Quick App: BugMe! 9
I've been looking for a way to attach alarms to notes in webOS, and the only way I've been able to accomplish that so far is to create events in the calendar app with a reminder - a process that is a little too involved than perhaps it needs to be. Enter BugMe! ($1.99 in the App Catalog), an application that functions like the memo apps of old that allows you to quickly create a note, set an alarm for that note, and be done. Preset alarm intervals help to speed up the process, giving you options such as top of the hour, five minutes, thirty minutes, tomorrow morning, and so on, making the process of entering a note and configuring an alarm vastly more efficient than using the calendar app for the same purpose. Of course, if those presets don't fit the bill, you can add custom presets complete with alarm repeat options.
Other features include the ability to forward a note via email or SMS, copy an event to the calendar, mark notes as important and done, and sort notes by name and priority. My only real complaint about the app is that you can only set one alarm sound. In all, BugMe is simple, it's less than two bucks, and most people will find its functionality essential after using it just once.
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I have it but find I use Stickynotes instead for immediate to-do reminders because I have to have something right in front of me. I'm becoming numbed to my tasks notifications because I'm always behind schedule on some things. Bug me seems good in theory but you still have to remember to look at your email or sms or calendar or at the bug me program itself. I also have Note to Self but don't use it for the same reason-notes get lost amid the clutter of the email inbox. So I haven't found a real need for more than Stickynotes in addition to the calendar.
I really like this app and it's very useful. However, I wish the developer would fix the notification system. If I have two or more alarms set and one goes off after another item was due, it won't display the current item, but instead the older alarmed item. Why the developer thinks that's an acceptable way for the app to notify me, I don't know. I would use this app incessantly if the notifications were better handled.
+1 I purchased BugMe a few weeks ago, but ran into the same problem. If I had two reminders going then it displayed the older one...very annoying. I've stopped using it and have gone back to the calendar app for now, at least until they release an update.
Does BugMe have the ability to to recurring reminders? E.g. set a reminder for every monday night to take out the trash? I used to do that in PalmOS and it was quite useful. Once you marked a task complete for this week, it automatically rescheduled it for next week.
Update: Per the app entry's screenshots it appears that it does have the ability to repeat alarms.
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If you don't need the alarm, ShopLists is worth a look.
I can have multiple names or activites to have reminder notes set against, and by using the 'x' and 'Tick' boxes I can keep a record of items I've done.
The task App on WebOS allows you to set up reminders and such - they are not timed reminders (3:00 pm, etc.) but they are date reminders, plus you can group them into categories. The Task app would be a lot better if it had syncing options (calendar and desktop) and the timed reminders, but it works pretty decent now and hey it is free.
Don't worry about canceling that lunch with Shakira. I'll cover that for you.
+1 to what FONdude said, lol!