Spb Software House Releases Spb Diary -- an Instant Pocket PC Organizer
April 26, 2005 -- Spb Software House announces the release of a new PIM Today plug-in for Calendar, Tasks and Contacts -- Spb Diary.
In September, 2004 the first Spb Pocket PC Survey demonstrated that 85% of Pocket PC users use their Pocket PC as an organizer. This is the single most popular use for Pocket PC users. However, the standard Pocket PC tools for handling PIM data have turned out to be underwhelming at best. Especially concerning the most important part -- PIM plug-ins for the Today screen. A standard Pocket PC offers only a minimally functional Today plug-in for appointments and tasks with minimum functionality and no Today plug-in for contacts at all.
Today Spb Software House has released Spb Diary -- a powerful replacement for the standard PIM Today plug-ins. Spb Pocket Plus, arguably Spb's most famous application, greatly enhances the Pocket PC operating system. Spb Diary follows this line by improving standard PIM Today plug-ins. It has three Today plug-ins for calendar, tasks and contacts organized in tabs. The tab structure of the plug-in saves useful screen space. The usability testing proved that for PIM Today plug-ins height is a more important parameter than width because the number of displayed items is critical. That's why tabs in Spb Diary Today plug-in have vertical layout. The program provides deep integration with Pocket Outlook, Agenda Fusion and Pocket Informant. Even category icons can be inherited by Spb Diary from the associated PIM. On the other hand, the program allows users to get any kind of PIM data in just a few taps without leaving the Today screen and switching to PIM applications.
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It's a well-known fact that the most frequent and natural use for your Pocket PC is as a powerful organizer. In whatever other way you use your Pocket PC (playing games, listening to music, browsing the Internet, and/or reading e-books, etc), it will be used most often as a reliable tool for storing contacts and for managing appointments and tasks. The results of the first Spb Pocket PC Survey conducted in September, 2004, confirmed this tendency. According to the results, 85% of the more than 10,000 participants claimed that they constantly use their Pocket PC as an organizer, which makes it the single most popular use for Pocket PC users.
In this respect, just how good does the Pocket PC rate as an organizer? How handy are the three main PIM applications: appointments, tasks and contacts? Standard Pocket PC tools for handling PIM data have turned out to be underwhelming at best, and especially in what may be the most important part --PIM plug-ins for the Today screen. Most people would like to see all of their everyday information right on the Today screen and the ability to get to any entry in one or two taps. The standard Today plug-in for appointments usually shows only one upcoming appointment for today, and the rest can be accessed only by opening the Calendar. The standard Today plug-in for tasks shows only the number of active tasks and tasks of high priority. This provides a user with no meaningful information. Finally, there's no standard Today plug-in for contacts. Looking for a particular contact, which should be a two-tap process at best, is painfully over-complicated.
Spb Diary from Spb Software House is an elegant solution for all of these problems. The Spb Diary solution is to provide you with a three-in-one Today plug-in with tabs for Calendar, Tasks and Contacts. Spb Diary hones to perfection PIM-use on the Pocket PC.
With Spb Diary you no longer have to open a PIM application just to find out whether you have any appointments planned for tomorrow or to find somebody's e-mail address. All your information is conveniently on the Today screen. And you can adjust the height of the plug-in so that you can see as many entries at a time as you want.
1. PIM Today plug-in with tabs for Calendar, Tasks and Contacts
The tabbed structure of the plug-in allows users to save as much useful screen space as possible. One tap opens a tab with all the most important entries (e.g. all appointments for today and for tomorrow) displayed.
2. Integration with Pocket Outlook, Agenda Fusion and Pocket Informant
Spb Diary is a perfect Today plug-in addition for these PIM applications. It doesn't matter which PIM application you use, Spb Diary works with each one. Even category icons can be inherited by Spb Diary from the associated PIM.
3. Most frequent actions can be performed without leaving the Today screen
As most users of Spb Diary point out, the number of times when it's necessary to open a PIM application is significantly reduced. All the most frequent actions can be performed without ever leaving the Today screen. Spb Diary opens the correct PIM application automatically only for entering new or modifying existing data. Other actions such as viewing item subject, location and notes, rescheduling, dialing a number, changing item priority and status, changing reminder, beaming entries - all of these actions can be performed directly from your Today screen in Spb Diary in just a few taps.
*** Pricing and Availability ***
You can download a free trial version working for 15 days from the day of installation. The registered version costs $14.95.
You can download a trial version from Spb's web site:
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/d...y/download.html
You can purchase Spb Diary here:
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/d...y/purchase.html
*** Further Information and Downloads ***
Further information regarding Spb Diary can be found on the Spb Web site:
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/diary/
Spb Diary screenshots:
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/d...creenshots.html
Download the program here:
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/d...y/download.html
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