MMM Reviews Treo Alarm
Well, I have spent the last week checking out Treo Alarm after getting a hearty recommendation from Still Rockin over at Everything Treo. Here are my thoughts on this software, what I am compairing it to, and what could be better done.
My Thoughts
My first opinion was that Treo Alarm is just a piece of redundant software for me. I already have a weather program in Weather Manager, and I was also using a time program called KeyGuardTime+, and so a alarm program that gets the weather was kinda redundant. After the first day with it, I ditched KeyGuardTime+. Not because I didnt like it, but because it was not as well a time application as Treo Alarm is. Score one for Treo Alarm.
I set it to be my daily alarm clock, taking my daily appointment within KeySuite out of the loop as the alarm app. And while I did enjoy the frequency of the alarms, its hard to enjoy the weather feature when you only hit the snooze button without looking at the clock. However, whenever I was asked what the weather was for that moment when I am awake, it was kinda neat.
Good But Can Be Better
Like the subtitle says, Treo Alarm is some good software. However, for me it needs a few things to be better. First, I'd need some kind of plugin to Facer. For me, I need to just sometimes see ahead what the weather will be days in advance rather than having to tap a few times to get there. Other than that, its on my Treo and quite a nice app. Seeing the time and weather together when I need it is a good solution. I have to figure a way to have it come up all the time, but maybe that will be an update later.
Quick Conclusion
On a scale of 1 to 5 (5 being best), I'd give Treo Alarm a solid 4 with room to improve toward completness.
If you are interested in trying out Treo Alarm, check out their website for more information and the download link.
My Thoughts
My first opinion was that Treo Alarm is just a piece of redundant software for me. I already have a weather program in Weather Manager, and I was also using a time program called KeyGuardTime+, and so a alarm program that gets the weather was kinda redundant. After the first day with it, I ditched KeyGuardTime+. Not because I didnt like it, but because it was not as well a time application as Treo Alarm is. Score one for Treo Alarm.
I set it to be my daily alarm clock, taking my daily appointment within KeySuite out of the loop as the alarm app. And while I did enjoy the frequency of the alarms, its hard to enjoy the weather feature when you only hit the snooze button without looking at the clock. However, whenever I was asked what the weather was for that moment when I am awake, it was kinda neat.
Good But Can Be Better
Like the subtitle says, Treo Alarm is some good software. However, for me it needs a few things to be better. First, I'd need some kind of plugin to Facer. For me, I need to just sometimes see ahead what the weather will be days in advance rather than having to tap a few times to get there. Other than that, its on my Treo and quite a nice app. Seeing the time and weather together when I need it is a good solution. I have to figure a way to have it come up all the time, but maybe that will be an update later.
Quick Conclusion
On a scale of 1 to 5 (5 being best), I'd give Treo Alarm a solid 4 with room to improve toward completness.
If you are interested in trying out Treo Alarm, check out their website for more information and the download link.
posted by Antoine @ 5/05/2006 06:43:00 PM
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