HP,

I used to keep a day planner, which works well enough, but I got tired of it being too bulky. I used a small compact planning calendar, but got tired of having to rewrite contact information into a new planner the next year.

Now I have a Palm Treo 650, which also serves as a phone. The newer models have broadband internet service. Also Palm seems to have the most third party applications. I used Iambic Agendus which is an enhancement of the Palm contact, calendar, memo and task functions. I enter everything on the PC, then just Hotsync to the Treo. Very easy and very organized.

Agendus keeps tracks of appointments, can schedule tasks, have them recur at intervals as reminders, set alarms, using colors and icons. I also keep all my contact information on it, including work info. I also keep names, numbers & addresses of all my kid’s friends (since they never seem to hear their phone). In the memo function I keep all my user IDs, passwords, websites, credit card, insurance, banking information. I can also pull my home email through Agendus mail, as well as text messages.

Some third party applications I use are:
• Palmary Clock – Timer, stopwatch & alarm application
• The Core Media Player – application to view compressed movies, pictures, mp3 music
• Sound Recorder – records voice memos & stores to external card (I have a 4 GB SD card)
• Handy Shopper – Allows me to select from my entire grocery shopping list by category, then resorts the needed items by aisle in the store
• Directory Assistance – access Yellow Pages to search phone number via the internet
• Google Maps – enter an address to get a map just like on your PC
• Zlauncher – Palm application manager. Also uses 4cast, an automatic weather update utility on the main screen.

I got my daughter a Windows Mobile based pocket PC, which is nice since it runs MS office applications, but there is not nearly as much in the way of third party applications available.

My Treo has really organized me and everything I need is on my hip!

Cobra