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Vox Pop: To-dos on your iPhone?
Merlin Mann | Jul 3 2007
As noted by John Gruber and Living with Mac, the iPhone doesn't currently appear to have built-in support for "to-dos" -- even the modest task support that's built-in to OS X's iCal. :-( While this is difficult for me to understand (I know it's something I'd expect in even a Gen 1 smart phone), it's cool to see that web- and Mac-based developers are stepping up to the plate in the absence. A few of the apps I've seen so far (and in varying states of reality and vapor):
I'm sure there are others that I'm missing (which I hope you'll share in comments), and I know this is something that's a priority for a lot of you proud new iPhone owners: What are you using to manage actions from your iPhone? What would a home run look like in terms of future, built-in to-do support for the iPhone? 27 Comments
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 what does my preferred solution...Submitted by Rick (not verified) on July 4, 2007 - 3:54am.
what does my preferred solution look like? The last thing I want is another standalone app to manage tasks. Why? Because it forces me to do one of two things:
Option 1 ain’t going to happen, and option 2 is utterly contrary to good GTD practices. Right now I'm using iGTD and I really like it. Tried demoing OmniFocus, but I simply can’t use it until it’s Mail integration is in place. Email is too heavy a part of my workflow to bother testing without it. Now here’s the thing, I would optionally like to get access to all my tasks via my iPhone, but at its core what I'd like to be able to do is sync only certain contexts to the phone. I don’t need to see my @Office tasks on my phone. I’m at the office and presumably I have my laptop. Same with @Home tasks. But I would REALLY like to see @Phone and @Errands so that when I'm out and about I can deal with those tasks. In iGTD I can select those contexts to sync with iCal and omit the others. All I really want is for the iPhone to sync with ALL of iCal. I don’t understand why this is a big deal. It’s running the full OS, right? Just give me what is already there and I'll be reasonably happy. So it’s great that these other apps are appearing, it’s a great sign. But I'd like something that syncs with iCal so I'm not managing in multiple places. And what I really want is iGTD on my iPhone. Will take a hard look at OmniFocus when it’s functionality set is in place. » POSTED IN:
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