Getting to Know the Palm Applications
Palm devices aren't designed to be just cool little computers, although they're definitely cool little computers. They are designed to do useful things for you as soon as you take them out of the box. [more…]
Tracking Your iPAQ Tasks List
Scheduling a specific time for tasks can be a real chore. How do you schedule something that doesn't really have a date associated with it? Still, a few tasks have at least some relationship to your calendar [more…]
Infrared HotSyncing Your Palm to Your Laptop
If you take advantage of IR HotSync, you can HotSync your Palm device to a laptop computer without lugging around a cradle or cable. This feature uses the same infrared [more…]
Over-the-Road Wireless: The Standard Front-Runners
Although approximately 13 standards for wireless connectivity exist, fortunately, you don't need to become familiar with each and every standard. As you delve deeper into the wireless world, the standards [more…]
Taking and Reading Memos on Your Palm Device
If you plan to use the Memo Pad to write down large amounts of information while you're away from your desk, it really pays to understand how to use Graffiti. You can get by in all the other Palm Computing [more…]
Checking Signal Strength on Your Palm Device
As the Palm VII becomes popular, you'll be able to take advantage to wireless features nearly everywhere. In the early going, however, you'll be able to use Palm.Net, the Palm VII service, in only selected [more…]
Adding a New Entry in Your Palm Address Book
Many people have relied on a Little Black Book since even before Casanova. The paper kind served well until the computer came along and enabled you to find one name from a list of thousands faster than [more…]
Tracking Your Tasks on Your Pocket PC
Scheduling a specific time for tasks can be a real chore. How do you schedule something that doesn't really have a date associated with it? Still, a few tasks have at least some relationship to your calendar [more…]
Adding New To-Dos on Your Palm Device
Adding items to the To Do List is as easy as you want to make it. If you want to keep track of short lists of simple projects, you can go a long way with the tools that come with a Palm device. If your [more…]
Deciding on the Best Route for Your Over-the-Road Wi-Fi
When it comes to over-the-road types, everybody's situation is vastly different. Because of that, there's not a universal solution to the question of how long any Wi-Fi subscription should be, which WISP [more…]
Recording a Note on Your Pocket PC
In addition to typing, handwriting, and drawing, you have another interesting option for creating a note. You can record a note in your own voice — or someone else's if you can get her to talk into your [more…]
Adding Categories to a To-Do List on Your Palm
People who use Palm devices are often busy people with scads of things to do. If you're usually juggling too many tasks to fit on one little screen, you'll find assigning categories to your tasks useful [more…]
Setting Up Custom Address Book Fields on Your Palm Device
Sometimes you need to keep track of something about the people you know but you don't already have a line (or field) for it on your Address List. For example, if your job involves selling merchandise to [more…]
Creating a New E-Mail Message on Your Pocket PC
Creating an email message is a very simple process. It's almost the same as writing out a quick note except that you need to add the recipient's address and a subject line to an email message. [more…]
Setting Up Repeating Appointments on Your Palm
You certainly don't want to forget that important weekly meeting of Electronics Shoppers Anonymous. Rather than enter each of those meetings individually, you can set up a repeating appointment in your [more…]
Setting Alarms in Your Palm Calendar
Some of us need lots of reminding. Fortunately, your Palm device is always around to gently pester you into doing what needs to be done — when it needs to be done. It's sort of a like an electronic mother-in-law [more…]
Finding a Contact in Your Palm Address Book
If you took the time to enter a bunch of names into your Palm device, you obviously want to find those names again.
Here's the quickest way to find a name in the Address Book: [more…]
Giving Tablet PC an Earful
The Speech feature of Windows XP for Tablet PC enables you to dictate content for documents, such as letters, e-mails, or spreadsheets. You can also speak commands to your computer and software, such as [more…]
Adding Appointments to the Palm Calendar
You can keep track of a surprising amount of detailed information in the Date Book. Thousands of appointments fit comfortably into the Date Book, along with reminders, notes, and other details. You don't [more…]
Adding an Appointment on Your Pocket PC
To add a new appointment, open your calendar and then tap New on the menu bar. You can also tap-and-hold on a specific date and time for the appointment, and select New Appointment from the pop-up menu [more…]
Changing To-Dos on Your Palm Device
The French have a saying, "Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose," which means, "The more things change, the more they're the same." The neat thing about changing to-do items is that you basically follow [more…]
Purging Palm To-Dos That You've Done
The reason for keeping a to-do list is to help you get things done. After you've done the things on your list, you have no reason to leave them hanging around. The Purge function automatically deletes [more…]
How to Use Message Shortcuts on Your BlackBerry
Your BlackBerry offers quick and easy shortcuts to navigate the Message List so you can look at calls, e-mails, messages, or whatever, whenever. Below, the first table tells you what to touch on your QWERTY [more…]
Shortcuts for Your QWERTY Model BlackBerry
To quickly access the fun features your BlackBerry boasts, you simply start at the Home screen and use the keyboard shortcuts in this table to pop open an application. [more…]
How to Use Common Shortcuts on Your BlackBerry
Whether you want to turn on Num lock or page through a Web site, your BlackBerry’s features let you do a variety of tasks with just a couple keys. This table tells you how to access these features using [more…]
