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Date Wheel™ manual
For a detailed breakdown,
with instructions for use, please refer to the manual, also included
with
every download.
Supported
Platforms:
Date Wheel™ is a Palm
Powered Solution™ that
requires:
PalmOS® 2.0 or
greater
Palm
OS
5 (Garnet) and Cobalt compatible.
Support for both monochrome
and
color devices, as well as high and low
resolutions.
Use on Treo, LifeDrive, Tungsten devices--any device that supports Palm OS
® 2.0 and up.
Bulk License/
Volume
Pricing:
You can order
a bulk license for
your company in a easy manner. Volume pricing also available.
Upgrade to 3.0x
(download only)
is free to
2.0x
registered users.
Just download and install the update to
your PDA, Treo, or smartphone.
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previously distribute the plastic date
wheels as
an advertising strategy? Learn more
on how to pass
out sponsored copies of the electronic version.
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Wheel™ ver. 3.01
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Date
Wheel™ easily calculates
the time between two dates.
| The best User Interface for date calculators™ |
Missing your handy plastic date wheel when you
switched over from your paper planner to a PDA?
Date
Wheel™ is the electronic version of the plastic wheel-shaped calendar
used by businesses to calculate lead times. It can also be used
to calculate the time between two dates or to calculate the Julian date
for any day of the year. The
time is calculated in months, weeks, days, and business days. This handy
program performs all the
functions of your plastic wheel and more. New 'today' lock
feature makes countdowns automatic! Save tasks for future
reference. Use for both business applications and personal
applications—anytime you need to quickly calculate the time between two
dates.
| New feature allows for saving tasks for future reference! |
Date Wheel™ supports 5 way navigation. The user interface was
designed to fit any user's needs. All the screens can be
manipulated via a stylus, fingers (using the larger fingertip buttons),
5 way navigation, keyboards, and/or Graffiti.
Features include:
- Calculates time in months,
weeks, days, or business days
between any two points in time.
- Calculates end date given a start date and duration.
- Calculates start date given and end date and duration.
- Save tasks for future
reference.
- Special "today" checkbox
that updates daily to better track countdowns.
- Intuitive user interface
- Displays day-of-the-week for start and end dates.
- Adjustable audio and visual feedback.
- Special locking feature to keep preferred area
constant.
- Large navigation
buttons -- easier to use with fingers vs stylus.
- 5-way navigation
button support--easier use when on the go!
- Date format automatically configures based on your
main preferences on your PDA, including color scheme.
- Option to include end date in duration.
- Option
to use financial (30
day) months with three decimal places.
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- Project Planning
- Lead Time estimating
- Time Management
- Financial forecasting
- Medical timing, such as pregnancy due dates
- Commonly used in
the Automotive, Construction, and Medical industries.
- Use Date Wheel to count down the days before an
important event.
- Track when shipments are due to arrive.
- Calculate how long something is overdue.
- Figure out
when to schedule your next haircut.
- Count down the days until your next paycheck.
- Find the day of the week for any date in the past,
present, or future.
- Calculate the Julian date of any day by setting the
start date to
12/31.
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Customer
Testimonials and Comments |
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16-Feb-08
from Garth
I am
a registered user of Date Wheel, Optisizer, and FractionFit.
... I use these excellent programs on my Palm Tungsten T3... I really
get great benefit from your excellent, elegant programs!
31-Jan-08 from Scott
I am highly pleased with your customer
service. You truly have
gone the extra mile to help me and I appreciate it. I would
recommend
your company to my friends.
03-Oct-06
from MJL
"I ...
continue to use [Date Wheel] very happily on my PDA and recommend it to
anyone working with schedules on a PDA. Date Wheel is the most
critical and utilized application on my PDA, which would have become
another piece of orphaned technology if it weren't for Date Wheel."
02-Jan-06 from Jason A.
"I purchased
the calendar wheel about 1 month ago. I LOVE IT and rely on it as an
attorney to circumvent going beyond any due dates."
14-Jun-05 from D.M.
"I've tried several date calculators and keep coming back to Date
Wheel. It has the best user interface--love the fingertip
buttons. No need for a stylus on my Treo 650."
29-Dec-04
from Jim Begg
"I have both Trip Boss & DateWheel
and am very
happy with them.
You have created two very good applications that I very much enjoy
using - thank you!!
A final point, I am very impressed with your choice of company name -
very clever and in some ways very logical.
Please keep up the good work."
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Industry
Reviews and Comments
from Palm Websites and Publications |
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"Ever try to calculate these kinds of things in your head...?"
excerpt
from Handheld Computing magazine, by Harv Laser, Palm Editor
March 2006 "(Date Wheel) is a
useful tool for project planning, time management, ... estimating lead
times, ... (to) count down to an important event, estimate shipping and
arrival times, determine the exact age of a relative or friend...
Ever try to calculate these kinds of things in your head or using a
calendar?"
You
can read
the full review in the March 2006 issue
of
Handheld
Computing magazine, along
with reviews of all Creative Algorithms' software.
"DateWheel
will take the guessing out of the equation..."
Didier Laurent, Palm Addict associate writer
February 2008
"There aren't many Palm Applications with a simpler purpose than
DateWheel. All it does is calculates days, business days, weeks or
months between two dates. But it does what it's supposed to, and is
easy to use. Basically, you give it 2 pieces of information and it'll
calculate the third (a date or the interval amount of days).
There are many professions that require calculating lead times, due
dates, delays, etc. and if you have ever had to do this manually, you
know that it's not as easy as it seems, and when you're done you always
have that feeling that you may have made a mistake by a day or two. If
you're one of those professions, DateWheel will take the guessing out
of the equation and give you the correct answer, fast. You can get an
actual plastic date wheel, but come on, this is the 21st century... You
already have your Treo in your pocket, use it!
This App is too cheap and too useful not to buy it if calculating dates
and day intervals is part of your job, so go check it out."
"Date Wheel
is a fun tool..."
Henry Lloyd, Palm Addict associate writer
February 2008 "Some
of the major business items I use it for are Planning Construction
Projects, Estimating time on Long lead Materials, Time Management, and
tracking my wife’s doctor’s appointments.
...Date Wheel is a fun tool to calculate time frames between today and
special events like, holidays, vacations, birthdays, and anniversaries.
The tool is simple to use, supports 5 way navigation, you can even
manipulate the onscreen controls with your fingers ... and it comes
with a number of great tips that cover program usage and it works
wonderful on my Palm TX."
more
of Henry's review can be found here
"Deceptively
simple yet precise program"
Kevin Agot, Palm Addict associate writer and
editor of Re:Views
February 2006
"Date Wheel can be used for a wide variety of
estimable tasks: from calculating the number of days till your upcoming
wedding to the number of days it will take to complete a certain
project at home or work."
more
of Kevin's review can be found here
"DateWheel es
un sencillo programa que hace justamente lo que necesitamos, contar
días."
Palm Addict
"Creative
Algorithms hit the nail on the head with this program"
Alex Gagnon, SvenOnTech
March 2007
"Date Wheel is an excellent program to help keep track of the time
between important dates. It has very simple user friendly interface,
using it is a breeze, and you can carry it with you everywhere on your
Palm Treo or Palm OS. Creative Algorithms hit the nail on the head with
this program, it’s designed with all consumers in mind and is
definitely a purchase you won’t regret.."
 
 13-May-05
by Tom Crespi
Great product! I used the older (freeware) version of Date Wheel on my
Handspring Visor for years. When I upgraded to Palm OS5.0 (Palm
Tungsten C) the freeware version no longer could be used (did not
support the newer OS). I missed the Date Wheel program for a while. Was
glad when I found it was again available in a new, improved version
which supported my new hardware. I use it for both work and home
applications.
(referencing previous ver. 1.03)
19-Jul-00 by Jennifer Murphy
I've been using this program for six months now, and it has never
failed me. I recommend it highly for anyone who must provide delivery
quotations or lead times to their customers. The fact that the day of
the week is displayed with each calculation and the calculations are
customizable is a feature you don't get with the plastic date wheel.
 21-Jun-00 by Rod
King
No longer do I have to fumble with my calendar when making project
commitments in a meeting!
One minor problem (feature?) is that "duration" is expressed as
difference in days, where as Microsoft Project (and my preferred usage)
includes the complete date (e.g., start a project on Tuesday, end on
Thursday, Date Wheel says 2 days, Microsoft Project says 3 days). Oh
well, I have to add a day; it's still quicker than the hand method.
(editor's note: Adding a day feature has been added in ver.
2.0)
14-Sep-99
by Andrew Walding
Oh sure, all project managers and program management people will grab
this and LOVE it, but who doesn't need to know the number of business
days between two points? Perfect utility...a must have at the best
price!! This is just another great example of what the Palm is made
for. A perfect 10!
 11-Mar-06
a reviewer from Fairfax, VA
The program has a great, easy-to-use and read
interface. The ability to select dates from a calendar to use in
calculations is particularly handy. The performance of the product and
delivery of the registration code were as promised, This has become one
of my most frequently-used palm applications at work.
(referencing previous ver. 1.03)
 9-Jan-01 cthomas1(at)ford(dot)com from
Detroit,
Michigan
This program has proved useful in planning projects,
completion
time estimations and satisfying general curiosity. Anyone who has
planning responsibilities will find occasion to use DateWheel.
My only suggestion for improvement is to add a duration of months field
to the weeks and days.
I recommend this software.
(editor's
note: Months duration has been added
in ver. 2.0)
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Links to other reviews
online:
http://www.instruments.com/construction/pdfs/construct_tech_8_sept.pdf
http://www.glca.cc/articleread.cfm?ArtID=76
http://www.cmr-co.com/Pages/contech3.htm
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updates
details:  23-Jan-2007 |
v3.01: Fixed a bug that could potentially cause a crash when the
duration is extremely large.
v3.0:
Added "Today" lock that keeps a date "pinned" on "today" for use in
automatic countdowns.
Added the ability to save multiple tasks.
Added option to use financial (30 day) months with three decimal places
in display of months duration.
Modified
5-way navigation so cursor wraps around top/bottom of screen.
Improved support for Handspring and Treo alpha-numeric keypads.
Fixed
bug where flashing would always happen regardless of
preference.
Fixed a bug that caused negative values entered into the duration field
to sometimes behave as zero.
Misc. bug
fixes and minor enhancements.
v2.11:
Added icon
support for all resolutions and all color depths.
Fixed bug where replacing the duration value by selecting it and
writing a new number would fail.
v2.07-v2.10:
Internal releases.
v2.06:
Fixed upgrade issue from 2.03 to 2.04/2.05 where registration code has
to be reentered. Fixed potential soft reset conflict with ver.
2.03 when upgrading to one of the newer versions (2.04 or 2.05).
v2.05: Minor
bug fixes, including bad window error that only occurs in debug
runs. Fixed a glitch with undo/cut/paste where a portion of the
screen
graphics could be drawn on top of the menu.
v2.04:
Added support for 5 way navigation button on the Treo.
v2.03:
Fixed bug in 2.02 that displayed negative numbers as a zero in OS5 and
Cobalt. Added greyscale icons to support greyscale mode in Cobalt.
v2.02:
Misc.
optimization of code. Requires less memory. Verified for
use on Palm OS (R) Cobalt. Eliminated memory constraint of
256k. Minor bug fixes.
v2.01:
Corrects one minor bug found only in OS 5 operating system: Fixes reset
issue on hot sync install. Bug does
not affect functionality of program.
v2.0:
Upgrades v1.03 for use on Palm OS 5 operating system. Adds
"months" to the duration. Adds preferences section where you can
choose to include end date in the duration calculation.
v1.03:
Misc. bug fixes.
v1.0:
Original Release 11-Apr-1999
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Want Date Wheel for your laptop or
desktop?
Use in Windows, Mac, or Linux via your web browser.
Announcing the Beta release of
Date Wheel
for your laptop or
desktop
beta
release supports most browsers, mobile browsers to follow starting with
an iPhone web application. More
details in "about" on datewheel.net
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