I’ve used PI on Windows Mobile for years and it was a necessity for me. I’ve bought PI for iPhone the minute it came out. And I’ve tried it off and on since then. It is a great product and has great potential, unfortunately for me, it is not on my iPhone right now.

Why? Because I use Exchange and a Mac (and Entourage user) as my primary computer. (I have a windows desktop that is used about 40% of the time.) Anyhow, it is not WebIS’s fault, they are trying. Apple does not allow them to access the calendar database directly on the iPhone and PI for iPhone doesn’t have the ability to sync to MSExchange directly. So for me to get it to work, over the air, I have to have PI sync to Google Calendar and use a 3rd party tool to sync Google Calendar on my Windows Desktop to my Outlook. That means my data has to go through too many steps to be sync’d in all locations.

Between all those steps syncing with my Exchange and with Google Calendar, I’ve lost some appointments. Like I said it is not WebIS’s fault, in my case there are just ‘too many cooks in the kitchen’ handling my calendar data.

When the direct Outlook and Entourage Sync Tools become available it will be helpful, but I will still not jump for joy. I don’t want to be forced to sit down and turn on my computer and start some syncing process, that is too complicated. I just want to sync Over the Air at any time. (OTA syncing is one reason I’ve switched from eWallet to SPB Wallet for now. But that is another story.)

Anyway, this is too long. My point is PI is great, and has great potential, but for me and most Exchange users syncing to Google Calendar and back to Outlook to Exchange is not a great solution. Until PI can sync directly with Exchange and/or OTA I probably won’t be using it. Which stinks, because it IS SO MUCH BETTER than the iCal app on the iPhone.