Re: DateBk a deal-breaker for iPhone/iPad migration

Larry do I undertand you correctly, Datebook6 will work on the Android? If this is true, I now know what to buy to replace my aging Treo.

--- In [email protected], Larry Finch <finches@...> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 12:43 AM, Matt Agajanian <gulmatan@...> wrote:
> 
> > Hi all.
> >
> > I had a very fascinating discussion with a friend of mine.
> > Unfortunately as an iCal/iPhoneOS loyal, he just couldn't grasp why
> > DateBk6 is so much more robust versatile than the Apple approach.  In
> > so doing, he thought that transferring DateBk6 data was just a simple
> > matter of just cutting & pasting the data that would link entries
> > together.  How naive was that?!  Anyway, in true salesman and Apple
> > devotee fashion, he was trying to sell me on how although (yes,
> > another naive statement) the DateBk6 market is slim to minimal, it
> > doesn't mandate that Apple change its philosophies so as a DateBk or
> > PimliCal can have access to PIM data where the iPhone is involved.
> > It just seems that Apple's gonna stranglehold YOUR OWN PIM data with
> > the way they want it handled because, although it's your data, an
> > iPhone/iPad is involved.  So, to them and to my friend, it seems
> > reasonable that Apple has say on what to do with your data.
> >
> > Anyway, like I said, my friend didn't realise that the Pimlico/
> > DateBk6/PimliCal client/user base is substantial and because he
> > thinks we are a small minority, Apple doesn't need to adjust so as to
> > allow PimliCal or DateBk to be developed for iPhoneOS
> >
> > We then got into a discussion on even though PalmOS is gone, at least
> > there's 'Classic' by MotionApps.  I then told him that, because of
> > that and, for us, PalmOS lives on and I can STILL run DateBk6 on a
> > Pre, that iPad option is not sounding any better than a Pre or, at
> > most extreme, a reconditioned Palm T|X should my old one become
> > unusable.
> >
> > Have i missed something here that I should have explained to him?
> > Further, isn't our DateBk6, PimliCal, Pimlico Software client/user
> > base much more substantial than my friend seems to think?
> >
> > Matt
> >
> 
> It depends on what you mean by "substantial". At its peak several years ago
> CESD said there were over 3 million registered datebkX users. Compared to 75
> million iPhones, that may not be substantial in Apple's view.
> 
> But 3 million additional apps that apple would make about $7 each on might
> make it interesting for Apple. Especially if some of those 3 million will
> buy an iPhone instead of a Pre or Android.
> 
> BTW, an associate just got a Pre. nifty device, and, with the touchstone
> charger (no connection required) it's rather space-agey. But battery life is
> worse than the iPhone (if that's possible).
> 
> best,
> Larry
> -- 
> Larry Finch
> 
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> 
> 
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