It kinda depends on how you use a PDA. I had a Palm for a long time and mostly used it for keeping track of contacts and meetings. The iPhone seems to have an excellent contact manager and will include a calendar. With its email, phone, and internet it seems to be the complete package.I have been watching the sites about the iPhone and can't get a fix on whether or not there will be any kind of PDA functionality. Is it going to be mainly phone, music and internet? If so, that limits the usability for small businesss... Any thoughts?
It kinda depends on how you use a PDA. I had a Palm for a long time and mostly used it for keeping track of contacts and meetings. The iPhone seems to have an excellent contact manager and will include a calendar. With its email, phone, and internet it seems to be the complete package.
Simplicity can be complicated.PHEW, this is complicated![]()
The only thing I know of is the Calendar icon in the iPhone pictures. It's very similar to the iCal icon. While I haven't heard of anything about it this seems like a pretty sure-fire indication that calendaring with schedules and appointments should definitely be there.I guess what I am asking is, will I be able to use the calendar function to schedule appointments. I can imagine it working with iCal, but there is nothing in the promotional material that I have seen that says anything about that. If anyone has anything definitive I would love to see it.
I have used a PDA for years. My current phone has a PDA built in. Will the iPhone automatically sync all of my contacts into iCal and my Address Book? Also, how will it sync with PC's. I have Mac's but I also have PC's.I have a 5G iPod and iMac , and I just go into iTunes to the contacts tap in my ipod's screen and tick the boxes to transfer my contacts and calendars from Address Book and iCal, I can even pick which calendars and which contact groups to transfer if I want.
I can then see all of them on my iPod, the iPhone has a + button in the calendar screen so you can add calendar events on the go, something the iPod can't do.
Does anyone know if Apple will be upgrading ical and address book to be more businesss friendly? Right now their capabilities seem somewhat limited which is why we don't use them in our office.I have used a PDA for years. My current phone has a PDA built in. Will the iPhone automatically sync all of my contacts into iCal and my Address Book? Also, how will it sync with PC's. I have Mac's but I also have PC's.
It will probably sync through iTunes.Will the iPhone automatically sync all of my contacts into iCal and my Address Book? Also, how will it sync with PC's. I have Mac's but I also have PC's.
The question is whether you can add a date/appointment: on ical on the iPhone and then sync it to the mac or PC. Not much help to only be able to sync one way- that way you would have to carry the mac with you wherever you go to add a calendar appointment-a PDA allows you to sync in both directions. Anyone know?I have a 5G iPod and iMac , and I just go into iTunes to the contacts tap in my ipod's screen and tick the boxes to transfer my contacts and calendars from Address Book and iCal, I can even pick which calendars and which contact groups to transfer if I want.
I can then see all of them on my iPod, the iPhone has a + button in the calendar screen so you can add calendar events on the go, something the iPod can't do.
The one-way syncing is the downfall of the iPod, the iPhone however has + buttons on the calendar and contact apps, so it is a two way sync when you plug in your iPhone.The question is whether you can add a date/appointment: on ical on the iPhone and then sync it to the mac or PC. Not much help to only be able to sync one way- that way you would have to carry the mac with you wherever you go to add a calendar appointment-a PDA allows you to sync in both directions. Anyone know?![]()