35 posts tagged “palmos”
There are some solutions in order to migrate data from PalmOS to webOS. For those, who are working with Microsoft Outlook on the Desktop PC already (rather than the Palm Desktop) might be interested in solutions to bring their Outlook data, such as calendar and contacts right into their Google Account.
iCal4OL is on of the solutions to provide a two-way synchronization from and to the Google Calendar by supporting a broad range of systems and import/export functions, the other one is OGGSync, which is specialized to MS Outlook.
For those of you who are interested in a free solution for private use and would like to subscribe their Google calendars within Outlook may have a look to ICS4OL.
The Palm Pre has hit Europe one week ago and most of us are still trying to get their data from PalmOS to webOS as smooth as possible. The Calendar isn't the real challange, this works flawlessly, the real pain is to get all addresses into the Google Mail account with all of their informartion, such as all specific fields as well as notes.
Companionlink is one of the overall Desktop synchronisation suite, that links the Palm Desktop directly with the Google Account. See below how easy it is...
Metaview - author of very popular PalmOS software titles, such as 2playme, 2launchme, 2cool4you, UAE, togglepivate, etc. - has released another groundbreaking utility for tourists and photo blogger as well as for people who seek for geocaches and use their PalmOS device for navigating purposes. 2trackme allows for everything related to geopositioning and the PUGcast team love it!
This is the last barrier in mobile computing, to seek for whatever is within distance, to find a cache near you, to take photos incuding the exact GPS coordinates, to have a full featured map including wikipedia access finding sights, to log tracks you walked in unknown terrain and to simply find a way between to points.
Due to the fact that the PalmOS smartphone knows your exact geoposition (e.g. by connecting to a BT GPS mouse), so many things are possible and this makes a perfect travel companion.
2trackme refers to Openstreetmap and thus, it is is completely free but could also be not 100 percent complete or even existant if nowbody was where you currently are before. Because you are tracking your ways, it is of great help, if you could upload your streets later on in order to help to improve the openstreetmap material also for others.
2TrackMe 1.0 offers a rich map view with maps from the OpenStreetMap project which can be fetched online when needed or stored offline on the memory card. It displays wikipedia entries close to the current location, can call geocaching.com with your current position and displays the content (GeoCaches) of the LOC file, which you can download from there.
Using the services offered around the OpenStreetMap project you can use 2TrackMe to search for any location registered in the OSM database (GPS->Guess Position) and get a route between 2 points (View->Routing).
On the main view of 2TrackMe you have the possibility to start capturing the GPS data as NMEA log on your memory card. Use this to map missing parts inside the OSM project. At the moment, you will need to convert from NMEA into GPX Track format using any of the online or offline GPS converter tools.
Using 2TrackMe you can create geo-tagged pictures. Just open the menu and select Options->Take Picture.
If you are in the mountains and don’t trust the altitude reported from your GPS device, ask the NASA for the ground altitude they have stored for your current location: GPS->Ground Alt.
If you don’t have a GPS device with you but using a GSM-Centro device, try to guess your position using your current GSM cell info: GPS->Guess Position.
If your current area is rather bad covered from OSM, open Google Maps for Palm centered on your current position: View->To Google Maps.
I always wanted to switch my Treo automatically to quite anything possible to get the most out of it and improve comfort.
For years I am addicted to 2playme, a software which Henk (a Berlin-based programmer of 2launchme, 2cool4you, nexave keyguard, toggleprivate, etc.) started just to have an alarm clock playing his favorite MP3's in the morning.
Today, 2playme by far can do more as just playing MP3's and thus, I feel it's time for a quite full featured review showing my programmed event list examplarily to the left.
What I am doing with 2playme is some background activities such as adjusting the screen's brightness in accordance to time (morning, afternoon, night), muting the Treo during lunch, presenting the daily schedule, switching networks in depandency of whether I am at home or on-the-go, switching SIM cards (I have a Dual-SIM-Adapter as explaned here) for calling on low costs and receiving SMS as well as surfing the net on the data plan SIM and switching the phone completely off over night.
All in all, this ends up in a complex switching scenario, which I would usually do manually on a daily basis. So why not having the Treo do the job for you? This is all possible by Henk's gorgeous tool called 2playme.
The event list needs some more explanations on what exactly is going on. I have quite similar schedule every working day and thus, it's perfect for programming.
The phone is switched off during sleeping hours (I am not willing to accept phone
calls during my recreation phase) and thus everything starts with switching
the Treo on at 7:15 a.m. From that time on, I am accepting phone calls.
But even before that, at 7 a.m., I am switching the Treo's network connection to my home's Bluetooth Access Point, because 4cast calls weather updates over my broadband network and Quicknews downloads RSS feeds and podcasts. I could also do this completely over the cellular network, because I have a data plan, but this would be more slowly and also count against my 1GB quota and so I keep big downloads fast and cheap at home via DSL broadband.
Due to the fact that I am using a Dual-SIM-Adaptor within the Treo, my preferred SIM card is the data plan SIM.
In order to receive text messages (from the night), I firstly switch to the phone SIM for 15 minutes to also allow those SMS to drop in and after that switch to the data plan SIM. Text messages are nicely collected altogether in the Treo's Messaging application.
During the ride to work, I let the Treo regularly present the schedule in order to prepare the day and see meetings at work as well as appointments with friends in the evening. One may ask why I call the scheduler TMP every 5 minutes. The reason is that some programs interact in the background and start applications and present message windows. Thus, I am calling TMP again to have it quite often in view, when I switch on the device.
During the ride, I am switching from my home's Bluetooth Access Point to the data plan SIM card to allow Chatteremail to receive emails also on-the-go.
I am in the office about 9 a.m. o'clock. Starting the office PC and getting ready for the working day, I place the Treo in it's the desktop cradle. At 9:15 a.m. the first hotsync is initiated by the Treo to synchronize with the enterprise calendar, receiving meetings and new contacts.
During lunch break the Treo automatically mutes completely from 12 a.m. to 1 p.m., because this is another recreation phase for me - not thinking about job issues. It does not switches the phone off completely, but at least helps me not to fall off the chair during lunch in case a call drops in. Muting the Treo via 2playme is a tricky thing, because Henk found a way of silencing the Treo no other application regognizes it. This means that, if the Treo's ringer switch is set to ring, the system signal is that the Treo should ring, but it does not, because of 2plame. This isn't really important, except for one particular scenario: In case you have set the system signals to only vibrate in case the ringer switch is switched off, but you are actually muting by 2playme, the system signales and all applications simply do not vibrate, because they believe the ringer switch to be on. You won't be alerted in any case and might miss an important phone call or alert. So, you should be aware of this feature and never forget to set sound again to normal, which I do right after the lunch break at 1 p.m.
In the afternoon, I allow the phone SIM to receive text messages again by switching to this particular SIM for 15 minutes.In order not to be interrupted by the Treo phone switching melody during work or ride home, the Treo is muted again during switching. To get alerted about new text messages, I turn on sound right after the switching moment.
At 8:30 p.m. the Treo dimms the display for night reading (or else it would be too bright for my eyes).
From 10:30 p.m. on I don't want to get interrupted by phone calls (while being in bed and reading some ebooks or so), although I keep the phone's connection still open to receive calls. Being in bed, the Treo dimms automatically down to a feasable brightness for reading at 10:31 p.m.
Assuming that I am almost sleeping 0:00, the Treo switches off and let me enjoy my dreams...
2playme allows alarms to be active only on certain weeks, which can be defined per every single alarm. Thus, one can have only the first week a month to activate certain events or have A/B weekly alarms, etc.
In addition, the program is able to save the complete event list on the external memory card. Thus, it is very handy to install the event list on many PalmOS devices and to maintain it easily.
For me, 2playme is the most essential must-have-tool for PalmOS devices - not only Treos.
I really like the SIM switching feature. Thus, I can switch explicitly between more SIM cards, which works brilliantly.
I would like to draw the reader's attention to the fact that the best email program on this planet will only be sold by Palm until May 29th 2009!
Remember that this is the second and last chance offered by Palm to you to buy a license for the next two weeks, as I have pointed out in this blog entry shortly ago.
Don't miss your last chance!
Nachdem einer DER Palm-Experten Deutschlands und Gründer des Compuseums, OWL, nach eigener Ankündigung im Januar 2009 "dann mal weg war", wurde es ruhig um den PDA-Sammler., mit der weltweit größten Privat-Sammlung an PalmOS-PDA's.
Die Gründe für seinen Ausstieg waren den engsten Freunden bekannt, und jetzt scheint er wieder zurückgekehrt zu sein, kündigt an, er ist wieder da, und legt auch gleich wieder mit Reviews in seinem Blog los.
Aktuell beschäftigt er sich auch mal mit grösseren Geräten, wie den EEEPC von Asus oder auch nicht-PalmOS-Geräten, wie dem Nokia E71.
Aber lest selbst...
Der PUGcast sagt: "Willkommen zurück in der Welt des Mobile Computing".
Things are getting very interesting about the initiated poll about future mobile operating systems.
Two weeks ago, I presented the first results on the poll and it seemed iPhoneOS to be leading, Windows Mobile being strong and Symbian equal with Android. No votes for Blackberry. That was the result at the end of April.
Now, in the middle of May, the situation quite completely changed, with the new poll results as of today. Suprisingly, Windows Mobile is currently leading strong and even iPhoneOS is being overtaken by Android, whereas SymbianOS lost important votes against Android. Unfortunately, PalmOS and WebOS also lost against Android and Windows Mobile. Although Blackberry earned some votes, but stays below 10 %.
We received about 100 more votes within the last 2 weeks, mainly from the USA as well as Eastern Europe, Eurasia and Pacific Asia. Western Europe stays constant, so I guess they have voted already and stay by their opinion.
Anyways, in order to keep the poll interesting and receive most accurate results, we are also interested in YOUR OPINION. Please take 15 seconds to participate the poll and tick whatever mobile operating system you believe will be the one for the next couple of years. We keep the poll still open.
Many thanks in advance.
While some may be waiting to rush to the Palm store and plunk down a yet to be determined sum of money for a yet to be released new device or devices, some of us are waiting until Palm’s financial future looks a bit more certain and something like an unlocked GSM Pre has been out for a while before we part with our cash. We will continue using the great handsets we already own, handsets like the Treo 680. As we wait, perhaps a few tips and hints on using the Palm Treo 680 with TomTom Navigator 6 might prove useful.
Traveling throughout Europe and North America, I have found the Treo 680 with the Palm GPS Navigator Car Kit a real pleasure to use. For Europe that’s the 3262EU kit, and for North America, that’s the 3262NA kit. Both come with all the hardware and TomTom software you’ll need to make your Treo 680 into a great GPS machine. The holder is an integrated hands-free phone setup as well as a GPS cradle. This kit is fixed to the windshield via a sturdy suction cup or to a disk affixed to the dash. The power comes from your car’s cigarette lighter outlet (now often called an electrical accessory outlet) via a cord. Another plus with this setup is that your Treo charges quickly while it’s in the GPS cradle.
Many a user has enjoyed this turn-by-turn GPS system and hands-free phone setup, but a few quirks can make this system maddening to use if the owner is not aware of them. The most common quirk is that the Treo is not recognized by the TomTom software when it’s placed in the cradle. At this point, neither the GPS or the hands-free features will work though the Treo is charging. The dreaded “No GPS device!” message appears on the lower left of the screen, and no blinking blue light on the GPS cradle is seen. At least two ways exist to correct this. My preferred method is as follows. It can be done quicker than the time it took me to type this (yeah, I type slowly).
- Go into the menu “Change preferences,” then to “Show GPS Status,” and then to “Configure.”
- Under “Configure,” choose something other than the “Palm GPS Car Kit.” I use “TomTom Wired GPS receiver” so I don’t get questions about turning on my Bluetooth receiver.
- After selecting “TomTom Wired GPS receiver,” wait about a five count and select “Configure” again.
- This time select “Palm GPS Car Kit.” Within about a count of five or so, you will see the blue light on the GPS cradle illuminate and probably hear a click in the cradle’s speaker. Wait for the cradle to acquire the satellites, and all will be well.
If this does not work, and only very occasionally will it not work, then just do a soft reset and the Treo should work just fine with the GPS cradle. To prevent needing to take the Treo in and out of the cradle in order to open the back and remove and reinstall the battery, I use RNS Soft Reset for Palm OS 1.2. This free program does a great job.
So how might a user keep from having to do these extra steps each time you want to use your TomTom software with the car kit? The best way I have found is to completely exit your TomTom Navigator 6 software before removing the Treo 680 from the GPS cradle. I normally wait until I have shut off the engine and removed the keys from the ignition. I also have found that putting the Treo in the cradle before powering the cradle (like when you start the car) seems to help.
Another tip for the user would be for those who want their SDHC card to be something other than the 1 GB card which comes from Palm containing the maps of let’s say Western Europe or North America. I carry both sets of maps as well as hours of music, documents, etc., on an 8GB class 6 SDHC card. The class 6 card has a faster transfer rate than a normal SDHC card so the map reading response time works a bit better. I’d have to say I never checked a slower card as I got this tip when I first got my Palm car kit and software from a man well versed in Palm. These cards can be had for less than €20 from EBay. You may even want to buy a micro card and a full sized SDHC adapter as more and more manufacturers seem to be coming out with their unit’s expansion card in this size (unless of course you don’t have an expansion card on your new unit and that unit is geared to an ancient, dying communication standard in North America like CDMA as offered only by a mobile phone company hemorrhaging customers at a frightening rate).
Check around before you buy the Palm GPS Navigator Car Kit 3262. Prices on the ‘net for a new kit range from €50 to over €200, so some time doing research is time well spent. Once you buy, enjoy it! It’s a great pleasure to use and a great tool for the road warrior.
[John v. Hollande]
As everybody knows the 79bmedia programs for the PalmOS platform, which mainly consists of great tools deeply chained with PamlOS core functions (e.g. Crash Pro, Skinner, Energy Dimmer), we are surprised that the software development company releases their most popular tools for free to the PalmOS community.
Those of you, who recently started with PalmOS or still stick to the most easy to use and yet powerful - for its 13 years of existence - mobile operating system, receive some of the best applications in order to even be more powerful, make the system more stable or just to have more fun.
This is what the developer say:
We have discontinued development and distribution of our PalmOS software. For the community's convenience, we have decided to allow you to create registration codes for yourself to use the discontinued products. Use the menu bar on the left to download the applications and to create your registration code.
Download Crash Pro, Energy Dimmer and Skinner for the PalmOS Treo (680) for free - and also best, it's for the CDMA as well as GSM version. In addition, 79bmedia offers tons of skins and splash screens for Skinner, which pimp the Treo/Centro to its extreme.
Go and grab it here and create your own serial number according to your hotsync ID right on their website.
The best mobile emailing application had been disontinued by Palm (the new owner for 2 years) already, but now Palm decided to keep Chatterrmail sales open until May, 29th 2009.
This is your last chance to receive a valid registration code for this email client, which I believe is the best mailing solution out there. I dont't know any more powerful mail client on any other platform.
Key benefits of Chatteremail are
- true push email (the only one for PalmOS devices)
- multiple SMTP profiles (receive under different accounts than sending emails, good for blogging)
- good overview of inboxes (color coded)
- summary of inboxes (merging alle inboxes for a complete summary of all accounts)
- various clever power saving adjustments
- LED functionality at email receive
- reliable and stable background operation and crash safe programming
- Continuously updated email when using IMAP servers that support IDLE
- Timed or manual "QuickSync"
- Quick Setup wizard for the most popular email services including: Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, Earthlink, Oracle OnDemand
- POP3 server support
- Up to 7 online mailboxes
- Up to 128 active mailboxes supported
- Innovative, color-coded "Summary" Mailbox
- Addressees auto-complete from your Contacts
- Addressees from recently used addresses
- Syncs of sent messages back to IMAP server
- Background and "while asleep" operation
- Asynchronous operation
- Wide range of notification options
- SSL support (foreground AND background)
- SD card support for mailbox data
- Multiple message selection (delete, move, mark)
This is what Palm is saying:
The sale of ChatterEmail will end on May 29, 2009. After this date, customers will no longer be able to purchase or obtain licenses for this product. Palm will end technical support on August 28, 2009. Please note that for existing customers, Palm will continue to support registration code inquiries until May 29, 2010.
ChatterEmail is available for the Palm Treo 600, 650, 680, 700P, 755P and Centro smartphones (CDMA or GSM).
Keeps you up to date, seamlessly and in the background.
IMAP and POP support including setup wizard for popular ISP and email service providers. True standards-based syncing of messages between Treo and compatible IMAP servers supporting IMAP IDLE. SMS-triggered sync and/or timed “sync” on servers without IMAP Idle support. Support for POP3, IMAP, SMTP with background SSL, TLS support.
ChatterEmail+ also features background operation allowing you to send and receive while you are performing other activities on your Treo.
More easily manage email from multiple accounts and/or multiple folders.
Up to 128 active folders supported; folders can be on different servers or even different accounts on the same server. Up to 7 of these can be online at any time (i.e. getting continuous updated mail). Innovative, color-coded virtual “Summary” Mailbox shows you all your email in one view. HTML rendering, including large and small font options.
Store your messages on your SD card (sold separately).
Direct SD card message storage (requires SD card), no archiving or loading into memory first. SD messages can optionally be encrypted for protection.
Other features include:
Wide range of notification options, including custom ring tones (per folder), vibration options, and LED signaling.
Attachment support for reading and sending (reading certain attachments requires a third-party reader application, sold separately)
Multiple message selection (delete, move, mark read/unread, and “fetch more” of arbitrary message sets)
Multiple sending “profiles”
Sent and Deleted items can be synced automatically to a user selected folder (IMAP server required)
Filtered Mailboxes
Password protection
Smart Addressing
Requirements:
ChatterEmail runs on Palm OS by ACCESS Treo smartphones only. Some features require a compatible IMAP server. Unlimited data plan is highly recommended.
