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I am probably gonna get flammed for this. I have seen many posts about the best killer apps for the p800. While most on the list are decent, and also quite usefull I cant help but feel that they are MICKY MOUSE in comparison to what I have expected. I have had my p800 for about 4 months and I have pretty much tested everything out for p800 out there. I have 128mb duo and I am still waiting for an application that deserves to be called a KILLER APP. We have a fast processor, open os, great display, Huge memory... Whats going on. I had better applications on my 286 16mhz computer in the good old days !! I want an application package. not little utilities or applets.. Lets see the response
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Posted: 2003-06-27 12:16:29
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Someone did ask for an idea on what application he/she should work on. You should hook up with him/her and make that killer app you have in mind (I'm assuming you do have something in mind because you did say that the current apps is not up to par to your standards
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Posted: 2003-06-27 12:21:25
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Not sure what exactly is a killer app........but certainly for me world mate and handy day have enhanced my p800 no end, traffic i too is another really great app.... I am racking my brain trying to think of what I could really do with on my p800 app wise....i am sure when it is does eventually come out I will say how could have I lived without this!!?? Anyway my P800 is off to se as it crashed during firmware upgrade, up to 3 weeks without it, that is really painful, back to my t68i, it doesn't do much does it!?
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Posted: 2003-06-27 12:48:19
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i have to agree - there are some good applications like handy day, oggplay and worldmate out there.
when i think of the p800 the word i think of is 'potential' - this device could and should be able to edit office documents and perform most of the functions that I do on my iPaq or PC that are suitable for a small screen but it can't.
the p800 has so much potential but we are still getting 'mobile phone' type applications such as todo lists and all the mastersoft list type apps.
whether the developers are still thinking 'mobile phone' or the development environment isn't there or even some of these apps ARE being developed I don't know ...
until then, the p800 is just a phone with some patchy organiser functionality and a few good apps but loads of potential ...
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Posted: 2003-06-27 13:53:37
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Killer apps for me is SMS function and phone book function (including calling etc). The rest of the progs I use are just nice things to have in a phone.
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Posted: 2003-06-27 14:05:05
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Finally a post worthy of a discussion.. not 'what kind of case' 'where's the video recorder' 'you're a jerk-off' usual stuff.
The device has been fairly criticized in reviews for being too much between both worlds - PDA and phone. The apps help to lean it in the PDA and beyond category, but I agree that developers haven't pushed it to the degree it needs to go, that is, make it a truly unique device that not only does your communicating and organizing but helps and surprises you.
Why this is might have something to do with money - has the unit sold enough to create a base of paying customers who are willing to shell out for good apps?
Anyway, Real and AvantGo are two obvious players who have not done something for the p800 yet, though both have done stuff for Nokia. I don't believe it's an exclusivity thing (tho I could be wrong) but rather a 'why bother' thing. Anyone know the real reason we haven't seen these apps for the p800 yet?
Otherwise, I would like to see some kind of news app that dloads headlines hourly, doc editor, html mail reader, stock scanner/alert dohicky + live ticker on Today screen, other 'push'-type apps (this technology never worked on desktops but seems to me it would be quite nice to have constantly updating info on one page on my p800), a Copernic Agent-type app that lets you search multiple search engines, save and categorize Web pages for indexing...
What else could it do?
[ This Message was edited by: braingel on 2003-06-27 13:21 ]
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Posted: 2003-06-27 14:05:39
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despite finding the p800 excellent i sort of partially agree. although if you want news then i think you can use the mobipocket web companion which as far as i can tell gives you a selection of news from various sources around the world and downloads them, i think, from internet to your pc and then onto your p800 - i dont know if its possible to do this directly download from mobipocket site to your p800.
yes avant go or perhaps some form of enhanced mobipocket or enhanced repligo something like that would really make it for me. more than anything i want excel editing. to do this at the moment i have converted my excel spreadsheets to comma seperated values which i then sync across as a jotter note. i can then alter values and later on resync back to my pc then import into excel. but all a bit of a faff.
so if they could just sort out one basic good functional business app that is a word/excel editor i would be happy.
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Posted: 2003-06-27 14:25:53
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i guess that would be a killer app. something that is standard on pocket pcs. an office app that lets u view and edit word excel etc
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Posted: 2003-06-27 15:16:12
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totally agree with the founder of this post.
there is no killer applciation yet. i personally thinkt hat handy and maybe 2 other apps are good, but i wouldnt call em KILLER apps.
what i would call a killer application is maybe a black list for the p800 or even city maps(yea keep dreaming JB), that would make me stop complaining for awhile.
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Posted: 2003-06-27 16:22:48
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@jbendaou
Black lists should be possible to make. Like when a certain person calls they get a "busy" tone all the time. There are just that in PABX systems like Nortels meridian and Ericssons MD110 and Fenix 50/250. Just need a third party dude/dudette to make this app.
I am not much into using that option with the list where you have to add everyone who is allowed to call...
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Posted: 2003-06-27 16:31:30
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