Comments on: iambic Releases Agendus 8.0

Long time user of iambic's products --- Agendus back to ActionNames 2 or somethin' like that. I rely heavily on the software.

That having been said, this upgrade is really for the Zire 32 and Tungsten and above crowd. Those of us still content with our m515's and below need not apply. It's over 800K, and a lot of the features are completely worthless lo-res.

I'm quite happy with 7.06 and will probably stay at this level 'til I replace my unit.

H.

While I've been using Agendus for a while (v5 or so), This latest update seems to add a bit much. Yes, That's an odd thing to say, but look at it practically.

While the pro version now let you choose to use a different email provider, you are still required to have the Email client installed "Memory requirements: 850 kb of space plus email client". Further, in either version, I DON"T need another Jpeg viewer, I'd be nice if I could ditch this functionality altogether. I never use it and yet it takes up memory. It's taken how many versions to include location support? Meanwhile (last I checked) dialing a contact from the agendus contact's window is not logged under contact History.

I went to Agendus originally because it was eaisy to use looked good and above all, let me integrate contacts with meeting and Todo's. I'm just not sure that all of the Junk I'd have to install (an not use) would be worth the upgrade. Maybe if Iabic released a lite version (with out the Jpeg, email, vivid agenda, ect..)? Just my $0.02

Mike Allwitt
Logic X Design, Inc Database Consulting

- Yeh, it's cool. Was it supposed to do that?

Of course, we haven't forgiven them yet. . .

elo

I too have used Agendus since the Action Names days. I picked it mainly because of its ability to link meetings to people. I liked that ability. But the #1 thing that has been missing from this software the whole time has been the ability to link more than one contact to any meeting.

When I read that they had overcome that obstacle, I damn near tripped over myself getting to their website to read about it.

They haven't quite done it yet.
I don't know what the difference is between a "linked" contact and "attendees," but I bet the latter don't get history generated by the meetings that they are only "attendees" for.

Sadly enough, I actually stopped using Agendus all together about two months ago when I realized that there just wasn't any huge benefit to it. The T3 agenda screen is much better,mainly because it shows me my todo instead of telling me how many I have, but also because it tells me how much Versamail I have and lets me link right to it. Agendus also suffers from an inability to quickly filter by calendar category (which the T3 lets me color code nicely) unless they've fixed that.

And the worst part is, they've left me out in the cold by making their multi-linking contact feature available only on the professional version. I've been a loyal user for five years and now I can't even pay my usual bloat-fee of $10 to get it?

Still alienating me after all this time...

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Flashback: 1999
Quik_Fix: (looking at IIIxe)So 8 megs is enough?
Salesman: Oh yeah. Believe me, you'll NEVER fill up 8 megs...
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Visor-IIIxe-IIIc-H330-m130-m515-T665c-SJ33-T|3

...and I'll say it again.

I, too, started using this app a long time ago, back in the ActionNames Datebook days. But I stopped using it around version 6. In all my years of using a Palm OS PDA, this is the only company that charges a minimum of $10 for every minor bug fix or enhancement, calling it an "upgrade."

It's really quite good software, but I wouldn't pay $200.00 for it out of the box, and I won't pay that much in the long run for it, either.

Pilot Pro -> III -> IIIe -> Nino (yeah...oops!) -> IIIc -> VIIx -> m505 -> NR70V -> NX60 -> T3

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I feel compelled to bring attention to potential users of Agendus 8.0 as Iambic have decided to implement a "software assurance" policy for minor and major upgrades to their software - meaning, it will cost you an extra $14.95 per annum on top of the cost of software you paid.

This could possibly mean, if there are any bugs in the existing software you may not get a fix unless you have bought their "Palm Subscription Service".

Not too long ago, it was this company that hijacked a non-profit software company's website (DateBk5). I am sure many of us still remember that fiasco. It just seems this company - Iambic - is one of those greedy and revolting companies that have not learned from their previous actions.

So, before you upgrade or buy Agendus 8.0 - just be aware that on top of the $39.95 or $29.95 you are paying, you may not get any bug fix unless you pony up another $14.95.

With the volume (and intensity) of dialogue that is anti-Iambic / Agendus, why do we not see more competition for their product? I'm particularly intrigued because much of the protesting relates to Iambic's revenue model and user cost of ownership - I'd expect the free market to build a cheaper (if not better) mousetrap.

I've found the best for me (Pimlico products), but the Agendus users (and detractors) need slightly different functionality, so where's the enterprising capitalist that will sieze the opportunity?

Puck

I don't have any problems paying for software that lets me take advantage of more of the cool capabilities of my PDA. On average I get a new PDA every 6-8 months it seems like, though it's probably longer in between. I end up spending about $400 typically, then sometimes buy a folding keyboard for another $60 or so. I had a Palm IIIc, Palm Vx, Sony NR70, and now a T3. I get a ton of use out of my palm and programs or add on hardware like keyboards that let me get even more use out of it are completely worth it ... at least to me. I actually expect to have to pay to get a bunch of new features, I figure those people working on making the Treo 610 or whatever new hardware or software do those jobs because they like doing them, can make a living at it.

I really liked version 7 of Agendus and thought that was the best PIM app on any handheld device be it PPC, P900, Palm, or other. But after seeing version 8 and all this cool new stuff

-multiple contact linking
-photos on to dos
-photos on contacts
-option to specify my preferred dialer, which i can change on-the-fly by the way, so i can dial my mobile via blue tooth or tone dial my work or home phone ... i love that
-can now also specify my preferred sms or email app which is cool
-category icon/colorization is convenient
-that automatic icon assignment thing is even useful
-follow-up options on alarm reminders is killer, so you can dial, email or sms the contact linked to the event. This is super convenient, it's small touches like this that just make it so great to use.
-the highlighting on fonts is actually totally needed, this makes the wallpaper so much more useable because now you don't loose readability. Very slick.

there are a bunch of other new features too, but the ones listed above are what really just stood out to me the most after using it for a couple of days now.

Cheers.