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Monthly Archives: April 2005

Poll - Would you be willing to donate towards a Tungsten X review?

Solo Media Forums :: View topic - Would you be willing to donate towards a Tungsten X review?: “I love doing reviews of new PDAs, and my readers seem to be happy with the results. My Tungsten T5 review was the longest article I’ve yet written for Writing On Your Palm, but it went into [...]

Pocketfactory on the Tungsten X

Okay, I have to go on record first by saying that I think the Tungsten X moniker is very cool. Makes me want one of these even more.
As I was reading all the comments about the X today, I came across this at PocketFactory:
Pocketfactory: LifeDrive Isn’t LifeDrive After all: “On the downside, Brighthand is also [...]

1SRC Podcast Nineteen

1src - The One Source for all things Palm-powered related. :: Podcasts : 1SRC Podcast Nineteen: “This week, we cover:
* The brand new Tungsten E2!
* More stuff on the LifeDrive. For details, see yesterday’s Maximum Geek Podcast
* G1 now works on the T5!
[...]

PCWorld.com - PDA Pundit: A New Palm for the Unconnected

PCWorld.com - PDA Pundit: A New Palm for the Unconnected: “The connected PDA may be the next big thing, but for hundreds of thousands of people, the ability to easily access e-mail or browse the Web from a handheld simply doesn’t matter.
Did I say hundreds of thousands? Try nearly two million. That’s how many Tungsten [...]

Tungsten E2 Handheld Officially Up at PalmOne

palmOne - Products - Tungsten E2 Handheld: “New long-life battery has significantly more longevity than the original Tungsten E handheld battery, so you don’t have slow down when life speeds up.”
Interesting… Battery life was one of the things I didn’t completely love about my E. The E2 also sports Bluetooth, non-volatile memory and a brighter [...]

Maximum Geek, Episode 19

Maximum Geek: Maximum Geek, Episode 19: “Maximum Geek 19 is out for your listening enjoyment. This time, we cover:
* More details on the PalmOne LifeDrive: Hitachi 4GB microdrive confirmed, Pocket Tunes and Rhapsody instead of RealPlayer
* The pros and cons of media streaming
* [...]

FontSmoother Tip

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I had noticed that FontSmoother made things very slow in some applications. In particular, rendering was so slow in Agendus that I had to just disable FontSmoother for that application.
Then I figured out it matters what order things go in with YAHM. When I disabled both FontSmoother and Force16 (FontSmoother works much [...]

Graffiti 1 for TT5/Treo 650 works for now

1src Forums - Graffiti 1 for TT5/Treo 650 works for now: “If you wan to use Graffiti 1 with your PalmOS 5.4 device (TT5 or Treo 650), try this patched version: http://yahm.palmoid.com/G14OS54.zip
It’s slightly tuned G1 libraries.”
Igor Nestorov, the man behind YAHM, has done it again! If you just can’t abide Graffiti 2, Igor has patched [...]

Smart-phones lining up to be the next big thing

The State | 04/10/2005 | Smart-phones lining up to be the next big thing: “These are not your average, everyday cell phones � but someday soon they will be.
Smart-phones � the mobile devices that let you do far more than just make calls � are going mainstream. That means the Internet-connected, wireless gadget that can [...]

PalmInfocenter and Astroturfing

PalmInfocenter Detailed Comment View (7748)
It’s sad when good web sites go bad…
I’m never reading PalmInfocenter again, Ryan. You can’t keep the trolls from engaging in personal attacks, and frankly, I’ve had enough and have better things to do with my time than deal with those wingnuts. I don’t mind dissenting opinions, in fact I love [...]