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Vanity: What can one do with a Palm Pilot?
me | 1/17/02 | me and you

Posted on 01/17/2002 7:05:29 PM PST by Kermit

This is a pure unadultered vanity. If you're not into computers or Palm Pilots, skip this thread. You've been given fair warning.

I won a sales contest at work and can choose from three prizes, one of which is the Palm Pilot M505. In the past, I've shyed away from Palm Pilots, not seeing a practical use for them in my lifestyle.

Now, that I can get one for free, I'm re-thinking it, since the other two prizes I either have or I'm not interested in.

How do you use your Palm Pilot? What are the most valuable things you do with yours? Do you need accessories? If so, which? What are the pitfalls or problems with the Palm Pilot?


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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Thank you!


42 posted on 01/17/2002 7:50:46 PM PST by Pat Bateman
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To: Pat Bateman
The things I could do with a palm pilot. And a coat hanger. And duct tape.

...and some Gruyere...

43 posted on 01/17/2002 7:52:19 PM PST by copycat
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To: TransOxus
There was a karate guy I heard of whose last name was Bates and he was a grand master. He never had problems filling his classes. People knew he just had to be tough.
44 posted on 01/17/2002 7:54:01 PM PST by Tribune7
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To: copycat
And some Guinevere. Turner.
45 posted on 01/17/2002 7:54:20 PM PST by Pat Bateman
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To: VOA
2. software to make your own flashcards on a Palm.

No doubt, and voice recognition tech so you could say a word to it and it gives the translation on the screen. WAY cool for traveling...

Someone could make a buck...

I only want one percent, whoever gets rich off this.

47 posted on 01/17/2002 7:55:29 PM PST by copycat
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To: Kermit
Seriously, I love my palm pilot. I keep track of so many things on it, I couldn't begin to talk about them all. But it really keeps me organized.

I travel a lot, and when I am gone, I have everyone's phone number etc on hand at all times. I also keep a lot of other information, such as the names of their children, etc.

I don't schedule anything until I have checked my palm pilot to see if I am clear. And once it goes in there I always have that information available to me. Transfering it to the computer is as simple as can be.

I love my palm pilot and I will always have one.

48 posted on 01/17/2002 7:55:56 PM PST by CometBaby
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To: Kermit
Sure, http://www.aportis.com/library/index.html
49 posted on 01/17/2002 7:56:45 PM PST by twocents
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To: Kermit
They make great paperweights.
50 posted on 01/17/2002 7:58:08 PM PST by ~Peter
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To: jgrubbs
I love my Palm. I use the To Do list, the Calendar, and the Games, I even have a copy of the US Constitution on it.

For carrying the Constitution, you could be profiled by the Palm Police...

51 posted on 01/17/2002 7:58:48 PM PST by copycat
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To: Stealthy
Sanyo...
52 posted on 01/17/2002 7:59:38 PM PST by copycat
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To: Kermit
The best thing about having a Palm Pilot is that I can access FreeRepublic.com while on long train trips - it's well worth the expense!
53 posted on 01/17/2002 7:59:54 PM PST by NewYorker
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To: Kermit
What do you use ThinkDB for?

I have about 500 contact entries with phones, addresses, and all kinds of useful info for each. Palm comes with a contact program but I wrote a simple database which is larger and more specific to my wishes.

I wrote a small calendar program ...again, Palm has a calendar program but once you learn how to use thinkDB it's easy to write your own.

I track all my mother's medications on one Tinybyte (a Tinybyte is ThinkDB language for a small database.)

I moved recently and while searching for a house I tracked everything on ThinkDB. I'd copy info off the net on houses I was interested in and then when I visited them I'd addmy comments. That database made it very easy to keep many houses organized.

Some other great programs are ArsLexis Thesaurus which is a large thesaurus I also use regularly to quickly look up spellings, Mapopolis which is freeware that allows you to carry detailed maps of most counties in the USA (you can type in a street name and a map will pop up showing you where the street is), all kinds of useful math programs (C4Me is an unusual freeware calculater that is excellent), and Scrabble (just like a real scrabble game - sometimes the Palm wins).

There are also all kinds of language dictionaries and language learning programs.

And Lots of medical programs!

You can also have the Bible in your Palm with no problem.

Still, of the hundreds of programs I've looked at and used, ThinkDB has been the most useful because you can quickly write useful databases.....and at the Thinkingbytes (the designers of ThinkDB) website they have a growing list of databases many people have contributed, most of which are freeware.

Trust me, Kermit, get good with a Palm and your friends will be green with envy, er, perhaps greener that is!

54 posted on 01/17/2002 8:00:43 PM PST by jigsaw
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To: Kermit
The Palm OS has a phenomenal library of software out there. Check out www.palmgear.com for an idea of all of the stuff you can download for it.

I had a Handspring Visor, which was cool, but I never used it. I mostly used it for games while I was in class. It's only useful purpose for me was a phone/address book, but my cell phone does that, and why would you need a Palm to tell you a phone number if it's in your phone and you're going to dial it anyway?

Nevertheless, the Palm is cool. And Xircom even makes a wireless ethernet adaptor for it - so if your business has wireless ethernet, you can roam and stay connected to FreeRepublic.
55 posted on 01/17/2002 8:02:24 PM PST by July 4th
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To: jigsaw
I just downloaded the trial version of ThinkDB and it is an excellent program.
57 posted on 01/17/2002 8:08:31 PM PST by twocents
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To: Kermit
This "Palm Pilot" has always worked very well for many.

MR. HERMANS PALM PILOT (POTENTIALLY GRAPHIC - SORT OF)

58 posted on 01/17/2002 8:10:16 PM PST by stlrocket
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To: LibKill
"Palm Pilots are very versatile and can do more than the original IBM PC ever could."

Please tell me you forgot the /sarcasm tag.

59 posted on 01/17/2002 8:10:16 PM PST by Don Joe
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To: Kermit
Yeah, but that solo act thing can change quickly.

Trust me on this.

It also works in the opposite direction, which is not as much fun.

60 posted on 01/17/2002 8:13:27 PM PST by absalom01
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