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REVIEWS: ACT! Contact Manager
REVIEWS: ACT! Contact Manager
This article reviews ACT!, the most popular contact manager of desktop
computers, now available for the 95LX. The article also includes a brief
look at two other contact managers: Pocket Sales Force and Contact 95.
By David Hayden
If any application is a natural fit for the HP 95LX, then contact management
software is it. A contact manager integrates such functions as client tracking,
scheduling, and a host of other features to help you manage your time and
relationships more effectively. Although the HP 95LX has a built-in address
book and appointment scheduler, many users require a more full-featured
contact manager.
Many users of contact managers are traveling professionals. However,
anyone needing to keep track of business contacts can benefit from this
type of application. Many existing users of PC-based contact management
software carry laptop and notebook computers. Many of these same users
are switching to palmtop computers like the HP 95LX to have instant access
to client information everywhere they go.
Three 95LX programs currently compete in the contact management
arena; ACT!, Pocket Sales Force and Contact 95. While all the products
offer useful features, ACT! is clearly the most mature and full-featured
of the three. (See Sidebar page 8 for discussion of Pocket Sales Force
and Contact 95.)
ACT! was in development before the HP 95LX was even available.
After more than a year a 95LX version is finally shipping, and with one
major exception, its lack of System-Manager compliancy, it has been well
worth the wait.
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Notice about Palmtop.net
The
Palmtop Network with its S.U.P.E.R. (Simply
Unbeatable Palmtop Essentials Repository) software is now
available under the domain name of
hp200lx.net. |
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