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Gameboy70 · 06-02-2007, 12:57 AM

I'm actually pretty excited about the product as it is -- with one exception. The one thing I would add, which I cannot for the life of me understand why Palm didn't, is the Palm Desktop. Being a GTD fanatic, not having a full-screen portal to my task lists and calendar is a serious drawback, especially for a device predicated on heavy email usage.

Actionable emails will generally have some actions associated with them that need to be entered in Tasks or Calendar, which is what I do at my desk on the Palm Desktop. Having to peck this information into the Treo keyboard is doable, but inconvenient. And I have serious doubts that whatever third-party PIMs are released for the Foleo (e.g. Beyond Contacts) will offer 100% replication of all data fields in the Palm Desktop (e.g. the note fields in Tasks, Contacts and Calendar entries).

06-02-2007, 12:57 AM	#5
Gameboy70 Connoisseur Posts: 84 Karma: 1002150 Join Date: Apr 2006 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, 3rd Gen iPad	I'm actually pretty excited about the product as it is -- with one exception. The one thing I would add, which I cannot for the life of me understand why Palm didn't, is the Palm Desktop. Being a GTD fanatic, not having a full-screen portal to my task lists and calendar is a serious drawback, especially for a device predicated on heavy email usage. Actionable emails will generally have some actions associated with them that need to be entered in Tasks or Calendar, which is what I do at my desk on the Palm Desktop. Having to peck this information into the Treo keyboard is doable, but inconvenient. And I have serious doubts that whatever third-party PIMs are released for the Foleo (e.g. Beyond Contacts) will offer 100% replication of all data fields in the Palm Desktop (e.g. the note fields in Tasks, Contacts and Calendar entries).