I’ve become a big fan of WebIS’ Pocket Informant for iPhone and have posted on it a number of times over on whatsoniphone. It merges two of my most important productivity tools  Google Calendar and Toodledo – into a single app, and in doing so makes my life much easier and more organized. PI is, however, still relatively young as an app, and as a result its task management is not nearly as full-featured as  some of the stand-alone apps like Appigo’s Todo. Hence the reason I use BOTH PI and Todo on a daily basis.

Appigo’s ToDo is the veteran Toodledo-synching iPhone app and it syncs with Toodledo, Remember The Milk Pro and with Appigo’s own FREE desktop sync program for use with iCal on a Mac. One of the best things about it is the fact that it has seen a constant and meaningful series of updates on a rather frequent basis. At $9.99 it is expensive. But it is so powerful AND flexible that I find it to be well worth the price.

ToDo just saw an update to Version 2.0. As is usually the case, a move from 1.x to 2.x means a significant step forward for an app and that is certainly the case here.

Appigo describes Todo as “a powerful tool that makes task management simple and fun. Use Todo by itself or synchronize your tasks to the web or your desktop using a popular online task manager like Toodledo or Remember The Milk (Pro Account required for RTM). Todo helps you focus on what matters most and allows you to integrate the GTD methodology or your own. You can create multiple lists, use the “All” list or focus on your most important tasks with the “Focus” list.

Todo helps you work efficiently and spread the load with others. Save time when you just need to record a todo by using the quick add button. Share your notes with others by emailing a task directly to them. Other Todo users can import tasks from these emails directly into their copy of Todo.

Todo also integrates with Appigo Notebook, available now for purchase on the App Store. Save your important task notes directly as notes by adding them to Appigo Notebook. In addition, export a note right into Todo to create a new task from an existing note.”

So what’s new that brings ToDo into the world of Version 2.0?? Here’s a video and then a rundown of the new features…

New Features include–

• Project and Checklists (subtasks)
• Full calendar view for picking due date
• Selectable priority icon themes
• Manual task sorting
• List color dots
• SMS Task Type

Other Improvements:
• Task modifications are now saved immediately
• Notes now appear directly below a task name (I asked for this a few months ago… NICE!!!)
• Switch sync services and keep tasks (YEAH!)
• Improved reliability for network connection during sync
• Added additional days for repeating a task every X days
• App Icon Number indicator for overdue only tasks
• List number indicator now shows overdue and due tasks
• Choice to use priority terminology of Toodledo/RTM
• Quick Add button added to lists screen
• Overdue items highlighted in red
• Time zone change improvements
• Reduced size of task view if no priority/due date is set

Unfortunately, there is still no “clickability” which would allow you to click an email and phone number from within the app itself and initiate contact… that’s a disappointment but the rest of this is fantastic!

We just started a promocode giveaway over on whatsoniphone, where we are giving way one copy of Todo each day for at least the next five days. For a chance to win one, you simply leave a comment with your Todo list of at least 6 items. Make it funny… keep it clean… make us laugh. You can jump HERE to enter.

Before you do, however, we are ALSO giving away a copy of the app right here on Gear Diary for the next five days. For a chance to win give us a rundown of your task list in the comments after this post. Extra credit if it makes us laugh!

And after you leave your comment, make sure to jump on over to Appigo’s site to learn more about their other great apps.

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