Tamoggemon Software releases Daily Quote 2

Tamoggemon proudly announces the release of the latest update to its Palm OS quote solution.

Daily Quote is the most flexible quote program for Palm OS! It supports a flexible quote database system that allows quote downloads off the internet or the creation of quote databases on the handheld. Quotes can be displayed at each start-up, the first start-up each day, or once each hour!

Daily Quote 2 improves the following aspects of the product:

2DAY SUPPORT
The currently-active quote database's quotes can be displayed in ShSh's 2day via a plugin file. Plugins for further applications are currently being developed and will be released soon.

HiRES+ SUPPORT
Daily Quote's editing UI now supports HiRES+ to reduce scrolling!

IMPROVED RELIABILITY
DailyQuote v1 contained a bug which dead-locked the quote display on some handhelds. Version 2 completely resolves this issue!

A free 14day trial can be downloaded from www.palmdailyquote.com, registration costs 9.95$ at MobiHand’s. Registered customers get access to the update for free.

1SRC Podcast 117

I've posted the latest 1SRC podcast. In this week's show, I cover:

Check out Palms latest press releases

Andy Brown speaks at this year's Bank of America Technical Conference

The Palm daylight savings time patch has been posted

Headcronie has posted a DST How-To for manually adjusting your Palm

The Palm Outlook 2007 conduit update has been posted

Palm's Windows Vista readiness page has been updated

Learn more about Chapura PocketMirror Professional 4.2.2

1SRC Editorial: ALP - Not Just for Smartphones Anymore

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1SRC Editorial: Windows Mobile 6.0 Just Want Palm Wanted

This week's 1SRC Editorial has been posted.

It is widely expected that Microsoft will be officially announcing Windows Mobile 6.0 at this week’s 3GSM World Congress conference in Barcelona, Spain. And that can be some good news for Palm.

Basically Windows Mobile 6.0 is a number of bug fixes and enhancements over Windows Mobile 5.0. Some journalists are reporting that Windows Mobile 6.0 should have been called Windows Mobile 5.5 or Windows Mobile 5.0: Second Edition. (Palm OS users, be ready for another round of the Palm OS is dead non-sense.) Regardless of all the changes that Microsoft has made to Windows Mobile, there is one enhancement that caught my attention: Windows Mobile 6.0 supports the 320x320 screen resolution according to a recent PC Magazine article. How very interesting.

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PDA Street: Getting Palm Desktop Working on Vista

In the user discussion forum over on PDAStreet.com, member Eric Wendel posted some tips for getting Palm Desktop to HotSync with Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows Vista.

Correction: Hotsync via USB *does* work
Immediately after submitting my previous post I was staring at the hotsync shortcut's properties (right-click on the "start" menu button, select Open, select Programs, select Startup, right-click on Hotsync and select Properties).
Turns out that on the Compatibility tab, ticking the "run this program in compatibility mode for XP SP2" checkbox, even without also ticking "run as an administrator", then hotsync sees USB, and better still hotsyncs work. Woo hoo!

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Manually Adjusting Your Palm for the New Daylight Savings Time Rules

On August 8, 2006, President George W. Bush signed into United States law the Energy Policy Act of 2005. As part of this new law, the Uniform Time Act of 1966 was amended, changing the start and end dates of daylight savings time beginning in the year 2007.

Daylight savings time will now start on the second Sunday of March by pushing clocks ahead one hour, and will end on the first Sunday in November when the clocks are pushed back by an hour.

Palm OS handhelds will need to be adjusted to take this change into account. For many people, they will simply mean manually changing the time by pushing it an hour ahead or back. With just a bit of time and the the following directions, you will be able to manually adjust the daylight savings time once and for all.

Note: If you are using a Palm Treo (Palm OS or Windows Mobile) you shouldn’t have to make any changes as long as you have enabled the “Get date & time from mobile network” option is enabled.

Manually adjusting daylight savings time

1. Press or tap the Home button on your Palm until the application launcher is displayed.

2. Tap the Prefs application icon. In the Prefs application, tap the Date & Time tab in the General section.

3. You should now see three settings, Location, Set Date, and Set Time. From the Location field, select Edit List.

4. Tap the name of your city from the list, and then tap the Edit button.

5. At the bottom of the screen, you will see two fields, Start and End. Tap the Start field to edit the new start week for daylight savings. Make the appropriate setting changes and then tap the OK button.

6. Next, tap the End field. Make the appropriate setting changes and then tap the OK button.

7. At this point, the daylight savings time settings for your city should be now set. To complete the changes, tap the OK button and then the Done button twice.

1SRC Interview - Alex Pruss

One the benefits of using a Palm OS powered handheld or smartphone is the ever-expanding library of software. Last week, I had an opportunity to sit down (virtually) and talk with 1SRC member and software developer Alex Pruss. Many of us use Alex’s software everyday. His library of software includes popular titles from FontSmoother to ChronMemo to NVBackup.

The following is an excerpt from the interview:

1SRC : You’ve developed a number of very popular applications for the Palm platform, including: FontSmoother, MySkin (formerly SkinDIA), NVBackup, PalmIshido and now ChronMemo.

Pruss : I'm also on the core teams for PalmBible+ and Plucker. :-)

1SRC : What has been your favorite (software development) project to work on so far?

Pruss : Maybe FontSmoother. It was really neat to see it work--kind of surprising.

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Palm Compatibility with Microsoft Windows Vista and Office 2007

For the latest compatibility information for Palm’s desktop software, Windows Vista (all versions) and Microsoft Outlook 2007, please refer to Palm’s Windows Vista compatibility readiness web page.

http://www.palm.com/us/support/windowsvista/index.html


Palm OS Device Customers:

At this time, Palm OS handheld and smartphone users will be able to install and use Palm Desktop and the HotSync Manager to synchronize data between their devices and Palm Desktop running on any version of Windows Vista.

The Palm Quick Install application, LifeDrive Manager, and Tungsten T5 Manager applications do not currently work when installed on Windows Vista (all versions).

The Palm Microsoft Outlook conduits do not currently support Microsoft Office 2007. If you want to synchronize your personal information manager (PIM) data with Microsoft Office 2007 before Palm makes their update available, you will need to purchase a copy of Chapura PocketMirror Standard or Professional. More information about PocketMirror Professional can be found here:

http://www.chapura.com/products.php


Bundled and retail versions of DataViz Documents To Go do not currently support Microsoft Office 2007. DataViz is currently working on an update.

Please check with third-party developers for additional compatibility information.


Windows Mobile Treo Customers:

Starting with Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft is no longer using the ActiveSync software that shipped on your Treo software CD. You will need to use Microsoft’s Windows Media Device Center software which only works with Windows Vista and completely replaces Microsoft ActiveSync.

For more information on how to configure your Windows Mobile Treo to work with Windows Mobile Device Center, please refer to the following Microsoft support article:

http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista/en/library/db983da1-8f87-4dd2-828a-4df238a3138b1033.mspx?mfr=true

To download the latest version of Windows Mobile Device Center, please visit:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/devicecenter.mspx


I know that many people are eager to upgrade to the latest Microsoft software. However, being an early adopter is not always a smooth transition. Many vendors are working to update there software now that Microsoft Windows Vista and Office 2007 have been officially release to the consumer market. Your patience is appreciated.

Palm Updates their Windows Vista Readiness Status

A visit to the Palm website today shows that Palm has updated their Windows Vista readiness status.

For users of Palm OS, Palm is reporting that Palm Desktop (and HotSync Manager) will install and synchronize your PIM application data. They also warn that third-party conduits may not work. Customers should continue to check the Palm site for updates. For third-party conduits, I would advise customers to check with the third-party software developer for updates. Palm is also reporting that the Palm Quick Install, LifeDrive Manager currently do no not work properly under Windows Vista. While I do not have Windows Vista installed, it is and very likely the Tungsten T5 Manager also won't work. Lastly, the Palm help files (.hlp) on some version of Palm Desktop are not supported by Vista. Palm is suggesting that customers visit the Palm support site where customers can access the same information over the Internet.

The changes in Windows Vista don't simply affect Palm OS users. Windows Mobile Treo customers will also have to deal with changes also. Starting with Windows Vista, Windows Mobile device users will use the new Windows Mobile Device Center for keeping desktop and mobile computer data synchronized. As a result, Windows Mobile Treo customers are no need to install the ActiveSync software from their Palm Getting Started CD.

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