Essential Treo Accessories - a list by joe

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So you got a treo 600, 650, or 700. And you have money left to spend on accessories. Here's what I recommend.

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Retractable Data and Charging USB Cable

First to recommend

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If you don't have a USB charger for your cell phone yet, then you are living in the dark ages. USB is becoming as ubiquitous as the 110V outlet.

Updated Jul 28, 2008

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Google Maps for Palm Treo

First to recommend

2 people recommended this item

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Google maps on the treo is awesome. The UI is much more usable than TomTom. And, of course, all the data is completely up-to-date.

While it doesn't integrate with GPS or offer voice output or 3-D maps for its beautifully-clear directions, it looks like it's going to be a very useful blade in the swiss army knife that is the treo.

Updated Oct 20, 2006

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Chatter Email

First to recommend

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Background sending. Background receiving. Very customizable, but worked well out of the box.

I send email from my treo all the time. Versamail (the built-in treo email software) makes you watch its silly dialog box every time you send an email. If there was a problem (say you're underground in the parking garage) you have to figure out how to resend it later. At that point, I might as well hop on my pony and deliver the message myself. Chatter just seems to do what's right. As soon as you press "send", you can switch out of chattermail and look at your calendar or make a phone call. Chatter will get it done in the background. If it runs into a truly insurmountable problem, it'll pop up an alert.

Chatter is so blackberry-cool, I've even started reading email on my treo, occasionally. Needless to say, all that background goodness for sending messages applies to receiving messages as well. And more.

Updated Jul 13, 2007

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DateBk6

First to recommend

2 people recommended this item

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Datebook 6 was released today! I haven't purchased it yet, but when I do, I'll upgrade this description. Here's what's new:

http://www.pimlicosoftware.com/datebk6-newfeatures.htm

Not as revolutionary as I might have hoped, but the "today" screen looks interesting and the to-do sorting sounds like it might be useful for somebody like me with hundreds of to-dos.

Updated Sep 12, 2006

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DateBook5

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2 people recommended this item

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The treo's built-in calendar isn't powerful enough. Datebook5 is. It is a little slow to launch on my treo 650, but it's worth the wait for floating events, recurring events, todos shown on the same screen with my calendar, time zone awareness, small fonts, template events, and more.

Updated Jul 18, 2006

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TomTom Navigator 5 for Treo 650

3 people recommended this item

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TomTom is the most popular GPS software for the Palm OS. The UI looks very similar to their standalone product and this is occasionally a bit weird because not all the treo's keys work. But they've done an acceptable job of integrating it.

If you don't have a GPS system yet and you drive, you should get one. Might as well get the one that integrates with the address book in your treo (no matter how clunkily).

One note: If you get a persistent "not enough free db cache memory to run this application" error when you start up TomTom Navigator, then you may want to install DBCacheTool and configure it to "free < 4M", "max < 4M", "App stop" and set "Navigator" in the "Apps..." popup.

Updated Sep 7, 2006

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Globalsat BT-338 Bluetooth GPS Receiver

2 people recommended this item

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This little puppy works well. It takes up to 1 minute to acquire enough satellites to fix its location, so the TomTom software on my treo doesn't even acknowledge its existence until the green light starts flashing. But then it works like a champ. It has a long battery life and seems to be quite accurate in its location readings.

After about six months, mine developed a problem with its power switch, but I used their web interface to fill out a problem report, got a timely response from their support engineer, and US Globalsat sent me a replacement within days.

Updated Aug 14, 2006

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Freeware Palm: KB Repeat Rate v1.2.0

First to recommend

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Imagine the hours you'll save, over the course of your life, if your treo's 5-way scroller, "backspace" key, and all the rest repeat fast enough to keep up with your brain.

I recommend an auto-repeat rate of 1ms.

Updated Jul 31, 2006

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PalmaryClock

First to recommend

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This is the most featureful treo clock app I've ever seen. It includes a calendar, alarms, timers, stopwatch functionality, world time display, moon phase, and more. The "wireless edition" includes the weather and currency exchange rates. Currency exchange rates? Do you need this from your clock? For a $7 premium ($20 total), why not?

Plus, their web site offers numerous skins that you can customize with your own background pictures.

Updated Aug 20, 2006

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Palm Treo 650 Smartphone

36 people recommended this item

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TN Solar

I LOVE my palm treo 650, it's fabulous expecially with a 5 GB memory card. You have to be careful and not EVER get it even the slightest bit wet or it could get water damage and never work again. But while it works it's awesome and I wouldn't trade it for ANY other phone!

Updated Oct 7, 2008

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