Comments on: Treo 700p Relaunch Giveaway

There are the silent workers who toil in the background waiting in the wings to be called up at a moments notice such as SnapCalc5 and the myriad dictionaries I have from BDicty, Pocket Lingo and Nexus. However, the software that ties everything together that I use the most often and frequently would have to be the workhorse of all of my applications on my PDA: ZLauncher.

ZL is an app uses themes and skins to your liking. You can have as many tabs as you want or none at all. ZL helps to save space my allowing me to move files onto my SD card in a smooth and unobtrusive manner. ZL can be as complex or simple as I'd like it to be. Critics (I was formerly one of them) have said that this application is rather bloated. But, anyone whose given this app a good test-drive will know that it is not bloated but sophisticated and willing to adapt to the users varied and sometimes, temperamental tastes. ZL's power comes from is intuitive interface that empowers PDA users who are novices or tech-savvy vets. I could go on and on about ZLauncher and its compatibility with a host of software, but, I'd just be rambling. ZLauncher gets my vote!!!

Kevin
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EBL

A Palm is - Life in the Palm of Your Hand

Besides the handy calculations it gives when I'm measuring stuff in the kitchen. It's always fun to be able to tell just how many stones or slugs are in a 6 lb bag of potatoes.

Or how about the frequent times when I need to convert between different units when doing moments of intertia calculations. kg-m2 to pound force inch sq second. Yeah.

Or 10 l/100km is the same as 23.5214583 mpg.

Or 1 Ampere hour is equal to .0373114 faraday.

No cell phone calculator will be able to replace this application anytime soon.

User Install: TCPMP lets my PalmT3 become my iPod. I can watch DVDs I rip from my collection or listen to any number of music albums on the run. Two important things: (1) it allows my Palm to be louder than RealPlayer does and (2) it's free!

Business app, I'd have to say WordSmith for use as a book reader for the same reason. No matter where I am, I have a book or four on hand to blow off some time.

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If I had to pick a runner up it would be TomTom Navigator, which also allows me to use my Treo 650 as a GPS device (and saved me $500-700 from buying a separate standalone GPS unit).

Cheers.

What I want is a treo without the cell radio and antenna, but with wifi, bluetooth, nano thin, snappy 500mhz processor, and you can even keep the same old frankengarnet.

And while we're talking about favorites, PIC has been my favorite palm site for many years. It was rough for awhile when that other guy went to the other pda site because I used to like his articles, but Ryan has done an excellent job maintaining this site.

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I'll be crossing my fingers on the treo...

It has all the features that I need/want, and more than I'd ever use. The more I use it the more I keep finding useful features!

I've used it for years for writing term papers, note taking, finance balancing, pdf reading, and novel writing. It's been an indispensible application on all of the Palm's I have ever owned.

Dangerous whilst driving, so like GoogleMaps says, Don't drive and use!

Markspace Mail, Google Maps, PalmVNC, FileZ, DotDotTwo and SmbMate are also favorites.

Sometimes my 700p suffers from a short freezes,or even freez crashes, where the Soft Reset is needed.

If I win this new 700P, I'd do a Hard Reset on my current 700p and give it away as a gift. By then, maybe the new 700P will come with an Updated Software, and will be more stable?

Having portable email is GREAT!!!

Can't wait for Palm and Verizon to make Dial Up Networking EvDO more reliable with my Mac OS 10.4.8 via Bluetooth! Also, if they could make the Phone Application more stable, with more features, and LOUDER without having to buy VolumeCare which didn't seem to make a difference!!!

If Palm added Notes,and Graffiti back, like on my Tungsten T3, I'd be even happier:)!!!

Keeping my fingers crossed:), but GOOD LUCK everyone:)!!!

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11-TIME GRAMMY WINNING SAXOPHONIST, MICHAEL BRECKER, TREO 650 USER, URGENTLY NEEDS A DONOR
http://www.arkady.com/jfletter.html

Henry

Kevin

Addicted to Palm

Probabely the most valued is:

LifeBalance

That is where I enter all my task, and by applying places, get the lists, where I could do something (like @Computer, @Errands, etc.)

I just don't use the built-in Task List anymore.

There are some small changes (I have forwarded to llamagraphics.com), but else a great piece of software.

icarus

Palm III, Palm III, Palm m105, Palm Tungsten T, palmOne Tungsten T5, Palm TX

I guess, from using lots of different portable OSes, I can really appreciate what gives the Palm it's "zen".

-Eric

I was in the DC area last week and had to drive to a hospital and then drive from the hospital to dinner.

It was so simple to put in the address of the hospital and then the restaurant to find my way there.

Being able to zoom in or out and then drag the map around makes this the best Palm OS application ever!

Everyone I give it to thinks it is so cool.

VeriChat: Always on Instant Messaging accross the major providers. Essential for business and personal use.

TCPMP: I have a 5 year old daughter. I have many movies and TV shows on a 2 GB SD card she can watch when we're stuck in traffic, waiting in line somewhere, etc. My 5 year old is happy. I'm happy.

Documents to Go: Word, Excel, PDF and PowerPoint native on my palm. Don't need to say more about that.

Brian McDonald

-Connoisseur

Once I enter the info in TT, it is automatically entered into my Palm calendar.

I couldn't work without it.

Dennis G. Esler
dennis_esler@comcast.net

SplashBlog helps family located thousands of miles way feel a bit closer to our home. SplashBlog has my vote!

I just love Plucker. I'm downloading everyday tons of news on my PDA with Sunrise and watch them with Plucker whenever I have some minutes (or even hours) to spare.

It's one of the programs I use for the longest period, as it has been installed on all of my Palm PDAs.

I just love it!

Cheers,
Snark

PS. The new design is nice update but the "View Article" button is too close to the article below it - it makes me think I'm clicking to view the details of the article below.

My favorite by far is Turbopasswords www.chapura.com/passwordmanager.php I have used it every day for years and love it. It helps me keep up with all those blasted logins you have to have these days. It even autofills them for me. I would be lost without.

Runners up:

Docs2go
Solitaire

But right now, the one app that I get the most use of (other than the basic builtins) is MyBible.

"Documents To Go is the only product on the market today with support for native Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF and TXT files as well as native JPEG and BMP graphics. You can even use files saved to expansion cards or sent as e-mail attachments directly on your smartphone or PDA without synchronization. Most importantly, your original desktop documents will never lose formatting when you make edits on your device using DataViz's unique InTact Technology."

td

It also can be used for multiple (check)lists of items from a common pool, e.g., for recipes, cleaning, insurance, aviation, prayers, ...

And it's in your palm. And free.

WorldMate Pro is nice when I travel for work. WorldMate keeps the time on my TX accurate as well as exchange rates and local weather.

But if I had to pick one it would be: DateBK.
Been using it for 5+ years and it still keeps me out of trouble and ontime.

It is a jewel of an application.

The SkyTraveler

The developer is very responsive & takes a responsible approach to his clients, the Db6 users.

What else could you want?

CESD even puts money fm Db6 to his Gorilla haven fund, so you are also contributing to support the preservation of animals... great features, support, plays well w/other apps, & you are helping a good cause. Tough to beat that.

technical1

Using Palm TX, SanDisk UltraII 1Gb SDcard, ZLauncher 5.41, MessagEase STamp4TX, PXA Clocker 5, Datebk6, DayNotez, MySkin, SuperNames, RescoExplorer+Backup+Viewer, SplashID+Money & more & loving it!

I love how I can search for a phone number then I can automatically create a Contact from the search results. A great, great app!

Without Agendus, I have to open EITHER of the 4 main databases (contacts, tasks, calendar, memo), but with it, I can link all of the various records which relate to each other.

I know that iambic regularly takes hits for stupid marketing tricks (the classic being trying to hijack Datebk's URL), and falling prey to Intuit's "rent, don't buy" the software by regularly making minimalist incremental upgrades.

But the bottom line is that like no other software, Agendus turns the PDA into a relational database of everything that this professional needs to function, and has done so for almost as long as I've used a Palm (my first unit was a III). And now that I have a TX, I can even tie email records into contacts, calendar, tasks and memos, like I can on my desktop in the office using TimeMatters.

Harold

It became especially important when I upgraded to my current PDA/phone, a Kyocera 7135, since all it came stock with was Graffiti II, which is very awkward for all us longtime original Graffiti users. TealScript essentially restored original Graffiti functionality to my Kyocera 7135, and I use it every single time I use my PDA. It's not flashy or sexy, but it runs reliably and quietly in the background, restarts properly upon reset, and Tealpoint is great about keeping it updated for all PalmOS devices.

-- Fritz Neumann

The best part (and usually a requirement for me) is that it's free. The homepage is http://pilot-db.sourceforge.net/

Very easy to use with more features than the built-in calendar app.

Bill

- Call me
- Text Message me
- Instant Message me

Email was never meant for real-time communication, and I prefer it that way.

E. Schosinsky E.

https://linkesoft.com/femdays/index.html

I use it to track my wife's period, so I know when to book a few nights at the hotel and miss the whole thing...

-Eric

Jim

But, my all time POS favorite App besides Calendar and Contacts is the Advanced Mode Calculator. It was on my Handspring Deluxe and Palm added it to the TX and the Treo. It's the best.

Pencil&Paper/Calc/Handspring Dlx/Palm T/T3/Tx/Treo 700P

Congrats on the new design PIC!

Regards,
Warren

Newie and outstanding: Google Maps for Mobile. Sure, the Treo could do mapping, directions, and phone/address lookups before, albeit less easily, elegantly, and quickly. But live traffic used to require PDAnet and a laptop. Woohoo!

And of course, let's not forget the basic suite of contacts, calendar, memos, tasks, and email.

To-date, I have found nothing that delivers an easy-to-use, desktop email experience to the Palm platform like Snappermail. The ability to manage POP & IMAP, multiple accounts/folders, the ability to manage what stays on the server...nothing is easier to set up or use; yet, nothing is as powerful at the same time.

Add in its terrific support for the major document management suites (DocsToGo, QuickOffice, etc.), and you add the ability to download and manage MS Office and Adobe PDF document without any conversion.

Bottom line: If you know how to use email on your PC, and know how to use your Palm, SnapperMail will deliver a powerful messaging experience that melds the best of both platforms.

-painted dog

I'd love to have a Treo so that I could find other must-have software that a connected device makes possible! I have yet to experience the joys of connectivity and convergence.

Please, oh please!

Mike

I was lucky to be around when Individeo decided to donate the OnBoardC source code to the active user/developer community and I got the chance to help organize the first open source development on the project as well as make some contributions to the code. Which is to say I'm more than a little biased when I say OnBoardC is the best software ever written for the Palm OS. ;-) But I can't take any credit for its success, which has everything to do with the original genius of Roger Lawrence and Keithan Hayenga (now at PalmSource) and a great community of volunteer developers who came after me.

If you're a C developer, a whiz at Graffiti, and love the Palm OS, check out OnBoardC at http://onboardc.sourceforge.net/ It's a gas!

David Beers
Pikesoft Mobile Computing
www.pikesoft.com/blog

http://www.pocket-tunes.com

This was a great idea BTW. Excellent way to see the variety of software that folks use on their Palms.

These three Apps have been stalwarts to me. InstallWatch has helped me keep my devices clean and running after countless demo App installs/uninstalls. LauncherX has been consistently reliable and handy - pioneering many features in the 3rd party launcher space. Agendus Pro allows me to keep myself better organized by enhancing the built-in PIM Apps to make them more functional and useful.

Apart from the three Apps above, I have found BackupMan to be a stellar App. It has saved me from data loss on countless occasions. Keylink is another good App for direct text entry into my device. Other cool/fun/useful Apps include: Minefield 1.0.2; Patience Revisited; Billiards 4.2; Google Maps; Butler; Graffiti Anywhere; and Directory Assistant.

The best part about the Palm OS is the variety of Apps available. If you have a Palm OS device/smartphone you can find an App to do just about anything you need.

Cheers!

Stephen

http://www.metaviewsoft.de/en/Software/PalmOS/Freeware/PalmPDF/index.html

Scott

Besides them, I like FileZ, Chatter, and Snap.

Shimon Shnitzer

Shimon Shnitzer
- Telephony & Communication development
on the Windows & Palm OS platforms.
- Maker of TAKEphONE & 2day:
"Take telephony into your Palm"
Web: http://www.shsh.com

matt

WOOOT for Beyond Contacts!! (now, if only their email program worked ...)

ClearSync
csCalendars
www.clearsync.com

I’m a business owner and without this app my business would be much harder to run. The application is csCalendars by ClearSync. This application has made my life so easy and I will explain why.

csCalendars gives you the ability to create calendars on your handheld in addition to the native palm calendar. It allows you to sync those calendars to the clearsync server online so that all your calendar events are uploaded and backed up. That’s not the good part. The great thing about this is app is that other people can sync to the very same calendar wirelessy!

As a business owner of a carpet cleaning company, I schedule jobs everyday and I schedule them using clearsync. The beautiful thing about this is that I can upload my calendar events and my business partner and employees can get these events by simply performing a wireless sync from their Treo.

It’s simple: I schedule jobs (events) in my csCalendar. I wirelessly sync my csCalendar to the ClearSync server. My business partner and employees perform a wireless sync from their Treo to my calendar online, bingo they have the jobs scheduled for that day or week.

When you perform a wireless sync to the ClearSync server you can do it for that day, week, or month.

This application is a time saver for my business. No paper calendar anymore. I field calls and simply schedule them on my phone and then sync to the server.

GREAT APPLICATION AND I COULDN’T LIVE WITHOUT IT AND I HAVE A TON OF APPS ON MY TREO 700P.

Andrew Gonzales

TCPMP- mp3s and videos- sweet
Plucker/Avantgo- Offline browsing almost as good as online browsing
Bible Reader+
Monopoly
SFCave-oldie but goodie- simplest game, ever
Batmon battery monitor- I still like it even though ther's a built in one now.
Filez/FileMan
BackupMan
PalmPDF

Directory Asst is easy to use works great

and p tunes! who needs a I pod when you have a treo!!!

My favorite application is the MyBible Daily Reader. Our youngest daughter went through a period of time when she wouldn't fall asleep at night unless I sat in her room with her, with the lights off of course. I began running the Daily Reader on my Palm IIIc and used the "down time" to read through the Bible in a year. Now, five years and four handhelds later, our daughter falls asleep by herself, but I have been through the Bible nearly five times and have kept going.

David
Palm III> Palm IIIx> Palm IIIc> Sony T615> Sony T665> Sony TH55

-bill

nuff said.

and while i'm at it, kudos to cesd for all his creativity and hard work.

So, please enter me in the contest. I dropped my 650 and the screen is cracked, so I could use a new 700p!

Ed Collins

PDANet & PDAReach make the Treo even more useful and when all of these are managed with a good launcher - I use LauncherX - The Treo is finally ready for primetime.

Treo is now set for users favourite apps, games & utilities that users love (e.g. Avantgo, Worldmate, TCPMP, MobiTV, pTunes, Docs To Go etc)

For good measure a custom ROM helps too.

Avantgo

simply because I use it everyday. Avantgo is not perfect by a long shot, I'm a Zodiac 2 user who wishes Avantgo would work widescreen in both Portrait and Landscape (hello Avantgo R&D) modes, which at present it does not.

Nonetheless, Avantgo greatest fame is it's ability to sync news updates (like palminfocenter.com) and allow users to view these updates while sitting in traffic and waiting in the doctors office.

It also supports remote updates and synchronization via WIFI and can also serve as a quick Web Browser in a pinch.

Avantgo Rocks!

Brian...

Each entry is logged by Time, date and categorized by color code. Each entry can be exported to the memo pad if need be. I usually Just print a copy from the desktop application. Everything is password protected to ensure privacy.

Close behind Initiate are Genius and DA. I use both of these applications several times a day. And when I buy my next device, it might be my comfort with these programs that keeps my with the Palm OS over anything else.

TCPMP/Coreplyaer
Pocket Tunes
Softick Audio Gateway
Chatteremail

Chatteremail wins because it is simply the one application that most improves my Treo experience by itself. I use it constantly, and it works VERY well. Plus, Marc Blank, the developer, is in constant communication with his community, and I LOVE that about any product.

Priorities for using my T|C:

Organizing? sure
Taking quick notes? nice to be able to do
Access to the Bible *anytime* + being able to search/study? Priceless.

I also use the built in programs a lot.

Thanks,
- Jay

My faviorite appliaction for Palm is epocrates. Its a pharmaceutical database that I can use every day in practice. I also like the medical calculators. Cant live without my Palm.

There are so many to choose from. It's difficult to narrow it down to one.

I'm a sucker for a good freeware app, and my favourite still has to be Filez.

http://software.palminfocenter.com/product.asp?id=6011

The control it gives me over the files on my Palm is wonderful. It's been a mainstay on my handheld since it's release, and it's saved me a lot of work many times, deleting rogue files and saving time having to restore from a backup.

It is still the best app I've seen, hands down.

One by one, the penguins are stealing my sanity.

Wake me when it's over.

-Bob

Finding words in much faster then a with a paper dictionary, it includes several dictionaries (some free) AND it has a strong flashcard componenent and user-created dictionary. The developer cares a lot about his product and in my opinion it is the best in its field.

Henry

Launcher - LauncherX
Game - PocketBo
Utility - 3Nity, password keeper

Can't wait to try Google Maps, TMP and TomTom on the 700p!

Followed by a close second of TextPlus (why the Treo needs to be released full screen without the keyboiard).

I also like SplashShopper.

Send me my new Treo right away (all right, I'll still accept it with the stupid keyboard).

Bonsai, is simply good software. It has a wide variety of uses, a multitude of options and settings, is visually pleasing, and essentially bug free. I can use it for planning, task lists, projects, outlining, note-taking, the list is almost endless.

Thanks,
Gordon

From the Great White North
Kudzu62

DTG enabled me to obtain a hefty raise shortly after starting at a new firm; was the impetus for subsequently being promoted to division head within four months; the linchpin to an ongoing tryst with a famous model, but that story is for another time...

I found KGT+, and decided to try using it to show a list of upcoming appointments, however, and quickly realized what a benefit it was. While with other "today" screens, like the one in the newest version of DateBk, I have to actively check that program to be reminded of what's coming up, I'm now presented with a list every time I turn my Treo on, without worrying about what program I'm in.

If I need to check the time or upcoming appointments while I'm using another program, I just hold down my calendar button, and up pops KGT+ with the clock and appointment list again.

I've definitely remembered a couple of bills I'd otherwise have forgotten about thanks to KGT+, and as freeware, the price can't be beat!

--Andy

(1) Is it too much to ask for multiple file selection capability?
(2) Do I have to beg for Type3 fonts so I can see equations?
(3) O, my Access files, wherefore art thou, my Access files?
(4) How about starting each file with "D2G_" prefix guys :~(
(5) You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred.

#2 App = PDAStats. But you didn't ask for this?

Thanks for opportunity.

-- Dave

Keyoe's DEA is truly an example of the potential for variety and utility in palm software.

Jeffrey

May You Live in Interesting Times

(The PopUp apps by Benc Software would have been a close second, but they don't work on my TX).

Runner-ups (or is that runners-up? :-D):
- TurboPasswords - Chapura
- VehicleLog - Little Wing Software (no longer in biz?)
+ version 1.0 still works flawlessly on my TX
- BigClock - Jens Rupp (best all around timer / stopwatch / alarm app!)
- MySkin - Alexander Pruss
- Proj@Hand - Natara Software (project management -> MS Project)
- Vexed - Vexed SourceForge Project
- AvantGo - iAnywhere Solutions
- KeySuite - Chapura

The best "Palm" app that doesn't actually reside on the Palm, but on your desktop?
NotSync - Ultrasoft

Ryan - Thanks for maintaining this great site for all of us Palm OS diehards....

Brent Stover

Palm Vx -----> LONG WAIT -----> Palm T|X

So yea Vexed is the bomb...

NX70 addict...

Still, while all of the above apps are leaders for the type of apps they represent, my "favorite" app -- overall -- is DateBk (currently DateBk6). Not only is it a terrific schedule-master, the [sole individual] developer is very responsive to user-requests -- be they for support or improvement. He's an extremely talented programmer. Also, there's a terrific user-community that's available for people who have questions/problems. It is an _extremely_ rare day when I don't do SOMEthing related to DateBk. Even if/when I'm sick, I go into DateBk to run my "Sick -- don't bother me with alarms" Saved View. I have a similar one for when I'm on vacation. Saved Views that show me what my work-week is like and some that hide those work-related things on the weekend so I'm not bothered by alarms when I don't want them. DateBk not only helps me stay organized, it helps me look good. I'll stop into someone's office after I get a reminding for a meeting and they've completely forgotten about it. Or if someone's needing equipment set up for a presentation or a video-conference, I'm there setting it up before they get there; that almost always is appreciated, even if it doesn't impress.

While it may be that any "electronic calendar" app/device can do the same, it's actually DateBk that makes it "fun" managing my schedule. And the fact that I use it daily makes it one of the most -- if not THE most -- used apps on my device. It's functional, it's efficient, it's extremely customizable and it's fun. And the user-community provides insights -- to the app itself as well as other things -- and gives additional function and support to the already outstanding app. That's why DateBk[6] is my "favorite" app.

-e

Back then, AeroPlayer was also a strong contender.

But with a new job, my handheld became less of a Palm and more of a phone.

As a phone, my favorite application would have to be either Ringo Pro or ZLauncher... let's see... okay... I'll go with ZLauncher. I find it's configurability and options make using my Treo (and all the other handhelds before it) so much easier and better. Lot of set-up, but well worth it.

The favorite, if I have to pick one, has to be my Splash suite - shopper, money, ID and photo.

(2nd is Contacts [aka Address Book],
3rd Memos,
4th AvantGo,
5th any good Email app,
6th Bible w You / My Bible,
7th any good Dictionary / Enclopedia,
8th McFile,
9th SolFree,
10th Converter,
11th HappyDays)

Frank Tano
Writer/Improviser

Peter

BTW...please let me win the 700p, my 650 is on it's last leg