<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=US-ASCII"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2769" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; = BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" text=#000000 bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><SPAN class=156474919-17012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>I am able to synch those same items with ACT! I have no experience with Time = & Chaos. Once I was introduced to ACT! I just felt that my needs were (finally) being met and I looked no further. I wonder if anyone out = there has experience in both, and if they have a preference of one over the other.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=156474919-17012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=156474919-17012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>-- Geoff</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr = align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On = Behalf Of </B>David Ilvedson<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 16, 2006 11:27 AM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: Last Minute Cancellations?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <P>Out of curosity:  what exactly can you sync with = ACT!?   I can sync my contacts/phone book, appointments (with notes) and To Do = items in Time & Chaos...</P> <P><BR>David Ilvedson, RPT<BR>Pacifica, California<BR><BR><BR><BR></P> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message<BR>From: "Geoff Sykes" = <THETUNER@IVORIES52.COM><BR>To: "An open list for piano technicians" <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: = 1/14/2006 2:10:01 PM<BR>Subject: RE: Last Minute Cancellations?<BR><BR> <DIV align=left><SPAN class=890245621-14012006><FONT face=Arial = color=#0000ff size=2>Gosh, ya know in retrospect that was probably a dumb thing = for me to say. It came from my memory of learning how to use my iPAQ when I = would frequently run into situations where I believed the task being so much = more sensible on the Palm. Such is frequently the case when learning = totally new hardware/software. But since I started using ACT! and having finally = learned most of the in-n-outs of the iPAQ, those situations have become so = infrequent that I honestly can't remember what they were. If I were to load some batteries back into my Palm and play with it a while perhaps I could = remember what they were, but honestly I am really happy with my iPAQ and see no = reason to go back. Call it a learning curve, I guess. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=890245621-14012006><FONT face=Arial = color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=890245621-14012006><FONT face=Arial = color=#0000ff size=2>-- Geoff</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr = align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On = Behalf Of </B>John Formsma<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, January 14, 2006 1:41 PM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Last = Minute Cancellations?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT size=-1><FONT face=Verdana>Geoff,<BR><BR>What "intelligent features" do you miss?<BR><BR>John Formsma<BR><BR></FONT></FONT><BR>Geoff Sykes = wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid001e01c61949$c28c00e0$6500a8c0@geoff2r3ofonmy type="cite"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2769" name=GENERATOR> <DIV><SPAN class=000414718-14012006>David --</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=000414718-14012006></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=000414718-14012006>I, too, used to use a Palm = device. I loved it, but I gave it up so that I could use pRCT. The Windows = based pocket PC's are really wonderful in a lot of ways. You can keep = and access pretty much any Windows based document and the synchronization = with your PC and Outlook is very good. On the other hand, there are a = several intelligent features in the Palm that I occasionally miss. Not = enough to go back though. </SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=000414718-14012006></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=000414718-14012006>Off subject, but to further = the conversation about client tracking and records keeping software, I = have my PC and my iPAQ synchronized through ACT!, which I use for all my = client scheduling and tracking. I keep my mileage records, my accounts = receivable and payable in a simple Excel spreadsheet which, due to the = Windows OS of the pocket PC and the excellent synchronization features, is = available on both my PC and my iPaq. Scheduling is done through ACT! and email = is through Outlook. Synchronizations updates both the Outlook = calendar and the iPAQ and syncs all the spreadsheets as well. </SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=000414718-14012006></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=000414718-14012006>-- Geoff Sykes</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=000414718-14012006>-- Assoc. Los = Angeles</SPAN></DIV><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BO= DY></HTML>