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Originally Posted by divajess
Bob, can you go over exactly what you will do/want to do with Your PPC? I know you have gone over some of it already, but that will help me even more. :-)
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Congrats on the new PDA!
I'm not too sure what to add to my previous list.
Because there are AvantGo and iSilo on PPC, plus some of the things listed above, I'm covered for most of the "essentials". So probably the most important things I need in order to survive the switch to PPC are
[1] A nice looking 1-wk calendar view like DateBk5 that is also functional (you can tap an entry or day and start adding apptmts or details). This is critical to me because a one-day view doesn't help me see what I have planned for the week or help me find open time to schedule a meeting. I need to see all the apptmts with times and usually a location all on one screen. If I have to scroll for each new day to see the apptmts, I just lose track of the big picture.
[2] An outliner to be my Shadow replacement. I use an outline to keep track of projects and tasks in hierarchical form. Some of the items have notes attached, that can be expanded from the main view with a single tap. I tap a single link checkbox to create a todo item in the main todo database that's tied back to the Shadow entry, and use the built-in when I'm actually looking at todos. It's only the subset that I want to see. When I do a weekly review of everything I do it from the Shadow outliner side.[*] Here's one I forgot before... a launcher that allows me to start a program by punching one of the pda buttons. I currently use on that assigns a primary button. Then it shows a button map on the screen. if I follow that first button with any button held short or long, it launches the program I assigned to that button (one for a short push, one for a long push). I've seen another version that counts the number of button pushes to figure out what program to launch... eg a quick push, push, push of the memo button would launch the 3-push program assigned to that button. The idea is that it's really easy to get to any key program without the stylus, just by hitting the right button the right number of times.
Based on all the other input, I think I can cover most everything else I need. (I'll know more after I try things, of course.) And once I get "settled in", I'll surely want to know more about some additional things I might be able to do, like the game emulators.
Is that the sort of thing you were looking for with regard to more info??
Thanks! (Feel free to throw in suggestions and ideas here at any time.)
PS. Oh... and one more thing. Anyone know what I can use to move my data over to the PPC. The built in calendar, memos and address book database entries are the ones I'm most concerned about, but it would be neat if I could also move my Shadow data so don't have to reenter it all.