After switching to Mac I couldn't use my favorite time management tool any more (they did have a online version but was charging an exorbitant monthly fee), so I started to research its replacement. After tons of downloads and try-outs (you won't believe how many todo software are available on the android market place), I am now settled into the following combination:
1. Sign up a Toodledo service. Toodledo is probably the most popular cloud based todo list service, and it's free. It's very powerful but not so easy to use. You have to play with it for a while to get a feel of the concept. (Make sure you read the "how to use Toodledo with GTD" article in the help section.) Good new is, there are tons of free and cheap mobile applications written to support it and they have much better UI. So once you get familiar with it, you can start to explore its full potential from different devices.
2. Install "Due-Today" on my android phone. It can sync with the Toodledo service so I can update my todo list directly from my phone. (They are many mobile apps supporting toodledo. I choose "Due-Today" because it allows me to customize the interface and can sync with my Google calender. However, it's not free. Chinchih was using the free version of "ultimate todo list" and was quite happy with it.)
3. Install Toodledo plugin to my web browser so I can access my todo list or add a task with one click from my computer.
Now I am ready to do the task management from all my gadgets.
P.S. If you just want a simple todo list software on your smart phone, there are tons of free ones. Most of them are very good. I was using "check-it off" and loved it, but it lacked the capability to schedule a task to my Google Calendar (it could sync up with the Google tasks, so you could still see those tasks from your Google Calendar), so I switched to the Toodledo/Due-Today solution. Using the cloud based Toodledo also allows me to access the same todo list whether I use an iPad or an android tablet in the future.
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