Comments on: iPhone Calendar

By: Filip

Filip — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:04:50 +0000

Is there any possibility to view the calendar in a week (7 days) view? Or can it be added to the current available view types?

By: Denise

Denise — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:36:17 +0000

I add my class schedule from the desktop…I choose custom from the repeat menu and then choose weekly, it then allows you to pick the days you want to repeat on. I then put the end date on the last day of the semster.

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:03:26 +0000

I am very disapointed with the iPhone calendar,. I have yet to find one that I can use on the iPhone that allows a moth per view with a differeing details/icon of each days events. Every one of my days has a dot on it… but as a shift worker I need to know which shift it is that I am working on that day at a moth per view. Please fix.

By: rosenz

rosenz — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:37:59 +0000

kwame: You may want to consider setting the event in iCal on your Mac (or equivalent on a PC) and then just syncing. You only have limited options in the iPhone interface, but a ton of options in iCal.

By: kwame

kwame — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:22:17 +0000

Maybe there is a way to do this that I am overlooking- but I wish there was more control over repeated events. For example, what if you have a task that happens 3 times a week (like entering a class schedule). Right now you have to add new event for each of the days- as you only have to option to repeat every week, and no option so select other days in the week.

By: herecomestrouble

herecomestrouble — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:45:21 +0000

I agree with Stephen. How could any company, much less Apple, market a gadget with so many shortcomings. I bought one this past weekend, never imagining that it didn’t have a way to search old records in the calendar. What a joke! This thing is a toy, not a tool. Palm’s products have had these features for years. Unfortunately, their new gadgets keep breaking. Another Palm is not an option. I’m debating returning my iPhone before my two-week return period is up. But I’m not sure what to replace it with.

By: rosenz

rosenz — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:07:43 +0000

Doghair: You have many more options in iCal on your Mac. So I would just set up these birthday reminders there. You can set it for as many days before as you like. Then it should sync with your iPhone. You can also choose an option to get an email sent to you as a reminder, which may come in handy in these cases.

By: dOGHAIR

dOGHAIR — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:01:38 +0000

Is it possible to add options to the Event Alert?
The most warning I see is “2 days before”
I want weeks of warning for my families birthdays so I can have time to send them a card etc.
Overseas mail takes a little longer than 2 days!
Thanks

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:45:41 +0000

The lack of a user friendly was to enter and manage appts on the iphone is a huge weakness. I’ve got a Palm OS PDA with Datebk6 on it that has been around for years and makes data entry a snap through templates and icons. It would be great if someone could write an app to allow for a more robust calendar.

By: Rick Wagner

Rick Wagner — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:35:22 +0000

One of the crummy things that the new version 2.0 lacks is a way to customize the ALERT sound that the iPhone uses to remind you of an event. I currently haven’t found an OS-X based solution for this.. There is however a PC based 3rd party application to assist in this.

Sadly, the alerts are very quiet and hard to get your attention. I wish Apple would consider updating this portion of the iPhone software quickly.