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Title: Anyone use George? What would make it better?
Post by: The Jester of Wibbly on January 31, 2010, 04:48:12 pm
I find george software really good, and just imterested in knowing what other features you would like see the software do.

One thing I would like to see is the option to add 'How the customer found us' field when adding a new customer into the system.  Then be able to produce a marketing report so you cna highlight which marketing worked best for you.  Whether it is door knocking, leaflet, recommedation or a selection of local advert types.

A great way of seeing what works and what doesnot when plannig your next stint of business development.  Would also be good to see other peoples results on here too.

What else would be a good idea? or even added to the PDA software?
Title: Re: Anyone use George? What would make it better?
Post by: MNWC on January 31, 2010, 04:49:58 pm
Daily total on george palm would be of great use
Title: Re: Anyone use George? What would make it better?
Post by: R W C™ on January 31, 2010, 04:52:48 pm
I think what you see is what you get with george, If I remember rightly george has been taken as far as it can go.
Title: Re: Anyone use George? What would make it better?
Post by: chris@c.m.s on January 31, 2010, 05:11:48 pm
I would like the ability to add jobs from a round onto one worklist for the days work.
Title: Re: Anyone use George? What would make it better?
Post by: richyp on January 31, 2010, 05:29:53 pm
i have a domestic round and a commercial round too, is george any good for a domestic round? say you have 15 houses in one street, can you look at a glance to see which people owe how much in one street? say i was doing those 15 houses in the same street, do i have to tick completed house on everyone?  cheers
Title: Re: Anyone use George? What would make it better?
Post by: chris@c.m.s on January 31, 2010, 05:46:38 pm
George has a debt list that you can chose all debts or by rounds.
Title: Re: Anyone use George? What would make it better?
Post by: John Walker on January 31, 2010, 06:13:18 pm
I think what you see is what you get with george, If I remember rightly george has been taken as far as it can go.

It's still being updated quite regularly - the recent update added some very useful features - the main one for me is drag and drop job dates etc.
Title: Re: Anyone use George? What would make it better?
Post by: outdoor restore on January 31, 2010, 06:14:13 pm
I think the last couple of upgrades have been great.  I only discovered the summary on the front page by accident a couple of days ago!!!
I would like to be able to see customer development (gains and losses) in a periodic report, and be able to do an income forecast for 52 weeks rather than 12 months.
I don't use pocket george yet, but can anybody recommend a pda that works with george and vista?
Title: Re: Anyone use George? What would make it better?
Post by: Frankybadboy on January 31, 2010, 06:16:40 pm
Daily total on george palm would be of great use
marcus
look at your stats at the top of your pda.

it shows it all there.

oppppssss i never seen that ;) ;) ;)dontttttt
Title: Re: Anyone use George? What would make it better?
Post by: The Jester of Wibbly on January 31, 2010, 06:17:49 pm
I think the last couple of upgrades have been great.  I only discovered the summary on the front page by accident a couple of days ago!!!
I would like to be able to see customer development (gains and losses) in a periodic report, and be able to do an income forecast for 52 weeks rather than 12 months.
I don't use pocket george yet, but can anybody recommend a pda that works with george and vista?


I am selling one at the mo on Ebay that works great with George.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110488168749&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT
Title: Re: Anyone use George? What would make it better?
Post by: outdoor restore on January 31, 2010, 06:21:26 pm

Does it work with vista, looked on the palm site and the downloads for vista are only for certain models of palm
Title: Re: Anyone use George? What would make it better?
Post by: The Jester of Wibbly on January 31, 2010, 06:24:44 pm
Yes, works fine with vista mate.   George works fine on it, I am on vista too.  Some of the older down load apps struggle with vista, but all the apps installed work fine too.  Will be fine mate
Title: Re: Anyone use George? What would make it better?
Post by: outdoor restore on January 31, 2010, 06:29:06 pm
Why u selling it? Have you got a buy it now price?
Title: Re: Anyone use George? What would make it better?
Post by: The Jester of Wibbly on January 31, 2010, 06:32:41 pm
I have two, but only need the one now.

also getting a new contract phone and getting a palm pre on o2
Title: Re: Anyone use George? What would make it better?
Post by: master cleaner on January 31, 2010, 06:47:00 pm
george doesnt work on a palm pre
Title: Re: Anyone use George? What would make it better?
Post by: The Jester of Wibbly on January 31, 2010, 06:54:18 pm
george doesnt work on a palm pre

Thanks GLR,glad you told me that one, not looked into that yet.  I heard there was one phone that worked with it, do you know which one it is ?
Title: Re: Anyone use George? What would make it better?
Post by: Jack Wallace on January 31, 2010, 07:10:19 pm
george doesnt work on a palm pre

Thanks GLR,glad you told me that one, not looked into that yet.  I heard there was one phone that worked with it, do you know which one it is ?
Palm Centro, its a great phone but outdated now.
Its a pity George wont work on anything else or even the new Palm operating system. I have stopped using it as a result asI now have a Blackberry.
Title: Re: Anyone use George? What would make it better?
Post by: jouk45 on January 31, 2010, 08:02:22 pm
i have one,how about a  mass email sender, we could select 1-10 or all option,that would  be really  handy  to warn custys what is happening, ect,
Title: Re: Anyone use George? What would make it better?
Post by: paul saunders on January 31, 2010, 09:17:26 pm
george doesnt work on a palm pre

Thanks GLR,glad you told me that one, not looked into that yet.  I heard there was one phone that worked with it, do you know which one it is ?
Palm Centro, its a great phone but outdated now.
Its a pity George wont work on anything else or even the new Palm operating system. I have stopped using it as a result asI now have a Blackberry.

Jack are you using any W/C software on your Blackberry
Title: Re: Anyone use George? What would make it better?
Post by: The Jester of Wibbly on February 01, 2010, 07:09:47 am
i have one,how about a  mass email sender, we could select 1-10 or all option,that would  be really  handy  to warn custys what is happening, ect,

And the option to send bulk texts to for a particular days schedule
Title: Re: Anyone use George? What would make it better?
Post by: Jack Wallace on February 01, 2010, 07:35:25 am
george doesnt work on a palm pre

Thanks GLR,glad you told me that one, not looked into that yet.  I heard there was one phone that worked with it, do you know which one it is ?
Palm Centro, its a great phone but outdated now.
Its a pity George wont work on anything else or even the new Palm operating system. I have stopped using it as a result asI now have a Blackberry.

Jack are you using any W/C software on your Blackberry
No I have reverted back to a paper printout from George, (talk about going backwards, I hate it)
I loved my Centro and found it so handy having my debt list with me 24/7, its surprising how often I meet custys in the street and am able to remind them what they owe. Also it made working so much easier. But unfortunately George seems to have stalled and wont develop for new  Palm.
I got rid of my Centro as it is an old design and is just too outdated,
For the time being I am sticking with George until a better option comes along, I have looked at WCP but can’t see it does so much more than George and it is restricted to windows mobile which is as much use as a chocolate fire guard, so for that reason  can’t see any benefit of paying 5 or 6 times the price.
Maybe one day one or the other will develop their software to run on popular operating software such as Blackberry or Iphone, then I think the mobile side will really take off.
Title: Re: Anyone use George? What would make it better?
Post by: Wrekin C S on February 01, 2010, 08:38:40 am
I think what you see is what you get with george, If I remember rightly george has been taken as far as it can go.

It's still being updated quite regularly - the recent update added some very useful features - the main one for me is drag and drop job dates etc.

Yes I agree this would be a lot easier and the other one is the round order in the main page drop n drag would be better rather than having to go out and find the job then back in to see if it has changed!
Title: Re: Anyone use George? What would make it better?
Post by: john tomkins on February 01, 2010, 08:50:09 am
I'd like the option to scroll through dates when looking at "period summary" in "reports".
When I want to look at a certain days customers done/payments list, I click "reports" then "period summary" then input the day I want to look at, only option then is to close and go to  "period summary" again and input date again, even is i want to look at the next days. Would be very nice just to scroll through all the dates.
Title: Re: Anyone use George? What would make it better?
Post by: The Jester of Wibbly on February 01, 2010, 07:21:36 pm
I'd like the option to scroll through dates when looking at "period summary" in "reports".
When I want to look at a certain days customers done/payments list, I click "reports" then "period summary" then input the day I want to look at, only option then is to close and go to  "period summary" again and input date again, even is i want to look at the next days. Would be very nice just to scroll through all the dates.

Yea with you on that one.  Not paperless yet, as still keep the daily print out filed so I can see this sort of report.  Would be good to see a daily history in the form of a diary
Title: Re: Anyone use George? What would make it better?
Post by: pureh20 on February 01, 2010, 08:12:25 pm
   "Anyone use George? What would make it better?- WCP!  ;D


Seriously, I looked at george and found it awful.

WCP was so easy to get to grips with, and there are loads of features.. and they are all easily found, unlike george.

Just my preference!

Title: Re: Anyone use George? What would make it better?
Post by: eclipse on February 01, 2010, 08:20:02 pm
I would love it if george would be compatible with Apple iphone i could do away with my PDA then
Title: Re: Anyone use George? What would make it better?
Post by: rg1 on February 01, 2010, 08:24:44 pm
I would love it if george would be compatible with Apple iphone i could do away with my PDA then

At the moment there are several different operating systems being used by  smartphone manufacturers and until one of them becomes the front runner, I can't see George being changed.
Title: Re: Anyone use George? What would make it better?
Post by: The Jester of Wibbly on February 01, 2010, 08:33:20 pm
I see the VHS and Beta Max war starting again  ;D
Title: Re: Anyone use George? What would make it better?
Post by: traps7 on February 01, 2010, 08:45:02 pm
Daily total on george palm would be of great use
marcus
look at your stats at the top of your pda.

it shows it all there.

oppppssss i never seen that ;) ;) ;)dontttttt

OMG! I always wanted that and I've been using Pocket George a couple of years now. I never knew that was there. How longs that been there?
Title: Re: Anyone use George? What would make it better?
Post by: The Jester of Wibbly on February 02, 2010, 07:26:50 pm

George team always seems to repond to questions really fast on email. 

Wonder if they come on here to answer any of our Q's on thi s thread?
Title: Re: Anyone use George? What would make it better?
Post by: Frankybadboy on February 02, 2010, 08:00:18 pm
Daily total on george palm would be of great use
marcus
look at your stats at the top of your pda.

it shows it all there.

oppppssss i never seen that ;) ;) ;)dontttttt

OMG! I always wanted that and I've been using Pocket George a couple of years now. I never knew that was there. How longs that been there?
well ive had it 3 years,it been there that long