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No ordinary charger (Ted Baker)

No ordinary designer charging kit (Ted Baker)

Do you need a great charging kit for your iPod Touch?

My iPod Touch has become my primary device replacing my Dell Axim 51v, Palm Lifedrive, and Palm TX. My iPod Touch gets heavy use every day with Wi-Fi, a multitude of programs, videos, and pictures in constant demand. Thus my major need was to extend my battery life.

In dire need I turned to Proporta. (Check them out, they are a unique business family of inventive, creative, and hard-working folks, with a rich history from its humble beginning as PalmTEc of delivering support products for our technological cravings)

The answer for me was their No ordinary designer charging kit (Ted Baker).

This device is built off the model of the Proporta Mobile Device Charger but the folks over at Ted Baker put a real touch of class to its design.

What I was looking for was a unit that would compliment my beautiful iPod touch. It had to be practical, functional, easily cartable in a pocket, providing a large electric capacity for multiple charges, unique with high tech appearance, and tough enough for the rigors of hard every day use.

This unit has a 3400 mAH Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery, USB charging port, included AC adapter, cigarette adapter, and multiple adapters for other devices.

It takes a while to get it fully charged, but once it is ready to go it was able to give three full charges before a recharge of the device was required.

This device is definitely functional, it is also beautiful, and nearly the size of my iPod touch, well built and even comes with a soft chocolate brown velour carrying case although I prefer carrying it in my pocket.

This device is definitely worth checking out. It has given me the additional extended battery life I needed to separate my iPod Touch from my previously utilized devices.

I believe the build quality is great, battery capacity for multiple charges is wonderful, the cost of $49.95 dollars is a very good value, and the ease of use is a fantastic plus.

Proporta gets a five of five stars in my book for this wonderful product.

So if you are dialed into the iPod Touch like I am, the No ordinary designer

Charging kit (Ted Baker) SKU: 21384 from Proporta could be the device for you.

Have a most excellent day!

Henry

Palm Quick Tip

For years I carried a multitude of ebooks on my Palm device without them ever being finely organized. Just think if you walked into a library and it took you hours to find a book because there was no orderly system to use?

Therefore the Palm Quick tip for today is effective ebook filing on your Palm device. Today I will talk about the free Ereader Pro. Once this software is loaded on your palm device all you have to do is start downloaded ebooks or even free e-material from memoware and store them on your SD card.

Open Ereader Pro and it will find all the e-material on your device. OK, When you open Ereader Pro two icons are very important for what we want to accomplish here. The far leftmost icon is the menu icon and the circle with the "i " is the information icon.

First let's tap the menu icon. It opens up a number of different options you can use to alter the way Ereader Pro works, for now let's tap the Open area. Now you can see all of the e-materials on your device.

Look to the upper right-hand corner tap the drop down arrow, hit edit categories. Add whatever categories you may want. You can always alter them at some other time. Click ok after each and when you are done.

Now you should be back to your entire library. Click on one of your materials, once it opens click on the little information icon. Quess what, there is the wonderful Palm OS category drop down. Just find the category you want to store your material in click it and click ok. Continue this process until all of our materials are in categories.

It is a bit of work on the front end but next time you open Ereader Pro, click on the menu icon and open to your library you can go straight to the categories and find the item you want to read very quickly.

It seems to help getting through materials better in this fashion and after this manner also.

Have a wonderful day!

Palm Quick Tip

Good Morning here with another Quick tip for the new Palm TX user.

Have you ever wanted to quickly see what programs you have been using or quickly get back to a previous program?

On the bottom of your Palm TX there are four buttons. The button on the far left has a house on it. This is your home button. Simply depress this button and continue to hold it down for a few seconds. Jus above this button a dialog box will pop us showing you your last six programs operations used. Simply tap the one you want to go to.

Now that was a cool Palm idea.

I sure am excited waiting for the next Palm great idea which I am sure will include a new OS and a far out hardware set up.

I am imagining a really simply and intuitive new OS with some really cool features.

Have a wonderful day!

Palm Quick Tip

For all new Palm TX Owners check out Palm's homebrew of the launcher.

The launcher is a term that relates to a quick way to initiate programs. Palm has come up with a nifty item called Favorites that makes accessing programs really easy.

Across the bottom of your Palm TX device are four buttom. The button on the far left that looks like a house is the Home button. Push this button once and it takes you to your Palm loaded programs. You know when you are here because you will see the category with a drop down item in the upper right hand corner. (You can click on this drop down item go to edit categories and set up different categories to put your programs in for easy program location. I will go into that more on another Palm Quick tip later)

Click the Home button again and you arrive at Favorites. To formulate this area click on the clock area in the upper left hand corner of your Palm Desktop. Several options appear; Options ( this allows you to change your screen background more on that in another Palm Quick tip), Edit favorites, and Rearrange Favorites.

For today let's hit the Rearrange Favorites tab. You will note on this page in the bottom right hand corner there are four pages. This is really cool because you can drag items to different pages as long as there is room. Go ahead and try it. Just hold on an item and drag it to a page number. Pretty cool huh?

Ok also on this page you can move programs up or down the page you are on if you want to change the order. Try it, just grab an item and move it up the page. But the thing I really want to show you is how to bring a program to this Favorites page.

Simply tap on a listing section, and Edit Favorite dialog box should come up. The type category has a drop down arrow, two choices- App or Web Link, for now let's choose APP. Below this section there is a category called Original with a drop down arrow next to it. Hit the drown down arrow and you will see all of the programs on your Palm. Simply click on the one you want and the name will fill in on the Name box, then click OK. Continue this process for every page and you will have quick acess to your programs.

Have a wonderful day!

Palm quick tip

 

Palm Quick tip:

I love the simplicity of the Palm OS and with great anticipation am I waiting for the next great Palm product to arrive. In the mean time I thought I would throw some Palm Quick tips out there for anyone who might appreciate them. Today I will begin with finding contacts quickly in your Palm Contacts book. Two great keys dominate my thinking when it comes to quickly locating contacts.

Key 1: Use the Palm Catagories- When you open the Palm contacts you will see ALL on the right top side of your screen with a drop down arrow to the left of it. Simply click on ther drop down arrow and tap edit categories. Hit new enter the new category and press OK. You can repeat this process and add quite a few. Now when you enter a new contact in the upper right hand corner click on the unfiled category listing and click the category you want your new contact in. The key to finding items quickly is putting them in categories. The idea of categories is built all through the Palm OS. Use it and finding your information will be easy.

Key 2: Having items in categories is a real time saver but watch this. Open your contacts, set your categories to all. Now go to the  bottom of the page open your graffti area and write just a couple of letters of someones name in the Look up: area. You will see a listing of the names is your contacts list above.

Isn't that cool. Now no one will be able to manually find an address or name in a rolidex faster than you can on your Palm PDA.

Just a Palm Quick tip.

Have a wonderful day!

TripBoss

I am sure you have all heard of the great program Trip Boss (3.02 the current version) from Creative Algorithms. (First of all Creative Algorithms is a Chicago, Illinois based developer of web-base applications for desktop, laptops, mobile devices, and of native Palm OS shareware and freeware applications for smartphones and PDA’s.)

It is an extensive travel manager utility for Palm OS that has received rave reviews because of it depth of capability, and simple usability in handling everything managing a trip requires. It comes with myriad features, easy to use tabs, a scrolling menu bar for more options, extensive default list of data, and configurability’s. It can be used by the novice and by the veteran user bringing delight to both of their faces.

A trip without Trip Boss is a trip with a lot of missed details and non captured moments and information.
I am sure you all have seen the many long beautifully stated reviews with screen prints etc showing the virtues of Trip Boss. That is why I purchased it.
Although you were amazed did you give Trip Boss a trial run or commit to a deeper degree and purchase it?
Well I personally like this program and would like to offer you a few reasons in addition to quick blurb stated above urging your curiosity to take a serious look at this very capable program.
I was attracted to this program because I needed a good reasonable priced travel program that had plenty of depth to it, and also I am impressed by the company’s good business and software design principles.

Listed below are some of the principles this company operates by.
- Virus protection for the product is built-in.
- Designed for minimum memory and battery consumption.
- All fields support cut, copy, paste, select all, and undo operations.
- Application and data is automatically backed up during the HotSync® operation.
- Interface designed to minimize tapping.
- Ergonomically designed for easy data entry and higher productivity.
- Compliant with Palm OS(R) user interface guidelines.
- Tabbed forms to simplify interface.
- Clean, elegant code written for clarity and simplicity reduces bugs and eases maintenance.
- Code compiles cleanly with no errors or warnings on the highest detection levels. In fact, any error or warning will stop the build until it is fixed.
- Adherence to published API's (Application Programming Interfaces) for best forward compatibility with future operating systems.
- Testing for pursuit of Palm Powered Solution™ for all shareware.
- Tested for usability and functionality under a variety of operation conditions.
- Tested above and beyond Palm OS recommended compatibility testing.
- Installation and User's Guide documentation provided with ALL software.
- Downloadable software packages for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux.
- They believe customer service is just as important as quality designs.
- They deliver all codes within 1-2 business days and also respond to all questions within that time frame.
- They welcome suggestions, ideas, and bug reports--software always has room for continued improvements.
- In this day of quick fixes this kind of commitment is refreshing.
- This program comes with a fully functional 30 day free trial and cost 34.95 USD.
- Give it a try I think you will be impressed.

Have a wonderful day!

DATEWHEEL

I am sure many of you have heard of a great program called Trip Boss 3.0 which works on Palm OS 3.0 and higher, from a company called Creative Algorithms LLC CREATIVE ALGORITHMS a Chicago Illinois developer of web-based application for desktops, laptops ad mobile devices and of native Palm OS shareware and freeware applications for smartphones and PDAs.

But have you heard of Date Wheel?

It is a simple program that cost $14.95, comes with a 30 day free trial, and Calculates the time between two dates in months, weeks, days, and business days.  Save tasks for future reference.

From a Business perspective Date Wheel is the electronic version of the plastic wheel-shaped calendar used by businesses to calculate lead times.  It can also be used to calculate the time between two dates or to calculate the Julian date for any day of the year. Some of the major business items I use it for are Planning Construction Projects, Estimating time on Long lead Materials, Time Management, and tracking my wife’s doctor’s appointments

From a personal perspective Date Wheel is a fun tool to calculate time frames between today and special events like, holidays, vacations, birthdays, and anniversaries.

The tool is simple to use, supports 5 way navigation, you can even manipulate the onscreen controls with your fingers (that’s right Palm has had a touch screen for years) and it comes with a number of great tips that cover program usage and it works wonderful on my Palm TX.

Give it a try I think it will be a great addition to your Palm software inventory. You really can not beat a 30 day free trial.

Have a wonderful day!

The device of our dreams

The search for the most excellent device.. Gadget addicts across the world are on a continuous search for he perfect device that will enable them to perform the operations they dream of, at the speed of thought. Is it a converged device, a stand alone PDA, or even a device  that has failed to enter the imagination of man.. At times we are in a quandary as to why device and software makers do not assemble the perfect device for us. Is it business reasons that cancel its construction? Cost versus post run profits, is it lack of imagination or is it visualization versus reality?

Regardless, the gadget addict dreams on.. This dreaming can almost drive one mad if the boundaries are not contained. Calm down lads and laddies for now just make the best of what devices are available..Unnecessary prolonged stress wishing someone would make the device of your dreams can be hazardous to your health and your peace. (smile)

Sooner or later a new  and enterprising young company will begin producing devices never before imagined. I am longing for a device that can do what a Pocket PC can do with the simplicity of a Palm device, wrapped in the innovation and coolness of an Apple device.

The device of our dreams.. Will today be the day it comes to market?

SPLASH TRAVEL PROFESSIONAL EDITION

SplashTravel Professional Edition
From Splashdata (a leading provider of personal productivity software for smartphones (including PalmOS /Treo, windows Mobile, Blackberry and Symbian) comes an all new SplashTravel Professional Edition. http://www.splashdata.com/splashtravel/index.htm
SplashTravel Professional Edition is packed with new information and access capabilities at a very reasonable cost. Designed with the always connected smartphone hardware in mind, but this product also works with wireless connected PDAs.

SplashTravel Professional Edition will amaze you with the number categories of information it provides with such a beautiful and easy to use interface.
New items with SplashTravel Professional Edition: Live flight information- get delays and gate data, live currency- get latest currency exchange rates, Live weather-download current weather from around the world with 5-day forecast included, and a New Splash Travel home screen

Along with the brand new features come the familiar toolbox of features that allow you to determine; Check splits- who owes what when a group of you go out to eat and you are left with the bill, Expense- makes tracking what you spend on items very easy, Clothing sizes- So what size are my American pants in France? Guess no more.., Codes and domain- makes finding area codes, country codes and domains a snap, Unit converter- a clever tool for converting metric to imperial, Clocks- what time is it here and what time will it be there tomorrow, Alarms- there are nine of them remind yourself of myriad details, luggage- now what was that I needed for this trip? Time calculator- calculates future times and finally World Map- tap anywhere and find the time and weather of another location anywhere in the world.
Sure this tool is handy for travel but also for software bragging rights around the office when certain data is needed among the smartphone crowd.
I especially love the look and feel of the software and how you can move through the interface without your stylus.
This product is available for immediate download at www.splashdata.com, www.handango.com, and www.palmgear.com. The cost of this product provides you with two options: $49.95 for an annual subscription or $6.99 for a monthly subscription.
The only problem I had were a few resets when updating weather. This happened on my Palm Lifedrive and on my Palm TX. So you may want to use the 15-day free trial to make sure it works well on your unit.
This product is one of my favorites.
Have a wonderful day!

SPLASHWALLET

SplashWallet

At times we look high and low for great products.
It seems to be difficult to get a great value for good price.
Are you in the market for dynamically wonderful product at a very fair price?
Do yourself a favor and check out Splashwallet from www.splashdata.com.
This privately held and based in Silicon Valley Company is a leading provider of personal productivity software. Their products are compatible with Palm, Windows Mobile, Blackberry, Symbian, as well as Windows and Macintosh Platforms.
This company has won numerous excellence awards and I have never had a problem
with their software working correctly on my Palm Lifedrive. Which is always very big concern to me?

Once at their site you will be amazed by the number of products they offer but I want to draw your attention to one heck of a bargain it is called Splashwallet http://www.splashdata.com/splashwallet/index.htm

This product is Splashdata’s flagship product and rightfully so it includes a Collection of programs that offer a complete solution to your personal organizational needs for managing passwords, digital photos, financial accounts, and lists, notes, shopping list etc.
Individually the suite SplashID, Splash Photo, SplashMoney, and Splash Shopper cost $119.95. However these products sold together in the SplashWallet Collection cost only $59.95. That is a 50% savings!

They also offer a 60 day unconditional 100% refund if for any reason you’re not thrilled with Splashwallet. You just let them know and they will make sure you get your money back hassle free.

Now hold on to your hat. Before you go buy a copy of Splashwallet for all your friends, let me tell you what you get.

SplashID:

With this cool program your can store all of your sensitive data, passwords, credit cards, Pins etc. It is very easily customizable and also has a password generator. (No more racking your brain for a new password). Now I know keeping sensitive data on your handheld might sound a little bit scary in our present world but this system is protected with a 256-bit Blowfish encryption. Blowfish is a keyed symmetric cryptographic block cipher. This system has been extensively tested and proven. It is one of the fastest block ciphers in public use.

Splash Photo:

This program allows you to display and organize photos on your PDA and smartphone. The really cool thing about this is the amazing capability the desktop application provides you with. You can crop, zoom, rotate, contrast, use brightness settings and organize images for synchronization with your handheld.

SplashMoney:

I have heard it said that if you cannot manage 5 dollars you will never be able to manage 5 million dollars. This is where SplashMoney may be able to help. This is a personal finance manager that will help keep you on top of your accounts. With this tool you can even manage online bank accounts from your desktop or wireless handheld and download transactions. This system also uses the Blowfish encryption process for wonderful security.

Splash Shopper:

This product is a major money saver. If you are like me you can come out of a store with so many impulse buys that you wonder what the heck you were thinking. The key is to not go into a store without a shopping list and a commitment to stick to it. Splashshopper is perfect for constructing list of all kinds. List for shopping, list for gifts, for books, just about anything you would ever want to make a list of. Things you want to track or manage.
Never walk out of a store with an item you did not go in wanting to purchase.

My PDA increased its productivity by 50% with acquisition of Splashwallet!

Benefits:
• Four great products for 50% of the cost.
• Never worry about remembering usernames or passwords.
• Maintain smartlist for my shopping needs as well as many other items I would like to list.
• So you want to see my family pictures? Here you go instant slideshow.
• Manage my financial accounts with security and up to date by the minute results (wirelessly if need the data now).

I am so excited about this software because it increases my Lifedrive capabilities and works flawlessly.
Do yourself a favor and hook up your device with some more brains.
http://www.splashdata.com/splashwallet/index.htm
Have a wonderful day!