Society for the Preservation of the True PDA (SPTPDA)

Closing post

2007-02-13T20:34:00.000-08:00

This blog has been archived. I'm going to try to migrate it to the new blogger, but it may not make it! If the migration fails it will become an orphaned blog.

PDA Specialists will now repair the CLIE TJ27

2004-11-20T15:26:00.000-08:00

Society for the Preservation of the True PDA (SPTPDA): July 2004 I'd posted on this in July when PDA Specialists didn't repair broken CLIE TJ-27 glass. I was advised to check back when parts became available, and indeed there's now a TJ-27 repair option. I'll report on how well it works. $66, cheaper than a new PDA.

Google Groups: View Thread "Backup and memory cards: is there really no auto-bac..."

2004-07-07T07:01:00.000-07:00

Google Groups: View Thread "Backup and memory cards: is there really no auto-bac..."From: jfaughnan@spamcop.net (John Faughnan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops.pilot Subject: Re: Backup and memory cards: is there really no auto-backup with HotSync? References: <262db19b.0407061840.461dfb66@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 208.138.188.194 Message-ID: <5c0dbfb4.0407070556.62fa47a2@

Why I won't pay over $200 for a PDA: shattered glass

2004-07-02T19:53:00.000-07:00

PDA Specialists Palm Repair Palm Upgrade CLIE VISOR HANDSPRING PALMI pulled my CLIE TJ-27 out of my backpack the other day. Shattered glass! Every 2 years or so I trash my PDA. Typically I lose a few days of data. Annoyingly I had recently installed a Memory Stick in the TJ-27 -- I could have been backing up to the stick, but I wasn't. Just hadn't gotten in the habbit. Turns out there are MANY

Now, back to KeySuite ...

2004-06-02T08:07:00.000-07:00

Chapura > Products > KeySuite I'm back to KeySuite in my long battle to survive the Palm <-> Outlook (Online/Offline/2003SyncMode) <-> Exchange kludge. Over the past few years I've ping-ponged between Intellisync, PocketMirror Pro, BeyondContacts, and KeySuite. It's been a hell of a ride, and costly to boot (though my time cost DWARFS the relatively low cost of the software). Nothing's worked

Twilight in the Palm PDA world

2004-06-01T07:19:00.000-07:00

Today Sony announced that it will no longer develop and sell Clie handheld models to the United States market, at least for the foreseeable future.So now there's only PalmOne, and within PalmOne there's really a focus primarily on the Treo. I'm not sure the PocketPC world is much healthier. The current CLIEs may on sale at great prices unless SONY has been able to restrict the channel

USB Charge and Sync cables for CLIE TJ-27 -- Zip-Linq

2004-05-25T10:42:00.000-07:00

Pc-Mobile cables for PDA, GSM and GPSI've got a few threads on this topic in earlier blog postings and on usenet. I found this page by searching on the battery specs for my TJ-27 - 5.2V and 800 mA (it can be so hard to find unique search terms for Google work). This site also has a nice selection of CLIE connectivity cables for sale. They wrote:Important note: Turn off power management (at least

BeyondContacts & item duplication

2004-05-17T20:05:00.000-07:00

Outlook on Palm OS Beyond Contacts accesses your Outlook Calendar and Outlook ContactsBeyondContacts periodically duplicates items -- tasks, appointments, etc. KeySuite did something similar. Same behavior on a CLIE TJ-27 and a Tungsten E. My guess is it's not really BC's fault. I suspect our ancient Exchange server is periodically doing something that messes up KeySuite and the Tungsten E's

Law One: No PDA shall be wider or thicker than the "Razor" (Palm V)

2004-05-16T09:13:00.000-07:00

After spending a week with the CLIE TJ-27, I've formulated LAW ONE of the Society for the Preservation of the True PDA. LAW ONE: No "true" DPA shall be wider or thicker than the Palm V ("Razor"). Justification: The "true" PDA can be always with its owner -- irregardless of gender. Since women don't wear items, and most men don't carry a purse equivalent, that means it must fit comfortably in a

CLIE TJ-27 pictures: getting them to the desktop

2004-05-14T21:27:00.000-07:00

ClieSource Archive - Saving JPG files to PC - Help!So you take a picture of something. How do you move it to the desktop? The manual doesn't say. There's no software. SONY must be a VERY depressing place to work. 1. Buy a memory stick card. Use image viewer to save it there. It will translate from PDB to JPG. 2. Use the mail software to "mail" jpeg, sync to desktop, don't send mail. There will

Proporta SONY CLIE TJ-27 Retractable USB Sync and Charge Cable

2004-05-14T18:49:00.000-07:00

Retractable USB Sync and Charge Cable (Clie) - Proporta PDA Cases, PDA Cables, PDA Software and PDA AccessoriesProporta's Retractable USB Sync and Charge Cable (Clie) is compatible with Sony Clie TJ27. This cable synchronises and charges your handheld on the move from any USB port.If true this would get around one of the primary TJ-27 problems -- the silly sync/charge cables and chargers. I'm

There's a Google Group 2 (beta) for this blog.

2004-05-13T20:01:00.000-07:00

Google Groups : SPTPDA If you poke around you'll see the Atom feed link. It's open to all registered Google users for posting, etc. Also, this blog now supports comments.

Tungsten E vs. SONY CLIE TJ-27: A comparative review by a hard core pda user

2004-05-12T18:45:00.000-07:00

Sony CLIÉ TJ-27 Overall the Tungsten is a better device, BUT after two weeks of use the CLIE is starting to pull even. T: PalmOne Tungsten E (See my Palm page for a full review of the Tungsten E.) S: SONY TJ-27 Revised: 5/23/04 1. Form Factor: T >>>>> S - S is heavier and thicker. It's very noticeable in the front pocket of my jeans. This alone would be a deal-killer, if not for the data

Tungsten E: today the tasks were gone

2004-05-06T20:45:00.000-07:00

Another saga in the continuing story of John and the curse of the Tungsten E. 1. John has a spare moment. 2. John opens Tasks item. 3. There are no tasks. At home there are 259 tasks, so I sync from desktop to Palm. I've probably lost a bit of data, not too much. I sync almost daily. Where did the tasks go? I don't know. The hack PalmOne executed to internally coordinate their old and new

Installing Palm Desktop on OS X

2004-05-05T19:06:00.000-07:00

MacInTouch Home Page: "After spending the better part of a day trying to get 'Palm Desktop 4.2.1' to work with my Palm T2 I realized that it's an installer issue. The only safe way to update is to completely remove all vestiges of any previous Palm install and reinstall 4.2.1 cleanly. I ran Palm's un-install then did a search for anything with Palm or Hotsync in the name and then moved those

New Desktop with new Outlook conduits: first experiences

2004-05-02T09:13:00.000-07:00

I downloaded the new desktop and tried synching. First experiences: 1. I got several duplicates. A bad sign -- but maybe it means they're fixing problems with the matching algorithms and this will improve from now on. 2. The failure to manage the completion status (check in palm does not complete task in outlook) may be improving.

BeyondContacts: fix for the "not responding" bug

2004-03-31T16:16:00.000-08:00

One of the most annoying bugs in DataViz's BeyondContacts Palm application is the "not responding" bug. Periodically when one tries to sync Windows throws up an "application is not responding" notice. You can't make the notice go away and you can't get to outlook. You have to kill it. Today, working around a different but, I accessed the BeyondContacts hidden expert menu. (bring up the Sync

DataViz BeyondContacts Tech Support: Does Catbert run their tech support?

2004-03-30T19:55:00.000-08:00

DataViz Tech Web HomeDataViz provides email tech support -- but supposedly only after you view their knowledge base documents. Since they had NOTHING on my problem I tried paging through a half-dozen random documents -- the magical link never appeared. When did all of our lives turn into Dilbert cartoons? This is a Catbert tech support program. The problem I'm having is that whenever I sync

Microsoft: Enabling a Superior Client Experience with Microsoft Office Outlook 2003

2004-03-29T13:28:00.000-08:00

The only document indexed by Google that explains how Outlook 2003's new sync works. (word document: 167k, Microsoft tech document). The section on how Outlook tries to resolve sync issues with Exchange is interesting. I suspect Outlook/Exchange synchronization is a sometimes complex and combative procedure -- especially with older Exchange servers. Then through Outlook/Exchange/PDA sync into

How To: Switch between Outlook and Palm Desktop synchronization on the T3 and Tungsten E (OutlookSwitcher.exe)

2004-03-29T07:07:00.000-08:00

palmOne - Support - Knowledge Library: How To: Switch between Outlook and Palm Desktop synchronizationThe T3/TE advice is just using the OutlookSwitcher.exe utility. In the PostInstall directory for the TE/T3 CD is a utility called OutlookSwitcher.exe. (Outlook Switcher) It will swap conduits between Palm and Outlook. Good if you need to switch, much nicer than reinstall. There are hints that

PocketMac - The Original Mac-to-Pocket PC Sync Solution(TM)

2004-03-28T18:17:00.000-08:00

PocketMac - The Original Mac-to-Pocket PC Sync Solution(TM)Since Palm is abandoning the Mac, and since I've become frustrated with Tungsten E sync, I'm looking at PocketPC. Nice to see some Mac solutions ...

PocketMirror Professional XT and my miserable history of Outlook synchronization

2004-03-23T07:43:00.000-08:00

I used PocketMirror Pro 3.1.6. It was supposed to work on the Tungsten E, but I was synching on multiple machines and I use DateBk5. Also, our corporate Exchange server software is obsolete; that probably didn't help. I got LOTS of duplicate records. I'd had years of pain with PM Pro, so I tried BeyondContacts -- that meant I had two completely calendars, one for work and one for home.

Wanted: lightweight desktop project management app and PDA companion

2004-03-22T21:33:00.000-08:00

I'm reasonably sure this doesn't exist for the Palm, but not so sure about the PocketPC? I'd like to see a lightweight desktop Project Mgt app (PMApp) that used a PDA's tasks as its atomic (base) items. I'm imagining only a desktop app, the PDA would see only the usual tasks and maybe a read-only view of projects. Milestones may appear as calendar appointments. The desktop application would

1. Quick Notes Blog entry: TealScript restoration of Graffiti One type functionality

2004-03-21T21:54:00.000-08:00

1. Quick Notes Blog: "Restoring Graffiti One handwriting recognition to the Graffiti Two (Jot) Palm devices"links in turn to a usenet discussion. Not a bad post if I say so myself ...

List Software - for the "Society for the Preservation of the True PDA"

2004-03-18T20:34:00.000-08:00

The Cult of the True PDAWelcome to the mailing list of the "Society for the Preservation of the True PDA", sometimes known as the "Cult of the True PDA". If you are on this list and want to get off, either follow the directions below or email me at jfaughnan@spamcop.net. The blog http://onetruepda.blogspot.com/ includes this message and other messages related to SPTPDA (pronounced spit pda). In

Email to RSS

2004-03-16T12:57:00.000-08:00

1. Quick Notes BlogYou can now freely generate an RSS feed for any YahooGroup or similar email discussion or distribution list (Topica, Listbuilder, Sparklist, Lyris, Majordomo IMN, etc.). The process is very simple, it is free, and it may take at most three minutes. (I refer to Yahoogroups in my example but this can be done with any mailing/discussion/newsletter distribution list).I may

QuickTopic: Should we add this to feature to the PDA blog?

2004-03-15T13:05:00.000-08:00

QuickTopic: free bulletin boards (message boards) and collaborative document review groupwareI should have the companion email list operational shortly, but what do people think about adding QuickTopic links? It provides another channel for expanding on a communication.

My Pocket PC

2004-03-15T05:08:00.000-08:00

My "brain" is like my old Franklin Planner, I'm dead without it. It was ran over in january and I actually went into a funk over the loss of my "brain". I did get a better one for cheaper on Ebay. I'm a happy camper now.

Naming this group.

2004-03-14T20:03:00.000-08:00

As you can see, we are in need of a name. The blog URL says "onetruepda", which in retrospect seems a bit exclusive. There might be more than one, though it feels at the moment that even ONE "true PDA" would be a near miracle. (Harumph.) Some names: 1. Cult of the True PDA (CTPDA, pronounced cthpdthday) or 2. Society for the Preservation of the True PDA (SPTPDA, pronounced spit-day) or 3.

Starting the cult (or the society)

2004-03-14T19:29:00.000-08:00

We've 10 founding members, including myself. I think it is an interesting group. Some prefer blogs and RSS feeds, others prefer lists. Everyone's familiar with Yahoo Groups but many dislike the ads (I don't think it's possible to turn them off any more. Likewise, blogspot no longer offers a subscription alternative to the ads, but I don't mind them.). I'm going to try a combination of an email

Members wanted: the Cult of the True PDA

2004-03-14T12:26:00.000-08:00

Members wanted for (we're still working on the names here): 1. the Society for the Preservation of the True PDA (SPTPDA) 2. The Cult of the True PDA (CTPDA) 3. The Society for frustrated hard core PDAers (SFHCPDA) Wanted -- hard core frustrated PDA users for a new "organization" -- the Cult of the True PDA. This "society" is not restricted by product use or favored vendor (eg. Palm, PocketPC,