Also officially launched at the Smartphone Show was Epocware's Handy Calendar. This replaces the built-in S60 Calendar and adds many new functions. The press release is below. Comments on sync compatibility and functionality are welcomed!
Read on in the full article.
Anybody try this out on a E90? Eager to know if it displays well on the internal screen.
Big Papi wrote:Anybody try this out on a E90? Eager to know if it displays well on the internal screen.
=)juha
This does not replace the existing calendar, it mirrors it. But works excellently
Yes, it works well on the E90 internal screen.
Julie
It's great! I'm using it on my E61i and it works well.
Synchronisation with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 (Nokia: MailForExchange) is no problem!
Does "monthly by day" mean that I can set, for example, "the third Saturday of every month"?
Yes, it does.
... and you can have the 3rd Saturday of every third month, the last Sunday of October, etc. too (by specifying a period of 3 or 12 months, respectively)
Julie
Thanks, juwlz. Finally. I've been looking for that ever since I sold my last Psion.
HC also supports keyboard shortcuts, very 'handy' for the E90 😊
Julie's volunteered to take on the official AAS Handy Calendar review, by the way. Brave lass! She'll want paying next..... [mutters] 8-)
Really really nice app. Pity there is a bug that close down the app when opening an appointment which has a lot of text in the note field...
Very nice app indeed - but it really needs to replace the existing calendar. I have the N95-3 and the built-in calendar still shows on the Stand By screen, which makes it more difficult to get to the Handy Calendar - and less convenient. Any suggestions?
adamzeit wrote:Very nice app indeed - but it really needs to replace the existing calendar. I have the N95-3 and the built-in calendar still shows on the Stand By screen, which makes it more difficult to get to the Handy Calendar - and less convenient. Any suggestions?
Handy Calendar is a replacement User Interface for the built-in calendar database, not a complete replacement calendar, so you can see appointments etc made in HC on the Active Standby screen in the normal way.
Symbian Signed won't let them activate HC by clicking on appointments visible in the standby screen (and neither can Papyrus or Aquacalendar), but you can set up HC as one of your Active Standby Apps in Tools | Settings | General | Personalisation | Standby Mode. This gives you access just as quickly, but uses up one of the icons, of course.
There was a hint during the beta testing that HC might be able to get around this somehow, but clearly not in this version.
Julie
Thanks guys - I guess we'll wait to 'wait and see' on some updates that make it one-step more seamless. Nice application none-the-less.
Played with the app just for a few minutes on my e90 and it appears to work perfect and does what what neither Papyrus nor the built-in app can.
Switching between the inner and the outer screen on e90 is instant and absolutely flawless!
Try it - it is a must have app!
Best regards,
Borys
Can you elaborate on what it does that Papyrus can't?
IMHO data entry is "nicer" and flows better (e.g. you just start typing, enter the details, Done and Back and there it is, whereas if you just use Back in Papyrus you lose your appointment if you forget to use Options|Save first), the UI is much prettier (that's subjective, of course), you automatically get back to the view you started from after you've added a new entry, it has some nice automatic links features to the contacts database, useful repeat options for appts ...
I guess I'd better get on with writing the review 😉
Julie
One thing i really liked about it is that it automatically scans all text in the appointments and links it to names in the phone book for calling. Now it would be really great if it can create reminders for birthdays entered in the phone book under individuals...
Julie: Nice - thanks =D
You can count on Epocware - I love their software.
However, am I the only one to consider forty dollars a bit steep for this product?
Williamoni wrote:You can count on Epocware - I love their software.However, am I the only one to consider forty dollars a bit steep for this product?
40 bucks is silly money for a calendar app. 20 is more realistic.
Does HC let you view the attendees on a meeting invitation?
40 is "much too much". What I miss is categories, or am I blind? Aquacalendar and Papyrus do have them (although they do not get synced) - but on both apps this allows to distinguish different entries visually. Which is very very useful! Like the feature to have templates - which saves a LOT of keypresses.
I would say, Epocware will bring these features in next versions, but until then, 40 bucks is too much.
No copy/paste on this cal either.
I really like this. It just seems to work... nicely. I opted out on buying any of the others, but this one is tempting, though at $40 I'm not sure. I like the fact that it makes good use of the screen, something I find frustrating in just about every Symbian app!
Hi,
main question for me: does it do Mac synchronization. A friend of mine needs that as he owns a Mac and doesn't feel like running a proper OS on it...
I am not a Mac nut myself...but...
Hi Tam
As mentioned previously, HandyCalendar is simply a difference User Interface onto the underlying built-in Calendar database, so all synchronisation is (currently) done (or not done) in exactly the same way as you do for the built-in Calendar UI.
HandyCalendar doesn't get directly involved in the synchronisation at all.
Julie