The main (maybe only real) disappointment with the Nokia E61 is the built in PIM functions are pretty weak. Sure you get a calendar and Task manager, but they are not anything like the built-in stuff you find on a Palm – which is my gadget heritage. Today there are no quality released versions of applications to fill this gap, but there are two betas (one open and one closed) in process which will certainly be competing for the GTD of the E61set.
I’ve installed Aquacalendar 5 beta today and it’s considerably better than the current release version 4.1. I’m looking forward to tracking the progress here…
There’s also the pending open beta of Papyrus. This had actually initially caught my eye – especially based on having tried the current version of Aquacalendar.
It’s hard to say who will win and I’m sure what will follow as these apps are released will be something similar to the Agendus vs. Datebk debates many have witnessed on Palm threads. My guess is that both will do what you need, but handle things in different ways based on the philosophy of the developers. Either way, mobile productivity is about to get much better.
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Comparing these two applications gives me a pretty clear picture how things are. Papyrus got a better interface and AquaCalendar 5 more functions. More then that…hard to say right now.
Perhaps I should write a beta-review of these compared to eachother?
Please do! I don’t know that I need all the functions in AquaCalendar, but the new version is pretty nice – though kludgy with the shortcuts…
Looking forward to at least seeing Papyrus in action.
far too late to voice a constructive comment… but I can see where you was going.
🙂
far too late to voice a constructive comment… but I can see where you was going.
🙂