Re: DateBk on Android would be a sure fire winner

Good news, Peter.  Others here can probably cut & paste from prior discussions on this topic, but the short answer is that CESD owns an Android-based Droid and is actively working on a Pimlical app. for it!

As long as we are on this topic, I would like to ask WHY other phones' native calendars OMIT SO MANY FEATURES like the ones that you describe. I could have written the same post that you did regarding my iPhone...

--- In [email protected], "peterthevicar" <peter@...> wrote:
>
> Dear CESD.
> 
> Having had DateBk from Handspring Edge, through Sony Clie and finally Palm Treo I've now decided to jump off the Palm ship. As I'm a Linux fan I chose an Android device which is in many ways excellent.
> 
> BUT...
> 
> I can hardly believe how APPALLING the native calendar application is!!
> 
> The user interface is very pretty but really hard to use with any accuracy or speed. 
> 
> Screen space is wasted by the bucket load and yet the single day view doesn't even tell you which day of the week it's on. 
> 
> You can't set up 'complex' repeat patterns on the phone - complex being 'every 2nd week' for example!
> 
>  You can't set the snooze interval, number of reminders or any of that stuff. 
> 
> I could go on and on: it's just terrible, and especially in comparison with DateBk.
> 
> The only thing that makes it a viable option for me is that it syncs with GCal so I can do all the real work in Firefox.
> 
> I think you'd have a tidal wave of grateful purchasers if you produced a version for Android - any chance?
> 
> Best wishes, Peter
>




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