iPhone Calendar Program Review

[Afroknas]

Nice review!

[NyaanTard]

Birthday

[KIRLES26]

well now in ios 5 you just have to hold the time for two seconds to create the event

[bettypotter1999]

How do you delete a avent???

[bettypotter1999]

How

[krysanneandray]

thanks for that. I really hate that it doesn't have a birthday reminder like I have had on all my other phones

[charlenehart1]

the highlights on monthly dates are nto very good. a simple Grey DOT. Wud be better if they were color coded. It is a crap calendar though

[TheDJcrivi]

hey, very nice as a agenda...but it's the same the iTOUCH calender???

[harrylime22]

calnder is not good compared to Nokia calender. You need to have your calender points up on your home page without having to open the calender app.

[ccbjdlr]

New version is better ... How do u add an additional calendar ?

[MrFashionfever]

I LIVE BY THIS APP!

[TheDJcrivi]

@MrFashionfever it works like an agenda??

[MigDanskeren]

Cool. Thanks for recording and uploading this video.

[GowanBray]

Can you suggest a good calendar where you don't need internet access to keep it current ? Can one use this free of the net ? Thanks.

[funkycoldm3dina]

you know the 'start' and 'end' bit, i dont like the bit where it only gives you only the five minute option andn i think why didn't they add all the minutes inbetween?

i need it because my timetable dictates that I need to know if something starts at or ends at 4.33 pm for example.

other than that it is quite good.

Peace out.

[alejandroalbarenga]

Rodman988,

I have a Treo 680 and thinking about getting an Iphone 3gs. Do you know if the calendar from the Iphone has Snooze Alert as the Palm?

Thannks, great video.

[Vitruviux]

I wish it had a birthday function, where you enter a person's birthday and it shows you their actual age and notifies you of course.

[rodman988]

What you can do is create a birthday calendar and add an alarm to remind you however many days before you want. But the age thing would be sweet.

[steve122393]

Hi there's anyone kbow how to put my calendar day in order we are in 2010 right but my is in 2000 how can i change that and put it in the correct year please can some body help me out THANKS!

[rodman988]

On the iPhone calendar prog you can click the button that says, "Today," and it will bring you to the right date. If it still says a different date, you need to adjust the current date in Settings app/date and time/ and then click set automatically.

[jmanders1]

Hi, from Norway! Like your review. Have you had any feedback on your double-click-the-time-of-day-t­o-add-appointment-function request? (sorry bout the hyphens there) Jan Martin

[rodman988]

Hi! No...I wish. That would be the ideal function. I'm hoping they'll still add it in a future update.

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[TechnologysFinest]

It's much better now since you can sync it with MobileMe or an exchange server.

[stormyscout]

When I synced my iphone, all of my appointments were erased. Has this ever happened to you?

[rodman988]

hmmm...sorry to hear that....never quite happened to me.....

[TheAntiRebel]

Are you a pastor?

Thanks for the review. I'm looking to upgrade my smartphone (from my Samsung Blackjack) and I use the calendar (pardon the phrase) religiously. I don't think the iPhone would fit my needs, unfortunately.

[rodman988]

I am a pastor, actually...in Tampa, Florida. Yeah...that's one of the weaknesses of the iPhone calendar app....it's much easier to deal with in iCal.

[ariesteban2]

Are you a Rabbi or a Seventh-day Adventist pastor?

[d0g3n]

Thanks. Like someone said; its the small apps like this, that you use everyday that is interesting. I was thinking about replacing my dell axim x51v for iphone since its a more complete device. I dont know though. The calendar is a feature i use all the time and its pretty awesome on windows mobile.

[mofemobile]

WOAH RIVERVIEW? you in perth mate?

[rodman988]

I wish I was in Perth! This is Riverview, Florida, USA. It's near Tampa, Fl.

[keithsmills]

I absolutely hate the iPhone calendar. Hate it.

[rodman988]

lol!

[phweakwilled]

I have an iPhone too and the wheel selectors are really slow. Also in month view would be better if days with events were shaded in rather than just a dot underneath. Android and Palm Pre seem to have better calendars implemented

Also the audible alert is too quiet and cannot be customized :(

[jpinkus]

@keithsmills

I agree. How can Apple create a calendar that does not provide a way to invite or receive invitations for meetings or events? Also, the sync with DotMac part of Mobile Me errors since the last update. It is not a big problem because the calendar never synced anyway.

[Leffs]

3.0 No custom slot anymore- can't set a meeting for the 3rd Monday of every month?? am I missing something??

[rodman988]

no, you're not missing anything. I don't think it was ever there, actually. It's not as full featured as the desktop version.

[foto101]

Awesome! Too often people don't review these "little things" for products like phones, but it's the little things we use every day, and the little things for phones in particular that make a difference. Great look, I wish only you mentioned also how the ringtones work, can you change the noise made for certain appointments or are they just set as default?

On my old phone you could give certain types of appts. different sounds.

[JSMan55]

Another drawback to this app... the event repeat function is very limited. With the old Treo/Centro Palm software you can have your events repeat in unconventional ways. For example, at work we typically have meetings on the 2nd Wednesday or 1st Monday of every month. The iphone calendar sadly doesn't allow for this.

[rodman988]

It's true...you can't do this directly on the iPhone itself, sadly. If I have to make unique appointments, I'll do it on my computer, and then it will correctly sync on my iPhone. Hopefully this will get resolved in a future update, though.

[dadawada26]

Can you sync your entourage contacts and calendar to iphone? I know there is a program called E2 sync, but i wondered if Apple had an application to download and use. Anyone finding it easier to use ical instead of entourage calendar with their iphone?

[oxtox1]

didn't mention the BIGGEST drawback, which is NO search function!!!! otherwise, well done!

[ESPhotolicious]

Perfect! This is precisely what I was looking for. Thank you!

[enda502001]

thanks! soooo cant wait for christmas! iphone here i come

[Woodlediedoo]

Thanks for this great review!

[2black2no]

hey man. im naked!! a

[Kensky12]

thanks alot, I've been trying to look for a good video on this, but this one is the best

-Thanks agane!!

[haal1]

you made my day! I was afraid for buying the iPhone because i was not sure that the iCal will be as easy as it is on the MacBooks... but it seems it is even easier.

[xtedx1]

just want to add: even in iPhone 3G, the calendar is quite limited compared to palm treo. no todo list support! very important, no color coding for different category of events in the month view, limited repeat option (cant repeat like every 3rd week of the month, every weekdays, weekend, etc), cant move an event to another category once created. PDA power users beware of these. i just assumed it works like the desktop iCal but i was wrong and disappointed. thinking of going back to palm again.

[rodman988]

I hear you. It is easier on a palm. But it is what it is. I'm hoping one day they'll totally revamp the program.

[purerizzo]

Surely you can swipe the screen to the left or right to change the day?

[phweakwilled]

Nope! even on Software V3.0

[purerizzo]

Now i realise this as i got an ipod touch myself since i wrote that comment! :p

[yawjunior]

Thanks for the review :]

[ryanohare]

Thanks for the great review! This is the part of the iPhone i will be using the most. This has made me sure the iPhone is for me.

[leida001]

Thanks for the review, I was searching around for a vid that showed what the calendar program was like and you answered all my questions :D

Good review, very to-the-point

[kennethsross]

Hi Rod

As a fellow pastor, your review caught my eye. I've been using an HTC Universal PDA (WM 5.0) for a couple of years, but was thinking of going for a 16GB 3G iPhone next month.

Are you syncing this with a Mac or a PC? I will be using Outlook 2007 on a PC running Vista.

Appreciate any comments

[nwc2001]

would you recommend this phone over the treo 650?

[rodman988]

I sure would. Especially now that the new software update is coming out in JUly I think it will be unbeatable.

[rjduval]

I just switched from a Treo 650 (because it died its final death) to the Iphone 3G with the latest 2.1. I really like 95% of the software on (and available) on the phone but the Calendar app is much slower to use that the Treo and there is no timed tasks app and, according the online reports from developers, the Apple SDK doesn't support programs running in the background so no one can write a todo app with alarms.

There are quite a few good todo apps for the Iphone but without alarms...

[youtuby0305]

wonderful review, i totally agree with your final comments on feature improvement

[jonas606]

Very helpful. I was curious what the system had to offer and you answered all of my questions. Thank you.

[ssjdagas]

Seems like it's good enough to be useful at least even if it's not as powerful as a PDA calandar. Thanks for the review =)

[channelnantuu]

Thank you

I've been researching to see if I should change my treo 750 to an iphone but apple's website doesn't seem to feature the calendar app.

Great review. I want one ;-)

[BigBoss111]

Realy great review! Thanks a lot.

[rexinusa]

VEry good review. Straight to the point. That calender is one reason I am still holding to my palm 650. Once apple update to just click and type on time slot, I will switch.

[44pullups]

yea. my palm tx is way easier to just pick a day a time and boom. this phone needs 3rd party apps badly!

[funkpost]

Can't you choose from your different colored layers, like in iCal or even on the Palm Treo??!

[nilsalb]

you type fasttttt...

[nispen]

Great review. Thanks. The calendar prog seems VERY basic.

[macflyfilm]

Or straight forward, which is the best way.

[nispen]

no comment

[nicktumi]

can you have the alert or alarm play a song or play list??? or even vibrate or both?

[rodman988]

You can have it to play an alarm and vibrate. Unfortunately, it won't play a song or a playlist.

[nicktumi]

that is no good they should really get that working. thanks

[Yackassss]

Thanks, I found this really informative. I really hope they'll add to-do's in the next firmware update.

[rodman988]

So i wanted to give a quick response to some of the questions people have posted. 1

1. You can sync this with outlook. The apple website has directions on how to do so.

2. I'm really looking forward to the next apple update when Leopard comes out, because I'm hoping that it will make the calendar program for the iPhone a little better. I wish it had the same functionality as on the iCal program itself.

I suppose only time will tell.

[FrancescoK]

Good review, but you know what the real pity is? That it lacks To Dos!

[RockGuitarizt]

I agree completely

[timalia]

Hey Rod,

Great review. Thanks for posting it. I was getting a little frustrated with apple for not showing the feature.  I'm a little disappointed...I expected that app to be a lot better.

So are you a pastor somewhere? I saw in your calendar that you had a few sermon days and prayer meetings. I'm in Kalamazoo, Michigan and I'm also a believer.

[jontuckerrally]

Believer in the iPhone? Yeaaaaaaaaah

[Ketsjappah]

Thank you for this review, it's pretty interesting. One thing that the Calendar-app seems to lack is the ability to add events to a certain calendar, for example "work", "sports",... that kind of thing...

[vicodin25mg]

Thanks for posting...pity for the double-click feature. I expected something more from this app.

[jimba1968]

Thanks for this, I can't understand why Apple didn't include this in their own site!? Again, same question, does it sync with Outlook?

[kamsinghnagra]

Same questions, does it sync with Microsoft Outlook and does it display or some how signal the days events on the main iPhone home screen? Thanks.

[ryancameroon]

Great review, thanks.

[jasonasteele]

Can you use Microsoft Outlook to manage or synch your appointments? I use this with my Treo 700P now.

Nice info.