{rw_text}Giveaway of the Day for October 28, 2008 is Reminder Commander 2.20 ^[1].

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• The ability to remind about an event on a preset designated time.
• Email reminders.
• The ability to create multiple reminder lists.

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• Adding/Removing reminders is not as easy as it could be.
• Cannot display reminders on desktop.

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{for=”Features as described” value=”10″}It does what they say.{/for}

{for=”Ease of Use” value=”7″}While it is fairly easy to use, it still takes a bit of learning – it is not “obvious”.{/for}

{for=”Usefulness” value=”10″}In today’s hectic world who does not need something that will remind them of important events?{/for}

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The program installs and registers fine in Vista Home Premium 32 bit.

The program itself, while not foolproof, is relatively self explanatory and it has a pretty simple interface (but it takes a tiny bit of effort to learn and get familiar with).

The one option I liked about this program is the ability to set a reminder for an event at any specific time.

Personally, while this is a good program, I will keep with Rainlendar ^[2]. Rainlendar ^[2] is a free software that does all this program does + more.

The only things this program has over Rainlendar is:

1. The ability to remind about an event on a designated time as opposed to just X amount of hours/mins/days before the event
2. Storing events in a database.
3. The ability to create multiple reminder lists (With Rainlendar you can only create one To Do list and one Events list – for most people this is enough, but for some it may not be).
4. Email reminders.

What makes Rainlendar better then this program:

1. Its free (but so is this program…for today)
2. Rainlendar displays your To Do list, Event list, and a Calender right on your desktop.
3. Rainlendar has an easier system of adding/removing events.
4. Rainlendar has a better system of describing events and setting them up.
5. Rainlendar can have two separate lists – one a To Do list the other an Events list.

PMnet Verdict: While Reminder Commander is an excellent program, get Rainlendar instead – it is better.

You can download Rainlendar from:

Rainlendar.net (click here) ^[3]

Download.com (click here) ^[4]

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