Re: Pocket Quicken

Max Mansour (mmansour@gis.net)
Mon, 02 Sep 1996 19:38:58 -0400

phoman@wahoo.netrunner.net wrote:
>
> I love this debate!
> It reminds of my conversation with Intuit Rep. on why it will take so long
> to receive the POcket Quicken software and why they did not have a site on
> BBS or Internet to download it....since it is FREE. (I was up against the
> 30 day Return Policy thingy).
> As she explained...the Pocket Quicken software is not exclusive to OmniGo.
> It is compatible with other PDA's which are not given the same "FREE-BE"
> privilege as HP offers to OmniGo customers.
> I could not verify this, so I was left believing her.

Don't listen to her. Ther is no other "commercial" version of Pocket
Quicken for GEOS. But, there is a freebie PQ with the Newton, and the
200lx, but still, what you were asking for is NOT compatable with other
PDA's (except somewhat the N9000), which have there own freebie ver. of
PQ (NewtonOS version for Newton, DOS ver for 200lx). As steve said,
they just want your name, phone#, etc, for marketing (what percentage of
OG users were interested in obtaining PQ, etc). Of course, they could
have given you a password with the OmniGo, andthen had an HTML form on
the web, in which you had to enter name adress etc, then your pass, the
you could DL it...

>
> Both aurguments are valid. I feel the HP and Intuit Marketing gurus should
> have anticipated this and offered a more cost effective (both customer and
> vendor) solution. A "Registered Owners" site either BBS or FTP, with
> proper verification would've costed pennies.... and bottomline, would've
> ensured Customer Sat.
>
> ARE YOU HEARING THIS HP or INTUIT ??
>

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