Greetings, everyone!
It’s been two weeks since the official release of Pagico v4 now. How do you guys like it? I hope you’re loving it just as much as we do!
And now, although the Pagico v4 is a rock-solid release, we’re not resting on it. Right now we’re full speed working on the Pagico v4.1, the first minor release of the v4. Like we’ve mentioned before, it’s primary focus is to include the Pagico Cloud Service, plus some minor tweaks and bug-fixes.
So far the development of the Cloud Service has been wonderful: we’re doing some internal tests and the result is fantastic: a very easy-to-use, reliable, secured, and fast Inbox data synchronization feature!
- It’s easy-to-use because it doesn’t bother you at all — there’s only one button on the UI indicating the sync status. And in most cases, you can just ignore it. It’ll do the sync automatically in the back without needing your attention;
- It’s reliable because we’ve written a very solid network library (thanks to code ninja Meng!) so that the synchronization is almost bullet-proof: ensuring all the data is intact (checksum verification) after transmission and keeping the UI responsive and informative to the user;
- It’s secured because we’re using industry strength, 1024-bit RSA encryption to protect all the communications between you and our server;
- It’s fast because we’re compressing the data to the maximum level (we’re getting an average compression ratio of 10% (read: one tenth of the original amount of data)).
So, as you can see, we’re very excited about it’s capabilities and user experience. Our current job is to keep testing this baby, and create a web interface for it so that our users can manage their accounts and devices. Once this is done, an invitation-based public beta will be conducted, so that a small amount of users can get started try it out, while we’re monitoring and tweaking the servers.
What’s next?
Just stay tuned, folks! We’ll let you know when the first round of the invitations is ready to go! And here’s a little bit information about our short-term roadmap so that you know what to expect:
- Finalize the Cloud Service structure for Inbox synchronization (Done)
- Beta test of the Inbox synchronization
- Web interface of Inbox data (access your Inbox data via browsers)
- Optimized web interface of Inbox data for mobile devices (blackberries, iPhones, G-phones, etc)
- Native iPhone application for accessing Inbox data
- Simple task sharing and task management via the cloud
- Google calendar (and similar web calendar and scheduling services) synchronization
The iPhone app?!
I know, I know that many of you have mentioned the need of an iPhone app. So as you can see, it’s planned, but it’s going to be implemented after the cloud service is ready and everything else is finalized. And before the native app appears, a web version would do the job. I know just how much you hate web apps, but trust me, we’re gonna do whatever we can do make sure it’s just about as good as native apps.
More about the Cloud service
For now, as a great beginning, we’ll open up the Cloud service just for Inbox data synchronization. That means you can capture and input new information into your inbox anywhere, with or without your Pagico software, and you can work on your Inbox when you have time. But that also means that you won’t be able to access your topics and profiles. The Cloud service system is designed with great extendability, so adding more capabilities to it is a definite in the near future. And for now, we think opening up just the Inbox synchronization is a great balance between the cost for us (it’ll be a FREE service for you! at least for now), functionality of the service, and the ease of use for you (imagine the complexity of the app for navigating among your huge library on your smartphones).
Do you like it??
Let us know!! As usual, we’re open to all comments, ideas and suggestions. So please help us making Pagico the best organizer solution across all platforms!
Cheers,
Ryo 😉