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What's on my Palm Devices?Here you can learn just how much
useful stuff can be crammed on to one PDA, find links to my favorite
software and hardware sources, and download a few files I have
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Hardware History:  My OLD/ORIGINAL PalmPilot was a
US Robotics labeled PalmPilot Personal with a PalmIII upgrade
card. I have outfitted this base system with a PDA
Panache "black nail" stylus (lovely weight & feel). My
only other additional hardware/peripheral is a PalmNavigator compass
module from Precision Navigator.
I have long since retired this old beast, but it served me well. Like all old electronics, it is kicking around in a drawer full of cables and retired gadgets. *Former PalmPilot owners should recognize the color scheme of web pagewhich was coded to resemble the color scheme of the original Palm. The classic entry screen is reproduced at the bottom. |
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 Next came my first color Palm device, the Palm m505. I used the PDA Panache "black
nail" stylus with this one too. It would notmfit in the stylus
slot of any Palm device, but I put a little slit at the inside top
of the binding of the Palm-issued leather case and slipped it right in there. |
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 My only non-PALM PDA was the Sony Clie PEG-TH55 (runs Palm OS), which I purchased the day before SONY announced it was getting out of the PDA business. But
that was OK. I really wanted WiFi and I had tried two Palm Tungsten Cs and they both failed
on me -- the first in 6 hours, the second in 6 days. Making the switch
from a true PALM device to the CLIE was a little tough: same operating system
but still needed to install proprietary SONY version. I used the plain desktop
on my desktop and still used Launch 'Em on my PDA. I continued to use
the PDA Panache "black nail" as my stylus, but it fit
NOWHERE on this device. And no decent case existed to fit the TH55. |
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accessories in use with my Palm Treo 650 |
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Next I moved to the Palm LifeDrive. I was a little disappointed in the speed of the device, and the constant resets. I finally gave up using the Panache "black nail" styluss. Again, I never found a suitable case, although I tried several.
What's on my newest
Palm Devices?
•"I
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| Treo 650 • Seidio 3200mAh Ultra Extended Battery | *** | This bad boy is the ONLY way to get your active Palm Treo through the day without tethering yourself to the charger. The standard battery only provides 1800mAh and won't last the workday, especially when using IMAP and push-mail technologies. The only drawback is that the battery is so big, it comes with a replacement extended battery cover. See my review on the TreoCentral Forum. |
| Treo 650 • Palm Leather Side Case | *** | This holster-style "side pouch" case holds the Palm Treo with Ultra Extended Battery • secure in the case and secure on your belt. See my review on the TreoCentral Forum. Sure, it is made by Palm(r), but it is the best for anyone with the UE battery, or, like me, who prefers to NOT cover up the well-crafted Treo with a skin. Remember to cover your touchsreen with a protector and turn on the keyboard lock. If you have an application that "wakes up" your Treo, such as 4cast, you may accidentaly push some buttons. It is a little difficult getting the PDA out when sitting. When standing, removal is easier but the Treo is slippery so be careful. I have also noticed that I somehow keep turning the sound button off when removing the device from the holster. |
| Palm T|X • Rhinoskin Aluminum Hardcase | *** | Whether you say "aluminum" or "Al•you•minium," this is the case to get if you have a Palm T|X. It provides ample protection and slips easily into your front pocket. This case has protected my T|X through numerous falls. |
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*** | A shareware program that provides weather (current conditions & forecasts) for any place or places on earth. This little program will update weather on a schedule, and has a module to show weather info in DateBk6. |
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** | A free mobile content service for smartphones and PDAs. Synchronize your favorite websites as "channels" to your smartphone or PDA. AvantGo offers thousands of channels from the world's leading brands in news, weather, sports and more. You can also use AvantGo to sync any personal, non-commercial website (family site, workout schedule, etc.) to your device. |
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**** | The legend has returned...and is more wildly addictive than ever before! Bejeweled 2 takes the classic game of gem-swapping to euphoric new heights. Players must match the colored jewels in lines of three horizontally or vertically to clear them from the board. Lines of four jewels are awarded with a Power Gem whilst lines of five award the much sought-after Hyper Cube. Both special jewels trigger their own unique jewel-clearing devices. Bejeweled 2 features all new graphics, stunning background images, in game transitions and cutting-edge special effects. The game has four standard play modes; classic, action, endless and the all-new puzzle mode and five special bonus modes are unlocked as players progress through the various standard modes, adding extra challenges and even more gameplay. |
ChattereMail |
*** | A nice program for pushing mail to your Treo using an IMAP server (not provided, although I am happy with FuseMail) and a great improvement over Versamail. Unfortunately, the program creator, Marc, just announced his full-time employment with Palm, Inc. and that he won't be providing much in the way of updates or service. |
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*** | The fast and accurate day/night plot shows where it is day and night across the world in real time. Time anywhere in the world can be estimated by referring to the day/night plot. Tapping on the main screen map shows the name and time in the nearest city. Four world clocks on screen give precise information and show the day of the week in remote cities. |
Dalek |
*** | Classic, fun Apple/Mac Dalek (Dr. Who) game • I played an original of this game on an Apple II. Although I registered my Palm version, I have since lost the information and the sources have vanished from the web. It's simple, but fun in a retro way. The Wikipedia link includes a good description and link to J2ME version for cell phones. |
DateBk6 |
*** | datebook enhancement adds a wealth of functionality to the palm datebook application., including icons, floating events, and much more |
Documents to Go Pro |
** | View/edit Word/Excel/PowerPoint on your PDA. Works as a document viewer for your email program. |
eReader |
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FileMan |
** | My preferred file manager, from BitsnBolts. |
FileZ |
* | Another file manager, FileZ (from nosleep software) is a reliable, full featured file management and system utility. It allows you to view and modify any file on your handheld or external memory card, and much, much, more. A lot of people prefer this program, although I do not like it so much. |
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** | A zip (archive) utility for the Palm OS, allowing you to open or create zip archives. Kind of a clunky implementation (the interface stinks). Can be used to install programs downloaded as ZIP file directlyto PDA |
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** | freeware by Christopher Antos; available at PalmGear; Icon Manager lets you create or edit icon sets for use with HandyShopper, DateBk5, DataShield, SplashID, and Agendus. Icon Manager also supports high density icons on Palm OS 5.x devices, Sony Clie devices, and Acer devices. |
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An addictive little game where you try to raise fish in an aquarium. |
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**** | MyBible gives you convenient access to a large variety of Bible translations and Bible-related reference material in a format customized for the unique features of Palm, Pocket PC, Windows Mobile-based Smartphone, iPod and BlackBerry devices. |
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*** | Launcher X adds a tabbed menu system to your device. Most importantly, it allows you to create shortcuts and run applications directly from the SD card. It also includes a bunch of handy built-in utilities. |
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You just HAVE to check out a game called Mars Needs Cows. Difficult puzzles that you must solve, moving the cows through a grid to the spaceship upload site. Try "Easy" first. Great background music. |
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** | PalmaryClock is a multifunctional clock of variable design. It can be transformed into either classical, digital or alarm clock, watches or calendar according to your wishes. A great numbers of skins have been developed for PalmaryClock allow you to design the clock according to your likes. |
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It is a golf game by Reset Game. Decent graphics and player control. There appears to be a number of these "Par X" games from the same source. In Par 3, all courses are par 3 holes, and so on. |
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** | Handmark® Pocket Express™ delivers news, weather, sports, stocks, directories, movies, maps, and more to wireless handsets. I find that this program eats up system memory on my Treo over time - the creators say that is normal behavior. |
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PockeTunes allows you to play music on your Treo from many sources (mp3 etc.) The latest version includes a nice internet radio feature |
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A program that allows you to back up ALL your Palm data to an SD card. Resco Backup creates a safety copy of your handheld and lets you restore it in case of problems. You NEED this! |
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SplashID safely and securely stores all of your sensitive personal information in a secure, encrypted database that is quickly accessible on your handheld and desktop computer. SplashID organizes and protects all of your user names, passwords, credit cards, PINs, and more in one convenient location. |
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*** | A full featured sky-mapping program for the Palm Computing® platform. It has the ability to plot stars, planets, and Messier objects in a standard skymap format. |
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** | Read, edit, and browse documents, Doc files, eBooks and text files with TealDoc, the enhanced doc reader. |
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** | allows your wireless handheld to access files on corporate systems, school networks, home computers, and the Internet! |
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**** | WorldMate Standard Edition includes indispensable and real-time travel information such as world clocks, weather forecasts for hundreds of cities worldwide, currency conversion with an online exchange rate service, size and measurement converters and much more. |
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Shareware, Hardware & News Sources |
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Sites for Palm Devices in general |
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• I am in the process of updating this section •
Files I have Created |
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See all my files at MemoWare |
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| Christian Resources - AportisDoc format | Christian Resources - Documents To Go formatted* | |
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*(upload and use Record | Add Item from DocToGo menu) |
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