Jun
28
2008 Daily Planner for the Amazon Kindle (U.S. Edition)
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2008 Daily Planner for the Amazon Kindle (U.S. Edition)
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Product Description
This is a 2008 Daily Planner for the Amazon Kindle. Like the paper version, each of the 366 days of 2008 is represented by a page. When the font size is large enough, a day's entry covers two pages instead of one. Each day has hourly slots for appointments or reminders from 8 am until 8 pm. This planner takes advantage of the annotation capability of the Kindle so that the user can add, view, modify and delete appointments. Major U.S. holidays are included.
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After entering some appointments, birthdays and notes it became apparent to me that the little side note placed at the date and time did not help me much. I’m not certain this will have any use in its current form. Potential is there though.
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It’s wonderful that someone created such an application for the Kindle. Just like a real planner, you can flip through the dates of the year to add/view your appointments and reminders. However, Kindle users cannot edit the text of content directly. Thus, the author had an innovative solution: you add appointments the same way you add your own notes to books, by annotating. Each hour is on its own line; when you add a note, the little note icon appears next to it. Unfortunately, you only see that you have an appointment at that time. You don’t see the contents of the note itself until you click on it to view/edit it. This makes it a little clumsier than the daily planners on Blackberries/PDAs.
The Kindle is, first and foremost, supposed to be an e-reader for e-books. You can’t expect it to act like a PDA. But for those who want some of the functionality of a PDA to help them organize their lives, then this daily planner is a really useful application.
I’d like to address some of the criticisms that some people have about similar Kindle calendars.
For those who complain that you are unable to see an entire month at a time: There are MONTHLY calendars available for the Kindle, such as 2008 Monthly Calendar for the Amazon Kindle (U.S. Edition). Get those instead of a DAILY planner.
For those who complain that the notes you enter don’t actually appear unless you click on the note: This feature would be technically impossible for a book author to implement on the Kindle. The Kindle (at least currently) is not like the iPhone where outside developers can write programs for it. Thus, authors are constrained to write text- or image-based documents that CANNOT be edited by users. I thought it was clever enough to use the Kindle’s annotation feature to act as a note-taker. So don’t blame the author or the product for this minor shortcoming.
For those who complain that there isn’t an alarm or flash or pop up that tells you an appointment is coming up: Again, this would be technically impossible for a book author to implement on the Kindle.
For those who complain that this is easy to implement: Yes, it is. However, the author never claimed that this was something creative or difficult. I can certainly whip my own in HTML in less than an hour, but my time is more valuable that the price I pay for this product. This daily planner is a bargain.
Bottom line: If you already use a daily planner or have one on your Blackberry/PDA, keep using it and don’t get this. If you don’t have those things but have your Kindle on you much of the time, this can be really useful!
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This is for the Kindle user who likes the simple approach of an Ebook Reader. This application does what it says it does. If you like short notations in your planner and not trying to make a Day Planner a Journal, then you’ll like this Planner.
It has a simple, straight forward, design which uses the built in features of the Kindle (notes, highlight, and paging). Mr. Hou is offering this at a very reasonable price too.
A must have……
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I was hoping someone would come up with this idea. It’s simple to use and great for my needs. Very happy with this purchase. Now maybe in the future you would consider creating a journal?
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I don’t go anywhere without my Kindle, so this little application caught my eye. It does what it’s supposed to do, but it could use some refinements:
Show the actual note entries rather than just a note “indicator”
Add some sort of notification or alarm function – maybe when you start up your Kindle the display will flash to let you know you have an entry for the day?
At any rate, it is a very useful concept that I hope will eventually be refined. I’d love to be notified when updates for the app are available.
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I only viewed the sample and for some reason I thought it was going to be a monthly calendar – so you could see a month at at time. It’s a day view only.
I don’t want to insult the author but this is really just too simple, anyone with basic HTML knowledge could create something like this. But why? All it does is allow you to put notes on a page (date). You have to go to each day to see the marker for each note and then pull it up. You can’t see an overview or just a list of those appts or notes.
You are better off keeping your paper day timer.
Sorry dude.
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Where do I put the 6 am spinning class or meeting the girls at 9 pm? However, the best suggustion would to be able to see what I’ve typed in. I’d pay more for an extended day and being able to see what I typed. As it is, thank you for the sample but keep your product.
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marvelous idea, uninspired execution. Entry should print and save visibly on timeline. Should look and work like paper planner. too many steps involved to index and find dates. Better than nothing…lots of room for improvement
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Once your date is located, you must click on the note icon to see your entry. Not what I was looking for.
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I still cannot believe this item appeared for sale after the year 2008 was over…….I did not realize it, sent a letter of complaint to Amazon and have not received an answer. No big cost, still…………….