"Palm Handheld Lifestyles"
December 15, 2005
SHOW NOTES
Palm OS / PalmSource News
- PalmSource is still being pretty quiet. No real news to report this month.
- Michael Mace has a new web site.
Palm News
[RUMOR] Palm Investor Leaks New Treo Information
- Treo 700p on SprintPCS
- "Hollywood" = codename for a 3G/GSM European Phone, which would be marketed via Cingular in the US
- "Lowrider" = codename for a < $300 phone using previous generation technology. Think Treo Zire line.
Treo 700w expected to be on Verizon in January. Sign up now for an e-mail alert.
- LifeDrive Update 2.0 Released
- Increased Wi-Fi coverage in low signal areas
- Improved file system stability
- Improved sound quality
- Software updates for VersaMail and Documents To Go
- A new hard reset option that will erase Program Memory, but not the Internal Drive contents.
- New York Times Interview with Ed Colligan
- Palm Likely to Launch Linux-based Smartphones
- Linux Installed on a Treo 650 and the LifeDrive
- Add a vibration alarm to the Palm TX for $12
Other Licensees News
RUMOR - Motorola Purchased Tapwave's IP?
- Rumors are still continuing in the Tapland forums, but no new news since last month
- Fossil Palm OS Watch Was #1!
Software News
- Handmark Releases TV Guide Mobile
- Blue Nomad Releases Nomad Security Suite
- LandWare's Wine Enthusiast Guide 2.0
About Scott MacHaffie
From his book, Palm and Treo Hacks:
Scott MacHaffie is a programmer. He learned to program in 1980 and has been getting paid for it since 1987. He has a B.S. and an M.S. in Computer Science, from the University of Washington and Portland State University, respectively. He has studied Human-Computer Interactions and User Interface design for many years. He specialized in GUIs for scientific, engineering, and math applications and is currently working on Maestro, a GUI for chemistry applications, as Schrödinger, Inc. Before that, he worked on geometry software at Saltire Software.
Scott writes games for Palm OS devices as a hobby. He and his wife are learning to speak Irish Gaelic. Scott also teaches aikido when he can get a break from his twin boys, and he is knowledgeable about early Celtic, Irish, and Scottish history.
Cool Deal Of The Month
- SprintPCS Total Equipment Protection Plan - Get it BEFORE the end of the year.
If you are a current SprintPCS customer and you do not have insurance on your phone, they have a deal until the end of the year that I HIGHLY suggest you take advantage of. I think it's called the Total Equipment Protection Plan, but regardless of how SprintPCS titles the program, here's what it does.
For $3 per month, per phone, you get replacement protection. The only thing it doesn't cover is water damage and theft. So for $3/mo. should you crack the screen on your Treo, you can walk in and get a refurbished one. So, if you don't have replacement coverage on your SprintPCS phone, go down to the store and get it right now. You only have until the end of the year and then this coverage will no longer be offered on anything but NEW phone purchases.
- Fossil Wrist PDA $39!
- Runs Palm OS
- 8MB of RAM
- 160 x 160 resolution
- Infrared Port
- Syncs and charges off of USB cable