Application Aims: Remember The Milk and other ways to avert catastrophes

Reviewer’s Comments
MilkSync is a simple way to wirelessly access your BlackBerry Tasks through the Remember The Milk website as well as any internet-enabled computer. Connection can be made via your wireless service’s data network or WiFi. The program download is free but if you choose to use it after the 15-day free trial, you’ll have to subscribe to Remember The Milk Pro for a $25 annual fee.

Using the application on the BlackBerry device is simply a matter of using the Tasks application as you normally would but with the added option that you can choose “Sync with Remember The Milk” once you’ve made a Task change. You also have the option to sync by opening the MilkSync application and then selecting “Synchronize Now”. Manual synchronization is the default setting but you can choose to have it sync automatically as often as every five minutes. One-way or two-way synchronization is available. You can also choose whether to sync all lists or just specific ones. If you prefer, you can add or change tasks on the computer then easily sync with your BlackBerry.

You can select to receive notification of tasks by email, text message, or instant message. You can also choose to share your information with contacts or to keep it private. By entering a location for the task you can get mapped directions via GoogleMaps.

MilkSync is not the complete application that is available for Apple’s iPhone but is a synchronization program that increases the utility of the BlackBerry Task application by allowing for wireless synchronization with the RememberTheMilk website, www.rememberthemilk.com. It provides some additional task features and makes it easy to keep track of your tasks wherever you have internet access.

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