Comments on: Leonard Maltin Movie Guide Review

I love watching movies and I love my various Palm devices. Sometime, when I'm watching a movie that's a bit slow to deliver the action, or when I am casually rewatching an old favorite, I whip out my TX or Treo and combine two of my favorite leisure activities. Landware's long-running Leonard Maltin Movie Guide has recently been updated and revised for 2007. Couch potatoes, the missing link has now arrived! Read on to see how Landware has managed to blur the lines between the silver screen and the 2.5" LCD screen.

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How does it compare to VideoHound?

jmknapp53 @ 11/15/2006 4:52:02 PM #

Like the subject line sez....

J.

It's all too amazing for words

RE: How does it compare to VideoHound?

JarJar @ 11/15/2006 5:34:18 PM #

I like VideoHound much better. VideoHound has around 28,000 movies and LM has 22,000. Plus the VideoHound reviews are more complete and have tons more data like cinematographer, composer, etc. Some of the Leonard Maltin "reviews" are like two sentance reviews.

The pain of VideoHound is that it doesn't have any kind of automatic HotSync updating. You have to manually download every new zip file. You have to go to the PocketSensei website to get the monthly updates and to make it worse they don't seem to advertise when the updates occur, though I've found they seem to occur around the first week of every month.

But aside from that pain, I find the VH way better.

OK, here's my Landware rant.

moofie @ 11/15/2006 6:03:49 PM #

My laptop's hard drive went kerflooey, along with my archive of software license numbers for my Palm apps that I've bought. Then, my Treo decided to forget all my registration numbers for the programs I use. Bummer. Should be a minor annoyance, just email the companies and get the license numbers again, right?

Mostly right. With Landware? Wrong. Went back and forth with a progressively-more-rude support person who didn't have a record of my last two upgrades of Pocket Quicken. Won't give me the license number for the version they DO have a record of me purchasing. So, basically, I either pay them again (full retail) or I'm out of luck.

Sorry, Landware. Not gonna get another nickel from me.

Caveat emptor.

RE: OK, here's my Landware rant.

JarJar @ 11/15/2006 6:56:19 PM #

I won't comment on the Landware service, but dude, you've got to keep you registration codes backed up. Is the handheld your one and only copy? That's just dumb.

People need to understand that computers (including Treos) need to be backed up. I bet you have baby pictures on your home computer that you haven't backed up. Every person, pro or home user, needs to keep important data in two or even three independent locations.

When your hard drive crashes (it eventually will) are you going to blame, DELL or Seagate or Microsoft? Always Always Always backup.

RE: OK, here's my Landware rant.

hkklife @ 11/15/2006 8:57:11 PM #

Yup, I learned the hard way. Now I have two WD external HDs w/ one-touch backups enabled. Quick, painless and easy.

I have to admit that it IS harder to get in the ol' dock/charge/sync habit when you are a Treo user (vs a conventional Palm handheld user).

With Internet anywhere on the Treo it's a lot easier to skip or just forget about the frequent Hotsyncs. Before I would sync 2x daily just to get the AvantGo updates on my OS 4 & Tungsten era devices!

Pilot 1000-->Pilot 5000-->PalmPilot Pro-->IIIe-->Vx-->m505-->T|T-->T|T2-->T|C-->T|T3-->T|T5-->TX-->Treo 700P

RE: OK, here's my Landware rant.

moofie @ 11/16/2006 1:11:43 AM #

See, that was the problem. My primary storage and backup storage both died within about a week of each other. Terrifically bad luck, but nevertheless: I paid these jokers upwards of $70, and they won't even give me the code that they ADMIT I purchased.

Heck, this was the first time I'd ever lost data on my Treo. Despite other folks' horror stories, mine has been pretty bulletproof for over a year. Go figure.

I've never had a single problem getting a vendor to re-send me a registration code. I had no reason to suspect that I'd have a problem this time. I am now enlightened, and hopefully I can save somebody else the headache.

RE: OK, here's my Landware rant.

clinton @ 11/16/2006 9:41:13 AM #

>Won't give me the license number for the version they DO have a record of me purchasing.

Hey Moofie, if we have a record of you purchasing the maltin guide then we would have issued you a code no questions asked. I'm not sure what the background is, however if you wanted to email me your details directly I will get it sorted for you.

c l i n t o n AT landware DOT com

RE: OK, here's my Landware rant.

clinton @ 11/16/2006 9:46:05 AM #

ok I should learn how to read. You are talking about PQ.

If you are the Lee Gibson from Plano Texas we have no record of you purchasing the app from us. According to the notes at this end we are waiting on proof of purchase or a reg cad from you.

To be honest I find it astonishing that one of our support people would basically say "Yes I see you are registered, I see your registration code but no I'm not going to give it to you."

In any case why don't you contact me and I will help you directly.

RE: OK, here's my Landware rant.

moofie @ 11/20/2006 11:23:11 AM #

Very good news on this front. Clinton got me all sorted out, and I am again a happy customer. I hate to be the squeaky wheel, but I am very glad this has been resolved.

Thank you!