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My treo has honestly changed my life but it's yet to save it.
Being able to IM and email anytime anywhere has got me out of some tricky situations. 
 It hasn't saved my life yet...
It hasn't saved my life yet...
But i can't wait to have one. I can't renew my contract until April 2007, that's pretty long if you set your mind on a Treo. I used a Palm III ages ago, but then i hadn't much to remember. Now that changed, and i am running into the limits of a normal Samsung D500 phone. Greetings from the Netherlands!
One word, TuSSH
Being able to login to servers from anywhere at anytime to monitor, restart and manage has saved my life MANY times.
How has your Palm saved your life?sebastian10 @ 7/10/2006 6:37:45 PM #
My Palm save my life because everytime I wake up the only thing I look for is my Palm!! I can forget everythig at home but not my Palm!
When I am lost is my way home (movimap), when I go to work is my wethear advisor (4cast), when I go to the toilet is my partner (dinomite), when I have sex itīs my teacher (palmasutra), when I am Blue it makes me happy!! How can I live without her!! She saves my life!!
My third brain half
Well one can't live without a brain, right. And I've discovered that in addition to the right and left brain half I got a third half that continously saves my work and leisure life: The Palm Treo 600. It is there reminding me, keeping track of what I need to do, my plans and ...not to forget my wifes birthdays/anniversaries etc
---- Roger W
It hasn't saved my life exactly, but...
It does mean that I'm not tied to my desk for the entire work day. Phone calls & email are 80% of my job. My T|X and my Ericsson K750i mean that I can actually get out and about. I've jumped between Pocket PC, Symbian and Palm over the years and tried every IMAP email client there is, but Versamail wins hands down (and it came with the PDA!). I'm an ebook fan, and while it's not quite as easy on the eye as a Pocket PC with cleartype, iSilo sees heavy use.
Gary
My Treo 650 constantly saves my life!
Not only has it saved my life, I KEEP my life in my Treo 650! Appointments, directions, professional contacts, email and more (not to mention the phone) have helped me numerous times not only in many emergencies, but as an invaluable tool in my everyday life. Not only that - it's great for passing time between emergencies!
Life saver.
Well there was this bullet....... Only kidding.
Use my Palm for everything meetings, finances, you name it. Battery died not long ago, i stared at the black screen for a while and tried not to panic. To cut a long story short got the battery replaced that day....What the hell did I do before i got my palm...... Saves my life everyday.
How has my Palm saved my life?
In so many ways...
1. From dying of boredom by giving me access to games, music and videos while waiting at the doctor or in line for countless events. 2. From dying of embarrassment by giving me quick access to people's name and information so I can talk knowledgably to them without having to 'fake it' 3. (Most importantly) From being killed by my wife for forgetting our anniversary. Ken Carlson
My Palm saved my life by saving my husband'sReneeRoberts @ 7/10/2006 7:28:26 PM #
Back in 2001, when my husband suddenly developed complications related to his dialysis (a very nasty blood infection), I was at the emergency room with him, and we had the joys of dealing with a very green resident. He was doing his rotation in the E.R., and had minimal knowledge of the medical needs of dialysis patients. He wasn't able to reach a nephrologist at the time to decide on which antibiotic my husband could have. My husband needed to get treated very soon, as he was very ill, and getting worse. Well... out pops my PalmPilot Pro, with the 2MB IR board, and with Epocrates in memory. I found the meds he was considering, showed him the renal dosing guidelines, and he made his decision. He did run it by his attending physician, they started my husband on the correct antibiotic at the right dose, and admitted him to the ICU, where he remained for a few days.
(The nephrologist finally called back a few hours later, after my husband was in the ICU, confirming the resident's choice of antibiotic.) My husband Rory was my life, my soulmate. He passed away in 2004, but in helping to save his life, my Palm handheld saved mine at the time.
HOw did my palm save my life
In a lot of ways:
1) Helping me during my infectious diseases classes, so i could answer to the teacher's questions. 2) Helping me remember a job meeting i had completely forgot due to finals in college. 3) Making me go back home to get it. The moment i stopped to go back there was a big car crash right in front of me. o_O
palms save livesnoservice2001 @ 7/10/2006 8:05:16 PM #
keeps all my datebook entries intact so i don't forget important annivarsary dates and when my homework is due, like huge projects...
keeping me on time and in touchwrongnumber @ 7/10/2006 8:24:42 PM #
Has kept me on time for important meetings and in touch with the office (lotus notes) for the past two years. Don't know how I could live without it!!
Hey one of us has to do the thinkingebrandwein @ 7/10/2006 8:30:14 PM #
As for saving my life, it has reminded me of my wedding anniversary without fail for years now. If I forgot that, I would be dead.
How was my palm saved my life?
I was in a bad neighborhood in brooklyn, new york. I used my TomTom GPS navigation to get home. I was sooo happy I was a Treo owner that night.
PalmChamseddin @ 7/10/2006 8:35:09 PM #
I am a medical doctor, and I use my Palm every day, I had a Tungsten T for the past 3 years and now I have a Treo 650,
I use my Palm for everything: Medical textbooks, Medications info. medical Calculators, Word and Excel documents, Music, Pictures etc.. during my training at the hopsital my palm was my best friend, I could check any medical issue in a heart beat. and now I have a Treo 650 so my palm is my phone as well. Thank you palm for making my life easier.
Saved Life
The email access has had many benefits...to include...My boss forgot a piece of information during a prsentation. Being able to email from the treo gave him the information that was missing including a reference.
Easy to become a hero...
My Palm Treo has saved me while traveling ...palmsource @ 7/10/2006 8:49:15 PM #
There have been many times in the last couple of years that my Treos have saved me - through countless weather related and other flight delays. I have been able to find and book alternate flights whilest avoiding the angry masses of other travelers at the special services counters.
The really key part is that I can find the alternate routing before it fills up with all of the others trying to do the same thing! I wouldn't travel with any thing else.
My Palm saved my life...
I was driving along HWY 1 south of San Francisco - Devil's slide - and, being drunk, skidded off the road and found myself perched on the edge of the cliff. As I shifted my weight, I realized I was just too heavy by the slightest amount and I had to lose some weight and fast. So I took off my shoes and threw them off the cliff. Not good enough! I threw my CD collection out the window. No luck, still too heavy. My wallet went next. After that nearly everything that weighed anything went out the window. No luck. Finally I looked at my Palm. It was my Palm or my life! So I took my palm and tossed it into the sea, and this 7oz difference let my car balance back to the side of the freeway. I thanked my little buddy for sacrificing himself for my survival, and drove off, drunk, into the night. Of course I made this all up. Sure would be nice to win a Treo :)
Let me count the ways....
There are many ways the Treo has saved my hide, but one case in particular comes to mind that shows why the Treo is not just a phone with email and internet access, but a true Smartphone.
I was out shopping for furntiture one evening when I was alerted via text message that I had a voice mail waiting on my work voice mail system in the support mailbox. I quickly downloaded my email which included the vmail as an attached WAV file, which I am able to play on Pocket Tunes while taking down the pertinent information in a memo. Basically a user (who was very important to the project) was unable to access their account on the server. I quickly accessed the spreadsheet which I had using Data Viz Sheet To Go to see if I had his current login information so I could help him login. Luckily he was on the current spreadsheet, but as usual I like to make sure I had the current info, so I browsed to the web application and tried to login using the information I had on hand. No luck. He had been in and reset his password recently, so my information was out of date. I had to bring out the big guns and terminal to the windows server using Mobile TS and then access the SQL server to access the actual table containing his current password. While in there I noticed a few delays in the way the server was responding, so after getting the data I needed, I rebooted the server on my way out. I then proceeded to email the client and then call him to walk him through the login process using the correct data. Now this would not seem like anything amazing if I was sitting at work, but keep in mind I was sitting on a couch with my wife at a furniture store. So, I thank the Treo, my wife thanks the Treo and the sales person at the furniture store thanks the Treo, oh yeah and the client who needed support thanks the Treo. I guess that is 4 lives for the price of one. Now that is integration!
Lifesaver?
Is the Palm a life saver?
Well, it's never stopped a bullet or performed the Heimlich, it's never pushed someone out of the path of an oncoming bus or ran into a burning building to save orphans and kittens... ...but it has made life easier. I've a TX. Using it at work helps me schedule the meeting I might have with my boss, so he doesn't kick my butt (so it's a lifesaver in that way). Having the WiFi on our network really helps. I can use it to check out the online database to see where a system's supposed to be, ping it and see if it's online, use it's database and spreadsheets to keep track of where the equipment is. I don't miss flights because of the calendar. I've got the important numbers right at my fingertips. And I can send a quick e-mail to my lady, letting me know I'm thinking about her. Hmm...maybe that can be a lifesaver. ;)
saved my lifejimmythemoose @ 7/10/2006 9:59:45 PM #
My Palm has saved my life, but the story is way too long and boring to tell.
geocachingPenguinPowered @ 7/10/2006 10:18:25 PM #
how else was i going to keep all those coordinates, clues, and directions together than in my visor neo?
my treo has saved me...yulmbutler @ 7/10/2006 10:29:00 PM #
my treo saved me by insuring that i remember things noone else in my personal nor my business circles remembers--anniversaries, birthdays, meetings, phone numbers, directions...
How has your Palm saved your life?skennedy1217 @ 7/10/2006 10:50:25 PM #
I have many experiences similar to those that have been recounted already. My Palm has not only saved my life, it sustains my life. That's right...my entire life is pretty much on my Palm. If I ever lost it I would die (or, on second thought...I might duplicate as a crafty fellow could use the info to steal my identity).
________________________________ M100==>M500==>T|T==>T|T2==>TH55
My Palm Compliments my Life+Kardboard+ @ 7/10/2006 10:50:58 PM #
From church to university and everywhere in between, I find a way that my T3 can help me out. I read feeds, I listen to music, I watch videos, I read my Bible on there. At school I use it with a keyboard to type notes. The Office files I keep on their are synced to my laptop so I always have important documents with me, especially with all the clubs and organizations I'm with.
It saves me paper and it saves me *time*, which saves my life from one of much stress and lack of preparedness! Oh PDAs, whatever shall I do without them?
How has your Palm saved your life?getwilliam @ 7/10/2006 10:49:52 PM #
My T3 has saved me time and time again from missing meetings and finding key people and their phone #'s. Been thru a Clie T35 and I still go back to my palm apps and calendar. Thank goodness for silent alarms...and the landscape screens of Kinoma movie trailers and days on end with Zuma!
T3 fits in my life...saved again (grin)
My wife would have killed me !
I thank my Palm T3 everytime it reminds me about my wife's birthday & our wedding anniversary.
If it wasn't for my little palm, I'd forget those important dates & my wife would not be too happy. So, I suppose it hasn't really saved my life, but it's saved my marriage, which is just as important to me.
How Palm Saved My Life
The ability to have all my contact information available for viewing and edits at all times is absolutely indispensable. I just need to search the contacts database and I'm good to go.
Well let's see....
I use it as my checkbook, my document reader for work purposes, digital camera, mp3 player, satellite radio. It's just my everything. I do not literally leave the house without it.
Saving me from lumbar pain
I go to college with my TX. Instead of carrying books, printed copies of disciplines and a lot of weight stuff I just carry my Palm TX full filed of PDF, DOC and XLS archives. I think my Palm is saving my life because it is preventing me to have lumbar pain in a near future.
----- Fupis, from Brazil
How has Palm Changed My Lifealexis8049 @ 7/11/2006 12:36:04 AM #
I am not known to be the most organized person in the world, so when I started Grad school I decided to get a Palm PDA to help me keep track of all those important project deadlines. Needless to say, it saved me countless sleepless nights because I knew exactly when assignments were due because of this handy little gadget. Checking email, making phone calls and surfing the web when I was not near a computer was all too important to my budding e-bay business. I don't always get to respond to customers right away, so having this little gadget when I am on the road does wonders. Going away on trips out of state no longer requires me to travel with a laptop and have to go through the hassle with TSA. I simply take this little gadget and now I can list and follow my auctions while I am out of town. Fitting all the essential function into one gadget is certainly my kind of thing....goodbye computer, cell phone, planner...hello Treo!
Saving my life? nah. Making it easier? bingo!
It never actually *saved* my life, it just made it easier :-p. I'm in school, and my T|X is my notebook for three of my classes, while two of them I still use paper since it's hard (IMHO) to write formulas on the T|X w/o a higher-resolution screen lol. Also, in school, i've forgotten to do homework once in a while, so I would type it up, e-mail my homework to myself, the print it out on a regular computer.
Well thats it for now...maybe one day my T|X will learn CPR and save a life...but I haven't seen that yet.
Let Me Count the Ways...
Let's see, my Palm has become a focal point of organization for me, providing the following:
- It keeps my budget via UltraSoft Money, keeping me from overspending or overdrawing my bank account. - It provides me with spiritual focus and direction each day using Laridian's great MyBible program, along with some assorted devotional books in Daily Reader. - It has helped to improve my mind by being able to read books wherever I am - many classics are available for free, other books for reasonable prices and/or discounts at Palm Digital Media. - Voice memos have done each of the following for me: - Has kept me on time to countless meetings, and the occasional job interview. - Has made me look outstading in my field, because I am always able to keep pertinent information at my fingertips, with the ability to quickly find/look it up. - Has kept me organized on countless projects, assignments, etc. through use of the todo list and Shadow Plan (you rock Skeezix). - Makes my home life much happier, because I am more organized and not always stressed out or worrying if I've forgotten something important. So, my Palm hasn't kept my heart beating or anything, but it has made impacted my life by allowing it to be a life much more worth living. There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.
How has your Palm saved your life?th3_plague @ 7/11/2006 1:39:30 AM #
It's my second brain. Without it I would forget things like anniversaries. Then my wife would make sure I was dead. Therefore, the Palm saves my life.
How has Palm saved my life?
It's not MY life that gets saved -- its others' lives (well, liberties, anyway). My LifeDrive (yes, LifeDrive) is an invaluable aid in organizing my work life as a public defender. It and the equally important Documents To Go 8 replace my case file cabinet with a little box I can slip in my pocket. I can call up case information of any kind at any time anywhere --I can read discovery comfortably, read and respond to email, write and file motions and other court documents electronically and wirelessly. Outstanding!
Z.
school saves
I had an exam one morning, and all the computers on campus were either being used or not functioning. I was able to connect my T3 to the web via bluetooth to find out the location of my exam - thus allowing me to do well and get into university. Otherwise my parents would have killed me. So, in effect, the T3 saved my life.
Palmrobitaille88 @ 7/11/2006 2:05:19 AM #
One time, while downtown with some friends, we got lost. However, luckily enough, I had saved the bus routes to an AvantGo custom channel and we managed to get back to our homes via only 1 bus.
'How has your Palm saved your life?'
Since January of this year, I have meticulously tracked both calories consumed and physical activity calories with the BalanceLog application for HealtheTech (now out of business). Since then, I have lost 154 pounds, reduced or eliminated medicines for co-morbidities, and added years to my life.
Thanks Palm!
Fabulous
With my GSM Treo I can keep in touch when traveling outside the US. I can use the GPRS data connection to keep up with email and browse the web. Still waiting for the Palm OS GSM 700! I have an English/Spanish dictionary, ebooks, games, a star chart, and many other useful tools to keep me connected when I'm on the go.
Just maybe it did...
The day after I first got my Treo 270, I had to pull over to take a phone call. When I got back on the road, I found that only 2 minutes further up that the 4WD (or SUV, yankees) I was driving behind had rear-ended another 4WD, causing the two suckers who were behind him to pile up as well.
Had I ignored the call and kept driving, my car would have looked like a nice little tinfoil sandwich. So, if you consider "saved my life" to mean "saved me lots of bucks in smash repairs or a new car", then sure, it saved my life!
My Palm saved my life
5 years ago, while on a vacation, my Palm saved my life as my Travel Agent made an error and stranded my wife and myself in Venice Italy. When we realized her mistake we were able to contact her as we had all of her contact info in my Palm which I had brought with us (along with a 9 volt battery backup device).
Palm keeps things going
I'm not certain I can say that my Palm PDA has saved my life, but it definitely helps a lot.
On it I keep a list of medicines I'm allergic to. I keep notes on my symptoms and what I want to ask my doctor. It's helped numerous times, so I don't have to make a special trip back to the office. Telnet(really ssh) to office machines to do SysAdmin duties. At a banquet my wife looked over and said what are you doing. :-) I keeps me from missing important appointments. So my wife does not kill me. :-) It reminds me when to get anniversary gift, again so I don't suffer at home. I'm certain it's helped me more than this, but it's late and my brain is tired so I cannot think of more...
Palm and me
My Palm is there to help me every minute of my life. It wakes me up in the morning, offers books and music for me not to be bored during the day, entertains me and my wife with movies and games in the evening. My friends never worry I might forget about their birthdays or meetings, mobile Internet always keeps me online.
Nothing else matters
Palm has saved my life...
On many occasions!
Think of all those birthdays, anniversaries I would have fogotton without it! Thankyou Palm, you've saved my life
pssh and chatter
these two apps keep me connected to my clients and servers everywhere, this has saved my hide more than a few times!
How my Palm has saved my life
I have used a palm for 10 years now dating back to my first Palm Pilot 5000. I have always used it to keep track of my schedule as well as all of my contacts. Without this ability, I would not have been able to easlily access my contacts' information which would not have allowed me to preform my job as a sales and application engineer. I have had as many as 4500 contact in my palm, which made it very easy to keep track of each contact and their sales information.
Without my palm I would not have been as successful in my career.
Palm
My good old Tungsten T3 (+PowerToGo +ultra-thin keyboard) allows me to take notes at the university, listen to MP3 audio lectures when I have to wait for something, watch TV episodes on a QVGA screen when falling asleep in bed, and most importantly, implement the GTD system.
How my Palm saved my life
For some unknown reason, I have these episodes of lost short term memory. No wonder with e-mail, voice-mail, phones, pagers, to-do's, planners, meetings, projects, deadlines..............
Where does my palm fit in..... #1 - I can now "remember" anniversary, special dates, birthdays, to-do's, password afer password after password after password....... meetings, special dates, etc. etc., etc..... all in teh "Palm" of my hand. To be honest, I don;t know how I'd live without it. My wife agrees 100%.
How it saved my life
Life in Brazil is horribly violent, and my old Palm III once deflected a bullet shot in my direction. Well, it was in my hip pocket, so the wound probably wouldn't have been life-threatening, but...
Nah, that never happened. Though it does remind me of my girlfriend's birthday, so you might say it saves my life every year.
Handspring Visor to the rescue
My Tungsten T3 is amazing because its TFT screen always whines loudly when it senses impending danger. ;-) But it's my old Handspring Visor Platinum that's got me out of the worst scrapes.
On my way to the office one morning back in 2001 my car was hit on the driver side by another vehicle running a red light at high speed. It was probably the car I was driving that most literally saved my life by distributing the force of the oncoming car through the frame and keeping it from crushing me in my seat. I was mostly uninjured as a result. But the other valiant machine in this story was the Visor, which was sitting on the passenger seat at the time of the collision. After the emergency crews arrived and the vehicles were pulled apart we found the Visor in a pool of oil and antifreeze underneath the impact zone. It had apparently flown through the air in front of my face during the impact, passed through the shattered driver's-side window, landed on the hood of the other vehicle and then fallen to the street. The Visor was banged up, but intact--even the screen was unbroken. The only real sign of damage was that the antenna on the attached Visorphone module was broken off. My laptop, still in a case in the back seat, hadn't fared so well and would not boot. But the aerobatic Visor turned on and I still had wireless reception to call my wife. While I waited for the police to finish taking information from the occupants of the other car and a witness on the street I VPNed into the office network, browsed to a design document I had been working on the previous night and sent it as an email attachment to a team member who wasn't so fortunate to have VPN access at the time. It was a long time before I could convince myself to buy a replacement for that old Visor, and I still pull it out, sync up, and use it from time to time out of nostalgia. It has a beautiful gold anodized aircraft aluminum enclosure now, milled by Dave Design to replace the scratched up plastic one, and it's still the most beautiful looking--and reliable--PDA I own.
I lost 25 lbs wth help of Treo
I lost 25 lbs using my Treo loaded with Diet & Exercise Assistance software. Saved me from having to take high blood pressure medication. A life saver for me.
How has your Palm saved your life?
My Palm saved my life because it has become my life! I have come to rely on it completely. I spend more time with it than any single thing in my life. It wakes me up; schedules my work; connects me to my family, friends and clients; reminds me of important dates and to-dos; I read books and play games with it; it connects to the web so I have info in the palm of my hand anytime and anywhere; I take photo and watch home-vids of my kids... the list is endless... I LOVE MY PALM!
Sometimes, it's better to lie...
... but that's not neccessary when my palm remebers me of all the important, deadly to forget events, : wifes anniversary, wedding anniversary
and after all, if my palm didn't save my life, it save lots of trees!
How has Palm saved my life?scouter075 @ 7/11/2006 9:54:33 AM #
That's easy,,,,,
My Palm, around since my 1st Pilot over 10 years ago, has been my: Calendar Gaming device Address Book Music Player Exercise Log Calorie Counter Mileage tracker Expense tracker Car repair minder Lottery number tracker Map reader Phone Email reader Web view I can't imagine what I would do without it. Dennis G. Esler dennis_esler@comcast.net
Treo 650 Black Tie Giveaway
Palm has saved my life every day since 1999. Since my IIIx to my T3, It's been the other half of my brain. And in my job working for the Mayor of New York, it's critical! Thanks, Palm!
How has Palm saved my life?
How hasn't it? After carrying a Newton 130 the amazing Palm Vx saved many of my belts deformed by the heavy holster. Not only did my addresses and notes move over flawlessly, I could hold it for hours without strain. When I got upgraded to my m500 two years later I added the ability to outline and compose to the other uses I had become so dependent on. There were silly things like games and books, and serious things like all of my myriad planners and notes. My family's insurance and health information, prescriptions, dosages and schedules. My company itinerary, codes, and schedules. When I upgraded to my Tungsten T I added family photos, music, and movies. Now I even use it to browse the web with my bluetooth phone, check email, and more. So I'd like to upgrade to the Black Tie 650.
As far as I am concerned Palm is simply the only choice.
Life of Palm
Well lets see, the HandSpring Deluxe got me through grad school, the sony clie replaced it to make my life much more enjoyable, and while my current Treo 600 doesn't want to cooperate with my phone service forcing me to still carry two devices, it once again has my life in the palm of my hand (my old clie fell to its death). But a workin 650, what a joy that would be.
My T|T took a bullet for me!
Well, almost. It got all the booring choirs in my home and at work. How would I remenber all the hollidays when I don't have to go to work? How would I find all my notes (written in ThoughtManager on the UltraThin kbd)? How would I survive all those booring meetings without some games masqurading as note taking?
Plainly, My Palm (III, Vx and currently T|T) has saved my business life at many ocations!
life saver
If it were not for my Treo I would not be able to keep up with all of my meetings, stay on task, or be able to say in contact with my customers. Having all of my customers information with me at all times has been a life saver.
How has your Palm saved your life?
around 3 years ago, when I was using my Palm Tungsten T.. We were reading William Shakespeare novels for english class. Unfortunately for me, our school library ran out of copies of the book, I even checked local bookstores in our suburb and they told me that they ran out of stock, and will be available in a week or two. A week or two wont do it for me cause we have a daily chapter quiz..meaning we have to read around 5-10 chapters a day, and have a quiz on what we read the next day. Knowing about Ebooks, I quickly did a google search and found multiple sites offering free ebook copies of Shakespeare's novels.
Memoware has tons of them. So yeah, I downloaded that, and used Palm reader to read. Kinda odd at first, cause back then, I was like the only Palm/PDA user in our class. So yeah, my mates were all like looking at me and thought I was playing a game or something. Even the teacher approached me, tried confiscating my Palm, which he thought was a gameboy. But yeah, told him about the issue of running out of books, showed him my palm and allowed me to read with the rest of the class using my Palm. At the end of the lecture.. my teacher was fascinated about my Palm Tungsten T and its capabilities to read ebooks... well yeah, that adds up, english teachers loves to read. So yeah, eventually he got a Palm of his own,which I believe was the Zire 71, which was the latest model that time. This is one of the times that Palm saved me for real, I mean yeah, I could have downloaded the ebook and read it in my PC. But we have to read with the rest of the class as well, cause we do chapter summaries, read them loud *practice pronounciation* and even do role plays *my hatest!*.
My Palm saved my life.
2 years ago, as I proceeded to step outside and leave my friend's house, I realized that I had left my palm in the living room. I turned around and stepped back from the doorway to go retrieve my palm. Just before heading back to the front door, there was a loud crash that sounded like an explosion coming from outside.
A drunk driver had crashed into my parked car at 40 mph. My car was completely wrecked. Had I been inside my vehicle, who knows what would have happened to me? My palm held me back, and saved me.
My Palm Saves My Life - and all the details thereof
My Palm saves my life, in so much that I can go back years, and in some cases decades, to look over where I've been, what I've been doing, and so forth. Many people keep a daily journal of their lives. My life is on my Palm. It's saved every time I HotSync.
Ever seen the picture Palm has of it's LifeDrive contents capabilities (http://www.palm.com/ca/products/mobilemanagers/lifedrive/)? That's me & mine. I hope they keep making PDA's and phones forever.
Palm all over the world
I can not understand how someone can manage their lifes around the world without a palm, I could not. So, of course it is a life saver.
I made me a better at work and and at home.
At work because i can do all the things i normale would need a laptop for it to get the work don.
At home because a can use the traveltime to read emails and so have more time for my famely. Now i can use the relaxtime more as it should be. Great PDA.
Thy Palm keepeth thy life!
I cant honestly say that I'd be dead without my Palm, but I'd be a whole lot more encumbered and probably more frustrated - or closer to dead than I am now. As a minister I used to carry a classic-sized Franklin planner along with a comparably sized Bible and a wallet in my back pocket. That filled up one hand/arm and threw my back out from sitting on my thick wallet all the time. Now, I have all the contents of the planner in my Palm plus four translations of the Bible and much of the stuff I used to carry in my wallet (I have a case that holds credit cards, drivers license, etc.). So now pretty much my entire life is enclosed in this little leather wallet/pda case. Now, if I lose that, I'm dead!
Possibly saved my life....definitely saved the taxpayers $$$$
I work for the government, and did a fair amount of traveling a year or so ago. As part of this travel, I had to go to states and cities that I had never been to and visit various sites during each visit. For each trip, I rented a car. On more than one occassion, I found myself driving through questionable areas.
For each trip, I used my Tungsten (various models) or Treo with TomTom GPS and TomTom software. I never had to stop and ask for directions, thus avoiding potentially dangerous sitations. In addition, if I had to rent a car with GPS, the government would have had to pay extra for each rental for that feature. (My Tungsten/Treo/TomTom items were personally purchased by me, and not the government.) I never had to do this, thus saving the taxpayers this expense.
Keeps me sane!
From my m100 to current Treo600 and wife's z22, they have kept me sane.
I listen to mp3's, play Freecell, and read AvantGo channels while commuting. I am reminded of anniversaries and birthdays! (lol, a common theme in this thread) Keep on top of my schedule and honey-do list(more or less).
Saving my lifeblueharmony @ 7/11/2006 11:58:30 AM #
Having my calendar where I am, instead of where my computer is, saves my brain cells from having to ATTEMPT remembering everything.
How my palm saved my life
In a literal sense, my Treo 600 hasn't saved my life -- yet. Then again, I've looked up enough accurate information on the Net using a web browser that some of that information may just have saved my life. For example, "Does this herbal remedy have any side effects?" or "Are there any product recalls on this automobile I'm thinking of buying?" are two questions that I've used my Palm to answer that just might have saved my life.
For the most part, my Palm has saved my career. I monitor my online class web site through the Treo when I'm on the road, I keep my schedule book on my Treo and avoid missing important meetings, and return important emails. And, if you count "boredom" as a cause of death, Solitare on the Treo has saved my life many times ;)
because i don't have to think
that's the sugary coating, but the real truth is that all those kiddie birthday parties, doctor appointments, bill due dates, shopping lists, and the latest purchased music have a place to go so that my headspace use stays at a mellow 2%. an even bigger bonus? i have easy access to the information that my wife suspects i've forgotten, often in real-time! no spouse likes to hear, "huh?"
Palm Treo Saved my Life
I was in China when I received a phone call from my wife telling me that our bank account had been compromised and all of our savings had been withdrawn by a set of fraudulent transactions. I was able to use my Treo to call the bank to report the fraud and as a result was able to get provisional credit the very next day. This kept me from dealing with all sorts of issues related to automatic bill payments not being fulfilled.
It didnīt save only my life
i keep my work for having all the administration ip addresses in the worst crisis i lived in a datacenter, of course , stored in my 3Com Vx :P
It saved me.
I would not have the life I live now without palm. Not only has it impressed my future bosses at interviews, fast data retrieval is what keeps me ahead of the pack.
My life was literally saved when a small program called tide tool,(freeware) helped me guide my boat out of a near death storm. Thank You POS. Zodiac2/A wifi SD Card stinks.
How has your Palm saved your life?
If not my life, then my reputation at work as being a "go-to" guy. I use a freeware app called KingRing to store username and password information securely so that with or without a network connction (or Post-Its) I have access info to any mission critical system at my fingertips. It is flexible enough to store other useful data with the username and password and beats the heck out of password protecting memos in Garnet.
Au revoir, Bill
My anchor!
Were it not for the Palm Pilot, my life would be on auto pilot. She grounds me, she guides me, she reminds me of my commitments. She makes every day just a little different. And she never leaves me alone. She has saved me, more than once, from abandoning my promises. And, like a nudge, she can be repatative at times! But without her, my life would be, well, like a heart without a mind!
Got me through medical school!
Well making it short. I got my first palm during my second year of medical school. I can honestly say that without the palm as a reference tool and a to do list and memo device I am not sure I would have made through uni as well as I did. And apart from that is has also helped my organize my life and got me to where I am today, just about to begin a career as a neurologist. I still use it everyday both for work related things and personal things. I never leave the house without it.
Managing my own self
I don't know that I can say for sure that my palm has saved my life, but it has definetely prolonged it. Like a lot of people of my generation, I have allowed myself to become a Type II Diabetic. The problem is in that once you have it, you aren't getting rid of it, although it can be managed.
Initially, I was given the standard eat a minimum of "300 carbohydrates a day diet", and no fat or protein. This is ok for some, but my blood sugar reading were hitting 300 after a meal. Insulin shots were on the horizon (for what good it would have done). I had a team of people treating me then (educator, doctor, dietitan), and my condition was worse than it was when I started seeing my "diabetes care team" Then I met a doctor (palm user) who turns things around. Two facts that he got across to me: 1. Only carbohydrates (to a lesser extent protein) cause increase in blood sugar 2. Only calories cause weight gain. He recommended CalorieKing software. He recommended 50 carbs a day, and 2200 calories, and same medication. I already had a Palm from work, so I installed CalorieKing PDA edition. I set the thresholds that the doctor recommended, and believe me it was not easy. Changing the way you eat and the quantity is never easy, but the Palm with CalorieKing kept me honest. Six weeks later, blood sugar was down to maximum of 120 (HBA1c was 5.8) during the day, my vision had improved so much that I no longer needed glasses (a condition known as Diabetic Cataracts was gone), kidney function had normalized, cholesterol, blood pressure, and triglycerides all with-in non-diabetic ranges and 12 pounds had left my body. The doctor discontinued one of my medications. That was in the number of years ago, today I'm Director of Operations for a Defense Contractor, see the doctor regularly, and have a Treo 650 and a Tungsten E (E is for backup, it is that critical) both loaded with CalorieKing and now the Diabetes Log also from CalorieKing. You will never see me without one of my PDAs.
Why I should win the Treo 650 Black Tie Giveaway
I have loved the Treo 650 ever since they came out with the GSM version, and have recommended to all my friends looking for a mobile data device, and have converted some of them to using and loving the Treo 650, and if I could afford it, I would go out and buy one right now. Until I can afford to buy one, I will continue to use my Handspring Visor w/VisorPhone attachment, and without as it help me every day to keep my wife from killing me for forgetting those special appointments or reminders. I have carried this device for 6 years and it is still going strong.
I am dying
Hello, here is a comment post from someone out of The Netherlands...
Its easy to say why I could use a treo 650... Although I am a bit spoiled with a tungsten C, I still have to carry my mobile phone (nokia 1100) with me all day long... and at the other end of my belt there is hanging a digital camera most time of the day.... also in the car it would be more easier to call (handsfree) wireless.... and so on and on and on... ....still dreaming of a treo 650..... I am tired of wearing three things at my belt.... I look like a commando navy seal!!! Hope to hear from you soon, Palm greetz, Herman.
my palm has made me more efficient in doing assignments
At certain times at the campus, when all computers are occupied, I am glad that I have my palm with me. My palm has saved me from wasting time. I can use my palm for doing assignments everywhere I go (typing, graphing, watching video lectures). If the palm were not invented, I would write/graffiti/graph on my own palm(hands).
My Palms have been saving my everything.
Actually, as I wrote in the subject, my Palms IIIe, m100, m505, T2, Zire72s and now T3 have been saving my everything. They wake me up in the morning. They give me all the information that I need just when I need. They give me fun. They keep my ideas and memos. They have saved my life everyday just the way they are.
Saved My Life
My Palm(s) have saved my life a few times, but my favorite example was when I was traveling and all my stuff was stolen, including my beloved Palm. Since everything was backed up on my PC, I was able to call my office and get all the info I needed to cancel all my credit cards, etc. Fortunately I had a spare Palm waiting for me when I got home!
Life savermarcospenido @ 7/11/2006 1:32:57 PM #
"How has your Palm saved your life?"
Marcos Penido
Well, my professional life...
Thousand times over with reminders, key information and Splash ID... couldn't live without it.
Life saving deliciousness
My Treo 600 (and now 650) have saved me from losing bets, not knowing the proper ingredients for various drinks, forgetting birthdays & such, and having to endure parties with crappy DJ's. The list is endless, but I'm certain that I was the walking dead until I got my first Palm.
Definitely the Treo 650 safes the life... of 24'Jack Bauer
I never left home without it; you never know when C.T.U. can call you...
Treo 650 Black Tie Entry
My Palm has certainly never saved me from dying, however, in a business and personal sense, it has. Ever since I got my first m505 I have had to keep my Palm on my hip constantly because of my constant forgetting of names and to-do's. I would probably be divorced because of honey-do's that wouldn't get done if it weren't for my Palm reminding me to do them.
My T3 has saved babies lifes, well almost...
I am a neonatologist (doctor working with newborn infants).
My Palm T3 has not saved my own life, but I use it every day at work. I would not say it has actually saved anyones life yet (literally), but my Palm certainly helps me take care of my little patients, since I keep drugs schemes, clinical protocols, calculators etc etc in it. Palm Ltd... Thanks for a great product!
new brainweatherman @ 7/11/2006 2:05:33 PM #
How has your Palm saved your life?
My brain was not so good. Since I got my palm, I have a new advanced brain, whit internet acess!!
life saver
we're lost and need directions - RIGHT HERE
the contents of that email (not to mention all of outlook) - RIGHT HERE what's my neighbor's name - RIGHT HERE (thankyou Dir Assist) seen that new video - RIGHT HERE (thankyou TCPMP) my netflix queue - RIGHT HERE got to call mom (and send her a pic of the kid - RIGHT HERE
My Palm helps me save lives!!
As a doctor, I must be up to date and with readily available information for those moments when I have to make the right choice on time! then is when my Palm saves the day, with all the medical software and books available, I always have the right answer on my fingertips. Itīs not the amount of information, itīs all about on how fast you have acces to it!
Entry
To Enter...My Palm has not saved my life. Saved angst, anguish, annoyance, distress, effort, embarrassment, face, grief, headache, heartache, honor, reputation, sanity, sweat and of course time; but not my life.
My every day life saver
My Zire 72s saves my life every single day waking me up to go to work.
Palm Zire 72s 512 MB, 32 MB, and 32 MB MMC cards | 256 MB SD card
life saver...shoulder saverfrogcortex @ 7/11/2006 3:15:51 PM #
Like many, here, I've used my palm (Tungsten T) with a bluetooth phone to do everything from gathering e-mail to getting mapquest directions when lost. I think the biggest thing my palm did was save my shoulder from falling off by allowing me to leave my laptop at the office. While going through grad school, I used it, combined with a portable folding keyboard to take all of my notes. Every time I sat down next to someone lugging their PC, I was asked, "What is that?" as I neatly unfolded my keyboard and plugged in my palm. I've been paperless ever since.
Almost life savingtOM Trottier @ 7/11/2006 3:21:42 PM #
I'm not sure if it's in the lifesaving category, but my Clie T665C is extremely handy for phone numbers, email addresses, passwords, games. It even has a sun compass ( http://www.mew3.com/palm/sol2/ ) photo and other calculations, and my alarms can be MP3 files, so I use a bird call which is very pleasant in a world of right angles.
tOM
My Treo add-on
I recently added a parachute add-on to my Treo that fits in the SD card slot (and has a 2GB memory capacity to boot). Whilst falling from Hoover Dam (I lost a bet), I deployed said parachute, and voila...the Treo saved my life.
Top Ten Life Savers
Top Ten Ways My Palm 650 Has Saved My Life
10. While in useless meeting or on useless date, audible alert tones from calendar signal a life or death "emergency" which requires my swift departure. 9. While being mugged, snapped and emailed quick photo, then told assailant his picture would be on the news if anything happened to me. 8. Time saved using "hot keys" to go directly to applications will save, by quick estimate, 2 years off end of my life (which I'll happily use to taunt pigeons from park bench). 7. Blazer browser + online maps = knowing where I'm going in life and not accidentally wondering into the Neutral Zone. 6. Bundled games kills time in long lines, including preventing recent frustration at DOT from boiling over into murderous ramage, which would have likely resulted in death penalty. 5. Streaming online financial news keeps me abreast of the market, leading to untold wealth which will save my life when I need to buy that black market liver in a few years. Heh, heh. I said "abreast." 4. Email traffic alerts prevent 10-car pileup from becoming an 11-car pileup. 3. Lost Treo made me realize I could not live without it. Me: Where's my Treo, where's my TREO? Girl: Maybe the dingo got your Treo. 2. MP3 Player to repeat life-saving personal mantra, "Nobody's following me." AND: 1. Conference calling two ex-girlfriends allows me to truthfully tell their friends we had a "three-way."
symbiotic relationship
All day long my Treo 650 is keeping my life in order -- quick, clean and efficient. Getting to meetings on time, referencing important info, saving contacts in a flash, scheduling out events months in advance. It's not that my Palm has stopped a deadly bullet, it's that it daily thwarts scores of minute attacks. I guarantee my blood pressure is lower, I sleep better at night, and others can rely on me. And each night after my Palm has rocked me to sleep by reading me the latest news and info from the web, I complete they symbiotic circle of life and plug it into the charger and lay it on the nightstand so it can wake me up in the morning and save my life for one more day.
Treo Saved My Life....
The Treo has saved my life by allowing me to keep in touch with my girlfriend while we're apart. Basically the Treo is a fancy form of invisible fencing. Whenever she calls, the first thing out of here mouth is, 'where are you'.
How did my Palm save my life?fierywater @ 7/11/2006 4:23:11 PM #
My Palm saved my life by keeping my homework straight in school. Thank God that's over.
That, and it saved me from dying of increasingly intense boredom through SNES/NES/Genesis emulation. There's nothing better than a nice game of Super Mario World on the go.
How Palm has saved my life
"How has your Palm saved your life?"
Here is the story of how Palm saved my life. Palm has saved my life because for several years I have predicted their marketshare would plummet against Window Mobile. Palm's stagnation saw to it that my prediction come to pass, which is good, because otherwise I would have *just* died! the end.
Did the Treo really save my life?rbogossian @ 7/11/2006 4:29:27 PM #
I love my Palm Treo 650 and what it does, but I can't really lie and say it saved my life. I suppose if I was hit with a bullet on my belt, it would help minimize the blow.
It does so many things well and it packs so much of what I need in one little package that I cannot do without it. It resets a little too much, but other than that, I love it. I can't wait until my contract is up so I can get the 700P.
Always there !
Whatever you need, a phone number, a PIN to open a door, a reminder for a birthday, listen to some music, or an alarm clock to wake you up, your Treo will always be there !
Helped me find my way.
During a power outage, the back-lit screen of my Treo acted as a flashlight and helped me find my way.
from the front line
As I sit here feverishly typing at the terminal, glancing over my head at the door, waiting for the enemy to come bursting through guns blazing I think ... "why oh why did I not bring my Palm Lifedrive with me on this mission?" - it could have sat in my left shirt pocket, awaiting the time when it's solid outer shell would protect my heart from a sniper's bullet as my trusty cigarette case used to do.
Too late now, all I can do is type, and hope I can get the sequence right (what was it I overheard... something complex, sinister in its deviousness... I remember it started with a 1, then a 2, then perhaps a 3 but I cannot work out what comes next). I reach down to pull my Palm from my pocket to help me with this insane conundrum only to realise once more that it is not there - how could I have been so stupid to lend it to 007 for one of his jaunts! It's not fair really, he gets all the cool gadgets, and now my Palm as well. -Agent Colin 008, located somewhere where you are not authorised to know. PS: Anyone know the escape sequence for the thermonuclear doomsday device that's in the room with me? PPS: If you see Q please tell him that a small bomb hidden inside an olive is not the best way to make an impression at social gatherings at the embassy..!
3 of many come to mind...
1. driving on fumes in an unfamiliar area and being able to quickly hit the web to find the nearest gas station.
2. grabbing an email in europe that helped our company avoid having all of our sales samples stuck in customs. 3. having a .pdf of my passport in my phone just in case i lose it. this hasn't happened yet, but i'm sure one day it will. -alex.
Black Tie Treo Giveaway
I have been reminded several times how important my Treo 650 has been to me. The last incident involved my job. I am a Business Banker for a Southern Regional Bank and my main function is to bring small business loans and deposits into the bank. I use my Treo to keep track of many client meetings and closings on a daily basis. I would have missed a very important meeting with a top client if my Treo hadn't given me a shot of its "vibration" during a casual lunch with another associate. I made it to the meeting because I always set my Treo to remind me 30 minutes prior to an appt. Thank God (Palm) for my Treo.
Saves my life every day
My Treo 650 is my life: it's a mibile phone, it's all my contacts, appointments and tasks, it delivers my e-mail and messages, let's me access the Internet anywhere and connect my laptop to the Internet, it's my MP3 player that I listen to while I travel, I read eBooks on it even at home, it's my guide to restaurants when I am out to eat, it's my GPS navigation unit pared with TomTom guiding me in unknown places in a rental car, and many other little helping hands...
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Well, let's see... It keeps my up to date in my meetings; it wake me up every morning (I trust much more in my TX rater than my desk clock alarm) I spend I lot of time playing with the extensive variety of games and of curse I sync my mails to keep trace of my work... (even when I don't want or could)....
from my m515, through zire 72 (blue and silver edition), to my TX.... Palm saved my life from boring, from getting late to somewhere, from forget everthing....
E. Schosinsky E.