Best PIM for os x

Hi everyone,
I have done a lot of research on this topic, but I cannot seem to get a clear answer. I was leaning towards SOHO organizer, but it has gotten a lot of bad comments from people on this board and in other places.
Right now I use the ical/address book/mail programs in conjunction with Mark/Space memopad and Mark/Space missing sync to sync everything to my palm.
Everything syncs great, and all else seems well, but I am just left wishing I could use some program to bring all of these together. Preferably it would be something that stays synced with ical, address boook, etc. I would be willing to give SOHO organizer a try if some people think that it is worth a shot.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Jake

Sounds like we're doing pretty much the same thing.
I also use iCal, AddressBook, & Mail - sync it to my Treo using MissingSync beautifully.
I so desire some more integration between the 3 Mac apps as well as the ability to track stuff for business AND time/track calls with notes etc.
So I tried SOHO Organizer/Notes demo and liked it a LOT! Then halfway thru my 30-day demo, ~90% of my AddressBook info disappeared. The console app lead me to believe that SOHO Organizer simply randomly deleted all my data without reason. So I emailed Chronos Tech Support the info.
In the meantime, I do nightly backups, so I was able to un-install SOHO and restore my data and moved on in my investigations toward other products.
I demo'ed Contactizer (http://objective-decision.com) & Crm4Mac (http://crm4mac.com) and was pretty disappointed in both. They had great promise, but lacked in the features "I" need.
So then I headed over to the acclaimed Daylite (http://marketcircle.com) but haven't run the demo yet. I am very intrigued in it - the website screenshots and descriptions look like it'd be an awesome program filling my needs - especially with its Mail integration and Billing software. But I just hate that it does not use the Mac iCal & AddressBook databases. And I've read that my MissingSync isn't compatible with it (which is essential). So I've held off on installing the demo.
In the meantime, I've heard back from Chronos Support. They swear that SOHO did NOT do the deleting of my data - that it was Apple/Tiger's own "SyncServices" (enter "going-over-my-head" time). They said that Apple is aware that SyncService has a problem with random deletion of data and that they are working on it. Odd though, that I've NEVER had that happen before in all my time in OS X - only after SOHO was installed did it happen - so I don't know what to believe. I'd REALLY like to believe them and use it, but I'm scared. If I can just get some more user-experience to provide confidence in it, I wouldn't mind trying it out again.
Also, sidenote, Chronos said their next version, which finishes out the iCal integration, will be released before the end of December.
So, anyone else have any +/- experiences with SOHO?

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