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Jewish World Review
June 29, 2007
/ 13 Tamuz, 5767
Plaxo's Got A Brand New Bag
By
Mark Kellner
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com |
Plaxo, the online address synchronization service, got a new look, and
more features, June 25. It's not 110-percent perfect just yet, but
it's close, and what it offers is impressive.
The basic Plaxo idea is unchanged: a free, online "address book for life."
If you've ever switched computers, or digital assistants, or cell phones,
you very likely know what it's like to lose contact information for
someone, perhaps not discovering this until you wonder how to get in touch
with Sarah or Joe.
By keeping your contact list in their computer, and connected via the
Internet's "cloud," tech-speak for a worldwide network of computer access,
Plaxo solved that problem. If you could get to a computer with a Web
browser and Internet access, you could get to your contact list.
But what if you have an Apple Macintosh computer at work, a Microsoft
Windows-running PC at home, and you're on the road with that fancy new
cell phone, the one that has its own Internet connection? And what if you
not only have Microsoft Outlook at home, but also use online directories
and/or calendar services from Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Dulles-based
AOL? There are many, many places to store digital contact information -
how do you keep it all in sync?
The new version of Plaxo, a 3.0 release the company calls it, handles
that. You can have multiple synchronization options -- Outlook, a Yahoo
address book, Google's calendar, etc. The firm says more will be online
soon, including Google Mail's address book.
Having this feature is a good thing, since it can help you keep everything
together, data-wise. I've used it between my office PC and home Mac; so
far, so good. Another plus is Plaxo's offering of a Wireless Application
Protocol, or WAP, version for mobile devices such as the Palm Treo and
Apple Inc.'s IPhone, due today. Using a Treo (I'll test a
BlackBerry Curve soon), I could call up my contact list and find the
information needed. That's very cool.
Ben Golub, Plaxo's president and highly personable ambassador, suggests
that users with more than about 1,500 names will want to subscribe to the
firm's premium service, which costs $49.95 a year and includes 24-hour
telephone support. It also drops the minimally intrusive advertising and
adds thing such as synchronization with LinkedIn, a rather popular
online network. I've had a premium subscription for a while, and it's
worth the investment.
The Web "look" of Plaxo 3.0 is impressive. You have a list of contacts in
the left column, with either a calendar, individual contact details or
other items such as tasks, a calendar or notes, in the right. Along the
bottom you'll find a list of synchronization options.
I also appreciated the "de-duper" feature of Plaxo, another "premium"
service, which went through the 2800 names in my file and removed 52
duplicates quickly. In the Apple Safari Web browser, the feature hiccupped
on handling six "near dupes," as Plaxo called them, which needed editing
and merging. That's because Plaxo isn't fully compatible with Safari just
yet, Mr. Golub said that's going to happen. Meanwhile, Mac, and,
presumably, Linux, users can find solace in the Mozilla Firefox
browser, which many computer users have on hand anyway.
What I said a year ago February remains true: Plaxo is utterly invaluable
if you want to keep things in order. The new version may have the odd kink
that needs to be worked out, but the firm has a good track record.
Accessibility via the Internet and mobile phones is a great plus.
I can't endorse Plaxo highly enough; you might find it as indispensable as
I do. Details are at www.plaxo.com
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