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[PaulOBrien]

This is just coming in as breaking news, and it is not yet on WebIS' own site!

WebIS have released - or should I say they are in the process of releasing - major upgrade to their wildly popular Pocket Informant suite, 'Pocket Informant 8'.

The release can only be found here at Handango at the moment, which handily has a feature list online too, which i've included below!

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Pocket Informant is The Next Generation in Personal Daily Management.

Pocket Informant 8 brings a new level of ease of use to your mobile device. Version 8 introduces a new Roles based user-interface that lets you scale the user-interface and feature to your needs offering you just the power you want. A fully one handed interface lets you use Pocket Informant without ever touching the stylus - or if you prefer finger control Pocket Informant brings finger touch scrolling, a touch ABC bar in Contacts, and new finger friendly time pickers.

Users can delight in the new Journal View and Events Views letting you see both your history and upcoming events. Contact links within your appointment or tasks' subject and notes let you quickly access a
named contact without having to resort to links or a search.

These are just a taste of the new features that Pocket Informant 8 provides that separates it from any other PIM on the market. This just builds on top of the already easy and powerful features that have made Pocket Informant the winner of the best PIM for the last few years including this past year with Windows Mobile Magazine.

Top Features

Sample of why you need Pocket Informant

• Included Today Plugin
  
  Now includes a basic efficient appointment/task list Today plugin that integrates with Pocket Informant and supports category colors
  
  
  
  
• Seven Powerful Views
  
  Events, Journal, Appointments, Tasks, Notes, Contacts, and Search views. Appointment view broken into Agenda, Day, Week, Month, and Timeline Views (you can hide unused views)
  
  
  
  
• Category Icons
  
  Each category can have its own icon (company logos, avatars, or objects) to help you visualize your appointments, tasks, or contacts visually. Show them in your Month View for a great visualization of your schedule!
  
  
  
  
• Category Color
  
  Assign categories to your items and have their text or background colored. View Month bars and timebars throughout the Appointment views showing your schedule in color!
  
  
  
  
• Automatic Custom Views and Categories
  
  Setup them up to automatically come on at work hours, off work hours, or a custom weekend/weekday time
  
  
  
  
• Find all Appointments using this Contact
  
  List all appointments that have the selected appointment setup for meetings
  
  
  
  
• Weekly Planning
  
  with Daily Notes, Goals, Mission, Compass/Roles
  
  
  
  
• Franklin Covey PlanPlus 5.0
  
  Daily, Master, and Project Task lists which work either with or without PlanPlus for Outlook 5.0 on the desktop
  
  
  
  
• Task Projects
  
  Tasks View's Projects let you create parent tasks, child tasks, and have the parent tasks inherit its child tasks' completion percentage and due dates
  
  
  
  
• Task Percentage/Status
  
  Assign tasks a status of Normal/Complete/In Process (w/percent complete)/Delegate lets you visualize progress of tasks
  
  
  
  
• Complete One Handed Soft Key support
  
  Perfect for Treo and other Pocket PC smartphones!
  
  
  
  
• Full Journal with Rich Text
  
  Create entries for meetings, phone calls, and more. Auto-journal events such as marking tasks complete or creation. Sync to desktop Outlook with Journal Sync (a separate product)
  
  
  
  
• Powerful Contacts Summary
  
  Contacts Summary with Call Logs and Direct Dial(Phone Edition devices only) bringing one handed dialing, better readability, and live access via Preview Windows
  
  
  
  
• Multiple Alarms, Travel Appointments
  
  Beyond the primary alarm, you can now add secondary alarms, notifications and travel appointments to new and existing appointments
  
  
  
  
• Timezones
  
  Create new appointments in their timezone easily
  
  
  
  
• Custom Views
  
  Save your common settings for any view and bring it back with a tap of a menu or hardware key. Save a search, a filter, ANYTHING.
  
  
  
  
• MyText with Contact Macros
  
  Quickly enter preset text with data pulled live from an existing contact or the current time/date.
  
  
  
  
• Search View
  
  Search View brings together every bit of PIM information on your device: Appointments, Tasks, Contacts, Notes, Journals. Search with wildcards, on a specific field, with certain dates, and within PIM item
  notes
  
  
  
  
• Rich Text
  
  Enter Rich Text notes for all PIM types
  
  
  
  
• ActiveSync
  
  Works directly with ActiveSync and Exchange Server ActiveSync.
  
  
  
  
• Designed for Windows Mobile
  
  Certified for Windows Mobile 5.0/6 and 2003/SE Pocket PC

The application comes in at $29.95, with a free trial and previous-version upgrades available.

We'll have more news on this as it comes in

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[xorangefirex]

I love the program, but $30 is just too much for an application.

[Cowie]

xorangefirex, on Jan 8 2008, 15:53, said:

I love the program, but $30 is just too much for an application.

I've just paid the upgrade (with Handango discount) which came to about $16.  Unfortunately the installer falls over every time and I can't find a CAB file to get it onto my device.  Is anybody else having the same problem or is it just me?

[tsutton]

So the 2007 version that was offered as freebies last week was a teaser to get others to upgrade to the v8 at a cost. Clever.

[Syphon Filter]

no screenies Paul?

[dudegalea]

Cowie, on Jan 8 2008, 17:06, said:

I've just paid the upgrade (with Handango discount) which came to about $16.  Unfortunately the installer falls over every time and I can't find a CAB file to get it onto my device.  Is anybody else having the same problem or is it just me?

The Handango version is broken.

Alex has just put up a fixed version which seems to work fine.

http://download.pock...t_Pro_Setup.exe

EDIT: Here's the WebIS thread with a full discussion of the problems and their resolution.

http://www.pocketinf...e...1944&st=135

Edited by dudegalea, 08 January 2008 - 06:32 PM.

[Cowie]

dudegalea, on Jan 8 2008, 18:28, said:

The Handango version is broken.

Alex has just put up a fixed version which seems to work fine.

http://download.pock...t_Pro_Setup.exe

EDIT: Here's the WebIS thread with a full discussion of the problems and their resolution.

http://www.pocketinf...e...1944&st=135

Thanks for the link.  Installed and looking good  

[REem]

What about the smartphone version, does the partnership with papyrus still exist or will there be a new pi for smartphone use !!

EDIT:
I allready have the smartphone version installed.

Edited by REem, 10 January 2008 - 10:11 AM.

[timeline]

Put the trial in, for PPC2003 it's much WORSE for ease of use than v2007.  Some parts are better sure, but eg I can't even make an appt w/o an alarm now.  And selecting appt date/time is much clunkier.  Those combo boxes just waste my time when the old one gave me the picker in 1 click vs 2.5 now.

[dudegalea]

timeline, on Jan 11 2008, 08:27, said:

eg I can't even make an appt w/o an alarm now.

I don't have any problem making an appt without an alarm in PI8.

[WearTheFoxHat]

How annoying ... I purchased this application on 29th December 2007 without noticing the freebie offer on this site.  Since it is a major update, I still have to pay for the upgrade.  Terrible timing eh!

[PaulOBrien]

Yes, that sucks!

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[linkbox8]

WearTheFoxHat, on Jan 14 2008, 01:39, said:

How annoying ... I purchased this application on 29th December 2007 without noticing the freebie offer on this site.  Since it is a major update, I still have to pay for the upgrade.  Terrible timing eh!

Actually you get the upgrade for free if you purchased recently (within the last 3 months, I think).

[WearTheFoxHat]

linkbox8, on Jan 14 2008, 19:43, said:

Actually you get the upgrade for free if you purchased recently (within the last 3 months, I think).

Well I looked on handango site and it said I have to pay for upgrade.  I plugged in my email and order number.

So I emailed saying ... "I could just return the software, as Im within 30 days of purchase, and then get new version"

Thus they are contacting pocket informant to find out if I get a better deal ;-)

[Disco Stu]

Pocket Informant upgrade policy :
http://www.pocketinf...;tab_id=upgrade

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• FREE: Any Purchased Version On or After September 1 2007
  
• $16.95: Purchased Before September 1 2007
  
• $16.95: Received as a free promotion (Handango or MobiHand) or prize

[WearTheFoxHat]

Disco Stu, on Jan 16 2008, 17:57, said:

Pocket Informant upgrade policy :
http://www.pocketinf...;tab_id=upgrade

Stu ... If I were a chick, Id have your babies !!!

Thank you so much ... seems even Handango werent aware of this, so I have just "advised" them!

Thanks again

[tsutton]

I got Pocket Informant 2007 via Modaco Fair Deal on 4th Jan 2008 - how do I upgrade to the latest version? I can't find anything on their website.

[Disco Stu]

WearTheFoxHat, on Jan 16 2008, 18:16, said:

Stu ... If I were a chick, Id have your babies !!!

No problem.
Well,apart from...

[Disco Stu]

tsutton, on Jan 16 2008, 18:45, said:

I got Pocket Informant 2007 via Modaco Fair Deal on 4th Jan 2008 - how do I upgrade to the latest version? I can't find anything on their website.

Presumably you put your email address in the box provided like what I did.
My copy came from the Handango promotion. The app is registered to email address rather than phone user name I think

[tsutton]

I did try that but it didn't find my e-mail address.