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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I’m interested in the community’s thoughts.
I have a N800 and am currently using gpe-todo and gpe-contacts and I tried
gpe-calendar (very short period). I sent my
observations/thoughts/recommendations to George France but thought I’d
put some of them here to see if I’m really off base or if others have
similar thoughts. I’ve listed the programs in the order (my order)
of completeness. I do realize that only gpe-todo has been listed for IT
OS 07.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>gpe-todo</span></font> <font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I like gpe-todo more than the
Palm todo program. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I like the fact that the
categories are shared amongst three programs (todo, calendar, contacts);
however, they are unsorted. The contacts should, ideally, be
automatically sorted or, as a minimum, allow them to be sorted.</span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I see no value in the status
display. If I tap the block, a mark appears indicating it’s
in progress. If I tap it twice, a line goes through the task
indicating it’s complete. Thus, I see the status display as
being redundant and taking up real estate. By removing the status,
there’s more room for summary text.</span></font> <font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>When entering a new todo item
and checking the “Due:”, you can choose a date by
double-tapping the date you want. I’d prefer to be able to
just single tap.</span></font> <font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>gpe-contacts</span></font> <font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>This program has much
potential. I like the ability to choose from the alphabet on the
side and all entries that fall within that range appear. I also
like the ability to display entries based upon category (I missed this
when I wrote to George).</span></font> <font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I would either eliminate the
image or move it to a separate tab. With the open area for
“Personal”, I would break the name into two separate entries,
“Last” and “First” and then sort on the
“Last” field. I would also include a field in this tab
called, “Business” and sort on the first word. While
there appear to be unexplained exceptions, business names sort on the
last name. Thus, for example, AFA Orthopedic Clinic had to become,
“Orthopedic Clinic AFA” in order to sort correctly.</span></font>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I wouldn’t create
redundant entries for home and office but instead, like the Contacts
program that comes with the N800, enable the creation of new fields that
would include, for example, “Home”, “FAX”, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Mobile</st1:City></st1:place>”,
“Work”, etc. Thus, the user could create, if needed,
two mobile number fields, or two business fields, etc.</span></font> <font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The address field should be
multiple address fields, e.g. street1, street2, city/province, state,
zip, country, etc. The “mail” and “web”
fields would be new fields as required as in the Contacts program that
comes with the N800.</span></font> <font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Names of people and names of
business, once sorted, should appear in proper order, e.g. “Bank of
America” would follow “Frank Arnold.”</span></font> <font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>gpe-calendar - This program
kept causing problems with IT OS 07 so I had to remove it; however, it
looked like it would do the job.</span></font> <font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>gpe-syncd – I have not
been able to install this so don’t know how well it will sync the
above programs with data on my computer.</span></font> <font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Nick Shaw</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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