Archive for October, 2005
The Calc Application: A Brief Overview
0 Comments Published October 30th, 2005 in editorial, howto, palm, tutorial(Last edited Feb 25, 2008)
The Calc application is very simply, a basic calculator. Again, Palm has decided to create a very basic calculator application instead of adding a few more functions and features to make it more versatile. As a simple calculator that is handy and easy to use, this application can easily replace a [...]
The World Clock Application: An Overview
0 Comments Published October 29th, 2005 in editorial, howto, palm, tutorial(Last edited Feb 25, 2008)
The World Clock application is simply a clock application that offers and displays three clock times of various cities with the default city time of your Palm accounting for one of them.
Again, the best way to explain what the application does is by showing a flash simulation/video of navigating through this [...]
The Expense Application: Pt 2: the screens
0 Comments Published October 27th, 2005 in editorial, howto, palm, tutorial(Last edited Feb 25, 2008)
In this last part of the Expense application series, I will show how they look by showing the screenshots of the Expense Application as well as provide some program suggestions that can offer more than the default Palm Expense application.
Screenshot of the Record menu: Delete Item, Purge
Select an expense entry [...]
The Expense Application: Pt 1: Expense Tracker
0 Comments Published October 27th, 2005 in editorial, howto, palm, tutorial(Last edited Feb 25, 2008)
If you are self-employed or require to keep track of your expenses, especially if you travel a lot for business, there’s a Palm application that can help you keep track of how much you’ve spent.
The Expense Application helps organize your expenses by allowing you to categorize and set a type for [...]
The To Do Application: Pt 2: The Screens
0 Comments Published October 25th, 2005 in editorial, howto, palm, tutorial(Last edited Feb 25, 2008)
I will now continue discussing the screens and menus of the To do Application.
The various screens of the To Do Application
The List view of the To Do application showing the Priority number, the Category, the item as well as the Due date. If a note is attached, the yellow icon [...]
The To Do Application: Pt 1: A Tasks Organizer
0 Comments Published October 25th, 2005 in editorial, howto, palm, tutorial(Last edited Feb 25, 2008)
The To Do program is another Palm program that many users may find indispensible. Originally, I also thought that too, since I needed to be able to organize a lot of tasks and reminders but eventually found that I needed something more.
Palm has mistakenly in my view, made the To Do [...]
The Graffiti 2 Application: A Brief Overview
3 Comments Published October 24th, 2005 in editorial, howto, palm, tutorial(Last edited March 9, 2008)
The Graffiti 2 Application is probably overlooked by many Palm users. This application shows how to correctly input letters, characters that the Palm device can detect. By spending a bit of time learning how to input characters correctly, it can save you a lot of time and less frustration. This [...]
The Memo Pad Application: Pt 3 Keyboards
0 Comments Published October 23rd, 2005 in editorial, howto, palm, tutorial(Last edited Sept 15, 2008)
In this part of the series, we will be discussing the other alternative text entry methods for inputting text and characters in the Palm that you may not be aware of. And, for many people (myself included), entering text via a keyboard is much easier than entering via Graffiti 2 especially [...]
The Memo Pad Application: Pt 2 Graffiti 2
0 Comments Published October 22nd, 2005 in editorial, howto, palm, tutorial(Last edited Sept 15, 2008)
As discussed in my previous posting, it’s hard not to discuss Graffiti 2 when we’re discussing the Memo Pad, which relies solely on text entry via various means. And Graffiti 2 is probably one of the most popular and well known (or not well understood) way of entering text. If you [...]
The Memo Pad Application: An Overview And Text Entry Methods
0 Comments Published October 21st, 2005 in editorial, howto, palm, tutorial(Last edited Sept 15, 2008)
This post will discuss what some users, especially writers consider an important application, the Memo Pad. As well, the Memo Pad being text based, is probably where the bulk of text will be entered and where many first time users may decide to give up or continue using the Palm. [...]
The Note Pad Application: Pt 2 Why It’s Easy To Use
0 Comments Published October 20th, 2005 in editorial, howto, palm, tutorial(Last edited Sept 15, 2008)
We will now show how the Note Pad Application works with a simulation of creating a new Note Pad entry.
Simulation of creating a Note Pad entry
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This simulation shows how easy it is to create a new Note Pad entry, make changes to it, set up an alarm so that [...]
The Note Pad Application: Pt 1 Intro
0 Comments Published October 20th, 2005 in editorial, howto, palm, tutorial(Last edited Sept 15, 2008)
The next default Palm application we will be discussing today will be the Note Pad application, which in my mind, may be the easiest for the beginning Palm user to figure out and get used to, especially if making the switch from paper daytimer organizer to the digital Palm organizer.
Why? [...]
The Address Book Application: An Overview
0 Comments Published October 20th, 2005 in editorial, howto, palm, tutorial(Last edited Sept 15, 2008)
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Address Book beaming
The second most important program on the Palm device is the Address Book. It’s where you keep all the important information of your friends, family, business contacts, businesses, etc.
My own personal white and yellow pages
For me, my address book is more my personal White and Yellow [...]
The Date Book Application: Pt 2 Making Appt Changes
0 Comments Published October 19th, 2005 in editorial, howto, palm, tutorial(Last edited Sept 15, 2008)
This second part posting will focus on how easy it is to make changes to an appointment on the Date Book application. And there’s no better way to do so than via a Flash simulation/demonstration (besides, I love creating it).
Datebook simulation of an appointment revision
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Here’s a simulation of how [...]
The Date Book Application: Pt 1 : Creating An Appt
0 Comments Published October 18th, 2005 in editorial, howto, palm, tutorial(Last edited Sept 15, 2008)
Hopefully, by the time you get to this post that you’ve decided to get a Palm. Or, if you haven’t, maybe after reading this post, you will (I hope). And if you do get a Palm device after reading my blog postings, please leave me a comment or email! There’s a [...]

































