<!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 text=#000000 bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><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></BODY></HTML>