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How can a company which prides itself on making people more organized and efficient be so laxed about putting together an app that has been mentioned on this site for over a year!
I have the Planplusonline mobile and frankly it sucks. It does not utilize the open source coding that links its calendar to the android calendar and therefore it does not give any notifcations or alerts about anything, unless you have it go through your email or texts, and even then it's spotty. In order to check something off, you can't just check it off, you have to actually open the "task" and then check it off and THEN Save it?!!?!?!?! Come on, there are free task apps that have more functionality than that! Any programmer can create something functional like that, why is this company that has so many upper level managers and individuals that LOVE the FC system having such a fundamental breakdown in getting its customers something that is functional and worthwhile. ANYTHING, that will work within android, would be better than the junk I'm paying $15/month for now. And seriously, once i get everything transferred, I'm getting out! it's just not workth it anymore. Even the Planplusonline product seems cheap compared to other programs out there.
I had PALM, the palm xe, back in the 80's and IT had a better program than FC does now. Tell me how that works? Technology in this company has gone backwards.
I LOVE the system of FC. But the digital ineptitude of the company to bring it online or at least license the SYSTEM OUT to someone that can actually program something worthwhile is quite astonishing.
I hate to say it, but there has to be a better way, and FC just does not seem able to meet the needs of its customers. After having it for over 20 years, I hate to say goodbye, but I believe its not worth my time anymore to wait. I am less productive waiting for it.
Sincerely,
Kevin White









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We admit it Kevin, this has
It might not be everything you're hoping for (yet), but we hope it addresses some of your concerns and meets your Android task app needs.
Thanks for candidly voicing your concern and sticking with us. We know it's been a long time coming, but we're determined to make the best task app for Android (and other mobile platforms).
Like Kevin I too tried Plus
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I can only state my profound disappointment! But I'm not sure it or any facts will be heard or acted on.
Even with the marketing surge that Apple had with it's 4S they still don't own the market. And if past performance is any indicator their surge in market share will only last long enough for the shine to ware off and people will again return to performace over marketing where Android has always won.
Apple has has 30% of the market, Android has 46%. Blackberry 15%, Windows Mobile 5%, and the rest combined (Palm, Symbian, Win Phone 7) only 4%.
It certainly makes sense to support Apple given their marketing engine and momentum, but supporting Android so poorly??? I don't get it. Instead legacy support for Palm and Win Mobile seems to be more important and they make up less than 6% of the market.
If your position is that the online planning tools are the only answer for Android users, it falls way far short of what is really needed. You need Android apps and sync support on PlanPlus for Windws and Outlook that is automatic and does not require some third online app to maintain. Will that ever come, or should I just give up and start looking for a new planner company...
For almost 25 years I have been an FC advocate if not outright evangelist. The FC planning mehtodology is far better than anything else out there. But the total failure to effectivley enable it's use on one of the most prolific mobile platforms on the market despite years of feedback asking for it shows an astonishing disreguard for your customer base.
They have been saying an
Dear Lord - where to begin.
http://www.piso13.com/Piso13/Opus_Domini_for_mac.html
http://weekplan.net
Neither solution is great... but both progammers are committed to building software that allows people to use the 7 Habits methodology.
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