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Pocket Quicken 2.5
One of Pocket Quicken's appeals was that it didn't try to be a complete personal financial manager; it left that role to Quicken. Instead, it complemented Quicken by being with users where Quicken couldn't, allowing them to enter transactions on the spot and sync with Quicken later.
I suspect Landware's new direction is going to leave us with a program that is neither a good PFM (It could never compete with Quicken and the resources of a PC), nor a good PDA companion to a PFM (Too bloated). I wouldn't even consider upgrading, but 2.5 finally allows users to use the D-pad. I think Pocket Quicken 2.03 is the now the only program on my Tungsten T that forces me to pull out my stylus just to read information.
RE: Pocket Quicken 2.5
That's my $.02, anyhow. I'll be glad to kick down a couple bucks for the upgrade...it's certainly saved me money just by helping me keep my financial house in order.
Glad to see it
Most of the time, I use PQ exclusively for reference. I used to input spending with it on the spot-for which it is very useful and effective-until I realized that it was easier to just DL all my transactions off my banks website. I still occasionally log an expenditure for the hell of it.
I'm glad they're updating the software to make it more functional. I used a palm-exclusive money keeping for a while (Acccounts n Loans teamed with QuikBudget), so I know that there is a market for it, and I'm not going to say they're wrong for addressing that market.
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The upgrade from 2.03 (2.5 is a wierd call for such a huge jump... what are they saving the number 3.x for...?) was $14.95. As a previous reviewer mentioned, just having some support for the 4-way toggle was worth the money. FYI- the support is there, but not as intuitive or inclusive as you would expect. Also, adding a "new" transaction has changed, and maybe I'm just stuck in my ways but it seems more troublesome to add a transaction.
On the plus, now you can finally view split memo fields, the number area in the splits defaults to numbers not letters on the Treo, many more view options, improved security, and it probably looks even better on a Treo 650 (or my new pending Treo 700).
I commend Landware for a very fair $14.95 upgrade price on this. If more Palm software vendors made such sweeping improvements and priced the upgrade to their existing licencees similarly, there'd be a lot less warez kiddies floating around. There is definitely increased value for the money asked here.
The next Palm developer that wonders why so few people bit on their yearly $20-$40 "upgrade" of little consequence might take a page from Landware's Pocket Quicken business model. $14.95 from tens of thousands of people beats $34.95 from 27 yearly repeat suckers.
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