Re: Re: How I moved from DateBk to iOS

I used companion link trial to move my data from pre1 to palm desktop and back.

The instructions on the CL website were poor and  I had to figure out some of
it out myself.

Martin N

At 20:06 14/11/2011, you wrote:
>
>
>To move data from Palm Desktop to iPhone or 
>iPad, try Companion Link 
>(www.companionlink.com). It costs 50 USD, but 
>it's free to try for 14 days, so if you just 
>want to move the data and then never sync to 
>Palm Desktop again, it should be free of charge. 
>I haven't tried it myself though. I have bought 
>an Android phone and 99% decided on Pimlical 
>Android in order to retain all the functionality 
>I am used to, although I do find the user 
>interface of Pimlical Desktop overly complicated 
>(and Pimlical Android is supposed to be mostly 
>the same because it's the same Java code).
>
>Lars
>
>--- In 
><mailto:pimlicodatebk%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected], 
>"d.craig" <d3nn151950@...> wrote:
> >
> > Kevin,
> > I have to say "Amen" to every point you made 
> about the DateBk! I have been using a Palm 
> Centro for about 4 years, and have had DateBk longer than that.
> > I am moving to the iPhone4, for the same 
> reasons that you mentioned--I have totally gone 
> Apple in everything else: iMac, MacBook Pro, 
> iPad, iPod Touch; so going to the iPhone seemed to be the only logical choice.
> > I have had a chance to go through all of my 
> contacts, and have my contacts from my Palm to the Mac complete.
> > Now to the Calendar: I want to get ALL of my 
> calendar, with years of "stuff", on the IOS and/or iCloud, etc.
> > Do you have any updated suggestions?
> > Thank you very much!
> >
> > --- In 
> <mailto:pimlicodatebk%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected], 
> "lufades" <lufad@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Calengoo do floating tasks if you sync with 
> Google task, in advanced setting you can set: 
> "Show passed due tasks on today" or something 
> like this (on my iPod Calengoo is in french). 
> It is not as flexible as DateBk but it's a 
> debut. It will float until you mark it done.
> > >
> > > Luc
> > >
> > > --- In 
> <mailto:pimlicodatebk%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected], 
> John Messeder <john@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > CalenGoo does floating events?? How? I'm not seeing that.
> > > > --
> > > > John Messeder, JAFPR, MBS
> > > > 60 Woodcrest Drive
> > > > Gettysburg, PA 17325
> > > > Ph: 717.253.0605
> > > >
> > > > Visit JohnMesseder.com
> > > > of Follow me on:
> > > > Facebook/jmesseder2
> > > > Or
> > > > Twitter/jmesseder2
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > lufades <lufad@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > I also like very much DateBk but no luck 
> on iOs, I am reading about Pocket Informant and 
> WeekCal both are good but if you need something 
> closer to BateBk on iOs have a look at Calengoo 
> it support iOs calendar, Google calendar, 
> Google Task - recurring tasks - floating tasks 
> - and a lot of possibilities of customizations. 
> The learning is a little steep but if you used 
> BateBk you know that it's not always easy to have a good Calendar app.
> > > > I have no connections with Calengoo 
> except that I am a very satisfied customer.
> > > >
> > > > Luc
> > > >
> > > > --- In 
> <mailto:pimlicodatebk%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected], 
> Kevin Quosig <kevin@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > THE SHORT ANSWER:
> > > > > I went with Pocket Informant.
> > > > >
> > > > > THE LONG ANSWER:
> > > > > (With apologies to Pimlico...I just LOVED DateBk.
> > > > > Best...calendar...app...ever. Still is, IMHO. But myself and
> > > > > others here wanted to move to the iOS. So I'm answering a
> > > > > question so many of us ask here.)
> > > > >
> > > > > When searching for a new smart device as my Centro ages, I was
> > > > > dismayed that there was no way to get a "smart" phone anymore
> > > > > without a data plan, which I have no need for. I don't text and
> > > > > I don't surf the web on my phone. Apparently the Centro was the
> > > > > last of that breed. But I do have need for little pocket apps
> > > > > like DateBk, SplashID, and other utilities that are far beyond
> > > > > the capabilities of "dumb" phones. For years I carried a Palm
> > > > > Pilot and "dumb" phone separately, but once you've had
> > > > > convergence, it's hard to contemplate 
> going back to two separate devices.
> > > > >
> > > > > On the other side, as much as I loved Palm, they more than once,
> > > > > and finally rather permanently, abandoned Mac users. Palm
> > > > > Desktop was rather flakey, and I had to rely on the wonderful,
> > > > > but third-party, Missing Sync to get any useful backup of the
> > > > > Centro's content (or get data onto the phone). This has annoyed
> > > > > me for years now.
> > > > >
> > > > > So my main decision to go iOS as a primarily Mac user was one of
> > > > > mitigating being orphaned/abandoned...which is a likely scenario
> > > > > with Windows Mobile, Palm, Android, etc. Frankly the Android was
> > > > > very tempting, but given Apple-Google sparring and the
> > > > > fragmentation of the OS, I decided I would rather have the
> > > > > stability, if sometimes weird-thinking, and "sure to work with
> > > > > my Mac" of iOS. Just my take on things, YMMV.
> > > > >
> > > > > The other problem was the way DateBk started focusing on the
> > > > > desktop. In my case, I live and worked ON THE DEVICE. I rarely
> > > > > used the desktop end except as backup or when the phone died,
> > > > > was left at home, etc. I wanted to use it in meetings and on the
> > > > > fly...and having "full function on the desktop, but stuck with
> > > > > built-in features on the phone" was not an option.
> > > > >
> > > > > So in the end I spent alot of time researching feature sets, and
> > > > > found that many DateBk users had moved to Pocket Informant--to
> > > > > the point where the developers were all too familiar with people
> > > > > asking "DateBk does this, can Pocket Informant?" Also helps that
> > > > > PI is available on every popular mobile platform: Blackberry,
> > > > > Droid, iOS, etc. So no matter where you headed after Palm, you
> > > > > could get PI.
> > > > >
> > > > > Does it do everything DB does? Nope, but in my case, fairly
> > > > > close, and coming releases look to be filling those gaps. To be
> > > > > fair, Pocket Informant for the iOS is just getting to version
> > > > > 2--DateBk was on version 6 and has been around for what, a
> > > > > decade? No way anyone can expect feature parity given that disparity.
> > > > >
> > > > > I did have to re-adjust the way I do things, which is expected
> > > > > for any switch. I've had the most difficulty "avoiding the
> > > > > cloud." Many modern iOS apps rely on the cloud (Google,
> > > > > ToodleDo, etc.) to get around the iOS's annoying "can only sync
> > > > > things on ONE machine" (unlike Palm's "I can sync on every
> > > > > machine you own and keep them all straight"--I used to sync at
> > > > > home and at work on the Palm), since I do NOT want my data in
> > > > > the cloud. But that's an Apple problem, not PI's. And PI may be
> > > > > getting around that in version 2 (and a Mac desktop app is
> > > > > planned in the future).
> > > > >
> > > > > The developers are great, and the company is small enough where
> > > > > the CEO often answers Forum questions. I spoke at length with
> > > > > one of the iOS devs at MacWorld. PI 2.0, coming very soon, is
> > > > > even supposedly going to work around the problem of
> > > > > device-to-device syncing (keeping say, an iPad and iPhone with
> > > > > the same PI data on them).
> > > > >
> > > > > In my case, I was given a work incentive that made getting an
> > > > > iPad cheap, which became my laptop and "big PDA." For more
> > > > > convenience, and through another incentive, I'll be using an
> > > > > iPod Touch paired with it. I'm slowly moving my data off the
> > > > > Centro as needed and when it dies in the future, it'll be
> > > > > replaced probably by the smallest "dumb" phone I can get with
> > > > > good reception, or whatever the "free with a plan" phone is at
> > > > > the time.
> > > > >
> > > > > Seriously, DateBk is still the best datebook application I've
> > > > > ever used (and on the flip side, iCal is by far the worst). And
> > > > > in many ways I can see why Pimlico didn't jump to iOS. DateBk
> > > > > was created on the most popular (and pretty much ONLY) PDA at
> > > > > the time by ONE man. When PalmOS vanished, I can certainly
> > > > > understand moving to where most of his customers went
> > > > > (apparently Android). And to be further fair, Android will at
> > > > > some point (if not already) outsell iOS. iOS, Apple's approval
> > > > > process, etc. can also be infuriating. For Apple/iOS users,
> > > > > that's just the way it goes, and I certainly won't be bitter
> > > > > about it. Though I can't help being sad to leave such a
> > > > > powerful, feature-rich application behind. :(
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
>

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