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Just have to say I totally agree with your comments regarding PIMs, especially the context aware part. There are some apps on the desktop that have started teeny steps towards this kind of thing. Xobni (an Outlook addin) is one where it automatically scrapes email signatures for phone numbers and uses that to build a contact profile. But no integration with calendars or tasks.

Gist is another addin for Outlook that will link up contact profiles, pull in information from social network sites, and also add in certain information on any shared meetings. It can be pretty cool when it works, but the UI needs work (always sending me to the web for any real information, where I have to login, and then wait forever for information to load)

I would love, love, love to see some real innovation in the mobile space for PIM functionality along the lines you outline. That's where it is needed the most, yet is the hardest platform to actually use.

Also wanted to say it is refreshing to see another person on here not hardware spec obsessed. Every time a thread comes up here with a "What do you want to see in the next ..." It is all about 16 core processors, 64GB of RAM, 94 MP camera, etc... For me I'd like something with capable performance, good battery life, a decent size screen, and either a hw keyboard or a stylus and throw in a good kickstand for the finishing touch. After that all I care about is software usability.
 

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