Count me in on this product. ToDoMatrix is a fantastic Franklin Covey-style work tool. I particularly like how you can organise tasks by drawers and folders and then view them by due today, next three days, this week, or view by delegate, alerts etc. The Internet back-up function (it works!) and email functions are smart. I'm emailing my completed tasks to myself each day then purging them. It makes for a great permanent record of what I accomplished.The method for quickly moving alerts forward by the snooze system is also very good.

Overall I am becoming a serious convert to this program. (More so evry hour; I've just had it for a few days.) ToDoMatrix is a nicely integrated system that allows you work on multiple projects (drawers) and sub-projects (folders) and incorporate them into a daily organisation/reminder system that can be viewed in a wide variety of useful ways.

I agree, especially since the BB lacks email flags, being able to read an email and send it to a todo folder for follow up with a note would be very helpful.

Regards-Michael G.

Any promotions from Rexwireless ? Looking to buy tobomatrix but wanted to see if anyone knew of any promo's

I would like to have found a promo code too. But my trial was about to expire and I'm already completely dependent on this program to keep me organised at work (damn you RexWireless ). I just bought it.

Highly recommended for anyone with multiple areas of responsibility involving lots of tasks.

Mine ends in a couple days and I am loving it so far. I just had the program Action and I dump it because it lack alot.

Glad to hear that you like it.

I was curious so I sent a PM to the rexguys asking how web*desktop was going. I received the following response...

Cant wait for this to come out. Hope they fix that issue soon.

latest from the rex site...

At least they test the products before releasing them

totally agree !!

I'm about to bail out and go back to Outlook & the sparse BlackBerry task application.

RexWireless website should be updated to be realistic. For instance, Desktop app is not one of ToDoMatrix's top ten features, since it doesn't exist.

RS

any news on the web-side application?

Web*Desktop is (finally!) headed to the Alpha test users (again) after a bit of redesign from round one. We believe it is stable, although a couple of small features currently available on the BlackBerry version of todoMatrix and ideaMatrix are not yet implemented on the desktop version. Wireless synchronization of tasks is working very well in testing.

If the feedback from Alpha is positive, we will move toward early Beta pretty quickly, given how many people are wanting this capability.

We anticipate the Alpha users up and running this weekend.

Thanks,

--- the REXguys

You guys made a great program and I bought it with the expectation of the web being available in Sept. I am so dependent on this program now, that to move all work to another program would be a big hassle.

You guys stated last month that people were losing patience with your company, and that worried you. What is your company thinking now with another month gone.

My hour glass is about up and i am not happy about that, by the web is a must for me and now its hard what to believe.

Good luck !!

Cool program. Seems like I too read about 6 months of "we're finally there" messages.

I just downloaded this application and I am in love with it, But I do not think I can kep it. Like my other forum members, I am over 40 and I simply cannot see the fonts or the calendar and dates for setting due dates. the fonts are cheasy and just too darn small. What were the develepors thinking putting such a cheasy unreadable font on such a high powered application. I hate having to go get reading glasses when i want to use my blackberry. Hell, blackberry is sensitivve to that and so is pocketlist. Then I finally get a great application like TodoMatrix, something I have been waiting for and they assign some fonts that came with 5 year old applications. I am ditching this if they do not do something with the fonts so older businessmen who do not have good eyes can use the application. Like I said, I can bearly make out the calendars in the application.

I've been in need of a product like ToDoMatrix or IdeaMatrix for some time now and decided to trial ToDoMatrix today. OTA install went just fine. However, I started the day with more than 50% battery capacity and ended the day on the verge of getting 'low battery' warning which almost never happens as quickly with my normal use. Today was a typical-use day without any other variable to account for.

Is this software known to be a battery-hog or is there a connections setting that could abate this? Any help would really be appreciated.

On an aside, I'm hoping this software will do all I genuinely need, as I'd much prefer not to have to shell out another $200 for the Act! Blackberry bolt-on which is pretty exhaustive software.

Could you let me (us) know a little bit more about this ACT "bolt-on". I am an ACT user and BB user. I miss the great integration of ACT and Palm but put up with that because the BB does so much more (and better).

Any info on this ACT-BB product would be great.

Rexwireless

You mentioned on the 8th that if testers approve the alpha that the web would be out shortly. Are we to assume that the alpha did not go well.
I'm not pushing, i am just excited to see this in action.

Can anyone at Rex update us on the latest status?
And also the exact features supported today?

He may be referring to HandHeld Contact.

I too am anxiously awaiting the web client for ideaMatrix and todoMatrix. My trial of both programs ran out several weeks ago, and I am waiting to check out the web interface before I purchase those applications.

Will a single web login bring a user of both programs to their data?

Yes, if a person has licensed both todoMatrix and ideaMatrix, a single web logon does allow you to tab between both datasets.

-- the REXguys

It is sounding better every day!

Yep! That's the one. Read up on it at Sage's website and it does sound impressive, but I'm now giving both IdeaMatrix and ToDoMatrix a go for my money!

I use HandHeld Contact (HHC,) and yes, it works very well. However, I wouldn't consider HHC a substitue for applications like ideaMatrix and todoMatrix. For me, they do very different things.

Do you see that (HHC) as a product that would work for someone who is self employed (me)? I can't tell if it is too much product or not. Does a company cover the costs for you and use it for a group or do you use it yourself?

I wish they just had "ACT for Blackberry" like they have "Act for Palm". It would make my use of the BB and ACT perfect.

Thanks for the info!

John

After 3 months of promises, I hope that it comes out next week. However, i will not be holding my breath.

If you are looking at getting this program, its worth every penny, and even more when the web part comes out.

I am self-emplyed, and HHC works very well for me. No, I pay for it myself.

I am not currently using todoMatrix or ideaMatrix. I am waiting for the web client to become available. I plan to use the two REXWireless applications and HHC at the same time (to sychronize different databases.)

I've been trying this product and have a silly question. Is there a way to make a list within the list, such as a grocery list that runs down a column? I do not want to have an individual to-do for each item.

When I have tried doing this in todo and idea, the end result is that the break (hitting return) does not hold in the final product.

Example:

I want this:

apples
oranges
milk
more time

And I get this:

apples oranges milk more time

Make sense?

I believe that this is just a matter of creating another sub folder.

Hope I'm not hijacking, but I'd really like to comment on the outstanding customer service I received from these folks provide. I had to switch blackberries and reinstall/register their app. I emailed them after hours, got a response within minutes that resolved the problem.

For me, ToDoMatrix is a strong business tool, that appears to be backed up by equally strong support.

We made a decision to try to show as much on a note in the "summary view" which is the view where the cr/lf's (carriage-return/line-feeds (enter)) disappear. It seemed like the better of the two choices, because if someone has a habit of putting in a one word title, the cr/lf, cr/lf, followed by a note, only the one word title would appear in the two line high summary view if we didn't strip the cr/lf's.

As far as shopping lists, it makes more sense to create a folder for the store you are going to (for ex. Costco), then individual notes (using the C (create)hot key) for your items. It really is quick. That way, you can drag drop it into rough store order (all the veggies together for example) and knock off each item as you drop it in your shopping basket. And, if you don't find an item, it will still be left in the folder after everything else is done. You can even do a [M]ove on it to move it to the Albertsons folder for your next stop.

We support unlimited todo's - we have a number of users with thousands of items - there really are no capacity issues to worry about.

Another alternative is to hit enter on the one long item and you will see the detail view that does in fact preserve the cr/lf's in the note.

Thanks,

-- The REXguys

I've been using this for about 4 days now. Functionally it seems to be working well for my purposes, though I'm not using the delegate function so I can't speak to that.

Not had any issues with entering tasks in one place and having them appear in the other. The web*desktop interface feels just a little crowded I thought, though I can't really point to anything in particular at this point without using it a little bit more.

The web-initiated sync is something I probably won't use all that often as my registration email address is one I connect to using OWA, which means there's a polling delay between when the sync arrives on the Exchange server and when it ultimately gets to my Blackberry.

Pretty happy with it thus far actually.

Great jobs Rexwireless. Happy Holidays to you also.

Great news on the beta going out. I know it has been a long time coming, but I believe that will really make an unbeatable combination for task management on any device!

Congrats, and looking forward to trying the web desktop.

Thank you for the list ideas. I love the products so far. I keep trying to sign up for impact beta but the email keeps bouncing.

Will the desktop service be free or what will the pay structure be after purchasing the initial software?

sounds pretty fair to me. thanks.