Comments on: Review: Pocket Informant for iPhone

By: sherri

sherri — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:04:08 +0000

Do not rely on google calendar for syncing and backup….lots of issues as any google calendar search will show!! Otherwise, nice app….seems to be a google calendar issue….

By: App Zealot

App Zealot — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:19:10 +0000

I found Pocket Informant to be the best blend of calendar and list manager. There were a couple apps I tried that had a few more features than PI, but using a separate calendar app made the pain not worth the gain. Thanks for a good, thorough review.

http://www.appzealot.com/2009/10/pocket-informant…

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By: patrickj

patrickj — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:14:17 +0000

In reply to dandeetz.

Hey – that's my Dad-in-law! Hi Dan – and thanks for the kind words.

By: dandeetz

dandeetz — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:48:31 +0000

Patrick,__Thank you ver the very insightful review.

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PI for iPhone Reviewed at JustAnotheriPhoneBlog | Gear Diary — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:15:50 +0000

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By: PatrickJ

PatrickJ — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:52:41 +0000

Brandon – I can see your points on some of the ways Apple has kneecapped apps like this one. But … I don’t think it is that badly crippled. It syncs with Google Calendar and has a much nicer calendar itself than the iPhone’s built-in one, so I would tend to think I’d just not use the built-in calendar anymore if using PI.

I’ll be interested to see what you think of GTD vs. alternative methods …

By: Brandon

Brandon — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:45:55 +0000

I own PI for WinMo and like you Patrick I typically would only scratch the surface of what it could do. Its a great app on WinMo… but I have to wonder how well all that transferred over to the iPhone and how effective it can really be due to the restrictions Apple has placed on the device. I mean it can’t sync with the built in calendar, it can’t display its own alarms (because there’s no background tasks allowed), and as yet it appears it doesn’t support shared calendars. So unless you’re syncing the built in calendar OTA to Google, you’re stuck for something like entering appointments for later today and getting a reminder at the right time.

In all I see the potential for a great application… which has been crippled (as I know all too well) but the restrictions placed on it by Apple.

However all that said I’d really like to see a little more on task management. I guess I should go do some more reading up on GTD vs. Franklin Covey. For me if I was to try PI on the iPhone that would end up being its core functions for me again due to the Applestrictions.

By: Ragart

Ragart — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:15:48 +0000

I actually can’t get over the price of the app — I suppose it is aimed at other users. I’m probably not busy enough to warrant an app like this, although it would be neat to try out. I don’t like the >$10 pricing though — I realize this isn’t a dollar app, but maybe $10 would be a sweet spot.

What do I know, though? I haven’t even used the thing. Beejive is freaking $16 normal price after all.