Palm Stuff

I made this page of my favorite Palm apps because I find that reviews and collections from real people tend to be the most useful...

Last Updated: 2003-07-05

Gear

Sony Clie SJ30

This is my current model, with a Lexar 128 meg Memory Stick. The Hi-Res is awesome.

I used a Palm IIIXE for about three years before my Clie, and Kim has a Palm Zire (the original one) she got just to see if she'd like it. She does, so she'll probably get a Clie SJ22 real soon.

Click a Tab link to go to that screenshot and a list of the apps in it. Click links of the apps to go to do a Google search for those them. Eventually I might put the links directly to the program, but I want to get this page up. Anyway, they shouldn't be too hard to find. All of the apps that do not have a * are either free or came with my Clie.

The sites I most used are FreewarePalm, Palm Open Source, then PalmGear and from others' recommendations in the ClieSource forums.

If I'm missing some app you've found, please !

Zlauncher

The Zlaucher app rocks. I use the application category tabs on it, the built in File Manager, and use the Memory Stick functions. You can click and hold an icon and get a popup menu of commands. Very cool. The apps with a Windows shortcut icon are on my memory stick. This page is set up to show the various screens of each category/tab I have set up (at least on July 4, 2003).

Tabs

empty - games - text - general - web - junk - tools - all - memory stick - photo

Also on my Z-launcher bottom bar are Brightness, HotSync, File Manager, Beam, and Preferences. The empty tab is selected in the screen shot above.

Empty

Screen capture

This tab is just so I can see and show Jack and Helen without opening up a photo program. :-)

Games

Aldon's Crossing* - (not currently installed) my all time favorite Palm game. I had it on my old IIIXE and it inspired me to get a color one! It's your typical RPG, but very nicely done.
BridgeOC - Maybe I'll learn to play bridge someday
Cribbage - Rocks. This is my default game. Currently I've won about 38% of the games.
Empire - Control the medieval world in a text based turn strategy game.
Hardball - Breakout clone. Great mind-numbing game I like to play in lobbies and airports.
Hearts - I first shot the moon on my old IIIXE in the middle of those childbirthing videos in a birthing class that Kim and I were in when she was pregnant with Jack! How's that for a PowerUser?
Irogue - Text/graphic adventure game. Old-school.
Lemmings - Played this on my old Mac LCII back in the day (uninstalled 07-06-2003 since only the first level pack is free)
Minehunt - On the Palm I finally figured out how to play this game
Pocketchess - I pwn! this game on the easy level
SFcave - highly addictive
Sigma - Excellent game. Takes a while to figure out, but very addictive once you do. 58 is my current high score.
Vexed - It doesn't get any better than this. I'm in the harder levels now, so it takes a good deal of insomnia to play it...

Text apps

"Text" is what I use to describe apps that are primarily reading or writing apps.

BibleReader - Free from Olive Tree. I'm using the KJV and an old (free) commentary (Update: I'm using their beta now and it's really cool; small fonts, up to three frames, and more)
Documents to Go - Powerful, but I don't really use my Palm to view/edit MS Office docuemnts.
PalmReader* - This app rocks. I have my screen reversed (white on black) to read books at night when I'm going to sleep. About to finish all the Sherlock Holmes collection from Memoware
Plucker - Excellent prog to download web sites and view them on your Palm. I get the weather (from the NWS of course) in text only mode and also my Amazon.com wish list so when I'm at Barnes and Noble I know what to look for
PsMemo - Replacement for MemoPad. Supports small fonts in the main list view, that's why I use it. Anyone know of a Memo Pad replacement with small fonts for the memos and syncs up with Outlook?
SheetToGo - See Documents to Go
SheetView - See Documents to Go
WordView - See Documents to Go

General

This is what you might call my day to day or work tab.

Agendus* - A great tool to integrate ToDo, Calendar, and Contacts. Supports small fonts and icons, so that's why I bought it. The week view is my favorite.
BigClock - Everyone else has it, so must I
HandyShopper - Kim makes a list and then beams it to me in the store and Jack and I set off to get stuff. Excellent free app.
Happy Days - Add a birthday or anniversary column to your Contacts, and this will list them for you
Mapopolis* - I used the old free one back in the day, but now it's not free. Still a great map tool. I bought the Houston set and have already used it to find an address/directions.

web

These are apps I use when I'm connected to the Internet on my Nokia 6200. I put Prefs here also to quickly manage my IR connection

Blazer* - The browser I like. Weird URL entry, but beats the others IMO, and I've tried them all I think... Note: You can't save web pages to Memo Pad with this one; Xiino (below) can though, but I don't like it's interface as much
Lftp - For ftp-ing files. Command line only, but does the job.
Mergic Ping - To see if I'm still connected
netClock - Sync my Palm's time
PHTML* - HTML editor for the Palm. Haven't had to use it in a crisis, but it's there if I need it.
Prefs - Really in the wrong category, but I keep it here to manage my IR connection quickly without changing to a different tab.
TG ssh - A free ssh client. Works well, but could use some small font support.
VFSFTP+ - I want this gui FTP app to work, but changing directories is tricky. It seems it's always recording a tap and sending me to another dir that I don't want. If it had a progress indicator to let you know it was busy it would rock.
Xiino - Browser I used before Blazer. Pretty good, but not worth paying for IMO.

Junk

These apps are ones I rarely use and/or they aren't categorizeable. I put all my Sony MS apps here and the Palm ones I have replacements for as well. I'll explain the non-standard ones.

Dis. Buttons - This app makes your buttons turn your Palm off if you hit them accidentally. I knew that my Palm was coming on when one day I took it out of my pocket and had a new high score in Hardball!
powerOne - The calc that doesn't work now since I set my system colors
SkyChart - What planets and stars are now visible where you are? This will tell you...very cool.

Utilities/Tools

A collection of tools/settings/tweaks apps

AsciiChart - What is &%7E; ? This will tell you... ~
chmod - Helps you figure out what 644, 755, *nix file permissions, etc.
Colorize - I made my system color a light grey with this, and my system text a dark blue
CompDB - Tool for keeping track of computers and their settings
Converter - How many stones do you weigh? How long is a fortnight?
DB - palmDB is an open source database app that can read Mobile DB databases.
dbIcon+ - lets you edit icons for things like HandyShopper and Agendus
HackFinder - finds any hacks you have on your palm
Keyring - Encrypt notes, passowords, etc.
Word Comp* - Still demo-ing this, but when you Grafitti something like he it pops up a box with here, hear, etc and you can tap the word to complete it. I added http://www. so when I write ht I can fill all that in
Xmaster - used to run the Screen Cap Hack* program
Zlauncher* - My skin/launcher app that is pictured in all these screen shots

CLIE Paint - A paint progam
gMovie - Movie prog
Mirror - lets use use the Palm screen as a mirror
PG Pocket - Lets you view photos.
Photostand - A "screensaver" app that plays your pics. I don't have base for my Clie so I don't use it

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