I think I've finally found it, the best PIM application for a Windows Mobile 6 Smartphone Standard edition device has to be Developer One's Agenda One.
I had been pretty happy with SBSH's Papyrus but decided to give Agendus a try a while back. After returning to Papyrus, I thought I had a pretty good choice after looking at the selection available. The one that kept niggling at me though was Agenda One, and when someone had it on sale, I downloaded the trial and couldn't believe what I had been missing. I liked it so much, I ended up paying full price (not on purpose but I missed the last day of the sale, eh, never mind).
Developer One has really thought through how to best enter, sort and find your daily information on your Windows Mobile device.
Once you load the application, it defaults to the Agenda view which gives you an overview of your appointments and tasks. Nothing terribly impressive except that it works - simply and elegantly.
Where the app starts to put some distance between itself and others is pressing the soft key lets you pull up other view options. D-pad to your chosen view and it opens quickly to give you just the view you want to see. It offers four calendar choices, an option for tasks as well as contacts with just one click.
I have to agree with their mission on their product page:
Our goal: to have you never again walk away from the doctor, dentist, etc with an appointment reminder card in your hands.
It really is that easy.
One push from the main screen will bring you to the create new Appointment? Task? and you're off. Nothing to do but enter the details with only the most pertinent details asked to create a quick entry, save it and get on with your day.
Contacts view has support for pictures and will start searching as you are entering letters or numbers.
Across the application, you can dial any number from your appointments and tasks or notes of those appointments and tasks.
There are icons, icons packs and Developer One also has a free Theme Creator (and a pretty nice community of creators in their forums) if you aren't too happy with the candy-apple red.
The Theme options are pretty good and you shouldn't be hard pressed to find one that suits you if you don't like the standard default. My only complaint is about the included icons: they seem to be rather sterile and lack personality, especially when compared to what some other PIM makers are able to offer.
The options available give you a nearly dizzying number of choices but don't be put off. You can change global settings or simply customize your current favorite view and leave the rest to default. I've found the Monthly view (at top) to be the best since it gives a highlighted day with the details running down the right hand of the screen.
You can create new items from there or zoom in to the Agenda view with just one click.
I can't say enough good things about Agenda One for Windows Mobile 6 Standard. It works quickly and easily without a lot of fuss but still gives the user a great many option for customization if you are so inclined.
There is a version of Agenda One for Windows Mobile 6 Professional that anyone running the AT&T Tilt, Spring Mogul or T-Mobile Wing may want to look at. They are also the makers of Agenda Fusion, one of the founding fathers of PIM apps for Windows Mobile.
You can order it directly from their website which usually has the best price, everyone else seems to have a price mark-up unless you catch a sale somewhere. Here's the link for the trial for the Windows Mobile 6 Standard version.
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