Giving away a iBook G4 if anyone wants it.

OK so I promised a quick throwaway and this one I'm keeping open until Friday midnight US PT. It's a white iBook Mac running OSX and it's a couple of years old and runs fine without any problems obviously plays DVD's, has wifi and Bluetooth. I'll throw in a iSight camera to go with it too.

I'll give this to one reader at random. Just send me a user thought on how you have been using your mobile device whether it is for either work or pleasure. Importantly please give it a title and send me your email. Associate Writers please post to PalmAddict as normal, I'll shout you when it's time to send your post count in. Email me at sammymcloughlin@gmail.com [Please no emails on why you want it or what you will do it, we want user thoughts.]
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SPECIAL OFFER - $10 off Tether for Blackberry

Special offer, get Tether for Blackberry for the low price of $49.95 $39.96, $10 off. Use the promo-code HAPPY20 at checkout to get your $10 discount. Make the jump. Have you ever been stuck in an airport, hotel room, coffee shop, or on the road with no Internet? Frustrated paying $9.95 for 30 minutes of internet service? Resorting to your Blackberry but wished you could use your laptop? Tether is here to provide a solution to all those worries! Tether is an application that allows your PC to take advantage of your Blackberry's data plan, allowing you to access the Internet on your laptop anywhere there is cellular coverage from your BlackBerry. Tether is easy to install, easy to use, works practically anywhere, and is cost effective. Use the promo-code HAPPY20 at checkout to get the $10 discount. Make the jump.
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Vodafone 845 unboxing video at Tracy and Matt Blog

Tracy and Matt blog do a quick video hands on of the Android powered Vodafone 845. "If you are looking for a small Android powered smartphone then the Vodafone 845 may well be worth considering."
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Driphter have a hands on of the new Blackberry Bold 9780

[From Hans] Driphter have a hands on of the new Blackberry Bold 9780. " We jumped on the bandwagon two days ago with more pictures of the upcoming Blackberry Bold 9780. Well we're back today with exclusive video of the 9780 running OS6! We've seen plenty of videos of the 9800 running OS6, but to date there has been no video of a QWERTY device running the OS (except for the very early review of the 9670 we did!). More importantly, we haven't seen Webkit on a QWERTY device"
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Powerstrip utility for Android looks a cool idea

If you have an Android phone then this is quite a cool powerstrip utility. " While Android has a few multitasking tricks built-in, Power Strip re-assigns your Home button to bring up a dock containing app shortcuts, folders, and even widgets that you can launch at any point, without returning to the home screen."
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Sammy's Diary - How I'm using my iPad and iPhone

I haven't done one for a couple of days so here is how I'm using my iPad & iphone 4 this week. As always my iPhone alarm goes off and I'm up, reach for the iPad, check emails and Twitter, see what happening in the worked via the BBC News website and then jump out of bed and head the gym. The iPhone 4 is loaded with tunes and get me through my gym session. It also gives me the time to send some further email. Today I had some external client problems and so my iPhone was used to email and talk to the concerned parties to get the problems rectified. It involved taking screenshots of websites and I was able to do this via my iPad. Not even touched my Macbook Pro today, in fact The only time I use my MBP is to edit videos for clients which obviously I can't do that easily on the iPad. Following on from that, have a spreadsheet on my iPad which lists my current spending for the month, think of it as a bank statement as such and this way I can keep track of all my spending and expenditure. It makes for a great way to manage my money. I also use 1 Password on my iPad to keep track of all my usernames and passwords for the likes of online banking, websites and other important information. It's encrypted by password and it is turning into one of the most useful apps on my iPad. So there you are just a quick update on how I'm using my iPad and iPhone 4.

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Souped up Palm TX

[From Harold Arnold, Berkeley, CA] Hi Sammy! I noticed that several Palm Addicts have bemoaned the loss of their Palm TXs, and I wanted to remind them about the souped up Palm TXs available at eBay from the vendor itsnothere. I bought one of these last year, and would am still using it, along with the old iPhone that my daughter gave me in exchange for moving her data to her new one. (It's a long story.) The mods made by Chris Short, a.k.a itsnothere, are A BRAND NEW GLASS DIGITIZER, to replace the original plastic one, a built in microphone, which Palm left out of the TX, a non-OEM on/off button, and preventative repairs for ROM chip failures. So if you're in the market for a Palm TX, check out itsnothere on eBay. He has a 100% positive feedback, and also sells a TX with just the new on/off button and the preventative repairs, and a Palm Life Drive with a flash drive upgrade.
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How I'm using my iPad

[From Wallace Matsen, Sent from my iPad] i bought an apple keyboard to use with my ipad and it is taking some getting use to ... but i really like it ... if the ipad had a camera for Skype i might sell my powerbook ;-0 i us Skype tp visit with my grandchildren ... and that is a must and a miracle ...i am ever amazed at what is possible today with our toys i am ever in love with the ipad ... yesterday i downloaded for the kids to mold vases and i have not been able to stop playing with it ... either you are 80 or 8 and i am one if not both of them ..the ipad is with out parallel my favorite ... so put som kids apps and secretly enjoy being your real true age ... enjoy it goes too fast
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Palm Pre Plus on the Road

[From Dave in SF] Sammy: Thanks for running such a great site! Usually I'm using my Palm Pre Plus at work- keeping schedules, using contacts to reach consultants, checking things on a few reference apps and documents. This past weekend though I was riding shotgun on the way back from dropping off my daughter at a friend's place 4 hrs from home when my wife who was driving says- "I need a latte!". Searched for a well known coffee outlet on Google maps on the Pre- see a hit off the upcoming offramp, followed the map and 4 blocks off the interstate in a little strip mall is the coffee place. Wow, better living through technology!
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How I'm using my (Mobile Device) iPad at Work

[From Andrew] Sammy, Hope you had a good holiday and glad you're back. Love the PalmAddicts site as always. I am gradually exploring the capabilities of the iPad and how I can use it for work. My boss doesn't like me bringing my MacBook to work to compensate for the deficiencies of our archaic Windows XP network and PC's. But without iPhoto, I haven't found a way of importing a batch of construction-site photographs, automatically cutting down the file size of each of them to the same lower resolution and then emailing them all out. With the iPad and an iPad camera connection kit I can import the photos to my iPad and email them. The only hassle is it only sends 5 pix at once. Using iPhoto and the MacBook's Mail, I can choose the file size between Small, Medium and Large. Using the iPad, I can only select 5 photos. If there is a way to reduce their resolution and send more, I haven't found it yet. The next problem is that instead of keeping the image names, such as IMG_0123.jpg, the photos are re-named photo 1, photo 2 etc. If I send a second message with more photos, they are also re-named photo 1, photo 2 etc., and the recipients have complained they have to re-name every image file. A hassle, I know, but one I hope or expect Apple will improve upon sometime soon.
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Giving my Treo 680 some new life

[From Alvaro Flores, Costa Rica] Hi Sammy. Surely recently installing PDANet and PDAReach on my Treo 680 has given it a new life. Not only I have the convenience of an always-connected-to-my-laptop Treo, which is really good since I still haven´t found a way to automatically update my appointments from Firefox to the Treo and have been doing manually. And no, the goosync thing doesn´t seems to work both ways. It also gives easy installation for new software (it´s amazing you still keep finding nice programs to try) and can control pocketunes on directly on the laptop without practically interrupting my work. As for PDANet, you don´t find an easier tethering software than this one. Nothing to envy the Nokia E72 that here in Costa Rica appear to grow on trees.... well, mayby its slimness (note to self: check those Treo 680 housing replacements on ebay).
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HP offers a free gift card with Palm purchases according to Palminfocenter

HP offers a free gift card with Palm purchases according to Palminfocenter. "Earlier this month we discussed the addition of the full line of Palm's WebOS-based smartphones to HP's Wireless Central online phone store. Now HP has sweetened the offer even further by adding a free $50 gift card to the HP Home & Home Office Store with any of the "free" AT&T webOS smartphones with a 2-year contract. "
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Rahul Sood, HP's CTO of gaming, chats with Ben and Dion

According to PreCentral "Rahul Sood, founder of luxury PC maker Voodoo, HP's CTO of gaming and recent champion of webOS has finally sat down with Palm's directors of dev relations Ben Galbraith and Dion Almaer."
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Airport Remote Monitor - 100 Airports at your fingertips

Now this is a cool little app that I'll be downloading to my iPhone today it's called Airport Remote Monitor - 100 Airports at your fingertips and it allows you to view the status of flights at a given airport in a display board format, geeky but cool. More after the jump.
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Special Offer: Guys get 20% off the DVD Catalyst 3 - DVD and Video to Palm [also works with DVD to Blackberry, iPhone, PocketPC, PSP, Zune HD]

Guys get 20% off the DVD Catalyst 3 - DVD and Video to Palm . [also works with DVD to Blackberry, iPhone, PocketPC, PSP, Zune HD that works !]

Was $9.95 and is now reduced to $7.96 [Use promo-code HAPPY20 at checkout]

Make the jump.

"iPhones, Zunes, Smartphones lack a DVD drive, so to be able to put a movie on these devices, a DVD needs to be changed into something that will work with them. You can buy/rent movie files from Apple's iTunes store, but these only work with iPod and iPhone devices. If you own a Zune, a PSP or anything else, you can not use iTunes to get your movies. While some companies do offer video downloads one way or another, they usually require you to pay for movies you probably already own or DVD anyway. This is where DVD Catalyst comes in.

DVD Catalyst transforms your DVD movies and TV shows into video files that you can use with your device. By installing DVD Catalyst on your computer, you can convert your own DVD collection (as well as video files you might already have) into something that will play on your Blackberry, PocketPC etc. No need to pay for the movies again, or worry about watching them within a day before they expire. With DVD Catalyst you can watch your own movies and TV shows in a waiting room, entertain the kids on a long ride, or show off your home recordings to your colleagues, regardless of what device you use."
Make the jump, remember use promo-code HAPPY20 to get the 20% discount.

Always back up

[From Vilis Toronto] Was using my T/X mostly for scheduling/calendar and since i lost it...I'm lost! Just a reminder to sync with your computer. If i had done that the pain would be less.
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Converters for iPod, iPhone, iPad and Apple TV from DVDVideoSoft

[From Joyce Seal] As popularity of Apple products grows, DVDVideoSoft, a leading developer of multimedia software, introduces programs which let everyone easily get video for such devices as iPod, iPhone, iPad, AppleTV. Free Video to iPod Converter and Free Video to iPhone Converter are refreshed products in the set of free multimedia tools Free Studio, while Free Video to iPad Converter and Free Video to Apple TV Converter are completely new tools launched by DVDVideoSoft especially for release of iPad and Apple TV. The programs have already gained popularity due to functionality, however, now the new engines make them more stable and fast responding. Free Video to iPhone Converter also supports conversion for the new model iPhone 4. The programs convert almost all currently popular video formats including *.avi, *.mpg, *.mpeg, *.mpe, *.wmv, *.mov, *.qt, *.amv, *.3gp, *.3g2, *.flv as well as support of HD video formats from modern cameras such as *.mts, *.m2t, *.m2ts, *.mod, *.tod. Output files have MP4 format compatible with Apple devices. Moreover it is possible to choose in which quality the video is to be saved: in high, standard or economy. The newly developed applications are available on the company's website www.dvdvideosoft.com where everyone can find a program to their liking for processing video and audio.
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Awesome multitasking

[From Mauricio Tanzi Costa Rica] I'm really happy with my Palm Pre Plus. Multitaksing is a breeze and having a keyboard is priceless! The cards metaphor just simply works. I've been very happy with the ability to do multiple things at the same time. I'm also liking the touchstone charger and when I start falling asleep when i'm reading at nigh is so easy to just place the Pre on top and not having the trouble of connecting it. Of course there are a lot of things to improve but Palm is on the right path. Sammy, congrats on your new office. It looks really nice.
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Multiplayer Gaming

[From Uriah] Hey Sammy, Lately I've been using my Palm Centro and my T|X for playing Warfare Incorporated via bluetooth with my brother. I think it's probably the pinnacle of Palm gaming (Along with Arvale) but it eats up your battery like all get-out!
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Medical uses for my iPhone

[From Dallas] Hi Sammy: I've noticed a number of medical doctors making the switch to iPhones recently. I use a number of apps to track my and my family's assorted conditions. In particular, I use Diabetes Pilot for blood pressure, glucose, weight, and diet. I use AsthmaMD to track peak flow readings, RunKeeper to track my exercise (GPS enabled, this is a neat piece of free software!!), myConvert to make those translations from US to Canadian measurements, and DateWheel and DateCalcPro for medical appointment planning. Glucose Buddy is another handy program for glucose and diet tracking. I use GoogleHealth for keeping track of medical records, but I'd like to find something better that doesn't require the internet, since I'm not always in range! Once again, the iPhone has proved itself up to the task of keeping me on track -- thanks, Apple (but I still miss my Palm!).
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Using My Pre for Writing

[From Rick Miller, Sent from my Palm Pre] I downloaded the application "Sorting Thoughts" on my Pre and I use it to write all my books for school and all my papers too. I then email the finished copy to myself and convert it to Microsoft Word using copy-paste. It's been working well for me, you should all try it too!
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More life for your iPhone

[From Darcy Boese, in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada] Hi Sammy! Have you got an old iPhone that still works, but since you've moved on to a later model you just aren't using it anymore? Good news! Now you can change your phone settings to work with many different carriers, in many different countries, and WITHOUT jailbreaking or unlocking! You just need a compatible SIM card that's compatible with one of the supported carriers. I did a quick check, and for Canada they appear to have support for Rogers, Fido, Bell and Telus. Check out the details here. Now all I need to do is talk the boss into upgrading my 3G... ;-)
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Agendus updated for iOS 4

[From Kevin] Hi Sammy. Iambic has released a key update to the iPhone version of its Agendus personal information manager app. The new version includes key fixes and enhancements for iOS 4 and builds on the version released last month which brought significant updates to the interface aimed at helping users better manage their time and to-do list.

Agendus integrates a user's Calendar, Contacts and Task List into one application. Iambic has added features to make it easier to see what's most pressing and important on the user's daily agenda. The app enables users to assign icons to Events and Tasks making it easier to identify them and offers the ability to go to today's events or scheduled tasks by a simple shake of the device when in any Calendar view.

Other key improvements recently added include the option to auto-adjust the Day view to the current time, providing only the upcoming scheduled events. Likewise, the List View now auto-adjusts to the current date so scheduled future events are brought to the top of the screen.

Agendus experienced a complete redesign with version 2.0, which included an entirely new user interface featuring new graphics, easier navigation throughout the app, improved layout of preferences and an overall visual facelift. This version also introduced new Calendar Views, a Birthday View and Push Notifications for event alerts.

is available in the App Store for $7.99 USD. The company’s website is www.iambic.com.
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Evernote

Ok just a quick point if you've never used Evernote then you should because it's an awesome utility and is one that I now use on daily basis. " Use Evernote to save your ideas, things you see, and things you like. Then find them all on any computer, phone or device you use. For free." Evernote after the jump.
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Blackberry 6 preview and a Blackberry event on Tuesday

[From Hans] More Blackberry 6 preview shots and now a Blackberry and AT&T event on Tuesday, August 3rd. "The other quick access area on the Home Screen is designed to enable you to view your most recent messages (such as email, text, BlackBerry® Messenger), phone calls, upcoming appointments, Facebook® and Twitter® notifications simply by tapping the Notification Bar in the middle of the top of the Home Screen. If you click on the Notification Bar, it drops down to show who the notifications are from, along with the first few words from the title. This feature makes it much easier to prioritize which notifications you want to respond to first."
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Palm TX winner

Paul Bishop was the winner of the Palm TX, congrats Paul. I'll do another throwaway either later or tomorrow so be prepared. In the meantime I hope you're having a great Tuesday.
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Google Maps for Android updated

[From Eric Mann] Apparently there has been an update to Google Maps for Android according to the Google Mobile Blog. "With six updates in six months, Google Maps for Android has been getting plenty of new features, both big and small. A continued focus with each update has been on giving you better ways to find places nearby. In the most recent updates, Maps has gotten features like swiping between search results and info like photos, reviews, and more helpful content on the result pages. With today’s launch of Google Maps for mobile 4.4, we’re introducing an even easier way to find places around you: a dedicated Places icon that lets you quickly look up nearby places and pick a place to go using updated Place Pages, just like on your computer."
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Funkyball Worlds

Have you seen Funkyball Worlds from Astraware? It looks pretty cool and it's for the iPhone. " Funkyball Worlds is a groovy physics-based platform game that is as beautiful as it is challenging. Guide the realistically weighted Funkyball across the platforms against the clock, collecting the stars to improve your time. Traverse multiple scrolling 3D levels using a combination of accelerometer and multi-touch controls to roll, slide and jump your way through 3 different worlds. Avoid hazards such as mines and lasers, and use tools like the ball launcher to help you along your way!" More deets after the jump.
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iTunes freebies from May at Palmdiscovery

As always May at PalmDiscovery gives you some free iTunes links to take advantage of. Make sure you have a look and see what freebies you can download to your mobile device.
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Is Apple planning to release smaller ipads at the end if the year

Is Apple planning to release smaller ipads at the end if the year? " Seems like news surrounding the iPad is never going to go away even when the limelight is actually on Apple’s iPhone 4 antenna problems. The latest news surrounding the iPad is that Apple might just release smaller versions of the tablet later this year. By smaller, the OLED screen sizes will measure 5.6-inch and 7-inch." Read in full
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Time with my Daughter (and Palm Cento) at the zoo

[From Chris Selvage] We had some Father/Daughter time at the zoo for a special school function. She needed to answer some questions on a quiz about the animals. Other parents as well as I were having difficulty helping the girls find some of the answers. I pulled out my very hand Centro, searched the internet and found the answers with google search. Thanks Palm.
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I'm long time Palm user and Palm Crazy!

[From Chris] Hi there Sammy, I'm a long time Palm user (since IIIE) and use it for work and pleasure. My Treo680 is my work-agenda and for pleasure it's my MP3- and video-player, agenda, database and so on. I hope some day the Pre will come to The Netherlands so it can replace my Treo680 because it isn't working 100% anymore. Keep up the good work with your site! Greetings from The Netherlands,
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40% discount at Zagg

[From Rick] "Sammy, I was recently sent a 40% off discount code from ZAGG.com. However, I really don't need anything from there. Do you know someone that could use it? The email says I can give it away, so anyone can use it. It expires on July 31. The discount code is: 3c9g2j" [SAMMY Thanks Rick and the website fir Zagg is of course www.zag.com
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Use my Palm Pixi daily

[From Dann, Sent from my Palm Pixi] I use my palm pixi daily for appointments, keeping track of finances, email, and even light social networking (facebook mostly)
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aTAKEphONE 1.25 (002) released

[From Shimon] Hi all, Just released version 1.25 of aTAKEphONE - the Android version of Palms TAKEphONE. This build fixes some issues reported by users. You can get it at the Android Market, as well as my own website - www.shsh.com/android (a full featured 30 days free trial)
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Back from Vacation a and still a Palm Addict!

[From Andy Berrios ] Hi Sammy, I am back from my vacation and have thoroughly enjoyed it with my family. I took along a LifeDrive I purchased very from Craigslist and used it to look at my Airline Schedules and weather for my destinations. I filled the device with plenty of music for the flight and of course watched several movies time permitting. My TX SD card slot has stopped working so I had to get another Palm device. I need my Palm apps like Documents to go, Biblereader and the like to make notes and refer to information I need. The LifeDrive works for me, but is is rather bulky. I really miss my svelte TX!
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First thoughts on my new Centro, Part 2

[From Chris] Dear Sammy, Well, I got an 8 GB card ($10 after rebate) instead of the 16 GB card I had been dreaming of, but I find that I still have lots of room even after loading up all the programs I had on my old TX (broken). I have had to squeeze a bit to get the apps from the TX (128 MB internal memory) to the Centro (64 MB internal memory), but the Powerun-like function of my application launcher allows me to run apps off of the card. Actually, I tried using Initiate (which I purchased as part of the Treotastic Bundle from Hobbyist Software), but I was not used to navigating with Initiate, so I went back to using ZLauncher as my default launcher. Also, I was having trouble getting FileZ to work well--it reset the Palm a few times--and the built-in File Manager in ZLauncher works well. The Centro only sees 4 GB of the SDHC card, but I was able to get access to the card from my Mac via Softick's Card Export II (an old app that I bought a long time ago). This app allows me to mount the Centro's SDHC card to the Mac as a flash drive via the USB sync cable. I can manage stuff on the card without having to take it out of the phone. For some reason, the Missing Sync app (which does the same thing) was unable to connect the Centro card to my Mac. Some more apps that run well on the Centro:

3D Hockey (in order to quit the game you need to press the "function" key and the home button together)
Arcade Park
Asia
BackupMan
Bejeweled
Checklist (Handmark)
Classics
Converter
Dates!
GO169
GRACE ACS Risk Model
Guitar Tuner
HappyDays
Harriet Lane Handbook (Skyscape)
HandHeldMed Reader
IconMgr
Ladrion
McChords
MedCalc
MedMath
MemoCalc
Mini Mental Status Exam
Metro
Mummy Maze
Palm EKG
PE & DVT dx
Penguin Panic
Planetarium
PlecoDict
Round Up
SAIS
SC-123PU
Sea War
Shots 2010
Sky Force
SlovoEd Dictionary
SplashMoney
SplashShopper
STAT A-Fib Stroke Risk
STAT Cardiac Clearance
STAT Diabetes
STAT Growth Charts
STAT Hypertension
SuperMemo
Tipper!
TimeSync
Zap!2016
ZLauncher

Apps that have not worked (i.e., reset the device):
Missing Sync (did not connect)
GrxView (an older version)
FileZ--would sometimes freeze with multiple file deletions
I will try to install the Java Virtual Machine later.
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