Essential Treo 650 Freeware Applications
Posted on Wednesday, July 12 @ 23:58:25 PDT by Carl Brooks
The Treo 650 is one of the most useful Palm OS device ever created. It is a great tool straight out the box; however, with a few added applications it is made into a much more useful device. There are tons of great applications that you can buy; however, today I will focus on choice free applications that every Treo 650 owner should consider loading unto their device.
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I would like to list the essential free apps that should be
loaded on every Treo 650 (in no
particular order).
The applications on the first list is based on the assumption the Treo owner has neither a SD card or a Internet data plan because "everyone" does not have either or both. So as a result everyone would not be able to used certain programs without one of the other.
CutPaste5 - It is a Palm OS 5
preference panel, which means you will not find it in the application launcher but
in the "Preference" screen. It provides multiple 32K clipboards for cut, copy,
and paste text operations. This clipboard is in addition to the standard 1K
Palm OS clipboard. This can be used to copy and paste items in areas or field
where the standard clipboard is not available for use.
FieldPlus - It is a Palm OS 5
preference panel, which means you will not find it in the application launcher but
in the "Preference" screen. It allows Treo owners to use the 5-way navigation
pad to select text in standard Palm OS fields. It allows you to select words on
sentences without pulling out the stylus. Additional it restores use of
the command bar to the Treo. Restoration of the command bar allow many of the
other apps mentioned here to be easily accessed.
LEDOff - If you have had you
device for more than a day, you know doubt have enough time to be irritated
by the pulsing LED on your Treo650, LEDOff allows you to disable the LED
completely or under certain circumstances.
PowerUp - For some reason, Palm
assumed that you wouldn't want your phone turned back on when you soft reset
your device - WRONG! This application will ensure that your Treo's phone radio
is powered on after a reset.
ShortCut5 - ShortCut5 is a
Palm OS 5.x preference panel, which means you will not find it in the application
launcher but in the "Preference" screen. It allows you to create 50 supports
large (up to 4096 characters in size) shortcut definitions. To expand a
shortcut, enter a period "." character followed immediately by the shortcut
name. Think about the things that you type over and over on the Treo, like email
address, statements or even your name. With this program you can type them
faster. If you want to type your hotmail email address, you can type .hem
(shortcut for Hotmail Email) and the text "themanonthemove@hotmail.com"
(without the quotes). Want to type "Make a cold call about product ..." make a
shortcut called "cold" and type .cold to have the Treo type it for your. Why
type our your name, William Jefferson Brownstone, every time when you can just
type .wjb and have the device type it all out. That is just the beginning, it
does macros too.
Switch5 - Switch5 is a Palm OS 5
preference panel, which means you will not find it in the application launcher but
in the "Preference" screen. It is a simple way to switch between recently used
applications.
KeyShades - I personally used
KB LightsOff since I have registered it; however, for those on
a budget, this application does the job. It allows you to save some battery by
turning the light off that illuminates the QWERTY keyboard. Why have the
keyboard lit up when it is daytime?
Yaps - Having the Treo with you
all of the time, is great. You have some many passwords to remember that you are
tempted to save them in the MemoPad or Notepad application so that you can have
them with you. That method is not safe and therefore not recommended. Yaps, Yet
Another Password Safe, is a safer place to store your passwords and other
confidential information on your Palm. Now that you have a safe place
to keep your passwords, use
PassPhrase if you need help
coming up with a new password
Video Jigsaw -
The application allows you to create jigsaws from pictures
on the device, memory card or via the camera. Takes live video from your Treo
camera and turns it into a jigsaw puzzle! (can also use your photos if you don't
have Treo). Now you can have
some fun with those pictures you
have on the Treo. More Info can be
found in this article -
ToySpring's Video Jigsaw is an interesting freeware application
ClockPop5 - This app
allows you to press and hold an assigned button on your Treo (I use the Calendar
button) to display the current time, date and other customizable info like
battery levels, heap levels, etc. When you need to know what the time or date
is, you normally have to leave your current application to see the info in the
launcher area. With this free app, you can stay in your email program, or
continue reading your News, or whatever you are doing and still be able to see
the current date and time.
SyncAll -
Most people think the HotSync will save the whole data contained on the Palm and
this is enough to restore it after a power failure or other cause for data loss. But
the normal HotSync only saves the databases (all data/app is is internaly stored in
databases) that has the so called "backup-bit" set. Many 3rd party applications
that store data on the palm do not set this bit, so the data isn't HotSynced.
Now for those who have a SD card, I would recommend the following freeware
applications.
CardKeeper - CardKeeper helps
keep you from losing your memory card by periodically reminding you if the card
is ever ejected.
FileProg - Until the most recent
devices like the LifeDrive, Palm resisted putting any type of file manager
application on its devices. There are many times when you need to manage the
files stored on your memory card (or even RAM). FileProg is a simple yet
powerful freeware to do just that. Even though I use
Resco Explorer, I would use
FileProg over
Filez. Filez is still a great
free option.
LinkStart - It allows you to
move applications to expansion cards and run them transparently as if they were
on the device. It may take a little longer for application to start from the
card, depending on the size of application and its data, but you save precious
RAM space.
PalmPDF - You can open Word,
Excel and other common office documents on your Palm; however, without PalmPDF
you can not open PDF files. Well you can if you convert one prior you loading it
to your device or if you upgrade your Documents to Go to a premium or Enterprise
edition. Now when my golf league sends me the later standing in PDF, I can read
it on my Treo and not have to wait until I get to the office or home.
NVBackup - I have to say I prefer
Resco Backup, but alas it is not free. A good backup is program is essential
for any Palm OS device owner. Many people assume that they don't need a backup
program because they sync to their PC and thus have a backup. But PCs fail and
better yet, the PC is not on the road when you lose all of your data (or a
critical piece of data). Without the ability to restore the device or a single
file on the road means you would have to wait until you returned to get it. In
the mean time, your device would have failed in its usefulness. A backup program
that backups to your memory card can save your tail in many instances. Set up a
schedule backup and forget about it until you need it.
The Core Pocket Media
Player (TCPMP)
- Whether your media files are AVI, DivX, XviD, MP3,
Matroska or MP4, "The Core Pocket Media Player" (TCPMP)" is the best open
source media player to provide a solution for playing all your digital media on
a wide range of mobile operating systems and devices. Possibly the best
media player for the Treo 600/650.
For those who have a data plan, I
would recommend the following applications.
Google Maps
for mobile optimized for Palm OS(R) based Treo
smartphones is a free downloadable Palm OS application that offers directions,
local search, moveable/scalable maps, location satellite imagery and traffic
updates while on the go. This is a must have Treo application (Palm OS or
Windows Mobile). I can say enough about this application. Watch the
video I did about Google Maps.
Google Maps for mobile is available today free of
charge. To download Google Maps for mobile to a Treo smartphone, users simply
visit www.google.com/gmm/treo from
the Treo web browser
Directory Assistant - This
utility automates queries against the YP.com server and adds loads of features
of its own. This application is written specifically to take advantage of the
Palm Treo's ability to dial phone numbers from the results of your residential
or business directory queries, though most of the applications features will
work on any standard wireless equipped palm device. Find a number and add it to
your contacts and then get directions to the location. This is a must have for
anyone with Internet access on the Treo.
SharkMSG - This program allows
an automatic or manual SMS message to be sent to a caller when you can not
accept a call. It provides install feedback to the caller instead of just
ignoring the call. The caller can feel better knowing that you did see the call
and will attend to them at a later time. I placed it in this list because it uses SMS, which is
usually an extra cost item to wireless plans; however, service providers usually
allow ala carte charges when SMS is used (both incoming and outgoing).
FlightStatus - Get Live Flight Status for almost any commercial flight in the U.S. from your Internet connected Palm. (Recommended by a reader)
Update: 07/25/06 - All of the above freeware apps can be installed with this one
installation file - Treo650Apps.prc.
WARNING! This is for advance users only and you MUST have plenty of
space free. If you are unsure, please download the apps separately.
Just download and install the single file (Made with Nutshell of Windows -
You can read the Nutshell Review). Once you install the Treo650Apps.prc and
click the icon called "install Treo650Apps", you can install all 18
applications (NOT the Google Maps). If you have any of the apps on your device, you will be given an
option to replace or cancel (to skip that particular file). Once they are
installed, the TCPMP install file will autorun and install the free movie
viewer.
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