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One of the most important applications in the Palm is the Hotsync application. This is the main application that allows the transfer of information from your Palm device to the computer and vice versa. You install new third party applications, software patches, upgrades, drivers and other software through the [...]

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Before I continue with this posting, I just wanted to spend a moment to thank, Sam McLoughlin, owner of the very popular Palm blog, Palm Addicts, for mentioning my blog. Here’s a link to the article. As well, I have already put a link to Palm Addicts in the [...]

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The Palm Desktop is a Windows interface for the corresponding Palm applications on the device. Its main function is to provide a means to easily transfer data from Windows to the Palm. The application makes it very simple to import and export data from many Windows applications like Microsoft [...]

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The Hardware buttons

The four hardware buttons (Date Book, Contacts/Address Book, Photos, Note Pad) with the 5-way navigator (joystick) button in the center
Depending on your device’s model, the layout of the hardware buttons may differ slightly from what’s on the Zire 71. Especially for the much newer devices, the first hardware [...]

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The Graffiti input area for letters, characters and numbers
As previously mentioned in previous postings Graffiti 2 application and Memo Pad application, in order for the Graffiti 2 software to correctly and accurately recognize your strokes, you’ll need to do the strokes in the designated areas or else it will be recognized [...]

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Before I start this blog posting, I just wanted to take a moment to thank Alan from Daily Gadget for mentioning my blog on their site’s front page on November 5th. Thanks to Alan from Daily Gadget for the support!

So far we have covered many of the different Palm applications [...]

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The Palm Launcher Application is the program in which the main screen which lists all the programs installed on the Palm. It’s similar to the old Windows’ Program Manager of Windows 3.1 where all the icons of the programs are shown in a Window screen (for those who remember way [...]

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This is part two of the prefs application series. We will continue to discuss the prefs application, starting with the Sounds and Alarms screen. To make it easier to understand where we are in the Prefs screen, here’s the main Prefs screen again.

Main screen of the Prefs Application

In the [...]

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The Prefs applicaton is the main application where you can change various settings in the Palm device and customize it in the way you prefer. You can change the color of the background and menus, etc. Again, the best way to show what I’m talking about is to show [...]

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The Zire 71 was a revolutionary Palm in its time
The Zire 71 was the first Palm device to have a built-in camera. Although the capability to capture photos on a Palm was available via an external attachment like the Kodak Veo SDIO camera on Tungsten C, T, etc, it wasn’t [...]

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Screenshots of the various options screens in the camera application
Here are some screenshots that show the options and settings you can access and set in the camera application. When in camera mode, tapping on the Options button at the lower left will bring up this screen.

Camera mode Options Screen
You can view [...]

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The Photos Application is not generally included in most Palm devices since most Palm devices except for a few, do not have a built-in camera. Even on the Zire 72, which is the newer version of the Zire 71, doesn’t have the same Photos application since the Zire 72 has both [...]