On Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 11:00:03AM -0800, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Speaking of the Treo 650, couple of software apps I've gotten for > mine that prove to be quite useful: > --- > mVoice - voice recorder software. Saves direct to your SD card in WAV > format, easy to manipulate and use voice notes with it.
A big "don't care" for me. > AcidImage - JPEG viewer software. Zoom, rotate, slide shows, etc. FAR > far better than the built in picture viewer software. Can handle a 6M > or 10M JPEG file very very quickly. (No RAW support, though.) I've got a similar app on my "real" Pocket PC. But I don't care how well it can view RAW files (yet) because I don't have compatible media between any camera and Pocket PC. Maybe once I get a camera that uses SD I'll be a little more interested in that. There again, I'd really like a 640x480 display for looking at images. > SnapperMail - better email client than the supplied VersaMail. Again, a "don't care" application > FileZ - simple file browser utility to see and manipulate explicitly > what you have stored on the Treo. Here, naturally, a 700w looks just like the Windows PC I'm familiar with. > Foto Timer - interesting timing application with audio assistance. > You can set it to run for 30 seconds with a two second beep, etc. > Useful if you're making long exposure timings, processing film, etc. I'm sure there are apps like this for just about any PDA. > Missing Sync on Mac OS X is FAR FAR better than the Palm Desktop > software. Use it with the iSync conduit and all your iCal > appointments and To Dos, your Address Book contacts are integrated > and synchronized. Memos you write are saved in Missing Sync's Memo > Pad, and can be output to text files very easily. ActiveSync, of course, "Just Works" to do this seamlessly between your Pocket PC and the corresponding applications on the desktop. Plus it offers all sorts of other nice features (including using your PCs network connection when tethered, rather than wireless). This is one area where I think Microsoft have the best-in-class app. The one thing I really like about the PDA/Phone combination is the no-brainer way of keeping the phone directory synchronised with my address book. Apart from that, though, I'm still not convinced that a single device is any better (for me) than separate devices. > Also found a small adapter that allow you to plug in a 3.5mm stereo > mini-jack to the Treo's 2.5mm stereo mini-jack audio port. The one > from PalmOne is large and awkward to use. Radio Shack can be your friend. At least you don't need an expensive proprietary headphone adapter like you do for Sony/Ericsson phones.
