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Book – Palm Pre Made Simple

Julie — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:11:54 +0000

Do you need a little help with your Palm Pre Smartphone? Palm Pre Made Simple by Gary Mazo might be just the thing for you. This 348 page paperback book has hidden secrets and useful tricks for Windows and Mac owning Palm Pre users. More details after the jump. … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: News, Palm OS related

Tagged: Books, Palm pre

Book – Palm Pre Made Simple originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on October 31, 2009 at 10:11 am.

Palm Announces the Palm Pixi Phone

Julie — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:42:21 +0000

Today Palm announced the Pixi, its newest addition to the webOS line-up. Continuing with the Treo tradition, the Pixi has a full QWERTY keyboard in addition to its 2.63in touch display. It also has a GPS and a 2mp camera with LED flash. It will be available exclusively on Sprint in time for the holidays. Pricing hasn’t been announced yet, but in other news, the Palm Pre price has been lowered to $149.99 with a two-year service agreement from Sprint. For more information, please see the full press release after the jump. … [visit site to read more]

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Palm Announces the Palm Pixi Phone originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on September 9, 2009 at 7:42 am.

Astraware Boardgames Review

A.J. Repp — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:47:49 +0000

Who has a mobile device and a little time to kill throughout their day? My guess is just about all of us, especially when it comes to having a bit of fun. … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Blackberry related, Palm OS related, Windows Mobile related

Tagged: Blackberry, Games, Palm, Windows Mobile

Astraware Boardgames Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on August 31, 2009 at 7:47 pm.

A Week With The Palm Pre Smartphone – Day 6 & 7

Julie — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:29:03 +0000

This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series A Week With The Palm Pre Smartphone

My time with the Palm Pre has come to an end. As each day has passed, I’ve grown more fond of this phone, but I still do not see myself switching carriers from AT&T to Sprint for it. It’s a nice first generation webOS device from Palm, but it’s not quite what I had dreamed it would be. With that said, let’s take a look at the following features:

App Catalog
PIM syncing
Built-in video applications
Classic emulator

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Filed in categories: Palm OS related
Tagged: Palm pre, Sprint
A Week With The Palm Pre Smartphone – Day 6 & 7 originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on June 15, 2009 at 7:29 pm.

A Week With The Palm Pre Smartphone – Day 4 & 5

Julie — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:38:03 +0000

This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series A Week With The Palm Pre Smartphone

It’s a phone, it’s a music player, it’s a camera, it’s a Palm Pre. Is it good at any of those tasks? I have been trying these feature for the past couple of days and here are the results…

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Filed in categories: Palm OS related

Tagged: Palm, Palm pre

A Week With The Palm Pre Smartphone – Day 4 & 5 originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on June 11, 2009 at 9:38 pm.

PdaNet – Palm OS Utility

Mark Adkins — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:11:42 +0000

HP Mini 1000 Netbook, remember? Whole series of reviews by some really cool people (and me)? A major strong point was easy wireless connectivity? Remember all of that?

So, what about when you are not near a Wi-Fi source and don’t wanna pop for a cell modem and the related costs? My Palm Centro is Bluetooth enabled and can access the net, and my Mini is Bluetooth enabled- surely there is a way to connect the two?!?! … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Palm OS related

Tagged: Bluetooth, modem, Palm, Wireless

PdaNet – Palm OS Utility originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on June 9, 2009 at 12:11 pm.

A Week With The Palm Pre Smartphone – Day 2 & 3

Julie — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:36:30 +0000

This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series A Week With The Palm Pre Smartphone

My Palm Pre didn’t see a lot of action yesterday (Day 2). It was my last day of vacation and I spent a good portion of it outside. I did manage to become more comfortable with the user interface, check out the App Catalog and the do a little surfing with the web browser using WiFi. I had big plans for today (Day 3) to test the camera and call reception without roaming on Verizon towers. Unfortunately my plans fell apart… … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Palm OS related

Tagged: Palm pre

A Week With The Palm Pre Smartphone – Day 2 & 3 originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on June 8, 2009 at 10:36 pm.

A Week With The Palm Pre Smartphone – Day 1

Julie — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:47:33 +0000

This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series A Week With The Palm Pre Smartphone

There aren’t too many mornings that I wake up excited about a particular gadget. The last time I remember such a morning was June 29th, 2007. That was the day the first iPhone went on sale. My alarm was set early this morning so that I could get to my local Sprint store by 8am to buy a Palm Pre. Anticipation for a new gadget and anticipation to see something new and exciting from Palm, both made it worth the effort to wake up at 6:30am on a Saturday morning. I’ve been waiting to get my hands on this phone for months. My plan is to bring you along for the ride as I use it for a week. Let’s see if Palm has a winner with the Pre or if it’s too little too late for the once king of the PDA. … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Palm OS related

Tagged: Palm pre

A Week With The Palm Pre Smartphone – Day 1 originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on June 6, 2009 at 3:47 pm.

GooSync- Google Calender Sync Tool Review

Mark Adkins — Mon, 18 May 2009 05:00:55 +0000

As Google absorbs more and more of my cyber-life (resistance IS futile!), I am wanting to coordinate between things like their calendar and my Palm Centro more and more. (Yes, I can look things up on-line on the Centro, but it is slow and awkward to work with.) GooSync is a free on-line tool that will do the job with little fuss. … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Palm OS related

Tagged: Google Calendar, Palm, sync

GooSync- Google Calender Sync Tool Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on May 18, 2009 at 1:00 am.

10 Years Ago on The Gadgeteer

Julie — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:45:35 +0000

It’s hard to imagine that 10 years have passed since I reviewed the Palm V. It was the latest and greatest Palm OS device on the market and was released back in the day when Palm was the king of PDA makers. The Palm V was a real change from Palm’s previous … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Gear Diary, Palm OS related

Tagged: Palm V

10 Years Ago on The Gadgeteer originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on March 1, 2009 at 12:45 pm.

Splashdata’s Snap – Palm OS Utility

Mark Adkins — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:00:38 +0000

The zen of the Palm OS is that it is easy to use, intuitive, and helpful. A key element of this is being able to quickly jot, store, and retrieve notes- but… is your note a memo? A contact? An SMS? How many times have you had to actually (**shudder**) write something down and add it to your Palm later? Splashdata’s Snap solves that. … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Palm OS related

Tagged: memo, note, Palm, Software, splashdata

Splashdata’s Snap – Palm OS Utility originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on February 24, 2009 at 1:00 am.

Astraware’s Insaniquarium Deluxe – Palm OS Game Review

Mark Adkins — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:26:02 +0000

Judie Lipsett mentioned the original Insaniquarium in a 2003 article about Spring Break and what she was going to take. While brief, the comment points out how much fun the program is. Well, PopCap Game’s Insaniquairum Deluxe is better. … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Palm OS related

Tagged: Astraware, game, Palm

Astraware’s Insaniquarium Deluxe – Palm OS Game Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on January 22, 2009 at 5:26 pm.

Softick Blue Files and Card Export II – Palm OS Software Review

Mark Adkins — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:51:15 +0000

Another in my series of pet peeves with my Palm Centro (which I swear I cherish even with all of the peeves and annoyances) is the fact that the memory card is literally trapped inside. Some reviewers said they can open the card cover without removing the battery cover, but most of us cannot. I love shuttling files and programs back and forth between my Palm and PC, and I miss being able to do this by just popping cards. My options seem to be to solve this by modifying the battery cover so I can pop the card cover, or to use software. Since this is a software review and not an Instructables.com “how to” posting, I guess we will look at software. … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Palm OS related

Tagged: Palm, Software

Softick Blue Files and Card Export II – Palm OS Software Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on January 15, 2009 at 8:51 pm.

SplashData’s SplashWallet – Palm OS Utility Review Part 2

Mark Adkins — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:49:15 +0000

OK, for everyone who remembers Part 1 of this review from way back last year, you should recall that SplashData’s SplashWallet is a package of four great utilities for $59.95- SplashMoney and SplashShopper, reviewed last time, and SplashID and SplashPhoto, which we will look at today. … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Palm OS related

Tagged: ID, Photos, Software

SplashData’s SplashWallet – Palm OS Utility Review Part 2 originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on January 3, 2009 at 4:49 pm.

SplashData’s SplashWallet – Palm OS Utility Review

Mark Adkins — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:44:11 +0000

[Memo to self: Next year, review good software for the holidays before the holidays.]

SplashData’s SplashWallet makes a great gift AND a great tool for the holidays… which would have been a more useful realization if I had it about a month earlier! Check out part 1 of my 2 part review… … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Palm OS related

Tagged: Software

SplashData’s SplashWallet – Palm OS Utility Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on December 17, 2008 at 7:44 pm.

PopCap Games Pack 1 – Palm OS Game Review

Mark Adkins — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:36:00 +0000

Astraware is one of my favorite software places but I admit that I have not popped by much recently. On my last visit, I noticed they had tweaked their prices, updated their PopCap Games Pack 1 to version 2.61 back in August, and are selling it for $19.95. This collection of popular Web games was a lot of fun when I first got it, so I decided to try it again- especially since my old registration code still works for them!

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Filed in categories: Palm OS related

Tagged: Entertainment, Palm, Software

PopCap Games Pack 1 – Palm OS Game Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on December 11, 2008 at 5:36 pm.

BugMe! Notepad: Palm OS Utility Review

Mark Adkins — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:15:00 +0000

The Palm Centro. Small. Cheap. Powerful. No Notepad program.

Ah, Palm… I know things are not going that great for you right now, but come on- leaving NotePad off the Centro? Forcing thousands of your devoted fans to use (shiver) pencils and paper for quick notes? You might think that Voice Memo is good enough, but one cannot scribble the design for a working Flux Capacitor in Voice Memo now, can one?

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Filed in categories: Palm OS related

Tagged: Palm, Software, Utility

BugMe! Notepad: Palm OS Utility Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on November 27, 2008 at 8:15 am.

Butler – Palm OS Utility

Mark Adkins — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:31:00 +0000

The Palm Centro is an amazing device for its price and size. I love mine almost unconditionally- almost. Today, I am going to rant about a couple of the things that bug me.

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Filed in categories: Palm OS related

Tagged: Palm, Software, Utility

Butler – Palm OS Utility originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on November 7, 2008 at 4:31 pm.

Albyte’s The Belt 2120 – Palm OS Game Review

Mark Adkins — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:30:00 +0000

New Palm games are getting less and less frequent. This really saddens me- I really love my Palm Centro and I get bored with games quickly, so constantly need fresh blood… er, I mean ‘games’- yeah, that’s what I meant.

Ashley Glenister wrote ‘The Belt: 2120′ in her spare time, and it compares nicely to games offered by many of the ‘big boys’.

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Filed in categories: Palm OS related

Tagged: Entertainment, Palm, Software

Albyte’s The Belt 2120 – Palm OS Game Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on October 23, 2008 at 7:30 am.

Initiate Pro – Palm OS Utility Review

Mark Adkins — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:20:00 +0000

Hobbyist Software is
now on my official list of "Good places for Centro/Treo software",
and their browser/launcher Initiate Pro is
an example of why.

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Filed in categories: Palm OS related

Tagged: Palm, Software, Utility

Initiate Pro – Palm OS Utility Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on September 18, 2008 at 4:20 pm.

Trivopaedia – Palm OS Game Review

Mark Adkins — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:40:00 +0000

This is not the game I planned on reviewing. That was going to be Astraware’s Westward, but I was beseiged by demons while trying it out (named Small Screen, Bad-Eyes, and Lotsa Rulez) so it will have to wait.

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Filed in categories: Palm OS related

Tagged: Entertainment, Palm, Software

Trivopaedia – Palm OS Game Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on August 20, 2008 at 9:40 pm.

Hobbyist Software Power Hero – Palm OS Utility Review

Mark Adkins — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:00:00 +0000

Hobbyist Software offers a great line of software for the Palm
Treo and
Centro user, and some of it can even be used for other Palms. When I asked for some codes so I could trial their products for a long enough time to figure them out, they were very helpful. They started me with Initiate Pro and Power Hero. I am still learning about Initiate Pro, so let’s look at Power Hero.

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Filed in categories: Palm OS related

Tagged: Palm, Software, Utility

Hobbyist Software Power Hero – Palm OS Utility Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on July 29, 2008 at 8:00 am.

eSoft Interactive Spot! and Earth Day – Palm OS Game Review

Mark Adkins — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:19:00 +0000

As I was a cruzin’ for new games, I found that eSoft Interactive, the home of one of my ‘All Time Favorite’ games, Traffic Jam, had several titles I had not seen before, including the previously reviewed Traffic Jam 2. I also asked for codes for a couple of other games that looked interesting- Earth Day, and Spot!, They were kind enough to provide codes for all of them.

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Filed in categories: Palm OS related

Tagged: Entertainment, Palm, Software

eSoft Interactive Spot! and Earth Day – Palm OS Game Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on July 8, 2008 at 8:19 pm.

Ilium Software’s eWallet – Palm OS Utility Review

Mark Adkins — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:00:00 +0000

I have thought of myself as a Palm Power User since the days of my old Handspring Visor Deluxe (Ice), back when cell phones were big bricks and Windows was an unstable annoying platform. Now, I am using a Palm Centro Smartphone, cell phones are in danger of vanishing as they get smaller, and Windows…

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Filed in categories: Palm OS related

Tagged: Palm, Software, Utility

Ilium Software’s eWallet – Palm OS Utility Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on June 30, 2008 at 8:00 am.

Astraware Platypus: Palm OS Game Review

Mark Adkins — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:17:00 +0000

Astraware’s Platypus ($19.95) is a side-scrolling shooter. Yeah, I know, *Yawn*. If you’ve seen one shooter, you’ve seen them all, right? As usual, Astraware ups the ante.

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Filed in categories: Palm OS related

Tagged: Entertainment, Palm, Software

Astraware Platypus: Palm OS Game Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on June 5, 2008 at 4:17 pm.

The Gadgeteer » Palm OS related

Book – Palm Pre Made Simple

Palm Announces the Palm Pixi Phone

Astraware Boardgames Review

A Week With The Palm Pre Smartphone – Day 6 & 7

… [visit site to read more] Filed in categories: Palm OS relatedTagged: Palm pre, SprintA Week With The Palm Pre Smartphone – Day 6 & 7 originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on June 15, 2009 at 7:29 pm.

A Week With The Palm Pre Smartphone – Day 4 & 5

PdaNet – Palm OS Utility

A Week With The Palm Pre Smartphone – Day 2 & 3

A Week With The Palm Pre Smartphone – Day 1

GooSync- Google Calender Sync Tool Review

10 Years Ago on The Gadgeteer

Splashdata’s Snap – Palm OS Utility

Astraware’s Insaniquarium Deluxe – Palm OS Game Review

Softick Blue Files and Card Export II – Palm OS Software Review

SplashData’s SplashWallet – Palm OS Utility Review Part 2

SplashData’s SplashWallet – Palm OS Utility Review

PopCap Games Pack 1 – Palm OS Game Review

BugMe! Notepad: Palm OS Utility Review

Butler – Palm OS Utility

Albyte’s The Belt 2120 – Palm OS Game Review

Initiate Pro – Palm OS Utility Review

Trivopaedia – Palm OS Game Review

Hobbyist Software Power Hero – Palm OS Utility Review

eSoft Interactive Spot! and Earth Day – Palm OS Game Review

Ilium Software’s eWallet – Palm OS Utility Review

Astraware Platypus: Palm OS Game Review

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Filed in categories: Palm OS related
Tagged: Palm pre, Sprint
A Week With The Palm Pre Smartphone – Day 6 & 7 originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on June 15, 2009 at 7:29 pm.