dancingbear

I don't use Outlook on my PC, and yet I have a PocketPC. (Yeah, dumb, I know.)

I've tried using the built-in Outlook calendar standalone, but it's pretty feature-poor (no search facility - I can't find that appt that I think I have sometime during the summer - and I want to be able to see my appts in an "at-a-glance" format for a month at a time, or even a week..). I'm guessing that these features are available on the desktop, but not the handheld.

Does anyone have any suggestions for a decent calendar app that runs on a PocketPC and *doesn't* rely on Outlook? (I guess I was spoiled by my old HP 200LX and its DOS-based calendar app.)

p.s. I checked out "TripTracker" from Two Peaks Software - pretty cool program for creating and tracking itineraries and expenses (and even FF accounts), but it relies on Outlook for calendaring.

ScottC

http://www.chaossoftware.com/

Time and Chaos is a complete PIM with a desktop app. MUCH better than the default one IMHO.

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businesstraveler

Have you been to Handango? They sell software for PDA's. It has a large inventory of programs, including alternate calendars for the PPC.

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ScottC

Handango may have loads of calendar apps, but very few have desktop PIM replacements.

As for handango, I'd advise against them, terrible customer service, simply terrible. Use www.pocketgear.com instead who focus completely on the PPC.

dancingbear

Thanks all -- I knew I came to the right place. :-)

(Regarding Handango and other similar sites which offer multiple solutions: I was hoping for a personal recommendation - "I use XYZ and it works great". Maybe I'm just lazy but I was hoping to avoid trying out 94 different possibilities!!)

cblaisd

I have used Time and Chaos for 10 years. It is excellent.

The plug-in, though, to sync with PocketPC or Palm will cost you extra though. It's well worth it, imo.

Ski Ag-'82

I agree with the poster above regarding Handango. I have purchased two of their titles for my IPAQ 3975--Neither has worked and multiple e-mails to customer service and technical support only produced an e-mail saying that they passed inquiry on to the software author.

No resolution at all!!! Stay away from Handango software by all means.

GadgetFreak

Not to dispute that you two have had trouble, but I have purchased many titles for both Palm and PPC from Handango and never had a bit of trouble. Quite surprised to hear that others have not been so fortunate.