Comments on: Review: Fizz Traveller 3 Puts the World in Your Hand http://justanothermobilemonday.com/Wordpress/2008/01/27/review-fizz-traveller-3-puts-the-world-in-your-hand/ A Practical Look At Mobile Life Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:52:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: draeburn http://justanothermobilemonday.com/Wordpress/2008/01/27/review-fizz-traveller-3-puts-the-world-in-your-hand/#comment-37289 draeburn Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:48:29 +0000 http://justanothermobilemonday.com/Wordpress/2008/01/27/review-fizz-traveller-3-puts-the-world-in-your-hand/#comment-37289 Great review! I realize that this is pretty late after the review posted, but I wanted to add a couple of things based on my experience with Fizz Traveller for people who find this review via Google or a link from the Fizz site. In general, I agree with your assessment of the product. But I did run into one problem and one design shortcoming. The problem dealt with assigning times to itinerary items. This happened on a Motorola Q9h Global WM Standard Smartphone, so WM Professional devices such as the one used for this review might not be affected. Anyway, being from the US, I'm used to AM/PM time format. But when I chose that time format, the interface didn't give access to the AM/PM portion of the time. For example, if I tried to enter a time of 2:00 PM, I could enter 02:00, but could not select AM or PM. The program interpreted the entry in 24-hour time, so it recorded the time as 2:00 AM. In order to enter 2:00 PM, I'd have to enter the time in 24-hour time (IOW, 14:00). Then, when the item was saved and you came back into it, the time would be displayed in a weird hybrid format... in this case 14:00 PM. So effectively, this part of the program doesn't support AM/PM format time at all. If you select the option of using AM/PM time, you expect it to work as it does in every other program that supports it. I contacted the publisher who confirmed the problem. The person I talked to said that it would be fixed in a later release. I've been looking for such a release, but it's been almost 3 months and nothing so far. This is pretty big for a program marketed globally. Other publishers like WebIS and DeveloperOne do frequent updates to address such issues. I must say I'm disappointed to see such a low priority placed on such a significant gaffe in the program. The design shortcoming revolves around the categories for itinerary items. I wanted to put in an item for a shuttle to the train station. But the categories are limited to Flight, Car Rental, Hotel, Cruise, Train and Meeting. There's no Other or Event category, so there wasn't really an appropriate category for this itinerary item. You could work around it by using Meeting or something of the sort, but for a program that's so highly praised, I'd expect them to do better. So from my perspective, it's a fine program overall, but it's rougher than I'd expect for a version 3.0 of such a highly lauded program. Great review! I realize that this is pretty late after the review posted, but I wanted to add a couple of things based on my experience with Fizz Traveller for people who find this review via Google or a link from the Fizz site.

In general, I agree with your assessment of the product. But I did run into one problem and one design shortcoming.

The problem dealt with assigning times to itinerary items. This happened on a Motorola Q9h Global WM Standard Smartphone, so WM Professional devices such as the one used for this review might not be affected.

Anyway, being from the US, I’m used to AM/PM time format. But when I chose that time format, the interface didn’t give access to the AM/PM portion of the time. For example, if I tried to enter a time of 2:00 PM, I could enter 02:00, but could not select AM or PM. The program interpreted the entry in 24-hour time, so it recorded the time as 2:00 AM. In order to enter 2:00 PM, I’d have to enter the time in 24-hour time (IOW, 14:00). Then, when the item was saved and you came back into it, the time would be displayed in a weird hybrid format… in this case 14:00 PM. So effectively, this part of the program doesn’t support AM/PM format time at all.

If you select the option of using AM/PM time, you expect it to work as it does in every other program that supports it. I contacted the publisher who confirmed the problem. The person I talked to said that it would be fixed in a later release. I’ve been looking for such a release, but it’s been almost 3 months and nothing so far. This is pretty big for a program marketed globally. Other publishers like WebIS and DeveloperOne do frequent updates to address such issues. I must say I’m disappointed to see such a low priority placed on such a significant gaffe in the program.

The design shortcoming revolves around the categories for itinerary items. I wanted to put in an item for a shuttle to the train station. But the categories are limited to Flight, Car Rental, Hotel, Cruise, Train and Meeting. There’s no Other or Event category, so there wasn’t really an appropriate category for this itinerary item. You could work around it by using Meeting or something of the sort, but for a program that’s so highly praised, I’d expect them to do better.

So from my perspective, it’s a fine program overall, but it’s rougher than I’d expect for a version 3.0 of such a highly lauded program.

]]> By: xdalaw http://justanothermobilemonday.com/Wordpress/2008/01/27/review-fizz-traveller-3-puts-the-world-in-your-hand/#comment-35536 xdalaw Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:13:50 +0000 http://justanothermobilemonday.com/Wordpress/2008/01/27/review-fizz-traveller-3-puts-the-world-in-your-hand/#comment-35536 Really good review! I'm psyched I just won a copy from a JAMM contest. Downloaded my trial yesterday and am really liking this slick new version. Really good review! I’m psyched I just won a copy from a JAMM contest. Downloaded my trial yesterday and am really liking this slick new version.

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]]> By: PatrickJ http://justanothermobilemonday.com/Wordpress/2008/01/27/review-fizz-traveller-3-puts-the-world-in-your-hand/#comment-35516 PatrickJ Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:45:56 +0000 http://justanothermobilemonday.com/Wordpress/2008/01/27/review-fizz-traveller-3-puts-the-world-in-your-hand/#comment-35516 Hey weiganla - I'm gonna set aside a couple hours to get through all of this now, but I've gotta tell you - the '...stay at home and invest in Ziploc' line was pretty much a spit coffee at the screen inducing moment. Nice :) Hey weiganla - I’m gonna set aside a couple hours to get through all of this now, but I’ve gotta tell you - the ‘…stay at home and invest in Ziploc’ line was pretty much a spit coffee at the screen inducing moment. Nice :)

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