Anyone have an address book/calendar program they like?

[alfreda89]

A free one? A cheap one? I found the diskettes for Palm 3.5, but without having a hand held cradle attached to my desktop, apparently the program will not install correctly. And I don't even have the correct plug-ins for this old cradle -- I'd have to get a converter to plug it into my UBS router.

This may just be the universe's way of telling me to import the address book into a new program. Importing the calendar is probably a lost cause, but that can be re-created. The address book is the thing I really don't want to have to enter by hand!

I'm feeling very Chai right now. *Sigh*

Comments

[tylik.livejournal.com]

I kind of hate to say it...

...but all my data belongs to Google. Seriously, I have an Android phone (a rooted Android phone with a community OS) and my university moved over to gmail, anyway. The calendar and address book are automatically synched between them, and even if I lose my phone and get a new one, or move onto a different computer, it's totally easy to pull them up.

Yeah, there are privacy concerns.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

Thanks for mentioning it. I have been resistant to the Google way -- I couldn't figure it out at my most ill, so I stayed with what I could handle then. I have several friends who like it, and Tungle (although you have to be a member of Tungle to use it, which sort of negates a meeting arranger for me...)

[lagilman]

Another Google person here. Reluctantly, regretfully, but... Android and Gmail.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

I like Gmail...but I do have at least two important people who cannot receive Gmail from me, nor send to me. Which seems bizarre, but there you have it.

[shui-long.livejournal.com]

It appears to be possible to download Palm Desktop (either 6.2 for Windows XP/Vista or 4.1.4 for Windows 98/2000), which can be used in stand-alone mode without actually connecting a Palm. It's free, and as you have a Palm you are licensed to use it.

I've moved to an Android phone, as the screen on my last Palm TX was getting a bit erratic, and found a program to transfer the backup Palm calendar, contacts and to-do onto the new phone; if I paid $40 I could continue to synchronise the phone with the Palm Desktop on the PC. However, I'm looking at other options, though I haven't yet found anything which is anywhere near as good as the Palm Desktop.

I do have concerns about the Google cloud - both privacy and reliability - so I'm definitely keeping my own backup.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

Now that's interesting. I didn't buy my Palm new; I bought it from someone who upgraded, so not sure that would count. But it's definitely worth investigating -- thank you!

I'm with you on the Cloud. It has clear advantages and disadvantages. But I am a bit of a privacy bug, so for now, I want control over as much of my data -- and my friends' data -- as I can have.

[shui-long.livejournal.com]

You might also find Gizmo's Freeware Reviews (http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-pim.htm) useful; it recommends the Palm Desktop, with a note as to using it as a stand-alone program.