Today I have released my latest review on PhatWare's PhatNotes
Professional 4.7.2

If there is an standard built-in application on Windows Mobile Pocket
PCs that has been cursed as much as it is loved, it could very well be
the Notes application. Notes has been around in the Pocket PC PIM
(Personal Information Manager) since the early days of the platform
with the idea and intention of being able to synchronize with your
desktop's Microsoft Outlook so these notes can be viewed and/or
shared. While this worked by-and-large, the lack of features within
the Notes application itself tended to make users shy away from it.
The lack of features included things such as being able to bullet
items, change font faces (bold or italic), easy exportation of files
and many others.

The answer for these needs and a more robust notes application has
been addressed by PhatWare with their application PhatNotes
Professional. PhatNotes was originally released in 1998 as HPC Notes
(which is still available for you H/PC owners) and has rapidly matured
over the past 8 years. Now named PhatNotes and in version 4.7, the
application has matured to fit the needs of most savvy notes users
with a wide range of formatting and intelligent features that make the
application, in my opinion, second-to-none. With PhatNotes you are
able to quickly and easily organize your notes into categories, insert
smart text such as dates and times with one tap, format your test and
created bulleted lists, sync with your desktop PC via ActiveSync,
insert audio, photos, links to another note into a note just to name a
few of the powerful features in the application. Plus, if you need to
share your note with someone else, you can export it to a standard
text file (.txt). All-in-all, if you are a serious user of Notes you
should look at PhatWare's PhatNotes Professional as the natural
extension of the somewhat basic built-in application.

You can read the full review by going to
http://www.clintonfitch.com/reviews/...-7/default.asp

You can also try or buy PhatNotes Professional from the Software
Store by going to http://store.clintonfitch.com (remember you get 20%
off through November 30th!)


Clinton Fitch, MVP-Mobile Devices
Clinton Fitch (Dot) Com!
http://www.clintonfitch.com

In article <plcjm21e0d9qiu689tahaq9q3f36v7miu6@4ax.com>,
"Clinton Fitch, MVP-Mobile Devices"
<management@NOSPAM.ClintonFitch.com> wrote:

> http://www.clintonfitch.com/reviews/...-7/default.asp

Excellent review, as always, Clinton. I've been using Phatnotes since it
was HPC Notes - I bought it for my first ever PPC - an HP H1910 because
it supported categories on the device which the native notes application
doesn't. Of course, since then, I've used all the features you outlined
in your review and as a heavy notes user, it is one of the first
applications I install on any device and I consider it essential.

Just a couple of additions to your review. 1) There is also a Smartphone
Edition which works extremely well. I use the same database with both my
Loox 720 and my T-Mobile SDA Smartphone. If you already own the PPC
version, you can get the Smartphone addition as an add-on for $10. Great
deal.

2) You can have multiple notes databases. Although I personally have
never had a need for more than a single database, it's nice to know that
the capability exists if one has need of more than one database.

As always, thanks for your review.

Don

Don,

Thanks for the comments and thanks for reading the review.

Yes, I am aware of the Smartphone version and the multiple database
option. I will be reviewing the Smartphone version of it after the
first of the year and frankly, I've yet to run into anyone running
more than one DB so I didn't mention it. It could be an oversight on
my part I admit - I just wanted to make sure I hit the 99% of users
out there with the features in the review. I'm with you on it - I've
only ever needed one although I am a category freak when using it.

:-)

Look for the Smartphone review after the first of the year on the
site. I'll post here in the NG as always when it is released.

Cheers,


Clinton Fitch, MVP-Mobile Devices
Clinton Fitch (Dot) Com!
http://www.clintonfitch.com



On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 12:54:52 -0500, Donald Stidwell
<donINVAILIDald.stidwell@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:

>In article <plcjm21e0d9qiu689tahaq9q3f36v7miu6@4ax.com>,
> "Clinton Fitch, MVP-Mobile Devices"
> <management@NOSPAM.ClintonFitch.com> wrote:
>
>> http://www.clintonfitch.com/reviews/...-7/default.asp
>
>Excellent review, as always, Clinton. I've been using Phatnotes since it
>was HPC Notes - I bought it for my first ever PPC - an HP H1910 because
>it supported categories on the device which the native notes application
>doesn't. Of course, since then, I've used all the features you outlined
>in your review and as a heavy notes user, it is one of the first
>applications I install on any device and I consider it essential.
>
>Just a couple of additions to your review. 1) There is also a Smartphone
>Edition which works extremely well. I use the same database with both my
>Loox 720 and my T-Mobile SDA Smartphone. If you already own the PPC
>version, you can get the Smartphone addition as an add-on for $10. Great
>deal.
>
>2) You can have multiple notes databases. Although I personally have
>never had a need for more than a single database, it's nice to know that
>the capability exists if one has need of more than one database.
>
>As always, thanks for your review.
>
>Don