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Patrick462 
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Posted 10 June 2011 - 06:24 AM
Have you tested the location feature? I set up a quick reminder to let me know when I left the house. I didn't get any reminder when I left this morning.
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Posted 10 June 2011 - 06:49 AM
I'm wondering how granular is the location feature – that is how close is the fence set to the location defined in my Todo? Is my iPhone going to get a reminder every time I simply drive past the CostCo that I've set a reminder to I need to pick up a 50 gallon drum of mayonnaise?
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Posted 10 June 2011 - 07:44 AM
Patrick462, on 10 June 2011 - 06:24 AM, said:
Have you tested the location feature? I set up a quick reminder to let me know when I left the house. I didn't get any reminder when I left this morning.
Tried it yesterday as well. Needed more smokes (which I always forget to buy) so I set a reminder to go off when I left work. Never got a notification or anything. Didn't work for me at all.
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Posted 10 June 2011 - 07:46 AM
No sorting by due date or priority. No repeatable tasks, either?
I'm happy about finally getting a default to-do system that isn't part of Mail (How silly was that?) and which syncs between my Mac's iCal and something on my iPhone, be it Calendar or this separate Reminders app.
I'm not sure this is even as good as Wunderlist, which is free on the web, on the Mac, and on iOS and syncs for free, too.
I'd like to see Yoctoville's Errands and Alarmed apps get some kind of syncing among iOS devices and to something on the web. Those two apps do everything I need very well, and with the exception of location-based notifications and the syncing, already do it better than Reminders will when iOS 5 is released.
I'm happy about finally getting a default to-do system that isn't part of Mail (How silly was that?) and which syncs between my Mac's iCal and something on my iPhone, be it Calendar or this separate Reminders app.
I'm not sure this is even as good as Wunderlist, which is free on the web, on the Mac, and on iOS and syncs for free, too.
I'd like to see Yoctoville's Errands and Alarmed apps get some kind of syncing among iOS devices and to something on the web. Those two apps do everything I need very well, and with the exception of location-based notifications and the syncing, already do it better than Reminders will when iOS 5 is released.
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Posted 10 June 2011 - 08:33 AM
I am very intrigued by the location based reminders. As an independent consultant, I would love to have a reminder to note all the issues that I've dealt with as I drive away from a client. Heck, wouldn't it even be better for the app to be able to easily note the distance traveled prior to an event and the distance after the event as well? Wooh ha!
Anyway, can anyone point me to a current app that does location based reminders?
Anyway, can anyone point me to a current app that does location based reminders?
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Posted 10 June 2011 - 08:35 AM
I set up a reminder to show off the reminder feature when I arrive to work, and its been reminding me every time I get to work, even when I leave and come back for lunch, I get a reminder. Not sure why it's not working for you guys.
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Posted 10 June 2011 - 08:53 AM
Not being able to reorder your tasks loses me. Some of the earliest To Do apps were stricken by this shortcoming. Fix this one thing and at the very least, my grocery list may go there.
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Posted 10 June 2011 - 04:24 PM
The location based stuff seems hit and miss. At times it works and others, not so much. It also seems to be a big battery drain as it constantly uses your location - go figure. This is hard to say how much this will change.
Also, no floating reminders - do wish they had that.
Also, no floating reminders - do wish they had that.
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Posted 10 June 2011 - 06:42 PM
BrianAnderson, on 10 June 2011 - 07:44 AM, said:
Patrick462, on 10 June 2011 - 06:24 AM, said:
Have you tested the location feature? I set up a quick reminder to let me know when I left the house. I didn't get any reminder when I left this morning.
Tried it yesterday as well. Needed more smokes (which I always forget to buy) so I set a reminder to go off when I left work. Never got a notification or anything. Didn't work for me at all.
How great is it that an app actually tries to save your life like that? I wonder if it would remind me to go to the gym instead.
