Well, I’ve been using Pocket Informant for several years now and have been quite happy with it’s performance. It is a great solid application for Windows Mobile which adds enhanced performance and features that are not included with the default WM PIM. So today, I decided to give Agendus a try and see how it compares to Pocket Informant.
Agendus for Windows Mobile has been designed from the ground up with one goal in mind: to bring order and piece of mind in the busy life of today’s windows mobile phone users. It accomplishes such goal by seamlessly unifying schedule, contact management and task organization in a homogeneous, straightforward and pleasant to use interface. Its out-of-the-box ready to use functionality is complemented by a variety of fine tuning options and preferences aimed at satisfying the novice as well as the power user audiences.
I must say that Agendus for Windows Mobile is certainly a lot friendlier to new users in terms of usuability when compared to other PIM like Pocket Informant or Agenda One. I found that the look and feel of the program to be very nice and clean. I had no problems configuring the application to my needs. One thing that I like that in Agendus, that is missing from Pocket Informant, is the Today View. At this view all of your appointments, task, calls, and recent messages for the current day will be displayed. Also you can have it configured to show a qoute of the day, weather, and stock qoutes in the Today View. Other views that Agendus has that are fairly common in other advance PIM programs are: Agenda View, Week View, Task View, Quarter View, Contact View, and Task View.
Although I found that Agendus is a great add-on to the Windows Mobile experience, I am turned away from it due to the lack of “touch” mode interface. This is where Pocket Informant shines when compared to 
Agendus. Since I have an HTC Touch, having this mode is very crucial for me. The soft key menu style in Pocket Informant makes navigation between the views painless. The views that are available in Pocket Informant are: Events, Agenda, Day/Week, Week, Month, Timeline, Journal, Notes, Tasks, and Contacts. I find myself using the Agenda and Month views the most. And since I have Pocket Informant as my default PIM, I also use it to navigate through my contacts.
Pocket Informant brings a new level of ease of use to your mobile device. Search your Contacts with the innovative 12-Key Search Pad, scale your feature interface needs using our Roles including a “Pocket Outlook with Benefits Role”. A near fully one handed interface lets you use Pocket Informant without ever touching the stylus – or if you prefer finger control Pocket Informant brings finger touch scrolling, a touch ABC bar in Contacts, and new finger friendly time pickers.
So in the end I decided to stick with Pocket Informant. I will be keeping an eye out for any new releases of Agendus with hopes of a possible “touch” mode added. I definitely recommend to download both applications and give them a try. And of course pick the one that is more suitable for your needs.
Agendus – iambic
Pocket Informant – WebIS
