Quickies: TE GPS, Wireless eBay, Docs2Go and More
palmOne has launched new enterprise professional services, a Tungsten E GPS bundle is available in Europe, Doc2Go has been updated and a number of new emulators, games and other software have been announced. Read on for more.
palmOne Professional Services
palmOne Professional Services, in conjunction with select system integrators, independent hardware and software vendors, and value-added resellers, provides businesses with the resources and know-how required to conceive, design, test, implement and deploy customized mobile solutions with palmOne devices. It also offers technical expertise to help businesses complete mobile solutions already in progress. palmOne Professional Services can work on-site with developers, leading or assisting with any stage of a mobile solution's development lifecycle.
The group offers a range of services from full lifecycle scoping, design and development of mobile solutions to technical support and training. palmOne manages the services infrastructure and provides an organization with personalized access to a secure website to view, download and manage data captured from handhelds in the field.
Docs 2 Go Update
Documents to Go has been updated to version 6.008. Some new features of the update are UX50 landscape support, enhanced Treo 600 navigation, word count, expansion card categories, bluetooth sending and receiving and an updated desktop application. The standard and premium editions are available for both Mac and Windows.
Abidia Wireless
Abidia Wireless now includes an updated Palm OS version that includes real-time information about items won, lost, bought, and sold. See or add items in their watch list, the item’s current bid price, an image, or compare prices in other auctions. Sellers can now view the status of auctions away from their PCs and get a list of the similar items to compare prices and see pictures of competing items. The software is available for $24.99 USD.
Tungsten E GPS Bundle
A company called Kirrio along with PalmOne Europe is selling a product that allows a small GPS receiver to connect to a Tungsten E through the USB port. It is called the PalmOne GPS Solution TE Edition as well as at the PalmOne Europe site. The GPS reciever is only sold with the handheld and the bundle goes for 429 Euro. - Mark Hawkins
Daedalus 3D
The Italian software house Safoa.net has just released Daedalus 3D, a new innovative full 3D game for the Palm OS. TThe developers claim, "detailed graphics and the performances similar to those obtained on a latest-generation PC" Daedalus 3D was is compatible with Palm OS 5 and has support for 480x320 graphics on palmOne, Sony and the Zodiac.
Formulae 1
Poliplus Software has announced the release of its award-winning product Formulae 1 for PalmOS devices from palmOne. Formulae 1 (F1) is a powerful and easy to use Computer Algebra System designed specially for students and professionals that require
mathematical support on the go. F1 gives the user the ability to see intermediate steps of calculations as well as final answers. The program requires the WebSphere Java runtime and costs $29.95.
MMPlayer
A new version of MMPlayer (v0.2.10) has been released. The update adds support for email attachments, HTTP streaming and HI-Fi audio for Clies. MMPlayer is a powerful Mobile Media Player for PalmOS that supports the widest variety of codecs, formats and protocols.
Colecovision and Atari ST Emulators
CodeJedi has released and updated two new freeware emulators. Columbo is a new Colecovision emulator. This early release requires Palm OS 5 and above, and a high res screen. Its a port of Marat Fayzullin's ColEm; and is open source. Updates over the next few days to include auto-throttling, full screen scaling, audio support, etc.Castaway, a Atari ST emulator from CodeJedi, has also been updated. The new version will auto throttle the fps for a better display smoothness.
Splash ID for Mac OS
SplashData has launched a major upgrade to the Mac OS version of its best-selling personal identification organizer, SplashID. SplashID 3.0, which securely maintains personal identification information on a Palm Powered handheld and desktop computer, now offers Mac users a host of new features. New features include custom icons and icon sets, assign records to categories, custom templates and enhanced security. SplashID 3.0 for Palm OS and Mac OS sells for $29.95. Current users can upgrade for $9.95
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RE: Good value
429 Euro = $517US
Garmin iQue MSRP = $549
I think I'd rather pay the extra $32 and get the larger screen, plus I wouldn't have to mess with an extra "dongle"
Of course, if the US dollar weren't so weak...
Arthur
Palm Pilot 1000 > Palm Pilot Professional > Palm III > Palm M100 > Sony Clié PEG-T415 > Palm T|T3
RE: Good value
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PDAs: Psion 5> Vx > m505 > N770C > T625C > NR70V > e310 > T/T > HP h2210 > T/T3 & h4150
Mobiles: StarTac > T28m > T39m > T68m > T610 > T630
DigiCam: DiMage E323
RE: Good value
I am ignorant in these matters.
Arthur
Palm Pilot 1000 > Palm Pilot Professional > Palm III > Palm M100 > Sony Clié PEG-T415 > Palm T|T3
RE: Good value
Navman and TomTom also have GPS solutions for Palm; the latter recently announced an all in one unit based on Palm OS.
Importing from the US sounds great but you have to pay import duty (rate differs by product) and sales tax (17% in the UK, higher in some other countries). The BBC recently ran an article on how travellers returning from shopping trips in the US are being caught by Customs. If the goods are sent by mail with an incorrect customs declaration (eg Gift
a Brit in Clogland
RE: Good value
Dave
a Brit in Clogland
RE: Good value
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PDAs: Psion 5> Vx > m505 > N770C > T625C > NR70V > e310 > T/T > HP h2210 > T/T3 & h4150
Mobiles: StarTac > T28m > T39m > T68m > T610 > T630
DigiCam: DiMage E323
PIC out of touch with Zodiac.
My suggestion is that the PIC news guys take a stop by tapland.com daily to make sure their news is up to date when it comes to the Zodiac.
RE: PIC out of touch with Zodiac.
PalmInfocenter always accepts news suggestions and tips from our readers via our contribution form.
-Ryan
USB connectivity on the Tungsten E?
RE: USB connectivity on the Tungsten E?
Their site says it uses a Sirf Star II chiset.
Sirf says it contains:
-Integrated ARM CPU and on-chip memory
-Significant throughput for user applications
-Extensive peripheral support
RE: USB connectivity on the Tungsten E?
Pries in Germany 340 Euros plus 16 % Vat
THis is the best navigationbundle which you can get for your maney at this time - just half of the price o an European Garmin 3600.
THe only missing: Globalsat (which delivers the GPS mouse for this unit) has not enabelt WAAS/EGNOS Sisgnal.
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RE: USB connectivity on the Tungsten E?
Pries in Germany 340 Euros plus 16 % Vat
THis is the best navigationbundle which you can get for your maney at this time - just half of the price o an European Garmin 3600.
THe only missing: Globalsat (which delivers the GPS mouse for this unit) has not enabelt WAAS/EGNOS Sisgnal.
looking for a industrial stile PalmOS divice
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PDAs: Psion 5> Vx > m505 > N770C > T625C > NR70V > e310 > T/T > HP h2210 > T/T3 & h4150
Mobiles: StarTac > T28m > T39m > T68m > T610 > T630
DigiCam: DiMage E323