Posted Tuesday, April 17, 2007 10:05:46 AM PST
by Ryan Kairer
ShSh Software has announced the release of its flagship product - TAKEphONE v7.0.
TAKEphONE is a telephony & contact management application, designed to
simplify and enhance using your contacts and making calls. It also sports enhanced search capabilities, as well as telephony features, such as call-cards support, extra digits dialing on all contacts, and much more. New in v7 is full support for the Treo 680 and 700p, improved screen layout for simpler operation, new skin and wallpaper options, a new find display and phone status display icons.
TAKEphONE v7.00 is available for $19.95, it is currently on sale for $16.95 in the PIC store. A free upgrade from version 6.50 and a free trial version are available.
Posted Monday, April 16, 2007 1:00:25 PM PST
by Ryan Kairer
After last week's revelation that Palm has had a
linux project in the works over the past couple of years there was a good amount of speculation in the
following discussion that Palm could have a Internet tablet/UMPC device in mind for this new platform. Vivek Arya a Merrill Lynch analyst covering Palm thinks that Palm's long hinted
secret product from Jeff Hawkins could in fact be a UMPC. In
Arya's latest report he states:
While details of Jeff’s speech are unknown, we believe he could announce a new Palm product. Given Palm’s traditional expertise in mobile computing, we believe the new product could be an Ultra Mobile PC - essentially a small ultra-portable laptop with wireless capability.
Posted Monday, April 16, 2007 10:00:42 AM PST
by Ryan Kairer
Gx5 has released a new Treo optimized weather application.
TreoWeather for Palm OS is a weather browsing application with the usual Gx5 polish. The software can display current weather conditions and forecasts for an unlimited amount of custom locations. It features automatic and scheduled updating capabilities, user selectable
wallpaper images and custom fonts and overlays.
TreoWeather v0.9.7.1is available now in beta form. It is compatible with the Treo 650, 680 and 700p. It regularly sells for $9.95, but is currently on sale for $4.95 while in beta.
Posted Monday, April 16, 2007 8:55:22 AM PST
by Ryan Kairer
Palm's South American Treo rollout continues with Palm and Comcel today announcing the availability of the
Palm Treo 680 smartphone in Colombia. The Treo 680 is a quad-band world phone, running on the Palm OS, featuring Palm's hallmark ease of use and powerful productivity software.
Posted Friday, April 13, 2007 12:33:13 PM PST
by Ryan Kairer
Natara Software has released version 3.0 of its
DayNotez software for Palm OS. DayNotez is a journaling application that is tailored to organize records of events and thoughts on a daily basis. It supports multiple entries per day with text, photos and voice memo support. It has a number of organizational and tracking features as well as four different views for displaying your notes. This latest version features a an all new look with full 5-way navigation support, new icons, font styles, category tags and time tracking features.
DayNotez v3.0.1 is available now for all Palm OS 5 and higher devices. It sells for $19.95 and includes a free trial period. Nature also offers a DayNotez Desktop Edition which includes a Windows journal application and syncing conduit.
Posted Friday, April 13, 2007 11:32:52 AM PST
by Kris Keilhack
Palm's new
corporate blog has posted a brief response in regards to some recent users' posts concerning the delayed 700p ROM update. In
today's blog entry, Paul Loeffler posted a brief update saying that a post addressing the 700p maintenance release will be posted to the Palm blog next week.
This latest update runs slightly contrary what was revealed in yesterday's news item. On Tuesday the 10th, Palm's Steve Sinclair informed TreoCentral member Bob-C that information from Palm would be forthcoming "...later this week". You might recall Mr. Loeffler's name from last month's story concerning a revised release date and a vague reason for the 700p's issues.
PIC will continue to monitor this situation closely and post any pertinent updates concerning the 700p's long-delayed update.
Posted Friday, April 13, 2007 10:21:03 AM PST
by Kris Keilhack
Rumor: All of the recent talk concerning the Treo 755p has focused on the device's availability on Sprint, with no details emerging regarding this new Treo being offered by Verizon Wireless. Now a
rumor report on Engadget Mobile mentions that the 755p will indeed be offered by the nation's largest CDMA carrier.
The usually-reliable tipster HTC Kid has given Engadget Mobile the info that the Verizon of the phone will be nearly identical to its Sprint sibling. The only thing possibly different would be Verizon's version having some sort of location-based services on the phone (an initiative that Verizon has been pushing recently).
Posted Thursday, April 12, 2007 11:10:32 PM PST
by Kris Keilhack
Posted Thursday, April 12, 2007 10:53:39 AM PST
by Kris Keilhack
Nearly lost amidst all of the recent discussion concerning Palm's
Linux and Garnet plans has been the latest chapter in the impossibly long-winded Treo 700p ROM update saga. Ground Zero for comments, criticisms, and unofficial updates about the myriad of issues plaguing the 700p and its eagerly-awaited update has been the TreoCentral message boards. TreoCentral member Bob Caruso (AKA "Bob-C") is maintaining a "
Palm Response Tracker" thread in the site's 700p forum regarding his ongoing dialog with Palm's very own Steve Sinclair.
In a nutshell, the 700p update has been delayed yet again due to not having passed either Palm's or the carriers' certification processes. Mr. Sinclair's note closes with the promise of a widespread comunication and a more precise release date from Palm later this week.
Posted Thursday, April 12, 2007 10:14:45 AM PST
by Kris Keilhack
Non-teetotaler Palm OS users will be delighted to see the longtime favorite app from Landware, Wine Enthusiast, has been revised for 2007. The film buff's equivalent of Wine Enthusiast is Leonard Maltin's movie guide, which I
reviewed last year.
This new 2007 version 2.2 of Wine Enthusiast improves on 2006's 2.0 version with the following improvements and updates:
- Support for Wine Guide 2007 data
- Now includes over 37,000 wines and reviews (3,000 more than last year)
- Vintage Chart has been updated and now includes 2004 vintages
- Miscellaneous reliability enhancements
A complete list of new features and improvements can be found on the product page. Wine Enthusiast 2007 is available by download direct from Landware or Astraware for $19.95. It is also available for Windows Mobile.
Posted Thursday, April 12, 2007 12:20:42 AM PST
by Kris Keilhack
Palm has released a new over the air mobile backup solution on their
mobile web portal.
Palm Backup Beta will automatically save a copy of your Treo's data to a secure server every day, from anywhere you have wireless data coverage. The appearance of this service is sudden but not entirely unexpected, given the recent amount of chatter amongst the Palm OS user community predicting a strong push by Palm into wireless service-related offerings.
The service currently supports backups from Contacts, Calendar, Memos, Tasks, Blazer bookmarks, Treo phone app quick dials, and the call log. No desktop computer is required and automatic backup schedules are available. Palm does offer a brief listing of optimization tips for the service that is certain to expand once more users begin using this utility regularly.
Palm states that the service will only be free for a limited time. No word on the service's official launch data or its pricing. Palm lists device compatibility only with the Treo 700p, 680 and 650 and as always, an unlimited data plan is highly recommended.
Posted Wednesday, April 11, 2007 5:21:53 PM PST
by Ryan Kairer
Palm has launched an
official company blog today. The new site will feature posts from a number of different people at all levels from the company. At this time the site includes an introductory welcome post, Palm says we can look forward to more posts about educational topics on Palm products, thoughts on Palm's vision and glimpses into employee thoughts and company culture. The site offers an rss feed to keep track of new posts and includes the ability to comment on blog posts.
Palm's Public Relations Manager Paul Loeffler says "We will be talking about all kinds of things including product news and updates, cool new applications, employee perspectives, and other stuff too. We're going to be flexible and broad on topics because we have a lot of stuff to talk about."
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