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Expanding Your PDA

Expanding Your PDA Or… What ELSE Can You Do with Your PDA? (Hardware and Software!) Address To Do Memo Date Book Mail Expense Calculator Core Software Applications… Address To Do Date Book Memo Mail Expense Calculator A World of Expansion Possibilities Groupware :

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Expanding Your PDA

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  1. Expanding Your PDA Or… What ELSE Can You Do with Your PDA?(Hardware and Software!)

  2. Address To Do Memo Date Book Mail Expense Calculator Core Software Applications…

  3. Address To Do Date Book Memo Mail Expense Calculator A World of Expansion Possibilities • Groupware: • Lotus Notes • Novell GroupWise • Microsoft Exchange • Enterprise Productivity: • Business Information Management • SQL Database Transactions • Enterprise Resource Planning • Field Force Automation • Sales Force Automation • Time & Resource Tracking • Server Management • Data Communications: • Remote access & synchronization • Web browsing • Internet e-mail • Paging • Faxing • Global Positioning Systems • Development Tools: • Metrowerks CodeWarrior • Conduit SDK • 3Com HDK • C, C++, Java, Assembly, Forth, … • Shareware & Freeware: • Graphics • Sound • Games • plus much more… • Synchronization with: • all major desktop PIMs • major LAN-based e-mail packages

  4. Software Expansion For Palm: 80,000 Downloadable Applications!

  5. Expansion Capabilities • The Portable Office • Handheld Communications • Business Tools • Life Management Tools • Travel Tools • Games and Multimedia Applications

  6. The Portable PDA Office Documents Spreadsheets Databases Printing from your Handheld

  7. PDA Office on the Go • Your PDA: The more memory the better! • Keyboard: suggested! • Document Editor: Create and edit large documents in MS Word format • Spreadsheet: Create and edit Excel spreadsheets and charts with macros • Database: Manage data • Document Reader Read documents and e-books in the Palm .doc format • Print: IR Print Capabilities

  8. PDA Office: eBook Document Readers • Other popular document readers include: • The Palm Reader • iSilo • TealDoc • Mobipocket Reader • TomeRaider • More: • http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/docreaders-review.html

  9. PDA Office: Printing Software • IRPrint: • http://www.irprint.com/ • TealPrint: • http://www.tealpoint.com/softprnt.htm • PrintBoy: • http://www.bachmannsoftware.com/products-printboy.htm • PalmPrint: • http://www.stevenscreek.com/palm/palmprint.shtml • Comparisons: • http://www.its.uiowa.edu/cs/sp/pda/palm-printing.pdf

  10. PDA Office: Printing Hardware: IR Print Adapters • You have an IR port on your PDA, we've looked at several programs to enable your PDA to print on IR enabled Printers • But, if your printer or fax machine is not IR enabled, you can make it so! • http://www.alphasmart.com/languages/german/produkte/pc_ir_podde.html • http://ucables.com/products/IR-Adapter/ • http://www.tekram.com/hot_products.asp?Product=IR-210 • http://www.bachmannsoftware.com/infraready.htm

  11. Handheld Communications E-Mail Internet Access Faxes

  12. Handheld Communications: Palm E-Mail Solutions Reviews:http://palmtops.about.com/cs/palmE-Mail/ • MultiMail: • http://www.actualsoft.com/ • PocketFlash for AOL E-Mail: • http://www.powermedia.com/pilot/index.shtml • Eudora for the Palm OS: • http://www.eudora.com/internetsuite/ • The Palm Mail FAQ: • http://www.palm.com/wireless/E-Mail/faqs.html • An Introduction to Palm Pilot E-Mail • http://www.palmpower.com/issues/issue199807/handson001.html

  13. Handheld Communications: Internet Access • Off-Line Browsing • Live Web Browsing

  14. Handheld Communications: Off-Line Internet Access • If you suffer Web withdrawal every time you leave your desktop computer, AvantGo www.avantgo.com may offer the antidote • After registering on the AvantGo site and downloading and installing the free PDA software, you can select from a large and growing array of Web sites (called "channels" by AvantGo) from which to capture content

  15. Handheld Communications: Off-Line Internet Access • Avantgo channels can be restricted to text to save space and download time, or include images (more successfully on color models than on grayscale models) • Every time you HotSync while online, the content for your chosen sites is updated • There are hundreds of channels available, organized topically, and if your favorite site isn't represented you can create a custom channel for it with a bit of tweaking • While surfing, you'll also find sites that have an AvantGo link to let you download and HotSync specific content appropriate for a PDA • Your options are limited only by the memory aboard your PDA (you can limit the amount of RAM allocated to each site) and your tolerance for long HotSyncs

  16. Handheld Communications: Off-Line Internet Access

  17. Handheld Communications: Live (On-Line) Internet Access • One you have a modem, a cell phone connection or wireless access, grab a browser and surf the web dudes! • Review: Web Browsers: • http://www.palmspot.com/software/Internet/Browsers/

  18. Handheld Communications: Fax Software • Use Your Palm as a Fax Machine • A PDA can receive pages, send faxes, make printouts, and transmit information wirelessly • Mobile WinFax by Symantec • http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/pilotsoftware/launchpad/mobilewf.html NOTE: Requires a modem or wireless connection

  19. Multimedia Capabilities E-Book Libraries Photo Albums Movies Creativity Software Games

  20. Multimedia Capabilities:E-Book Libraries • http://www.ebookmall.com/palm/ • http://www.memoware.com/ • http://www.fictionwise.com/ • http://www.textlibrary.com/palm_free_ebook_library.htm • http://www.pdabookstore.com/

  21. Multimedia Capabilities:Movies & Photo Albums • Manifest Technology Site • Products, Screen Captures, Comparisons • http://tinyurl.com/mvc

  22. Multimedia Capabilities:Movies & Photo Albums • http://tinyurl.com/mvd • PhotoSuite Mobile Edition • Video at 30 frames a second • Video files • .MOV .AVI .WMV • Photo files • .JPG .TIF .GIF .PNG .BMP

  23. Multimedia Capabilities:Movies & Photo Albums • http://www.tealpoint.com/softhome.htm • TealPaint • TealMovie *wow* • FireConverter with Video • http://www.firepad.com/products/fireconverter/

  24. Multimedia Capabilities:Creativity Software • Music • Language • Painting and Drawing

  25. Multimedia Capabilities:Music Creativity Software • Your PDA device can teach you how to finger a guitar chord, record simple melodies, be a tuning fork, or even be a metronome! • http://tinyurl.com/mvf

  26. Multimedia Capabilities:Language Creativity Software • Visit http://tinyurl.com/mvh • Over 400 programs available for download! • Your PDA can teach you Japanese, translate individual European language words, even act as a simple phrase interpreter

  27. Multimedia Capabilities:Paint & Draw Creativity Software • Picasso Palm Paint • http://tinyurl.com/mvk • PDA Drawing Programs • http://tinyurl.com/mvl

  28. Genealogy Software • http://www.ghcssoftware.com/gedstar.htm • GedStar works closely with your PC-based genealogy program, and is fully compatible with any program that can export data in the standard "GEDCOM" file format. • This includes all known free and commercial products that are currently on the market.

  29. Multimedia Capabilities:Palm Games • http://www.palm-games.com/ • http://www.palmtown.com/ • http://www.palmgamingworld.com/ • http://www.whitehorsegames.com/ • http://www.astraware.com/ • http://www.handmark.com/products/games.html

  30. Hardware Expansion Modems and GPS and Beepers, Oh My!

  31. Hardware Expansion Capabilities • Data Communications Hardware • Sled Expansion • Memory Expansion Types • Handspring Springboard Modules • Other Fun Stuff

  32. Paging card CDPD wireless modem EthernetHotSync™ cradle (in development) Serial portHotSync™ cradle Modem cable GSM adapter HotSync™ cable Flexible Data Communications Hardware Two-way text pager with IR Infrared Data/fax modem

  33. Data Communications Hardware:Beeper • Your paging options are a PageMart card (which replaces the battery door on an old Palm Pilot, Palm PDA, or WorkPad model) which can receive pages • Or a OneTouch cable/software kit that lets your Palm PDA plug into your existing beeper • Need your Palm PDA to vibrate instead of beep? • Get a TaleVibes doodad that plugs into your Palm PDA's HotSync jack

  34. modified memory door Data Communications Hardware:Pager • Compatible with all versions of the Palm PDA • 2MB of RAM + Motorola Flex Pager • PageMart Wireless Service • local, national and international roaming options • http://www2.pagemart.com/personal/palm.html

  35. Data Communications Hardware:Pager and E-Mail • Supports SkyTel’s SkyWriter or MCI Interactive Service • Two-way & One-way messaging • Send/Receive E-Mail • Group pages and E-Mail • Uses Palm address book http://www.jpmobile.com/beamlink.asp

  36. Data Communications Hardware:Phone • GSM phone adapter for Palm devices • Supports over 40 mobile phones including Ericsson, Nokia, AT&T and Sony • Supports remote HotSync, SmartCode products - HandStamp, HandFax & HandWeb • SMS support with Handphone application http://www.option.com/start.htm

  37. http://www.gpspilot.com/ Data Communications Hardware:GPS • Magellan, the originator of the hand-held GPS receiver, introduced the GPS Companion for the Palm Vx connected organizers • The small, lightweight receiver combines two devices into one by clipping onto the Palm for a sleek, comfortable fit without cables • GPS Companion shows the user's position on a map, tracks a course, and provides navigation details such as speed, distance and time of arrival • Great for travel or outdoor activities, the GPS Companion is not only the most affordable GPS clip-on, it's the most versatile • Alternate the software for applications such as golf, mapping, restaurant guides and more

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