iambic Releases Agendus 6.0
iambic today unveiled Agendus 6.0. Developed through extensive user feedback, Agendus 6.0 now includes new features, including Today View, new agenda views, advanced calendar view, customizable background, tap-and-hold menu features and more.
New Features
Today View now allows users to see schedules at a glance. The new view
includes the most important to-dos, meetings, calls and incoming e-mails
for the day, if used in conjunction with iambic Mail application.
New List View capabilities, such as arbitrary time picker, extended filtering features and new color settings, have been added to the Week View. Customizable background image feature allows users to pick a favorite picture from the memory card and set it as a background. In addition to viewing all meetings and calls in the List View, the most important to-dos can be viewed as a list as well.
All scheduled meetings can now be conveniently categorized by the user
into different categories such as private, work-related and others. Alarms in Agendus 6.0 can now be set for "untimed" appointments with no beginning and/or no end.
New tap-and-hold multi-functional menus allow the user to perform more
operations in the same view.
The new Time Picker feature lets the program user select a date and time for meetings, alarms, to-dos and other activities quickly and precisely. In addition, the user can set the Time Picker for an appointment that extends past midnight, that is scheduled for the next day or is scheduled several days in advance. The program also has extensive color support, which was not available in the previous versions, making the application's views easier to view and use.
Agendus 6.0 supports all Palm OS and Palm OS 5 devices, including 160x160, 320x320 and 320x480 resolution screens, and offers support in all available views. For users of high-resolution screens, the icons in the Today View are three-dimentional. Agendus now includes more compatibility and interaction with Iambic office and iambic's windows version of Agendus.
Availability
A free trial version of Agendus 6.0 can be downloaded from
iambic.com. The full application is available for $24.95 via download from iambic's web site. A free upgrade to version 6.0 is included for customers who have purchased version 5.0 and up, beginning on October 1, 2002.
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RE: very cool app
Wait.... is that a Pocket PC today screen or not? Hrm..... ;-)
RE: very cool app
RE: very cool app
Are you sure you don't have a brother/cousin/son named Ska?
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RE: very cool app
I once respected this company and idolized their software (Agendus is great). But it has become increasingly clear, based on recent behavior, they are nothing more than a corrupt, low-class, software shop. Looks like I'll be switching to DateBk5. C.E. Stauart DeWar never pulls stunts like this.
"it's better to be a pirate than join the navy." - Steve Jobs
Today Wallpaper
Still a few things they must do...
- Address Book is not yet good enough to replace Palm's built-in OS5 Address Book on my Tungsten. Why not?
1) No quick look up using D-Pad
2) No quick dial to my bluetooth phone via one-click on my Tungsten D-pad
- Navigation in general does not take advantage of the Tungsten D-Pad. You can do a couple of things, but you cannot, for example, choose a specific To-Do, Meeting, or Contact using only the D-Pad.
- I think it's a no brainer to be able to dial a call through a bluetooth phone by clicking (or using some sort of hold/D-Pad click) on a Call in the ToDo / Call list. Can't do it.
- Can't sort ToDos by Category
RE: Still a few things they must do...
Just out 1 day and already a huge bug list on their forum!
And the most disappointing thing, no D-Pad support.
You are right with the palm build in address book it's much easier to work with.
Looks like this time meeting the release deadline was the highest goal not delivering a perfect product.
Until now, and I hate to say that, I cannot recommend anyone to buy this product.
I already tried Datebk5 a couple of weeks ago, If Iambic does not come out with a real upgrade in near future I am gone as a customer!!
RE: Still a few things they must do...
RE: Still a few things they must do...
www.users.bigpond.com/aetherpalm/ or at PalmGear if you wish. A fairly useful piece of freeware.
Ran
RE: Still a few things they must do...
RE: Still a few things they must do...
DateBk5 versus Agendus 6
RE: DateBk5 versus Agendus 6
I will stay on 5.35 for now. Also why I can't make Today to start it whenever I turn on my Palm?
Agendus 6.1
http://www.iambic.com/english/palmos/agendus/news.html
RE: Agendus 6.1
Support from Iambic for Agendus
I've e-mail their sales, support, forums, posted bugs that are essential to how agendus works. No response, not even automated that they received your post and will be considering it.
There is a bug I am expiriencing with Sony Clie T665c, and it is that on the contacts section you try to do a search for a name and it does not search for it it highlights 3 or 4 names at a time, then turns black (those first highlighted) and highlights others that you are not looking for, then it stops. I think this feature is called quicksearch and it used to work fine in the other betas and the older version 5.35.
It seems that I am the only one with this bug, becuase its not in the forums. And they have not answered me to let me know. Also Have you noticed that they never report what the fixed in the program? Usually there is always (with other programs) a text file in the download that tells you what has been fixed for the build. That way you do not have to keep guessing and searching their forums to see what the fixed.
So drop me a line at
and let me know. This has me so upset, because its the feature I use the most and I think its essential to the software. Imagine I've got more than 500 names in my address book, if I had to scroll to find the one I'm looking for. Its almost easier to go back to paper!!!
I am a huge fan of this software, but at this point I am in the verge or considering another one. I've been using this software since I bought my fist PDA 4 years ago!!!
RE: Support from Iambic for Agendus
I also have a T665c and am having the exact same problem, I have about 600 contacts that I need to navigate through quickly. This is rather annoying, the problem go's away as soon as I scroll up or down with the jog dial, but it's a pain in the ass.
Also I find the today screen to be a work in progress, tapping on most areas does nothing, and there is no way to customize it.
RE: Support from Iambic for Agendus
Wolvy
RE: Support from Iambic for Agendus
After releasing Agendus 6.0 they recieved 450 threads , etc. in their forum on bug reports for this programm within a couple of days!! 1187 posts all together!!
I think someone made a bad decission to release this programm beside all reported bugs in the beta program.
Well, I think they do a real good job with the beta program. I beta-tested 2 of their products so far, Agendus and TimeReporter. During the TimeReporter beta their really came back on comments, and their actually changed or added features after requested from beta customers. Well, their are still some (minor) bugs in the final release of TR, but not comparable to the situation with Agendus.
I do not understand why they release this version so early with all the known bugs. Maybe someone decided, meeting the deadline is most important. Hopefully this someone is no longer with Iambic.
It is really a pitty, Agendus is a great program. I am using it for several years. I tried a lot of other schedulers and always returned to Agendus. No they ruined their reputation with a single release.
I would suggest, they take the release back, stay with selling 5.35 (works great) for a while and re-release 6.0 after all bugs are solved and the most needed features (D-Pad support) are added.
It would the best for them and their reputation to commit to the mistake they made.
Go, Iambic, send 6.1. back to the beta testing!!!!!
Karl
RE: Support from Iambic for Agendus
I hope they learn from this one. Thanks guys for the posts.
Karl, what are you using for pim if you do not use agendus anymore.
I am on the verge of switching to 5.35, but in that case Iambic will have to give me my money back. I already boutght the upgrade (my bad). I do not like any other pim out there for the palm, already too used to agendus...
Let me know
RE: Support from Iambic for Agendus
But if they do not solve the bugs and the missing D-Pad func I am gone. I think I will use Datebk5 instead. I already tried it and it is good, only a little bit confusing with all the settings etc.
If you don't have a Tungsten, you should stay with 5.35 it'S working fine and stable.
Karl
RE: Support from Iambic for Agendus
RE: Support from Iambic for Agendus
1. In the Customer List you cannot do a quick search/find.
2. When you change the time on the weekly view by selecting just the time, of an appointment it sends the appointment back to a different date.
3. The today view does not update the to-do list. Today I had the following:
4. When the time of an appointment is changed from the today view by selecting the time. The appointment is no longer displayed in Calendar section of the day view.
5. when you make an appointment choose and icon and save it. The next time you open the appointment and change the category, the appointment icon reverts back to the default icon for the appointment
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I also noticed that someone from PIC reported that users of T665C where having problems and that it was posted on their site. The response from Iambic was "we're working on it".
I generally don't post much. But I do read this forum every day. And I am very proud of belonging to this posting group.
I goes to say, and I have read this from other users before PIC ROCKS. Apperantly they are watchin/paying attention to us!!!! THUMBS UP!!!
Very nice
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very cool app