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Task mgnt/To do Lists Apps
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ToDo (or MobileToDo, don't remember the exact name) was a nice little task managment program available with jailbreak.
I wish the dev would port that one over, I would pay a couple of bucks for it too, especially if it added notes or some other minor features.
I wish the dev would port that one over, I would pay a couple of bucks for it too, especially if it added notes or some other minor features.
Look for the desktop counterpart apps to sync with iCal, that's the best bet.
Dejumble has a desktop version that syncs with iCal. I haven't tried it yet, but it looks interesting. If anyone has bought it, please post a brief review.
I can't believe you can't do tasks in mobile Calendar.app...
Zenbe Lists
Until some of these desktop-to-iPhone apps start syncing well I have been happy with Zenbe Lists. It allows you to create lists through their web interface and then sync it with the iPhone app wirelessly. Accounts are free, you can share your lists with others, and having a web interface means I can enter a bunch of stuff quickly using a full sized keyboard.
Its not as full featured as the GTD apps but I've never really gotten into the rigidity of that system anyway.
Until some of these desktop-to-iPhone apps start syncing well I have been happy with Zenbe Lists. It allows you to create lists through their web interface and then sync it with the iPhone app wirelessly. Accounts are free, you can share your lists with others, and having a web interface means I can enter a bunch of stuff quickly using a full sized keyboard.
Its not as full featured as the GTD apps but I've never really gotten into the rigidity of that system anyway.
I loaded zenbe then just as quickly unloaded it when reading through their terms of service:
http://www.zenbe.com/terms
"Your Intellectual Property Rights
Zenbe does not claim any ownership for any of the content, including any text, data, images, photographs, video, music, sound, or any other material, that you upload, receive, send, or store in your Zenbe account. By transmitting any content, you expressly grant, and you represent and warrant that you have a right to grant, to Zenbe a royalty-free, sublicensable, transferable, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, list information regarding, edit, translate, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, and make derivative works of your content and your name, voice, and/or likeness as contained in your content. Zenbe will not use any of your content for any purpose except to provide you and other users with the Service."
How can anyone be comfortable using a service with terms like the above?
Hence no zenbe for me
Has anyone come across a todo list that populates the number of pending tasks on the icon like mail does for emails?
I think on one screen, the $10 Todo app showed sumber numbers next to lists. Check the 2nd screen in the iTunes product page.
Any to-do apps that can set alarm reminders to go off on the iphone without being in the program? Like if it was at the home screen and in your pocket, are there any that would remind you?
I was experimenting with ReQall. But I find it annoying that this morning, for a 10 second voice note, it's been 20 minutes and it hasn't translated it yet. Last night, it only took a few minutes. I guess there's more traffic now. So for a quick reminder, it might be too late by the time it gets into the system.
I was experimenting with ReQall. But I find it annoying that this morning, for a 10 second voice note, it's been 20 minutes and it hasn't translated it yet. Last night, it only took a few minutes. I guess there's more traffic now. So for a quick reminder, it might be too late by the time it gets into the system.
I tried testing that app for it's text recognition in photos. I discover the iPhone camera is very poor for macro shots of notes and receipts, very very blurry.
But I did a test anyway, a snapshot of evernote's website, where their own lgo name was pretty large and clear in the still. But this morning, it still does not bring up the photo with the word evernote as a search.
Am I missing something, it seems impossible to miss that large word. How do I expect this app to work at all if it misses that?
Splash Shopper but that may be over kill if you're only looking for a To Do list app. Splash Shopper is basically a list creator and does much more (than To Dos).
Maybe the fact that I'm an old geezer at 35 has something to do with it, but I'm just not a fan of all these cloud computing solutions. Sometimes it seems to be a bit of over-engineering IMHO.
I need my tasks on my phone and probably on my Mac. Do I need do access them from any computer, any where? Well, if they are on my iPhone then No.
I want to like Evernote and these other solutions, but if I have my tasks and notes on my iPhone and on my Mac, that is all I need. I'll always have my iPhone with me so I can just use that for quick checks, etc.
The latency of these internet connected apps just kills the experience for me.
Now, I'm on a 1.0 iPhone with EDGE so maybe these things work better on 3G, but I personally don't have a need to have *everything* in the cloud. Local storage isn't dead yet. Heck, that was the big reason we wanted native apps, right?
I need my tasks on my phone and probably on my Mac. Do I need do access them from any computer, any where? Well, if they are on my iPhone then No.
I want to like Evernote and these other solutions, but if I have my tasks and notes on my iPhone and on my Mac, that is all I need. I'll always have my iPhone with me so I can just use that for quick checks, etc.
The latency of these internet connected apps just kills the experience for me.
Now, I'm on a 1.0 iPhone with EDGE so maybe these things work better on 3G, but I personally don't have a need to have *everything* in the cloud. Local storage isn't dead yet. Heck, that was the big reason we wanted native apps, right?
Has anyone checked out Dobot Todos for free?
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=285298946&mt=8
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=285298946&mt=8
I have dejumble and like its interface and way the desktop version resides on the tool bar. But as of now you cannot sync the iphone with the desktop version. The desktop version does sync with ical and they have promised to have syncing with iphone available by months end. It doesn't sort ToDo's automatically nor does it allow you to sort by criteria, ie importance or date like some others. And it doesn't automatically show tasks due today - you have to click on that section to see what is due. So the interface needs some improvement. EAsyTasks does do these things, but it is very buggy right now.
I do not see the same terms that you quoted above. This is what is posted on their site:
I gave it a shot. I think it will mature into a really nice product. There are some limitations to it at this point though. For now it is iphone/touch only, no web interface to sync to and no mac/pc syncing. I have had it crash on me about 4 or 5 times. They haven't been major crashes, but I did lose some entry work because of it. It also does not have a unified "Due today" list. It's "Due today" option is list specific. That may not be important to other users but I tend to rely on that option in other packages.
Even with its limitations and occasional crash I intend to keep playing with it. I'm torn between it and the zenbe product.
Polycron
Anyone have a link to screencasts or demo movies of Things
I've seen the OmniFocus movie and the Appigo ToDo screen cast at
http://www.appigo.com/screencasts/TodoOverview.mov
ToDo looks very nice and I'd like to see more of Things before deciding.
I've seen the OmniFocus movie and the Appigo ToDo screen cast at
http://www.appigo.com/screencasts/TodoOverview.mov
ToDo looks very nice and I'd like to see more of Things before deciding.
With Dobot, I messed with it a bit yesterday, creating about 4 to-do items I checked off. Today, when I added a new one, I wanted to delete one particular item. So I swiped to the right on it, and tapped the delete button, which was on the right item, but every time it deleted a different item. After several tries, and changing the sorting, I ended up deleting everything except the one I wanted to delete.
I don't think there is a screencast for Iphone Things. There is one for the desktop version.http://tagamac.com/2007/11/things_screencast/
I've only used it for two days, but I'll put in a vote for Things.
I really like the organization of "Scheduled" "Today" "Next" and "Sometime" -- it matches the way I think. Too many apps force me to put a deadline when what I really want to say is "this is the next most important thing for me'"
The main thing I would like to see added is priority -- I would like to be able to order items within those categories.
I really like the organization of "Scheduled" "Today" "Next" and "Sometime" -- it matches the way I think. Too many apps force me to put a deadline when what I really want to say is "this is the next most important thing for me'"
The main thing I would like to see added is priority -- I would like to be able to order items within those categories.
im trying to decide between the two of these as well. I'm looking for something I can use to keep track of all my homework/assignments in school, and can't decide which one would be better suited for that. I'm not really looking to use it for things like appointments or grocery lists or anything like that, just for school. Any suggestions?
I agree. Although the cloud is the central repository through which my iPhone and two Macs stays in sync, I don't need to access my data through the Web, since I have my iPhone with me always.
I may end up buying one of the ToDo apps, but I'd prefer a full-featured desktop/iPhone app that combines contact and calendar data in one and syncs with MobileMe. (We used to call them PIMs in the old days - I'm 55.) Now Software has been working on one called NightHawk for a long time, but haven't announced a release date, AFAIK.
I bought omnifocus but I'm really not happy with it.
I have one task I set a due date for and then once it was over due realised actually it can wait till tomorrow so changed the due date, unfortunately it's still showing up as overdue, also I'm finding that the notify isn't showing up till after I've gone into the app. so if i have 3 things due they only show up on my homepage after i've opened the app then when i close it again.
does anyone else see this behaviour?
I have one task I set a due date for and then once it was over due realised actually it can wait till tomorrow so changed the due date, unfortunately it's still showing up as overdue, also I'm finding that the notify isn't showing up till after I've gone into the app. so if i have 3 things due they only show up on my homepage after i've opened the app then when i close it again.
does anyone else see this behaviour?
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I second your post. I don't see anything close to what diesel is talking about. Paranoia, perhaps?