| Palm OS licensees decide which applications are | | | | storage. |
| included on their Palm OS devices. Licensees can | | | | Memo pad - memos |
| also customize the applications. Below are some | | | | The Memo Pad can hold notes of up to 4,000 |
| of the most common PalmSource applications | | | | characters, keyed to user-configurable categories. |
| included with the Palm OS: | | | | Memos are ordered in two ways: alphabetically, |
| Address book - contacts | | | | and manually (which allows the user to choose the |
| The Palm's Address program stores contact | | | | order of the memos). Memo Pad is for text, not |
| information, keyed by any of several | | | | for drawings. For this reason, text in Memo Pad |
| user-definable categories. Entries are displayed and | | | | must be entered using the Graffiti alphabet. |
| sorted in last name, first name order (this can be | | | | Starting with the OS version 5.2.1 on Tungsten T3 |
| changed only to Company, Last Name order). | | | | and Tungsten E, PalmOne, Inc. released their own |
| There are five slots for phone or e-mail, each of | | | | version of this application, called Memos, and the |
| which may be designated Work, Home, Fax, | | | | limit has been increased to 32Kb. |
| Other, E-mail, Main, Pager or Mobile (the slot | | | | Note pad |
| designations cannot be changed). | | | | Drawings go in Note Pad. With neat handwriting, |
| Starting with the OS version 5.2.1 on Tungsten T3 | | | | about 10 words will fit on one page; for more |
| and Tungsten E a customized version of this | | | | text, Memo Pad is the better choice. There are |
| application was released, not developed by | | | | three sizes of pen width, plus an eraser and a |
| PalmSource, but by PalmOne, called Contacts. | | | | background color change feature in some models. |
| Blazer | | | | It is possible to draw a very simple map. |
| Blazer is a web browser for Palm handhelds. The | | | | Note Pad appeared on most Palm PDAs starting |
| versions 1.0 and 2.0 run on Palm OS 3.1 or higher | | | | with Palm OS 4.0; certain PDAs with previous |
| handhelds, but they needed a proxy server which | | | | versions of Palm OS did not include this application, |
| has been shut down, so they can no longer be | | | | except Palm m100 with OS 3.51. |
| used. Version 3.0 is used on the Treo 600 | | | | To do list/tasks |
| smartphone. The current version of Blazer is | | | | Also referred to as Task list. |
| Blazer 4.5, which is compliant with most major | | | | This is a convenient place to create personal |
| standards. It is generally bundled with newer | | | | reminders and prioritize the things you have to do. |
| smartphones and newer Palm devices capable of | | | | Each To Do List item may also have: a priority, |
| accessing the Internet. | | | | categories (to organize and view items in logical |
| Calculator | | | | groups), attached Note (to add more description |
| Calc turns the Palm into a standard 4-function | | | | and clarification of the task). |
| pocket calculator with three shades of purple and | | | | To Do List item can be sorted by: due date, |
| blue buttons contrasting with the two red clear | | | | priority or category. |
| buttons. It supports square root and percent keys | | | | Starting with the OS version 5.2.1 on Tungsten T3 |
| and has one memory. | | | | and Tungsten E PalmOne, Inc. released their own |
| It also has an option to display a running history | | | | version of this application, called Tasks, in which |
| of the calculations, much like the paper-tape | | | | alarms may be assigned to tasks, and can be |
| calculators that were once common. | | | | made to repeat. |
| Starting in Palm OS v. 5.4 Garnet, the calculator | | | | Palm photos |
| has a menu option to switch to an advanced | | | | The original PalmPilots did not include a photo |
| mode, which features several button layouts that | | | | viewer. To fill this gap, in 1997 Art Dahm created |
| pertain to specific jobs. These modes include: | | | | Image Viewer III, one of the first and most |
| Math, Trig, Finance, Logic, Statistics, Weight/Tmp, | | | | popular independent consumer applications for |
| Length, Area, and Volume. | | | | Palm. Since then, at least a dozen photo programs |
| Date book - calendar | | | | have been released for Palm. |
| Date Book shows a daily or weekly schedule, or a | | | | As of 2006, most new Palm handhelds include |
| simple monthly view. The daily schedule has one | | | | Palm Photos, which creates a digital photo album |
| line per hour, between user-selected begin and | | | | used to view pictures on a Palm OS device. As |
| end times. Clicking on an empty line creates a | | | | with all the other photo programs, photos can be |
| new appointment. Empty lines are crowded out | | | | beamed to other mobile devices. Each photo can |
| by actual appointments, whose start and stop | | | | be labeled and organized into separate photo |
| times are shown by default bracketed in the left | | | | albums. A slideshow can also be shown for a |
| margin. | | | | specific album, and each photo in the album will be |
| An appointment can be heralded by an alarm, any | | | | shown full screen. |
| number of minutes, hours or days before it | | | | Photos can be edited with the Palm Photos PC |
| begins. These alarms sound even when the unit is | | | | software (Windows only), and when the photos |
| switched off. | | | | are transferred to the handheld they will contain all |
| Appointments can recur in a specified number of | | | | changes made to the photo. |
| days, weeks, months or years -- and can contain | | | | The Palm Photos software is available in the Zire |
| notes. | | | | 71, Tungsten C, Tungsten E, Tungsten T2, |
| Starting with the OS version 5.2.1 on Tungsten | | | | Tungsten T3 and several others. Palm Z22 uses a |
| T3, Tungsten E, Palm Inc. released their own | | | | lite version of SplashPhoto. |
| version of this application, called Calendar. It allows | | | | With Palm OS 5.28 (Zire 72), Palm Photos has |
| categorisation of events, as well as coloured | | | | been replaced by the Media application, which also |
| categories and featuring a summary screen similar | | | | manages and displays video files and edits photos. |
| to that found on Windows Mobile devices. | | | | Voice recording |
| It is possible to export the Palm datebook to the | | | | Some models feature the ability to make voice |
| iCalendar format thanks to the KDE program | | | | recordings which are synced using the Voice |
| named KPilot, under Linux. | | | | conduit and can be viewed under Mac OS with |
| Expense | | | | the Voice Memo application which is part of the |
| The Expense application allows a user to track | | | | Palm Desktop Suite. |
| common business expenses. No totals are | | | | At present, most models do not have Voice |
| calculated on the Palm. The user must sync with | | | | Memo capability. This list of Palm products shows |
| a host computer and view the expense data in a | | | | which current models have Voice Memo: The |
| worksheet (templates for Microsoft Excel are | | | | Treo 700p, LifeDrive, Tungsten "T"(T2, T3, but |
| supplied). NOTE: Not included on all Palm OS | | | | not the T5, etc.), and Zire 72 models. Palm's Treo |
| devices. | | | | 700w also includes voice recording, but this device |
| HotSync | | | | runs Windows Mobile. |
| The HotSync application provides integration with | | | | Preferences |
| the user's PC. Usually activated by a press of the | | | | Also referred to as Prefs. Preferences works as |
| physical HotSync button on the Palm's cradle (a | | | | a second launcher allowing the user to launch |
| dock station), this application communicates with | | | | program files with the 'panl' type. Palm OS |
| various conduits on the desktop PC to install | | | | contains approximately 15 preference panels by |
| software, backup databases, or merge changes | | | | default and new preference panels can be added |
| made on the PC or the handheld to both devices. | | | | just like any other application. |
| In addition to the conduits provided by the | | | | Preference panels allow users to manage a |
| licensee, developers can create their own conduits | | | | number of setting including Graffiti settings, sound |
| for integration with other Palm OS applications and | | | | settings, text shortcuts, network settings and the |
| desktop products. For example, a time tracking | | | | system time. |
| package could provide a conduit to communicate | | | | Security |
| information between Palm OS and Windows | | | | The Security application (which is a panel on |
| executables. | | | | newer Palm OS devices) allows users to specify a |
| A Backup conduit included with the HotSync | | | | password needed to display hidden records and |
| software backs up (and restores, if necessary) | | | | unlock the device when locked, as well as setup |
| most of the data on a Palm OS device. This | | | | an automatic lock down time or inactivity |
| allows users to hard reset their Palm -- thus, | | | | threshold. On the PC, only Palm Desktop honors |
| clearing all of the data -- with few noticeable | | | | this password but other PC programs can view |
| consequences. This also allows users to migrate | | | | everything--in other words, all the data protected |
| to new Palm devices of the same Palm OS | | | | by this password can be seen by anyone opening |
| version, a feature that is helpful to those who | | | | the .dat files using a text editor or word |
| lose or damage their device. | | | | processor. While it may be tempting to use this |
| Some models of Palm keep their data storage in | | | | as an excuse to switch to Microsoft Outlook, |
| volatile memory and require constant power to | | | | some people say "password recovery" programs |
| maintain their memory. Although these handhelds | | | | can analzye Outlook .PST files to reveal the |
| attempt to save the contents of memory in low | | | | password instantly; this is unproven however, and |
| battery situations by not "turning on," leaving a | | | | not in everyone's experience. |
| "dead" handheld for an extended period of time | | | | When using Palm devices in secure environments |
| can cause this reserve power to be used up and | | | | there are two primary concerns: |
| the contents of storage memory to be lost. | | | | Data on the Palm can be retrieved if the Palm is |
| Some later Palms use NVRAM or microdrive for | | | | lost or stolen. |