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links for 2006-02-28

• Choose your News
  Official Google Blog
  (tags: Google News Mobile+Devices)

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb 28, 2006 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- On Thursday, March 2, Ken Wirt, senior vice president for worldwide marketing, Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM) will present at the RBC Capital Markets M-Evolution Conference, which takes place at the Westin Times Square in New York. The 30-minute presentation will begin at 10:55 a.m. EST. The live audio webcast will be available at http://www.wsw.com/webcast/rbc47/palm and will be archived for 30 days.

On Monday, March 6, Andrew J. Brown, Palm's Chief Financial Officer, will present at Morgan Stanley's Annual Semiconductor & Systems Conference at the St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort & Spa in Dana Point, Calif. The 45-minute presentation will begin at 11:15 a.m. PST. The live audio webcast will be available at www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/confLobby.zhtml?ticker=PLMO&item_id=1219355 and will be archived for 30 days.

Palm - About Palm, Inc. - Investor Relations - Press Release

links for 2006-02-27

• Spa BINGO
  75/90 numbers both suport BINGO machine.
  (tags: Palm Freeware Games Bingo)
• One Bag (all about packing, luggage, and travelling light)
  (tags: Clothing GTD Travel Reference howto tips)

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 27, 2006--

GoodLink Running on the Treo Smartphone Is Business-Ready,
Offering Secure Access to Email and Corporate Data

Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM) today announced that employees at Ariba, Inc. (Nasdaq:ARBA), the leading spend management solutions provider, have adopted Palm(R) Treo(TM) smartphones to service global customers around the clock. Powered by Good Technology's GoodLink(TM) software and service, Treo smartphones go beyond providing secure wireless email(1), with access to business-critical applications.

Many of Ariba's employees currently use Treo smartphones, including the majority of the company's sales force and services group. Ariba executives and members of the mobile sales force, IT team and services group can make and take calls, read and send email, update Excel spreadsheets, edit Word documents or review PowerPoint presentations(2), whether they are at the airport or in a taxi between meetings.

"It's contagious," said Brent Putzel, senior manager of Global IT Operations for Ariba. "At Ariba, we are committed to innovation in both the technology that we develop and the technology that we use to help our customers achieve their spend management goals. The Treo smartphone provides a fast and easy way to stay in contact with customers and colleagues and maintain the levels of excellence in service and support that our customers have come to expect. As the number of our employees purchasing a Treo smartphone grew, we knew we needed to support it."

Treo smartphones can be quickly and cost-effectively connected to Ariba's network and easily maintained on an ongoing basis. Employees can be up and running in 10 to 15 minutes; and if an employee leaves the company, or if the device is lost or stolen, the IT group can disable the device and remotely wipe it clean in minutes using Good Technology's Secure Over-The-Air (Secure OTA(TM)) feature.

Other benefits of the Treo smartphone running GoodLink include fast access to customers and colleagues worldwide(1), freedom from cumbersome laptops, affordability, the ability to work more efficiently while away from the office, the security of knowing that almost everything users need is with them, and ease of use.

"All-in-one devices, such as Treo smartphones, are finally freeing professionals from their offices, letting them travel without laptops while also giving them everything they need to provide top-notch customer service," said Tara Griffin, vice president, enterprise markets, for Palm, Inc. "Executives, sales teams and IT professionals who need to respond quickly to changing circumstances no longer have to wait until they get back to the office. Companies like Ariba illustrate that the promise of a highly mobile work force is now a reality."

Today, the Treo and GoodLink solution has been deployed in more than 8,000 organizations around the world. More leading companies such as Ariba are taking advantage of Palm's expanding product portfolio and business solutions to better serve mobile professionals. Palm's flexible, standards-based approach and customer-centric model represent its commitment to serving the growing mobile needs of small, large and global businesses.

More information on Treo smartphones can be found at www.palm.com/Treo.

Palm - About Palm, Inc. - Investor Relations - Press Release.

• Crack me up!!!
  This is the funniest program ever made for Palm OS! Crack these people up and watch them laughing. Each character has its own personality and it lives in your palm. Their mood depends on your stylus! Try to crack them all simultaneously and you will have
  (tags: Palm Fun Humour Games)
• Mystic v1.1
  Mystic is a numerology calculator in the Palm of your hand. You give it some information: pick from a name, a birthdate and an event date and it gives you a reading.
  (tags: Fun Humour)
• Pyramid Solitaire by Seahorse Software
  Pyramid Solitaire has become the most popular Seahorse Software game ever. It is highly addictive, and has only one warning: beware of wearing down your screen from playing too much!
  (tags: Palm Games Freeware)
• Blocks
  Blocks is our version of Tetris for the Palm. Nothing fancy, just your basic Tetris game. And it's FREE! Download today and enjoy!
  (tags: Palm Freeware Games Tetris)
• TCPMP
  Beta
  (tags: Palm Freeware Media Video)
• Moody Log
  This is very simple program to keep track your daily moods by date and time, you can define the moods that suit your own needs. Perfect tool for people having depression or mood problem.
  (tags: Palm Freeware Reference Education)
• Homework Helper
  ToDo List and Datebook just won't cut it? Join the thousand of students who are successfully using Homework Helper v4.0 to take control of their schoolwork. Freeware!
  (tags: Palm Freeware PIM Education)

What are you going to do if Blackberry ends up on the wrong end of the injunction? PalmInfocenter offers some Palm OS wireless messaging alternatives to the RIM push email service.

Palm OS BlackBerry Email Alternatives - PalmInfocenter.com

Technorati Tags: Blackberry, Palm, Injunction, E-mail

How a BlackBerry Works at Howstuffworks

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to How a BlackBerry Works
• "Push" Technology
• The Patent Dispute
• BlackBerry Hardware
• BlackBerry Software
• Lots More Information

Technorati Tags: Blackberry, Hardware, Software, How To

DayNotez for Pocket PC is Available!

Tags: Pocket PC, PIM, Natara, DayNotez

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Brian Westley takes the Earthcomber software for a spin in Washington and writes about his experience in USA Today.

“So I put Earthcomber to work by pulling up an electronic map that, with the help of a Global Positioning System, marked my location with a red X. Then, using a tool bar at the top, I tapped on a "Look List" and scrolled through myriad categories (hotels, nightlife, shopping and sights) until I found restaurants.”

You can read the whole story at USATODAY.com - High-tech travel: Touring Washington by Earthcomber.

Technorati Tags: Travel, Technology, Palm, PDA, Maps, GPS, Washington

links for 2006-02-24

• TimeTable Pro+
  Palm OS® Free Products : Astraware
  (tags: Palm Freeware Time+Tracking Astraware)
• Natara Bonsai 4.03
  (tags: GTD outliner Palm Productivity PDA)
• AuSlang
  (tags: Palm Language Dictionary Reference Australia)
• Avvenu
  Avvenu is the free service that enables you to remotely access your home or office computer directly from your Palm device, including the Treo 650, Treo 700w, and TX.
  (tags: Palm Wireless Networking)
• QuizWiz v3.3
  (tags: Palm Quiz Freeware)

RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - A judge on Friday stopped short of ordering an immediate shutdown of millions of BlackBerry portable e-mail devices made by Research In Motion Ltd..

But U.S. District Judge James Spencer said there was no escaping that RIM had been found to be infringing on NTP Inc.'s patents and he would issue a decision on an injunction "as soon as reasonably possible."

Stock Market News and Investment Information | Reuters.com.

Technorati Tags: Blackberry, Patents, News

Many people rely on some type of device to help with praying. The ringing of bells remind them to come to prayer or beads to count or a list stuck to the fridge, all can serve as a of a responsibility to pray. Portable technology is well suited to managing our prayer life. One such product for the Palm OS is PrayerPartner from Laridian. It tracks your prayer list easily reminding you of those for whom your are praying.

The interface is presented as a tabbed notebook allowing for quick data entry or review. The list tab includes fields where you can enter a summary of the prayer request along with fields for related scripture references, the request date and the date the prayer is answered.

You can categorize your prayer requests then use the List Index to view your entire prayer list by category.

The Partners tab has a simple contact list that keeps track people you pray with along with some basic data to track the times you share with them in prayer.

To round out the software, PrayerPartner has a simple journal, organzied by date, where you can record other notes related to your prayer activities.

Technorati Tags: Palm OS, Prayer, Prayer Partner, Software

Despite having to defend against a sticky patent lawsuit, Research in Motion managed to overtake Palm as the top overall provider of PDAs last year.

RIM Beats Out Palm as Top PDA Maker of 2005 » Telecommunications Industry News.

Technorati Tags: Palm Blackberry Hardware Sales

Along with the RSI data from the Virgin Mobile study, The Register offers this advice from Dr Bennett of the British Chiropractic Association:

Sensible advice

* If texting starts to hurt. Stop. Use the other hand or call instead.
* Vary the hand you use.
* Vary the digits you use.
* Don't text for more than a few minutes without a break.

Exercises

Stop these exercises if you feel any pain otherwise you can do more harm than good.

In your texting hand:

* Tap each finger with the thumb of the same hand. Repeat five times.
* Pull your thumb firmly with the other hand. Repeat five times.
* Wrap an elastic band around the tips of fingers and thumb and open your hand against the resistance. Repeat 20 times.
* Palms down wrap an elastic band around each thumb and force apart. Repeat 20 times.
* Tap the palm and back of your hand on your thigh as quickly as you can. Repeat 20 times.
* Massage thumb web, back of forearm and front of forearm. Two minutes.
* Press and rub in a circular motion the painful nodules in those muscles. Thirty seconds for each nodule.
* Reach up high with both arms and shake your hands. Reach down low with both arms and shake. Repeat three times.
* Arms at 45 degrees, squeeze them behind you.
* If it still hurts after a week of doing exercises, wrap an ice pack on sore hand and arm parts. Do not put ice directly on the skin but wrap in a thin cloth or piece of kitchen roll. Ten minutes on, 10 minutes off. Repeat three times.

'Millions suffer RSI' from text messaging | The Register.

Technorati Tags: Blackberry, Texting, RSI, Mobile Messaging

links for 2006-02-21

• Blood Pressure Watch for Palm OS at PalmGear.com
  Keep a close watch on your blood pressure and circulatory, and cardiovascular health.
  (tags: Palm Freeware Health Fitness)
• GridBike for Palm OS at PalmGear.com
  (tags: Palm Freeware Fun Arcade+Games)
• MigraineMemos v3.1
  (tags: Palm Freeware Fitness Health)
• PalmSand v1.00
  (tags: Palm Fun Freeware)

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 21, 2006--On Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006, Michael Moskowitz, general manager and vice president, Canada and Latin America, Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM), will be part of the Enterprise Wireless Data Panel at the RBC Capital Markets 10th Annual Communications, Media and Technology Conference. The panel begins at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time. The live audio webcast will be available at http://www.wsw.com/webcast/rbc43/panel1 and will be archived for 30 days.

On Thursday, Feb. 23, 2006, Edward T. Colligan, Palm, Inc.'s president and chief executive officer, will participate in "In Conversation With" hosted by Mike Abramsky, director, Global Equity Software and Wireless Global Research for RBC Capital Markets. The discussion will be held from 9:15 a.m.- 9:45 a.m. Pacific Time. The live audio webcast will be available at http://www.wsw.com/webcast/rbc43/plmo and will be archived for 30 days.

Palm - About Palm, Inc. - Investor Relations - Press Release.

Don'ts:

Have an argument with your spouse via BlackBerrys.

Take a BlackBerry to a wedding for use in "down time."

Check e-mails in a dark cinema. BlackBerry screens are bright enough to light up your face.

Use near sinks, tubs, pools and other wet zones. BlackBerrys are not waterproof.

Dos:

Allow your employees to turn theirs off on weekends, even if you can't.

Set boundaries at home for when you'll be unavailable.

Inform friends or family when you need time to access the device, rather than trying to do so surreptitiously.

Remember to recharge the batteries.

From: The Globe and Mail: BlackBerry users press away as date nears

Technorati Tags: Blackberry, How To, Tips and Tricks

links for 2006-02-20

• MobileRead Networks - AvantGo exposed! How to use AvantGo with any (offline) browser
  (tags: eBooks Palm wireless Syndication avantgo)
• TetriCrisis100% - Reviews and free downloads at Download.com
  (tags: Palm Freeware Games Tetris)
• Go169 v0.1
  (tags: Palm Freeware Games Go)
• Travel Photo Note v0.9
  (tags: Palm Freeware Travel Photos Notes Utilities)
• PalmBible+
  www.palmopensource.com - The PalmOS Open Source Portal
  (tags: Palm Freeware eReader Bible)
• Grade Plus
  This program will help you to keep track all the grades about all homework assignments, quiz, school project, exam etc.. so you know what grades you are for different classes.
  (tags: Palm Freeware Education School+Administration)
• TCPMP Review
  The Core Pocket Media Player (TCPMP) is a stand-alone audio and video media player for both the PalmOS and Windows Mobile platforms. Playing almost every format of video file in the known universe isn’t bad either.
  (tags: Palm Freeware Media Video Review)
• PalmPDF
  PalmPDF is a native PDF viewer for your Palm OS powered device with unique presentation mode.
  (tags: Palm Freeware PDF Documents eReader)
• Mobipocket.com - eBooks for your PDA and Smartphone, Palm PocketPC Symbian
  Read all the ebooks in the Mobipocket ebookstore - including dictionaries, synchronize enews channels, view your personal documents.
  (tags: Palm Freeware eReader eBooks)

• Dictionaries
• Phrase books
• Translators

BlackBerry dictionaries, phrase books and other language and reference solutions by BEIKS

links for 2006-02-17

• Pyramid Solitaire by Seahorse Software
  (tags: Palm+OS Freeware Games Solitaire)

Quickly Bored gives us their opinions on three new freeware games available from RIM.

links for 2006-02-16

• BoxWave Dual Handsfree Stereo 2.5mm Headset
  The Gadgeteer
  (tags: Hardware Reviews)
• PsyTexx II
  (tags: Palm+OS Freeware Music)
• o3
  (tags: Palm+OS Freeware Calculator RPN)

Christian Classics for Palm and Pocket PC PDA

The John Bunyan Collection

The John Bunyan Collection includes John Bunyan's most popular writings to read on your Palm PDA. One of them, The Pilgrim's Progress is the most well-known allegory ever written and like the Bible has been extensively translated into other languages. It has been commonly translated by Protestant missionaries as the first thing after the Bible.

Classic Commentaries to the Bible:

Palm Bible Commentaries Collection
Pocket PC Bible Commentaries Collection

Includes: Adam Clarke's Commentary, Jamieson, Fausset and Brown Commentary, John Gill's Exposition of the entire Bible, John Wesley's Notes on the Bible, Matthew Henry's Complete and Concise Commentaries, Scofield Reference Notes (1917), The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (more commentaries to be added in future.)

The KJV Scofield Bible:

Palm KJV Scofield Bible
Pocket PC KJV Scofield Bible

The KJV Scofield Bible is a Bible study bundled software that includes Bible With You reader for the KJV translation and the Scofield Reference Notes (1917 edition.)

This PDA Study Bible and is an excellent assistant in reading and studying the KJV Bible on your PDA with the help of PDA Bible With You reader and the Scofield comments on the text.

links for 2006-02-15

• Currency
  (tags: Palm+OS Calculator Currency)
• MonActivite
  (tags: Palm+OS Freeware French PIM Productivity Time+Management)
• Shoes Rack
  (tags: Palm+OS Freeware Database Clothing Fun Hobby)
• PluaED
  (tags: Palm+OS Freeware Programming Development)
• Resco Locker
  (tags: Palm+OS Freeware Utilities Patches)
• VEMoDe - Video Encoder for Mobile Devices
  (tags: PDA Video Handheld Media)

Note Studio allows you to create and manage books of notes. Pages in these notebooks can be linked together, just like web pages on the Internet can.

Note Studio can run both on your desktop or laptop computer (PC, Mac OSX), and on your PDA device (Palm). The Desktop and Handheld versions are available separately, or combined. The combined version has support for synching data between the desktop and handheld. This means your changes on the road can be reflected to your workstation when you get to work or home.

There are many things you can do with Note Studio that are not possible with traditional notebooks. Among other things, you can:

• modify your notes - re-arrange the pages, and reorganise your notes whenever you like
• search quickly through all your notebooks in a fraction of a second
• encrypt them, so sensitive data is not available to others.
• publish your notes onto the internet (desktop version)
• share notebooks with others over a network (desktop version)
• carry them everywhere in your pocket (handheld version)

Here are some great uses for Note Studio:

• Storing Personal Data
• Productivity - Getting Things Done
• Encrypting Private Data
• Sharing Notes
• Lists
• Logs, Diaries

Tags: Palm OS, PIM, Desktop, Wiki

Palm Open-Platform Email Strategy Makes Treo Smartphone the Choice for Businesses, Per Frost & Sullivan

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 15, 2006-- New Frost & Sullivan Research Finds That Palm Treo Smartphone ROI Period is Less Than Two Months; Average Sales/Field Agents Productivity Gains Save $11,125 Per Year

"Palm is strongly positioned to be the smartphone brand name of choice for enterprise markets for a number of reasons," said Dan Colquhoun, vice president at Frost & Sullivan. "Treo smartphone users reported significant productivity improvements; workflow efficiency gains; the ability to respond more quickly to critical, time-sensitive communications; and reduced expenditures on other hardware."

Frost & Sullivan surveyed 531 U.S. enterprise employees holding either line-of-business or IT positions. The survey indicated that, when given a choice, more enterprise employees would opt for a Treo smartphone than for any other competing product.

"We wanted to provide our field sales and service force with a seamless way to stay connected to the people and information they need to do their jobs even better," said David Fairbanks, chief information officer, Silicon Graphics (SGI). "By giving them a phone and access to email and schedules using GoodLink all in one device, the Treo smartphone has fundamentally improved the way they work."(1)

Participants cited the following reasons for choosing Palm Treo smartphones:

   --  Business-ready Applications -- At present, there are thousands of software
applications for Treo smartphones available from third-party partners, including
titles for finance, insurance, real estate, healthcare, education, sales force
automation and IT management.
 --  Flexibility -- Treo smartphones can connect to most back-end email server
systems and infrastructures, and provide flexibility in the operating systems
supported. For servers, there are solutions for all versions of Microsoft
Exchange/Outlook, Lotus Domino/Notes and for Group Wise. Palm has also announced
a client for the BlackBerry Enterprise Server via BlackBerry Connect(TM).
 --  Choice of OS -- With a choice of open, business-ready operating systems,
technical and business decision makers are able to agree that simplicity, security
and user satisfaction are most important in mobilizing an enterprise. Both
Palm OS(R) and Windows Mobile(R) platforms work seamlessly with existing email,
enterprise applications and IT infrastructure.
 --  Power and Convenience -- Treo smartphones allow users to make calls, handle
email, send messages and turn "downtime into found time" while waiting at the
airport, sitting in the back of a taxi or even just waiting for meetings to
begin.(1)

"Frost & Sullivan's findings validate what we hear from our customers -- Palm delivers the easy-to-use mobile solutions they need to do their jobs better and make entire organizations more productive," said Tara Griffin, vice president, enterprise markets, for Palm, Inc. "IT managers and decision makers will find this ROI research valuable when facing the decision of how to best make their organizations more competitive by going mobile with a secure, easy-to-deploy solution."

Currently, 40 percent of the Fortune 1000 companies use Treo smartphones, and an additional 35 percent are in testing or trials. Palm's flexible, standards-based approach and customer-centric model represent its commitment to serving the growing mobile needs of small, large and global businesses.

The Frost & Sullivan ROI report and more information on Treo smartphones can be found at http://www.palm.com/us/solutions/business/.

Tags: Palm OS, Treo, Smartphones, News

links for 2006-02-14

• Miner 2149
  (tags: Palm+OS Freeware Games)
• Welcome to PDA247
  (tags: Palm+OS Hardware Reviews T|X)
• TopSuDoKu + TopKaKuRo (Package)
  (tags: Palm+OS Software Games Sudoku)

Healthcare Customers Standardize on Palm Products to Help Reduce Medical Errors, Improve Quality of Care, Cut Costs and Increase Efficiencies

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 2006--

Palm Treo Smartphones Enhance Delivery of Information Beyond
Hospital Offices, Clinics and Campuses in New and Different
Ways for Efficient Remote Access

Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM) continues its leadership in the healthcare industry by meeting the mobile needs of industry professionals, ranging from physicians to long-term-care providers. Adoption of award-winning Palm(R) Treo(TM) smartphones in healthcare has furthered Palm's goal of assisting in the rapid delivery of quality care by providing critical information to caregivers where they need it, not just within the walls of the healthcare facility.(1)

The movement toward improving healthcare through the use of electronic health records (EHR) is an important national agenda item. President Bush, most recently in his State of the Union address, reiterated his support, marking the third consecutive year for a call to action to expand the use of electronic records and other health information technology to help control costs and reduce dangerous medical errors. Palm is driven by this larger national goal of improving the healthcare system and has been a key enabler in the conversion to EHR. The popularity and familiarity among physicians of the Palm platform and its hallmark ease of use have helped accelerate the transition and adoption of mobile EHR within healthcare organizations.

Today, organizations in the medical field are standardizing on Palm handhelds and smartphones, ranging from hospitals, clinics and long-term-care facilities to clinical-trials companies and medical schools. Palm healthcare customers include CHRISTUS Spohn Health System, Columbus Children's Hospital, MedStar Health, Good Samaritan Society, Ohio State University Medical Center, and PHT Corp. Following are snapshots of how these organizations are using Palm products:

-- CHRISTUS Spohn Health System uses 100-200 Palm smartphones and
handhelds to deliver up-to-the-minute mobile information to
its doctors.(1) The doctors purchase their own handheld
devices and use technology provided through CHRISTUS Spohn to
improve decision making at the point of care, reduce errors,
streamline the billing process, and improve return on
investment. Now doctors can walk into a patient's room, view
the electronic results of a lab test, and enter billing codes
with charge capture on the way out, leaving more time for the
bedside visit.

-- Columbus Children's Hospital (CCH) uses 620 Palm smartphones
and handhelds to provide its physicians, staff and executives
with the patient and reference information they need to
provide the best patient care in the most efficient manner.
With Palm products, physicians and executives are readily
accessible even while they are away from the office(1),
accelerating informed decision making.

-- MedStar Health uses Palm handhelds, smartphones and mobile
managers to disseminate vital information where it's
needed.(1) This gives doctors and nurses a wealth of
information at their fingertips, including medical references,
patient data, email, and personal information.

-- Good Samaritan Society uses 1,000 Palm handhelds to keep
accurate and up-to-date records for residents in skilled
nursing facilities. With Palm products, staff captures key
data and make it readily available for analysis and other
important activities.

-- Ohio State University Medical Center (OSUMC) uses 3,170 Palm
handhelds to provide the people making life-and-death
decisions every day with the reference data they need. Medical
students, attending physicians and residents can now obtain
all their data from a single source, helping them become more
efficient and freeing up valuable time to devote to patient
care.

-- PHT Corporation uses tens of thousands of Palm handhelds and
smartphones each year for its LogPad(R) application, the
market-leading electronic patient diary solution for clinical
trials. LogPad is used by patients around the globe to collect
and transmit high-quality, time-stamped self-reported data,
which is reviewed by clinical researchers via the Internet.
The high-quality data captured and managed by the LogPad
System enables better science and more successful trials.

"Physicians play a critical role in our society -- they're expected to save and prolong lives of our loved ones. This demands constant access to critical information, ranging from potential adverse drug reactions to laboratory test results. Since they're rarely at their desks, they need real-time access to patient data and medical information at the point of care, where it matters most," said Tara Griffin, vice president, enterprise markets, for Palm, Inc. "Palm makes available a wide range of information, from clinical notes to health insurance formularies, including Medicare Part D information. With these important resources at their finger tips, doctors can now spend more quality time with patients."

"What I like best about the system is that it saves time," said Dr. Mauro Ortiz, cardiologist, CHRISTUS Spohn Health System. "I'd much rather sit down and listen to my patient than have to chase down lab results or patient data on a computer somewhere. Patients want us to treat them like the old family physician used to, and this helps me do that."

"Columbus Children's Hospital has been using Palm devices for at least five years and has been standardized on them since 2002," said Schon Crouse, mobility support analyst for CCH. "We chose Palm devices because of their versatility and the wide range of medical software that runs on them."

"We're contributing to making more tech-savvy physicians than ever before. Having the information readily available not only helps them make better decisions but also helps train physicians for the 21st century," said Wasif Malik, student educational services and mobile solutions director for OSUMC.

More information on Palm in healthcare can be found at www.palm.com/healthcare/.

Palm - About Palm, Inc. - Investor Relations - Press Release

Overview

HelloWorld Browser let's you browse Google Maps on your handheld. You can search for a location, search for directions, find a business and view satellite imagery. An essential tool for the professional on the go. Never be lost again!

You can trial HelloWorld for free, so please try before you buy.

Visit www.freek.ca for more information and Over-the-Air(OTA) downloads.

Handango Software - HelloWorld Map Browser

links for 2006-02-13

• TagEditor v1.03
  Change the ID3 tag stored in MP3 files on your Palm with TagEditor.
  (tags: Freeware Music MP3 Utilities)
• Blop v1.0
  Help Mr Builder clear all the grey tiles on the board by making coloured shapes from floating blocks.
  (tags: Freeware Games)
• 21pairs Memory (+Editor) v25SJ
  "21pairs Memory" is a simple Memory-type game for two players.
  (tags: Freeware Games Puzzles)
• MileageX
  (tags: Freeware Travel Automobile Mileage Database)
• Handango Software - Digital Comics Viewer
  Free viewer that allows you to read comics and graphic novels on your Palm!
  (tags: Freeware Reader Comics)

Ling makes a couple of the most useful Palm utilities out there, snapCalc and snapDate. You can find them, along with other freeware, at Ling’s Things.

• snapCalc
• snapDates
• BigClock Clie
• CostComp
• ShadowLink Hack

Ling's PalmOS Applications

GAME FEATURES:

- 100% FREE arcade perfect conversion -

- Beautiful full color high resolution visual graphics -

- Digital sound effects -

- Perfect control -

- Perfected gameplay -

- Saved game setting preferences -

- Saved high scores table for each game mode -

- Game can be stored and run from expansion card -

GAME REQUIREMENTS:

- A PDA handheld device with Palm(R) OS 5+ -

- 300 KiloBytes free memory in RAM or expansion card -

Tags: Palm OS, Freeware, Games

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NBCOlympics.com is providing alerts of Winter Games news to mobiles or e-mail.

• Breaking News Alerts
• Medal Alerts
• Athlete Alerts
• TV Alerts
• Event Alerts

Tags: Winter Game, Olympics

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SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 13, 2006--Palm, Inc., (Nasdaq:PALM) today announced that its board of directors has approved a 2-for-1 split of its common stock, which will be effected in the form of a stock dividend.

Today, Palm has approximately 51 million shares outstanding. The split, which will bring the number of shares outstanding to more than 100 million, will help the company align its capital structure to that of companies with comparable revenue.

The stock split will entitle all Palm stockholders of record as of the close of business on Feb. 28, 2006, to receive one additional share of common stock for each share of common stock held on that date. The additional shares will be distributed to stockholders on March 14, 2006. Palm stock will begin trading on NASDAQ at the split-adjusted price on March 15, 2006.

Palm - About Palm, Inc. - Investor Relations - Press Release

Palm and Microsoft Team to Bring Healthcare Solutions
Popular PatientKeeper Enterprise Software Immediately Available on First Windows Mobile-based Treo Smartphone

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Palm Inc. (Nasdaq: PALM) and Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) are showcasing the new Palm(R) Treo(TM) 700w smartphone, the first Treo smartphone to run the Microsoft(R) Windows Mobile(R) 5.0 operating system, this week at the HIMSS 2006 Annual Conference & Exhibition, the leading healthcare information technology trade show.

The new smartphone allows hospitals that operate in the Windows Mobile computing environment to extend the Palm experience to their users. Palm and Microsoft are featuring demonstrations of PatientKeeper on the Treo 700w smartphone in the Palm booth (No. 7501), the Microsoft booth (No. 4533) and the PatientKeeper Inc. booth (No. 1218).

"For the first time, hospital IT decision-makers who prefer Windows Mobile can offer their physicians, nurses and other clinicians a Palm Treo smartphone. With the Treo smartphone, they can wirelessly access patient information, including radiology reports; obtain real-time access to lab results and clinical notes; and send security-enhanced e-mail messages to other caregivers,"* said Tara Griffin, vice president of enterprise markets for Palm. "The combined forces of Microsoft and Palm provide physicians with an important time-saving tool so doctors can spend more quality time with their patients instead of on paperwork."

Windows Mobile 5.0 software delivers on industry requirements for platform flexibility to customize mobile devices and solutions, and features productivity enhancements including updated Microsoft Office Word Mobile, Excel(R) Mobile and PowerPoint(R) Mobile software; persistent memory storage for more efficient data management; a powerful multimedia experience enabled by Windows Media(R) Player 10 Mobile; and support for hard drives.

These strengths empower industry partners such as Palm to create new solutions and devices that can be tailored to specific industries. In healthcare, this means the availability of efficient, security-enhanced mobile solutions on popular platforms that connect physicians and other clinicians like never before. Healthcare platforms, such as PatientKeeper, enable medical professionals to collaborate with colleagues in real time and enable them to be fully informed and up to date.

"We're pleased to extend the capabilities of Windows Mobile further into the healthcare space with the Palm Treo device," said Steve Shihadeh, general manager of Healthcare and Life Sciences at Microsoft. "Whether they're used for checking patient records, consulting with a colleague or any number of other critical clinical activities, solutions using Windows Mobile not only generate efficiencies and help reduce costs in the healthcare setting, but -- most important -- also contribute to higher-quality patient care."

The award-winning PatientKeeper Platform is an integral part of the IT strategies of organizations across the healthcare continuum, ranging from small physician practices and community hospitals to major academic medical centers and some of the largest health systems in the country. With the software from PatientKeeper, physicians can access their patients' electronic records, write prescriptions, enter charges, dictate notes, document encounters, place orders or send security-enhanced messages to other caregivers -- all in a single integrated environment.* PatientKeeper will play a key role for Microsoft and Palm as Treo 700w smartphones are deployed in healthcare organizations.

This flexibility allows clients to add cutting-edge functionality to their existing IT infrastructure without wholesale replacement. At the bedside, in the office, at home, or even in the car or at a ballgame, physicians turn to PatientKeeper to save time, increase revenue, remain competitive, communicate with other caregivers, and improve patient safety and care.

Mobile healthcare solutions from Palm and its software partners such as Microsoft can help improve efficiencies, reduce costs, improve the quality of care and reduce medical errors. These solutions also allow physicians, nurses and other clinicians to do the following:

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Bones in Motion provideds fitness tracking software for your mobile phone (currently available to Sprint and Nextel customers).

Description:
Will track multiple aquarium’s info.

Features:

* Medical log - track which fish has been sick, pregnant, :( deceased.
* Lifestock log - track your fish and in which aquarium they are located in.
* Chemistry log - Track your water chemical levels.
* Maintenance log - Schedule alarms to remind you to change water ,clean debris it also has two customizable fields.

FreewarePalm: Aquatrak v1.02.

Application Description:

Welcome to the Vexed project home page! Vexed is a great puzzle game for Palm OS devices written by James McCombe. He released the game and its source code in 1999 under the GNU General Public License.

Now there's a group of people working together to improve Vexed as an Open Source project on SourceForge.net. Visit the Vexed SourceForge project page for more information.

If you want to keep up on what's happening with Vexed you can subscribe to Vexed announce, users, and beta mailing lists, and participate in discussions about Vexed in the forums.

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A logic game. Turn all the balls in one color

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New Contacts 5, ezMaintain, ToDo Now Updates

PDA Performance is pleased to announce the release of new updates for Contacts 5 (all editions), ezMaintain, and ToDo Now!

Contacts 5.7 provides better compatibility with the latest Palm handhelds, improves reliability, and is packaged with updated documentations. Download your edition by clicking one of the following links:

• Contacts 5 Standard Edition Update
• Contacts 5 Photo Edition Update
• Contacts 5 French Edition Update
• Contacts 5 Spanish Edition Update

ezMaintain 2.4 fixes a minor graphical problem that could occur in rare circumstances, and is packaged with an updated documentation. Click here to download.

ToDo Now is now compatible with the PalmOne LifeDrive, Tungsten T5, and TX. Click here to download.

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 7, 2006--Thousands of educators will get their first look at the new Windows Mobile(R) based Palm(R) Treo(TM) 700w smartphone and new wireless, curriculum and administrative solutions at the Texas Education Computer Association's (TCEA) annual conference Wednesday through Friday at the Austin Convention Center. TCEA attracts principals, superintendents, teachers, and technology and curriculum specialists from Texas and across the nation.

The Treo 700w will take center stage in Palm's booth, No. 2037, while other Palm Solution Providers show solutions ranging from new printing software for the Treo 700w from Bachmann Software to the latest formative reading assessment tools from Wireless Generation.

Treo 700w Smartphone

For educators who want the latest all-in-one mobile communications and productivity solution, the Treo 700w is the first Treo smartphone to take advantage of Verizon Wireless' Broadband Access service on its EV-DO network. The Treo 700w also is the first Treo smartphone to run the Microsoft Windows Mobile operating system, bringing the hallmark Palm ease of use to Windows Mobile for the first time. It combines a great mobile phone with high-speed wireless data access to email(1) and business applications. The Treo 700w smartphone on the Verizon Wireless Network offers high-speed wireless data access for email, web browsing and downloading office documents. The Treo 700w joins the Treo 650 smartphone based on the Palm OS(R) platform on the Verizon Wireless network.

Treo Smartphone and Wireless Solutions

-- ScheduleFinder(TM) software from TruSmart Technologies (Booth No. 2037) provides school administrators and staff with access to student schedules; parent-contact information; discipline, bus, locker and attendance information; grades; photo IDs(2); and medical alerts on Palm Treo smartphones or Palm handhelds(3). And with ScheduleFinder 5.0, which integrates wireless network functionality into ScheduleFinder software, school staff can now use their Treo smartphones or wirelessly enabled Palm handhelds to email and text-message(1) each other, parents, staff, and emergency responders. New features include Wi-Fi(4), cellular broadband networking, and cell phone data service integration; VersaMail(R) email software compatibility; text-messaging functionality; one-tap dialing for Treo smartphones; and Bluetooth(R) wireless integration for scanning devices, computers, and printers.

Curriculum and Administrative Solutions

-- mCLASS(R) software from Wireless Generation (Booth No. 2141) enables educators to collect, analyze, report, and apply formative assessment data using Palm handhelds. At TCEA, Wireless Generation will give Texas educators a sneak peek at the new mCLASS:Math software. An easy, fast, effective way to assess K-2 students' developing math skills, mCLASS:Math software was developed by Wireless Generation in collaboration with Dr. Herbert Ginsburg, professor of psychology and education at Columbia University's Teachers College and leading researcher on development of mathematical thinking and assessment of cognitive function. Using a flexible method, modeled after Piaget's Clinical Interview technique, mCLASS:Math software helps teachers acquire precise information about student progress toward learning mathematics skills and understanding concepts found in state standards. Wireless Generation is an educational software and services company, and the leading providerof pre-K-6 observational assessment software.

-- MathAmigo Version 4, K-8 standards-based math software from Valiant USA (Booth No. 2044), includes a new look, videos throughout the program to train the user, and an additional 70 activities. The software tests students' understanding of concepts, offers them an engaging platform to practice their knowledge, and encourages problem-solving. The versatility of the software allows educators to use it in whole-class teaching, group work, and individual study. Valiant is a developer and provider of innovative K-12 science- and math-based technology products.

-- GSS HiHo-Network from Grant Street Software, LLC (Booth No. 2039) brings simple and easy-to-use hand-in and hand-out capabilities to Palm OS handhelds, allowing students to receive and submit assignments using HotSync(R) synchronization and 802.11 on Wi-Fi-enabled Palm handhelds(4). Grant Street Software is a leading provider of software products to efficiently configure and manage numerous Palm Powered(TM) handhelds.

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