Iambic has given its version of Agendus for Windows Mobile Software a massive overhaul.  The new version looks much sleeker while adding a ton of new and improved features to the ultimate task handling application.  If you own a HTC, treo Pro, Treo800w, Samsung Blackjack or any Windows Mobile phone, you really should give this new version a look.New Contact, Meeting, and Task Card Views, presenting a summary of the item and optimized for one handed usage. Phone numbers, email and web addresses are "active" allowing for in-place interaction.

New Contact View Business Card Mode allowing to view contact details and perform various actions through the car itself, including emailing, calling, or sending an sms [PRO]

New Contact View Photo Dial Mode with direct tap-to-dial capability. This view can be used as "photo dialer"

Today View: Added "Quick-Action" buttons enabling moving or removal of slots from the view, eliminating the need to go to preferences for these operations

Added the ability to save templates for Meetings, Tasks and Calls to quickly create new records with commonly used properties, as well providing editing capability for the templates

Added Free Time Finder facilities which scans the calendar, and then provides a quick glance to upcoming busy-time schedule, making it easier to plan a new meeting [PRO]

Added Agenda Walkthrough functionality, providing the ability to create checklists within the notes of meetings and tasks by using '-' or '+' which appear as checkboxes when viewing in card mode, and can be checked/unchecked on the screen [PRO]

Phone enabled devices: Added support to dial/email a contact from the contact views or when on meetings/tasks containing a contact simply by pressing the "Phone" button

All Views: Added the option to hide all on-screen controls such as date/category filters, etc. to obtain more screen real-estate. Also added each on-screen control's action to the right soft menu as applicable

Added the ability to send Meetings/Tasks/Contacts via Beam or Bluetooth

Addded mapping support for Google Maps for Winodws Mobile

All-around preference review and reorganization aimed at improving the understanding and usability of the various customization options.

 

Implemented various navigational improvements aimed at optimize and refine usability both for stylus as well as dpad interactions. 

Implemented performance improvements in various areas of the application showing slowdowns when dealing with large sets of data. 

All Views: Added multi-selection capability in the category picker drop-list.

Agendus for Windows Mobile 3.0 is compatible with Windows Mobile 5 and above handhelds and phones, including Windows Mobile 5 Pocket PC and Smartphone, Windows Mobile 6 and above Standard and Professional Editions.

Complete List:

All Views: Improved multi-line support to work also in cases where no contact is present and only description requires more than one line

Today View: Added the ability to collapse/expand all slots and a menu item labeled Collapse All/Expand All

Today View: Improved view to not show meetings in which their end time has passed and instead only show Untimed or Meetings which are still pending

Day views: Added a new option to auto adjust display to show current time at the top

Day Block View: Corrected the inability to navigate downward to see meeting in it's entirety in some instances

Split View: Addressed a display isue when 'Show Only Scheduled Time' and 'Auto-size Tables' was selected in preferences where meeting text could appear partially cut off by the divider bar

Split View: Corrected divider bar's position being reset to center after having changed it's position, changing views, then returning to the Split View

Split View: Optimized this view by removing the date bar in the grid and showing it instead in the application caption area

Split View: Corrected time bars not appearing on the last meeting of the day

Split View: Corrected meeting end time remaining visible when the end time was something other than the top of the hour (:00) and when preference was set to "Show only scheduled time"

Week View 7 Day Grid:Corrected deleting the "Current" instance of a repeat meeting actually doing nothing, leaving the meeting present

Week View 7-Day Grid: Resolved a stability issue when using Edit > Cut from the context menu

Week View List: Corrected issue with focus not being placed on the selected date when returning to the view after using "Go To Date"

Month Views: Added week numbers to the right side of each month view

Month View Expanded: Improved focus visibility on selected day to more easily determine what date is active

List View: Added a new preference panel specifically for this view

List View: Improved the behaviour of this view to place the expected date in focus when switching between its unique filters

Contact and Task Views: If navigating from the Filter box, upon returning all text is selected to enable quick-clearing for new search. Dpad right/left will remove selection

Contact View: Improved lookup so that any keypress enters chracters in Lookup field regardless of focus position

Contact Views: Corrected lists to readjust properly when navigating using the Alpha tabs

Contact Views: Added a menu item at View Options enabling quicker access for Show/Hide the Alpha tabs

Edit Dialogs Related 

Meeting/Task edit dialogs: First character in Description field is always capitalized by default without requiring use of Shift key/li> 

Edit dialogs (All): Category list now remains visible when selecting categories, allowing multiple category selection before dismissal

Contact edit dialog: Added more applicable "type icons" next to the various phone/email/web fields

Preference Related 

Preferences: Reduced the number of font size options to only include "usable" sizes/li> 

Preferences > Today View: Changed name of 'Email' slot to 'Recent Messages' for consistency

Preferences > All Views > Font: Added a- popup confirmation before applying font changes in order to make certain the user really wants to change the font settings in all views

Preferences > Task View: Added a dedicated screen for the Task sorting options to improve visibility and usability

Preferences: Consolidated similar preferences to part of one with a submenu to reduce the size of the menu pop up

Preferences: Changed label 'Font Settings...' to instead 'Font' to optimize screen space

Miscellaneous 

Added SMS/MMS Sending facilities on devices that support SMS / MMS text messages

Added support for applying day color in some views in which it was previously not possible

Go To Date: The Month/Year in the header label is now "selectable" allowing more quickly select a month or year to go to

Upon startup check if an iconset is present under \Data\Icons\ and if not deploy the reference set

Contact History: Improved panel for one-handed use by moving all on-screen controls to the right soft menu

Contact History: In the area displaying the contact name this text will now wrap for long names

PPowerSearch 411: Made various d-pad navigational improvements [PRO]

PowerSearch Local: Enabled "GoTo" when one of the result items is single tapped or dpad/pressed [PRO]

Repeat tasks: Corrected new due date not being regenerated on the correct date when marking complete from edit dialog/li> 

Menu > View Options: Improved the Toolbar show/hide and position options to be dymanic based on current state

Duplicate: For Meetings and Tasks prompt user to set date

Implemented the capability to update date and time through the various views and dialogs should Agendus be running when the system date changes

Agendus for Windows Mobile Smartphone Professional Edition

Price : $24.95

Agendus for Windows Mobile Smartphone Standard Edition

Price : $19.95

Agendus for Windows Mobile Smartphone and Windows Desktop Bundle

$15 less than if purchased separately

Price : $49.95

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