature, the one touch time stamp. You can link the notes to contacts, tasks or your calendar.


Normal contact view is looks pretty standard. There is a dial mode if you have the hardware.
The search function is wonderful. You can search through your contacts, tasks and calendar for any keyword you type in. Great feature.


Another great feature is after you customize the views you want, you can save it. You can save multiple views also. So you can have a personal view, and a work view. And just swap them according to what you want to see.

The only downside that I’ve noticed of this software is it seems a bit robust. I haven’t noticed any real slowdowns in overall PPC performance, but the software itself does take a second to load, so you know it eats resources.

Pocket Informant has won many PPC awards, and they deserve every one. There are so many more options that you can play around with, you can almost categorize this software as entertainment.

I started this review with a question I asked myself. Do I need a PIM program? After using Pocket Informant I realized that the answer was yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. This is a great piece of software for your Pocket PC. I highly recommend it.

For more information go to: http://www.pocketinformant.com
Price: $24.95

[gvanjr]

Found this elsewhere...

"Until November 30, Pocket Informant is available at Handango for $14.97 (40% off) using coupon code: 347998"

[gvanjr]

found this...

Until November 30, Pocket Informant is available at Handango for $14.97 (40% off) using coupon code: 347998

[tempejim]

I hate to post a negative comment on a great product, but this review does not do the product justice. To me it looks like you just opened the program, took some screen shots and posted a review. Why is that?

How can I take any review seriously if this is the kind of treatment this product gets.

For users who want to know more, click over to their website and check out some better written reviews.

http://www.pocketinformant.com/pres.php

I can only hope Aximusers will revisit the application and give it the in-depth review it needs.

TJ

[veitster]

I agree, one certainly needs more than when the windows 2003 mobile gives standard.... but WHICH ONE??

I was on the verge of purchasing Agenda Fusion (by developer one, I think) for PPC, having run the demo it seemed pretty sweet.... guess I'll have to try informant now too, after this glowing review.

Have you tried Agenda Fusion, any comment in comparison between Pocket informant and it?

thanks

[jcandito]

I am a new Pocket PC owner (Dell Axim 3i). I was going to purchase Agenda Fusion 6 until I cam upon this review of Pocket Informant. I really like the monthly view much better. However, I have a question about the compatibilty that Pocket Informant has with Axim 3. I notice that it is designed for Windows for Pocket PC OS and doesn't list Axim 3 as compatiblle (though it lists Axim 5). Agenda Fusion specifically indicates that it iss designed for Windows Mobile (the Axim 3 OS). Is there a difference between Windows Mobile and Windows for Pocket PC 200X??
Is Pocket Informant compatible with Axim 3.

JC

[schoon]

I am using it on my Axim X3i and it seems to work fine.

[Axim X3i]

I am also using PI on my A3i. Have had no problems occur.

[Computer Ninja]

Add me to that list of people using Pocket Informant on the X3i with no problems.