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Spb Diary Review Author: Manage your day-to-day activities without leaving your Today screen with Spb Diary.
<img src="http://www.handster.com/review/spb-diary/pocket_pc_calendar.gif" alt="Spb Diary. Calendar on Today screen of Pocket PC" align="right" title="Spb Diary displays calendar information on Pocket PC Today screen and features many detail views" longdesc="Spb Diary displays calendar information on Pocket PC Today screen and features many detail views"/> If you are a frequent user of a Pocket PC or Windows Mobile based PDA, you probably know how limited and generally useless the main display is. According to many users, the standard Today application that appears when you turn on your Pocket PC is nothing short of dismal. The default Today does not show you that much information, and it won't allow you to change that appointment without running an external organizer. Power users require more than that. If you are using your PDA device to plan your daily activities, and have no extra time to run multiple applications when you need to check your mail or change an appointment, you'll soon start looking for a replacement for that limiting Today application. <img src="http://www.handster.com/review/spb-diary/pocket_pc_contacts.gif" alt="Spb Diary for Pocket PC contacts screen" align="left" longdesc="With Spb Diary you can have all you contacts right on Pocket PC Today screen. With photodial." /> Spb Diary will save your day by allowing you not only to see all the information you need right on your PDA's Today screen, but also to modify it - all without having to start an external mail or organizer program! Spb Diary will remind you in a timely manner about scheduled tasks and upcoming birthdays. You will be able to use your Windows Mobile device to plan your day or change your appointments without needing to launch external applications or access your desktop. Tight integration with Microsoft Pocket Outlook and third party organizers such as Pocket Informant allows doing most of your planning activities directly from the Today screen. <img src="http://www.handster.com/review/spb-diary/pocket_pc_events.gif" alt="Spb Diary for Pocket PC Events list" width="240" height="320" align="right" longdesc="Never miss birthdays or aniniversary with Spb Diary for Pocket PC." /> No two people are alike, and neither are their organizers. With that in mind, Spb Diary enables you to customize your PDA in a much deeper way than Microsoft ever did. Display any kind of information you want, the way you want it. You can show everything or create a filter to display just the important stuff. Have quick access to your calendar, tasks, contacts, notes, email or SMS messages, special events such as birthdays, and even weather predictions - all that from a single screen of Today! But isn't this a bit too much information to fit on a small, low-resolution screen of a pocket-size mobile device? Won't it become so overcrowded that, although all information is there, you won't be able to actually see anything? That's certainly true with many other Today plug-ins, but not with Spb Diary. Save valuable space on your Today screen by using tabs! <img src="http://www.handster.com/review/spb-diary/pocket_pc_notes.gif" alt="Spb Diary for Pocket PC, Notes view right on Pocket PC Today screen" width="240" height="320" align="left" longdesc="You can view Notes list and previews with Spb Diary for Pocket PC" /> Tabbed user interfaces, and tabbed Web browsing in particular, are the modern response to the increasing amounts of information needed to be displayed on a limited screen space. All modern Web browsers are equipped with tabs. Your mobile Today screen space is extremely limited, yet the amount of information that must fit on it is extremely high. Why not use tabs where they can help most? Spb Pocket Plus introduces a tabbed interface for your device's Today screen, allowing you to conveniently assign tabs to your most frequent activities. You can have one tab for appointments, another one for email, and the third one for contacts. Create as many tabs as you need! Spb Diary is well integrated with the Spb Pocket Plus tabbed interface, and supports tabs for Calendar, Tasks, Contacts, Notes, Messages and Special Events, allowing you to access and modify corresponding data without ever leaving your Windows Mobile Today screen. <img src="http://www.handster.com/review/spb-diary/pocket_pc_tasks.gif" alt="Spb Diary: Task view on Pocket PC Today screen" width="240" height="320" align="right" longdesc="View all tasks by category or priorty on Pocket PC Today screen with Spb Diary" /> Unlike the default Pocket PC Today, your Spb Diary empowered Today screen will dynamically refresh with every new event. You'll be able to see new mail or SMS messages the moment they are received. Spb Diary is highly customizable and extremely easy to use. You'll be able to set up your Pocket PC organizer to display exactly what you need to see in less than twenty minutes! Stay in tune with Spb Diary! Download your free evaluation version at http://www.handster.com/product.php?id=15, and chances are that Spb Diary will quickly become your favorite program! Compatible devices list Windows Mobile 6.0, Windows Mobile 5.0, Pocket PC 2003, Pocket PC 2002 ACER: n300 Series, n30, n50, n20 and others ASUS: A626, A636, A639, P505, P525, P535 and others Cingular: 8125, 8525 Dell: Axim X3, X5, X50, X50v, X51v and others Dopod: Dopod 838 Pro, Dopod 686, Dopod 699, Dopod 828, Dopod 900, Dopod P100, Dopod N800, etc. Eten: E-Ten G500+, E-Ten M600+, E-TEN Glofiish, Eten M700, etc. HP: hw68xx series, hw69xx series, hx21xx series, hx24xx series, hx29xx series and others HTC: TyTN, Wizard, Prophet, Hermes, Artemis, Universal, Herald, P3300, P3600, P4350, P3350, X7500, Athena IMATE: i-mate JASJAM, i-mate JAMin, i-mate PDA-N, i-mate K-JAM, i-mate JASJAR and others O2: XDA series T-Mobile: MDA series QTek: 9000, 9100, 9600, S100, S110, S200, G100, 2020, 9090 Other Windows Mobile Powered Devices.
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