A Personal Information Manager (PIM) is an application that can manage personal structured data such as address book entries appointments, tasks and notes.
It is a popular application for personal digital assistant (PDA) hand held devices that functions as a personal organizer.
Most Personal Information Manager has:
*an E-mail feature to send, receive and mange e-mails
*a Calendar feature to keep track of schedules
*a Contacts feature to maintain information needed to contact others
*a Tasks feature to record items that need to be done
*a Notes feature to provide reminders
Among popular Personal Information Manager tools are Microsoft Outlook, Apple iCal, Kontact and Lotus Notes. Smartphone usually have built –in Personal Information Software software.
The personal information manager will organize data entered and retrieve information in a variety of forms, depending on the style and structure of the personal information and the information wanted.
For example, information can be retrieved as an electronic calendar or list of appointments, meeting, or other things to do, the time tables for a project; or a display of key facts and financial data about customers, clients, or sales prospects. Personal Information Managers are very popular and convenient to use as they allow the user to organize a number of related tasks into one easy-to-use interface.
PIM tools either focus on specific structured data such as appointments, to-dos or contact data – or tackle only free-form note taking,
Personal information manager are now changing to include the ability to access the World Wide Web also provide e-mail capability.
The acronym Personal Information Manager is now, more commonly used in reference to personal information management as a field of study. As personal information management tool, a Personal Information Manager tool’s purpose is to facilitate the recording, tracking and management of certain types of ‘personal information’.
What is Personal Information Manager?
