It's been good to read how other palm people have been using and enjoying their TX pda...what with all this excitement over the raft of recent new treo's it's easy to forget that there are still loads of great palm based pda's out there.
I've been championing the TX for a while now...it's the best palm pda I've ever used, great screen, loads of memory, wifi for all those wifi lovers out there (I've never used it personally), good built in apps and it's always been very stable for me.
I tend to use mine mainly for work these days...the screen is great for showing clients stuff that I've loaded on through Repligo (investment fund factsheets) and I store all my customer details on it for handy reference when I'm out and about. I also use QuickOffice now for editing and viewing excel and word docs. I've found the TX to be excellent for handling all the heavy duty number crunching stuff that I need to carry around with me at work.
But it's not all dull work stuff..the TX makes a great mp3 player and the screen is great for playing games on. I think it's hard to imagine how palm could improve on this device, the fact they haven't brought out a new pda for ages is testament, I feel, to how good the TX is as a pda.
I've also started using it recently for viewing offline websites via Sunrise XP and Plucker, I load them up via a sync in the morning and then read them on the way to work.
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This weekend's Giveaway, win a Tungsten TX or HTC TyTN, the choice is yours
OK were not just giving out one goodie but two. I'm only giving you a day or two on this one and they are good prizes. So we would like to offload to you the following:
1/ HTC TyTN [running Windows Mobile 5] with slide-out keyboard [pictured above].
2/ Tungsten TX [six months old replaced by Dave the user with a Treo 650]
So let us know what prize you want but most importantly to qualify you need to let us know how you have been using your Palm device. Give us one line or as many lines as you want. It's a random contest and I will personally choose winners at the beginning of next week. You MUST give your blurb a title other than 'how I use my Palm' and put GIVEAWAY in the subject line. Let me know your prize choice too please - sammymcloughlin@gmail.com
MobileRead has a very good editorial entitled Exercising with PDAbs and your PalmOS device
MobileRead has a very good editorial entitled Exercising with PDAbs and your PalmOS device. "Everyone agrees that we should exercise more. But we hate the whole thought of keeping track of it all, so we end up either lifting the wrong weight or wasting a lot of time adjusting weight.
Fortunately, for those of us that love to use our PalmOS pdas, there's a great solution available. It's effective both for planning workouts and for keeping track of things while you are doing the workout. It works whether you are doing weight training or stretching or jump roping or aerobics. You can even use it to manage multiple clients if you are a trainer.
The software that can do all this for you is called PDAbs and it is available for PalmOS, Windows and Mac OS X. The desktop and pda software work in conjunction with each other so you have the ability to do analysis of workouts on the desktop, workout setup at the desktop or on the pda, and you can keep all the information you need during a workout on your pda."
MobileRead
More E Ink from China: STAReBOOK STK-101 e-reader
MobileRead is reporting on the Chinese STAReBOOK e-book reader:
" I'll get right to the point: This one looks very sweet. Michel from Staretek sent us details on the Chinese STAReBOOK e-book reader, which boasts a 6-inch display using E Ink technology - apparently the same display manufactured by PVI and used in the Sony Reader and the Jinke HanLin eBook. The reader is supposed to become available this November in three different editions, two for the Chinese market and one for the English, at a price of around USD $440."
GoogleMaps v. KMaps First Impression
[From Rich Kendrick] As a long time KMaps (the original Google Maps client for Palm) user, I thought I should give a quick first impression of how the new GoogleMaps stacks up.
GoogleMaps has a handful of advantages over KMaps, but KMaps is definitely the more robust and powerful client. KMaps is a java applet, which means it requires the (enormous) Java runtime library. GoogleMaps has no such requirement. KMaps also suffers from an ugly/clunky interface (courtesty of Java). GoogleMaps is very pretty, and incidentally, a little more user friendly. Cool stuff GoogleMaps has that KMaps doesn't: color coded traffic information, satelite image mode. GoogleMaps also appears to run and download data a little faster than KMaps.
GoogleMaps does not, however, integrate with the Palm PIM the way that KMaps does. You can't load contact information, or save search results into your contacts database. And while GoogleMaps will give you turn by turn directions on the map, you can't save those directions, or view them in a text-only list.
Finally, GoogleMaps caches all of the maps to the Palm internal memory, whereas KMaps can cache maps directly to the SD card.
Obviously, this isn't a complete comparison of features, but hopefully it'll satisfy some of the curious PalmAddicts out there.
Palm for Work and Play
[From Darren Janisse, Toronto, Canada] Despite being a longtime Newton fan, I made the switch to Palm once Apple discontinued the Newton in the late 90's and was very reluctant in doing so.
Over the years since making the switch to Palm I have had the privilege of owning a Palm V, Zire 72, Treo 600 and now a Treo 650 I have to admit, Palm has won me over bigtime. After spending time with the PalmOS, i've discovered that it can do almost anything and have come to truly appreciate the simplicity of it's user interface. I've been tempted a few times to switch to Symbian/Windows Mobile/Blackberry devices due to flashy advertisements... but after spending any length of time with another unit, I go right back to my reliable 650.
I use the Treo 650 in both my personal and work life. On the personal side, I use it to listen to podcasts in pTunes, keep tabs on my home email via Chatteremail, find directions to places using Directory Assistant, check on RSS feeds (such as PalmAddict!) with QuickNews and chatting with friends using Toccer. In the past year both my father and my brother have gotten 650's which they enjoy using.
On the work side, I use my Treo to remotely troubleshoot our unix boxes when need-be via TuSSH. SplashID contains all server passwords, PIN's and such. And, of course, it contains loads of important contacts, calendar items and todo's (Agendus Pro). So in other words, my Treo gets used ALOT on an average day!
[SAMMY] Lets hear how you use your Palm device. Give us a line or a paragraph. Add to this thread on the forum and you will be entered into the contest to win a PDA of your choice. There is a good chance we will also bring front page. So no matter how routine let us know one way you have used your Palm device today. We love hearing about them. Add your thoughts to this thread.
Palminfocenter has done a great review of MobiTV for Palm OS
Palminfocenter has done a great review of MobiTV for Palm OS which I have to say is very very cool. "At the time I installed the app on the 700p, a new MobiTV client had just been released, dated May 23 2006. As of this writing in October, this version (1.0.4) is still the current release build. MobiTV's Palm OS app is a very straightforward installation. I put it in main memory and did not try to launch it off of an SD card, fearing it would compromise performance. Fortunately, the full app is a refreshingly small 776k so even Treo 650 users shouldn't be too fearful of installing it.
MobiTV Palm OSThe actual MobiTV application is attractively present and nicely laid out. Easy to read signal & battery strength indicators occupy the top bar of the screen alongside a help button. The bottom frame indicates which channel is being displayed, alongside channel and volume adjustment buttons that are a bit too small to be jabbed with a fingertip. A larger "Guide" button, located on the right corner, brings up the full channel guide. 38 total channels currently comprise the total lineup for Palm’s version of the client (note: various MobiTV platforms differ somewhat in their channel lineups). This master list is usually how I do my channel browsing. The guide presents the 38 channels in no particular order other than the fact that most of the "name" network channels (MSNBC, Fox News, NBC, ABC, Discovery, TLC, ESPN etc) are accounted for on the first page and the no-name and specialty channels are left for the 2nd and 3rd pages of the guide.
While nice and uncluttered in layout, I'd actually like to see MobiTV add some more features and customizations to the app. An option to segment or cluster channels by categories ("News", "Sports", "Movies" etc) would be nice as would a “Top 10” or “favorites” list."
Palminfocenter
Palm Treo 680
"I said I didn't care about the new-ish Palm Treo 680 that seemed to be little more than a colored Treo 700 with a few tweaks, and its antenna chopped off. Against my judgement, many of you voted that you were excited for the shitty little budget smartphone. I feel sorry for you, because you are wrong to care. But I also wonder, since the price hasn't been announced, and the Treo 700 is about $250 with a contract, how much would you pay for one of these things?"
Gizmodo
Bluetooth SIG intros TransSend
From MobileTechNews:
"From the Digital Life consumer electronics tradeshow in New York this week, the Bluetooth SIG introduced its TransSend client/server application that allows Internet content such as maps, addresses, phone numbers and other text and images to be wirelessly transferred from a Bluetooth enabled PC to another mobile Bluetooth device such as a phone or PDA. By providing this free of charge, useful, on-the-go capability to consumers, the Bluetooth SIG hopes to help increase customer satisfaction of Bluetooth enabled devices and drive visitors to TransSend enabled web sites."
"When running late for a party, a person could quickly 'TransSend' the host's address to their mobile phone. Trying out a new restaurant later in the evening becomes more convenient when the patron has already sent a map and phone number to their PDA. Someone might TransSend a brief bio of an important business contact to a mobile device to review before a dinner meeting. TransSend helps people get small, timely pieces of information to their mobile devices in a quick and effortless way so that they have the data they need when away from their PCs."
For more information about TransSend, go to Bluetooth.com/Apply/TransSend .
MyTreo has hands on video of the great looking Treo 680
MyTreo has hands on video of the great looking Treo 680. "While attending the Digital Life conference in New York City earlier this week, mytreo.net's Tadd Rosenfeld had the opportunity to talk privately with Phil McClendon, Palm's product manager responsible for the Treo 680. This article contains three video excerpts from the meeting: (i) a close look at the new Treo Phone application, (ii) a demonstration of Google Maps, and (iii) Palm's explanation for why the Treo 680 has a standard SD slot compared to a miniSD on the Treo 750v."
