Contacts are also searchable and can be easily grouped.įor the duration of the review, I kept EssentialPIM on a small USB drive attached to my keys. And if by chance, the numerous fields provided are still not enough, contacts too may contain notes and attachments. The contacts page of EssentialPIM simply lists your contacts as you would expect – except each contact is able to contain pretty much, as much information about your contact as you can muster. Also, like schedule and To Do items, notes can also have attachments. For easy identification, notes can also have customized icons and be stored in hierarchies. Links can be inserted into notes as can images. A toolbar allows notes to contain basic formatting such as bold, italics and justification. To Do Items can be sorted and arranged in folders for easy retrieval and viewing.ĮssentialPIM’s notes section allows easy access to short notes that are easily searchable. Like schedule items, To Do items can also contain attachments. Along with basic time and date data, To do items can be customized through the addition of a colour/category, completion, priority and location data. The To Do section is pretty much as you would expect: A straightforward listing of items that need to be completed. It is also worth noting that attachments can be linked or fully integrated into the database. When scheduling items, you are also able to create complex repeat patterns with ease. Schedule items can be customized by category/colour, duration, location, start and end time, priority, completion level and can even contain attachments. Adding a new schedule item is as easy as selecting the time frame you want with your mouse and entering the details into the resulting input box. The layout in each view is neat with events able to be colour coded and categorized to your liking. The schedule of events can be viewed by day, week, month, year and also as a table. It is no surprise then, that the Schedule is the first menu entry under the “EPIM Today” page. While Personal Information Managers have expanded over the years to contain copious amounts of data, their main claim to fame is their ability to schedule events on a calendar. While I personally found this “EPIM Today” page to be an excellent PIM opening page, it is worth noting that EssentialPIM can also be set to default to the last opened view as the opening page. The panel on the right contains the To Do list. Beneath this menu is a small monthly calendar which provides quick access to each date’s daily schedule as well as an at-a-glance view of which days have events listed. The left panel contains a list of actions specific to the page being viewed, followed by a short menu allowing the user to switch between EssentialPIM’s different sections (Schedule, To Do, Notes and Contacts). The page is split into three columns, with the bulk of the page taken up by the middle column, providing a brief list of appointments. While discounts are offered when these addons are bundled, when purchased separately, each addon costs an additional $24.95US each.ĮssentialPIM is light on resources and all versions require a measly 64MB RAM and 10MB of free hard drive space.ĮssentialPIM opens with the “EPIM Today” page which provides you with a handy at-a-glance view of what you have planned for the day ahead. This functionality can be added via the purchase of addons. While I specifically used version 2.72 of the Pro Portable variant for this review, I would suggest that due to the near identical nature of the different versions, the experience I had can be considered indicative of the entire line of EssentialPIM products.Īlong with the base applications, EssentialPIM is also able to synchronise itself with Windows Mobile devices, Google Calendars, Palm based devices and Microsoft Outlook. The Network version – again, as implied by its name – is able to be used in a collaborative workgroup environment. As the name suggests, the Portable versions are able to run from USB drives (with U3 versions are tailored for drives which support Sandisk’s U3 system). The free versions are functional, but watered down incarnations of the “Pro” versions. Limited feature set Portable – runs from USB driveįull version Collaborative workgroup use While EssentialPIM is essentially a single application, it comes in the following similar, yet different, guises.įull version Portable – runs from USB driveįull version Works on U3 USB drives only Read on to find out how I got on with EssentialPIM over the past two months. EssentialPIM is a Personal Information Manager for Windows (98/ME/ 2000/XP/2003/Vista) that manages all your contacts, appointments, notes and To Do lists to keep you organised and on track.
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