FIGURE B

Desktop To Go allows you to control exactly how you want your data to HotSync. Click picture for a larger image.

Now, in version 2.5, the product has gotten even better. The new version adds support for Outlook Public folders; options for filtering private records; a priority list for synchronizing your most important phone numbers; control over the synchronization of Date Book alarms; a creative new option for handling contacts with multiple addresses; support for Outlook records with multiple categories; an option to rename Palm device custom fields to those in Outlook or Schedule+; and the ability to automatically record Outlook Journal entries for new contacts. We're also particularly happy to see support for category synchronization in the Date Book conduit when using products like Editors' Choice winner DateBk3. This is an example of the Palm developer community working together to improve the overall experience.

PocketJournal from Chapura
It's tough to choose between two strong contenders. Chapura makes PocketMirror, another tool for synchronizing between Outlook and the Palm computer. In pure synchronization, we felt that Desktop To Go pulled ahead of PocketMirror because it also supports Schedule+, widely used throughout Corporate America. However, Chapura's other product, PocketJournal, does merit its own Editors' Choice Award.

PocketJournal synchronizes Palm computer with Outlook's Journal, turning Outlook and your Palm device into a powerful contact management tool. PocketJournal also allows you to view a history of activities several ways. PocketJournal views include by contact, by company, by subject, by type and by date. It supports synchronizing to the same exchange Server folders from any PC connected to the server. One feature we were particularly impressed with was the ability to synchronize to the same Exchange Server-based folders from any PC, whether directly connected to the server or even through a dial-up connection.

Show me the money
The products that won the award in this category are those that help you work money magic on your Palm computer.

QuickSheet from Cutting Edge Software
If you count beans, you're going to go ape over this product. QuickSheet, shown in Figure C, is a complete spreadsheet squished into your Palm computer.

FIGURE C

Yes, Virginia, there is a spreadsheet for your Palm computer.

This alone is pretty amazing. But the folks at Cutting Edge have taken it further -- way further. QuickSheet, now at version 3.1, integrates tightly with Excel, including adding it's own QuickSheet menu into Excel. This allows you work directly within Excel to open and save spreadsheets for synchronization with QuickSheet on your Palm computer. If you want to really feel the power, QuickSheet also includes a MultiMail Pro plug-in. This means that you can send a fully-functional QuickSheet spreadsheet from your Palm device to another user on his Palm device, via email, without ever either of you having to resort to using your desktops. It makes setting up those offshore, tropical banking relationships on the Cayman Islands seem more reasonable by the day.