[NTLK] [OT] Palm software suggestions

[Mike Rodgers]

The digitizer problem occurred long before the battery died.  I would 
set it, it would work for awhile then when it was next used, it was 
mis-calibrated.  I spoke to Palm about it and they said it would have to 
be sent in at my expense and repaired.  Since I was laid off and now 
work for much less, I could not afford it.  At $25-30 to order a battery 
online, it will have to wait a bit.  Oh, I see batteries from 900mah to 
1100mah, plus some that look bagged.  Where do you get your batteries?

There were some things on the Palm I wish I had with the Newton.  
Avantgo was nice.  I have read that you can connect to the internet via 
a serial connection through a PC with an internet connection.  I have 
not tried this and am not quite sure how.  Olive Tree's bible software 
was nice.  There are limited bible resources for the Newton.  Plus, 
being a discontinued device, not much development of new software for 
it.  As a PIM, the Newton wins.  I really like MoreInfo as a contact 
manager.  I like being able to link employees cards to the company 
card.  That way if I forget who does what, I can pull up the company 
card and view the links.  (I have a bad memory so the Newton has to help 
out.)  Oh yeah, the nice, bright, color screen on the Palm is great.  
I'm always trying to find a good light for the Newton.

Mike

Jim Lee wrote:
> Hmm, that's a bit strange.  I've got over 100 Palm devices, everything  
> from the original USRobotics model, to Sony Clies, Handspring Visors,  
> Tapwave Zodiacs, Palm & Handspring Treos, IBM Workpads, some early non- 
> Treo cell phones, and some vertical-market Palm-based data collectors  
> and GPS units.  Never once have I found any of them to suffer a  
> hardware failure, even with the digitizer - every one of them is fully  
> functional today!  Perhaps I'm just lucky.  I have had to replace the  
> Li-Ion rechargeables in a few, but I don't consider that a hardware  
> failure, just end-of-life of a consumable.  I'd bet your digitizer  
> problems are simply the result of unstable power due to the failing  
> battery.  You can find cheap (but good quality) Chinese replacement  
> batteries for every model ever made on eBay for just a few bucks.  The  
> only Palm device that is a real pain to open is the Palm V/Vx with its  
> glued aluminum case...
>
> -Jim
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