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I wanted to pass along to all of you the latest release from WebIS, Pocket Informant 8.1. WebIS Pocket Informant remains one of the most popular third party applications in the Windows Mobile Device Market. This powerful, daily personal management tool is a must for people to stay organized and easily access information. Check out some of the new features of WebIS Pocket Informant 8.1:

• 12 Key Search for Pocket PC – this is like T9 for search
• Contacts rewritten so that it now is very fast
• Improved Events view with groupings and more options
• Improved Journal view with groupings and better view
• Improved Touch mode
• Major improvements to Smartphone all over the place
• SmartPhone now supports Linking
• Better one-handed usage
• Default Number (SmartNum) now editable in the editor
• A number of Template improvements
• Read the full list of improvements

Even though I have never really used WebIS Pocket Informant, I can tell you that in my years of experience in Mobility Forums and Blogs, that it is highly regarded. WebIS Pocket Informant was also the PIM 2007 Award Winner last year for Smartphone and Pocket PC Magazine.

IF you are interested in WebIS Pocket Informant 8.1, you can download it by

CLICKING HERE

Pocket Informant 8.1 will set you back $29.95, but, click after the break for WebIS upgrade policy, and revision history for version 8.1.

Major Upgrades

We always provide free upgrades for our software through sub-point upgrades. This means that version 8.9 will be a free upgrade from 8.00. Major version upgrades such as 5.x to 6.x incur are $16.99. We also provide free upgrades from one major point release to the next if you have purchased since September 1st 2007.

Free Upgrades
If you purchased Pocket Informant 8, then all 8.x upgrades are free – just download the newest version. If you have purchased Pocket Informant 2007 after September 1st 2007, then you can receive a free upgrade to Pocket Informant 8. Just fill out the form below. However if you received Pocket Informant for free via any promotion – for example the Handango December 14th Free App Friday or MobiHand’s Two Day Free Giveaway – then you may upgrade to Pocket Informant 8 for an upgrade cost of $16.95. Its a great deal – full copies of Pocket Informant for just the upgrade price!

 
Release Log for Pocket Informant for Windows Mobile: 8.1

• Schedule Item(10334): Improved IME support per view
• Schedule Item(9414): Improved Dutch
• Inquiry(9549): Added Categories menu to Classic Menubars for Alarm Note
• Feature(8722): Eliminated any need for the All Day Timezone setting as we now properly handle all cases
• Feature(10206): Smartphone now has Linking capability in the Editors
• Feature(7981): Reworked internal data gathering for Contacts to work in two successions – using cached data for immediate display on screen and then reading database on idle
• Feature(9304): Added Customize View option to show or hide overdue tasks in Tasks View
• Feature(8981): If Week Numbers are on, and Start Date is not a Monday (since Week Numbers are ISO), we set American Week number mode on automatically in the date picker
• Feature(9982): Contacts View now show extra info on idle or after a brief wait
• Feature(7783): One handed Week Maximized – just press Action when just the day header is selected
• Feature(10990): Added menu option to show/hide the Tab selection in the Editors as Field lines
• Feature(9561): Added Franklin Covey status for Tasks in Task Context menu
• Feature(10331): When using Word Wrap in Month Detail or Week View, we now show the end time as well
• Feature(8717): Maximized Week View now lets you navigate one day at a time using < > on the screen or DPAD
• Feature(10420): When using the Touch ABC bar, we now show a big ABC box of the letter being used.
• Feature(10009): Improved the look of the View Picker
• Feature(5728): PPO base-tasks used for Goals/Mission/Compass no longer show up in the tasks list under any circumstances
• Feature(10421): Added option for Contact Searches to either be Fast (searches cached data only) or slow (searches database)
• Feature(5938): Added option in Calendar View to only show Overdue Tasks on their due date or not to show them at all
• Feature(9007): Month View now has a clean Day Number only mode
• Feature(10807): Linked ABC bar to the ABC drop down in Search Bar
• Feature(7388): Added shortcuts in Calendar View for 12key users: 4 = Previous, 6 = Next, 5 = Goto today, 0 = Goto Date
• Feature(8014): Smartphone: Added T9/ABC Input Preferences
• Feature(11201): Added workaround for TyTN II Wm6.1 display bug
• Feature(9871): “Create from Company” feature now saves base Categories and applies them
• Feature(7819): Removed setting for Note Wrap preferences as we now auto-wrap to Window by default. We change to wrap-to-page when choosing Ink mode and save that in the note itself.
• Feature(10346): Add ability for WM2003 devices to be able to send SMS to any number
• Feature(10122): Tasks and Contacts View now support multi-select and action with SHIFT DPAD up/down and the Menu-> soft key
• Feature(10433): Drawing engine now ignores characters less than x1F as non-printables and does not show the [] box anymore.
• Feature(10294): Summary dialog Note checkbox now saves state
• Feature(7869): Changing Orientation now changes Day View to its number of days setting for that orientation
• Feature(8370): Pocket Informant 8.1 now allows fixed rows (headers) to be navigable via the keyboard to allow access to shortcuts or links for one-handed use
• Feature(10691): When showing Note ink window, PI now does not show the plain text version
• Feature(10170): Attendee Email info is now displayed alongside Attendee names. If Attendee names do not exist, we’ll just show the email
• Feature(6489): Added first letter quick key access to category lists in Filter and category picker. Type the first letter of a category to jump to it
• Feature(10252): 24 hour time picker now keeps same number locations
• Feature(9995): When bringing up the Summary dialog for a PIM item and it has journal items, we now defer reading those journal items until the viewer asks to see them
• Feature(9115): Improved View Picker aesthetics for selected view
• Feature(9100): Improved SIP usage in Editor
• Feature(9872): Windows Mobile 5 and above: Templates now apply tracking and attached icon info
• Feature(9677): Default Phone Number now labeled “SmartNum” and editable via the Contacts Editor for both Smartphone and Pocket PC
• Feature(8628): Calendar View now uses each individual view’s option for Tasks/Journal to determine if it should show the Journal/Task items in the New dialog
• Feature(11126): CHTMLGrid now has proper custom ideal rect function support to go along with the custom draw – and now used in GlobalLineDraw functions
• Feature(8982): Contacts View Sidebar is now wider
• Feature(10380): Added Stars to Events View for turning off Events. In the future we’ll add it as an option to all views to show events starred
• Feature(8438): Added T12 Search and Toolbar
• Feature(9001): When applying a template, we now position the cursor at the end of the current line in the edit field
• Bug(5915): Fixed text garbling that could occur whenever long lines wrapped at the top of the screen when a partially shown top row is in effect
• Bug(8306): Events View now updates more reliably when items get untracked
• Bug(8676): Improved Paste changing Time in Day View to work with 0 Duration appointments
• Bug(9070): Fixed an issue where using Touch mode in Contacts and pressing the Talk button sometimes dialed the wrong contact
• Bug(8836): Fixed a critical issue with Search View and multiple items being selected only acting as Delete
• Bug(9801): Fixed Daily Notes and Rich Notes for Smartphone selection and scrolling
• Bug(7462): Improved Contacts Touch ABC and filtered category lists
• Bug(9460): Fixed a bug where creating an appointment from Day View via Drag/Select/Double-tap does not use the default reminder time
• Bug(9920): Improved 320×320 support
• Bug(9942): Improved some Note Parsing for double carriage returns and missing first letters
• Bug(10795): Smartphone Notes -> Edit Selection commands now work properly
• Bug(10851): Fixed an issue where Recurring Task/Appt Deletions on Smartphone would not ask to Delete single or all occurrences due to using a flag in MessageBox not supported on Smartphones
• Bug(9404): Improved look of Contact Summary with addresses
• Bug(9407): Improved Hebrew support in settings
• Bug(8864): Fixed an edge case where priority numbers would be one larger than expected
• Bug(9906): Using the Hardare button to switch views now properly skips hidden views
• Bug(8672): Fixed a bug where searching in settings would reset any changes
• Bug(10335): Fixed ICS generation for GMT+ timezones
• Bug(10155): Improved some UI elements in Monthly Recurring editor for Smartphone
• Bug(10156): Fixed Adding Steps in Smartphone
• Bug(7873): Fixed a bug where when using the “Delete Completed Tasks” option, the screen is properly refreshed on WM5 devices
• Bug(7831): Improved Contacts Search
• Bug(9799): Fixed an issue where PI would send a vCal via FlexMail even if not requested
• Bug(9803): Fixed a memory leak with internal GetDefaultNumber()
• Bug(9557): Turned off auto-correct/auto-suggest on inline Grid text fields because we can’t support IME auto-suggest there
• Bug(11124): Fixed some bugs with drawing order in fixed vs regular cells
• Bug(11320): Fixed a bug with PI not starting with LSK set to View Menu
• Bug(9741): Fixed some visual issues with internal Grid’s single line mode
• Bug(10402): Fixed a rare issue with specific settings causing the Week View Zoom Triangle not to show up in the first wweek day on Pocket PC
• Bug(12227): Fixed Contacts Pictures for HTC Diamond
• Bug(9025): Fixed FlexMail 4 Integration for SMS
• Bug(10948): Colorschemes not working for Dutch fixed
• Bug(8915): Fixed a crash in the Journal Dialog when choosing a parent
• Bug(9909): Fixed Search View Delete refresh and crash
• Bug(11359): Quicktime Only now works with dpad
• Bug(11360): Fixed Crash when using the Preview Window in Contacts and tapping on Text Message
• Bug(5037): Fixed Localization for Category Filter Schedule for Spanish
• Bug(6992): Fixed a My View bug with Contacts/Touch menu and searches
• Bug(8800): Fixed a bug with SummaryDlg and color bands on changing orientation
• Bug(8801): Calendar Date Picker now reads some standard settings for Coloring properly
• Bug(10005): Improved Journal Search with dates
• Bug(8397): Goto Today now reselects “Today” in Month View even if the Detail Window is not showing
• Bug(7139): Improved Filmstrip mode