TealOS killed by Palm
Posted on April 21, 2009 in Palm. - No comments
As we all know, Palm have abandoned the PDA market that they pretty much created. On their UK site you can still find the final ageing devices still available (Z22, T|X and Tungsten E2) although it’s not so easy to find any mention of them on the US site.
Unfortunately Palm has stated that it’s the end of the line for Palm OS devices. If you’re a die-hard Palm user then you’re effectively being left with the Palm Pre. If you’ve recently taken a look to see how easy it is to get yourself a Palm PDA these days then you’ll be under no illusion that these devices are becoming an endangered species.
HandyShopper
Posted on April 18, 2009 in Palm and Software. - No comments
So, maybe I’ll admit that my “inner geek” was wondering if there was any other opportunities to use my Palm TX. One activity that I find constantly soul-destroying is the weekly shop, but once I’d discovered the Palm OS application HandyShopper I was intrigued and keen to find out if it could make the horror of the supermarket more bearable.
How does it work
HandyShopper is in essence a simple database that you populate with stores and products. Then, before you embark on your shopping trip you mark the items you want to buy as needed. As you wander around the aisles you can tick off the items and make note of the cost as you go if you so wish. Hopefully, when you get home and unpack you avoid that crushing feeling of despair when you realise you’ve forgotten the most important item on the list and that it’s going to condemn you to an evening of verbal abuse from your partner. Sounds good so far!
Problems with Digitiser Drift on a Palm TX
Posted on January 20, 2009 in Palm. - Comments [3]
Recently, my trusty TX has started to exhibit a rather annoying problem with the Digitiser. Despite using the Palm preferences to calibrate the touch-screen, the bottom of the screen no longer responds to the stylus. Annoyingly this means that the button bar below the Graffiti input area is almost inaccessible.
There are a number of things you can do to try and tackle this problem which I’ll describe in this article.
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Blazer tricks and tips
Posted on March 27, 2008 in Palm and Software. - No comments
Palm’s Blazer is far from everything you’d hope a web browser would be and it looks extremely unlikely that the situation is going to get any better any time soon. There are, however, a number of tricks and tips that can improve your user-experience.
This article contains information about using Optimised mode, Fast mode, disabling javascript, using Google’s mobile search, compressing webpages using transcoder websites, general Blazer maintenance, offline content and what to do when Blazer freezes while trying to access a website.
Palm TX hotsync and reset nightmares
Posted on December 20, 2007 in Palm. - No comments
Over the last few days my Palm TX has become increasingly bothersome. I’ve not had the “continuous” soft-resets experienced by others – in fact, until recently it’s been remarkably stable with the only application really giving me problems being Blazer (and even that was more to do with my decision to revert to the previous version of Graffiti.
Now, I’m experiencing problems hot-syncing and even if I do manage to hot-sync successfully the TX does a reset when it gets to the “cleaning up stage”.
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