In article <1159085594.001880.74990@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.co m>,
"Thomas Tschoellitsch" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I know there are a couple of PIMs out there - none that I've seen
> closely works to how I'd expect a PIM to work after such a long time of
> (possible) development. Agendus is nice as are a few others (I'll
> refrain from commenting on Outlook for the obvious flame war it might
> produce).
>
> Has Palm in all these years produced something newer/better than Palm
> Desktop 4.1.4 (a friend of mine recently got a E2, which had 4.1.4
> included)? Problem being here, that even that version has a lot of
> bugs, missing features and limitations (e.g.: categories are limited to
> what, 8?).
>
> I guess what I'm looking for would be something close to a mixture of
> Palm Desktop and Agendus. Possibly free. Linux version would be very
> nice, thank you. ;-)
>
> Any and all recommendations welcome!

If you are a Mac user, there's always Apple's built-in iCal and Address
Book. I use the Missing Space software to sync my PDA with my Mac.
Missing Sync includes some other features such as memo support and it
works very nicely.

It is alleged that Thomas Tschoellitsch claimed:

> I know there are a couple of PIMs out there - none that I've seen
> closely works to how I'd expect a PIM to work after such a long time of
> (possible) development. Agendus is nice as are a few others (I'll
> refrain from commenting on Outlook for the obvious flame war it might
> produce).

Well, I happen to like Outlook as my PIM. I know there may very well
be better ones out there, but I have my reasons for liking it for this
purpose. This is the ONLY thing I use it for, btw. There are no
servers of any kind configured in it.

> Has Palm in all these years produced something newer/better than Palm
> Desktop 4.1.4 (a friend of mine recently got a E2, which had 4.1.4

If they did, it would be included with their PDAs or available on their
web site. Since it isn't, the answer is "no".

> included)? Problem being here, that even that version has a lot of
> bugs, missing features and limitations (e.g.: categories are limited to
> what, 8?).

15. Same as the PDA. And that is why. Palm Desktop is designed to
mimic the PIM apps and capabilities on the desktop. It really doesn't
make any sense to design the desktop software with features not
available on the handheld, since it's a "value-added" function to begin
with.

It's not a desktop PIM that includes a PDA, it's a PDA that includes a
desktop PIM.

> I guess what I'm looking for would be something close to a mixture of
> Palm Desktop and Agendus. Possibly free. Linux version would be very
> nice, thank you. ;-)

I can't stand Agendus. I'm a DateBk user, thankyouverymuch. (Talk
about a potential for a flamewar... I bet you use emacs, too... )

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