The Best Free Palm Software — Leslie Franke. This is the time of year where many people are getting Palm handhelds for the first time or upgrading to a new Palm. Thus, I felt is to be appropriate to create a “Palm Best Of” series, laying out what I feel to be the best free Palm software, the best Palm developers, and the best Palm websites. The best free Palm software is presented below, the articles on the best Palm developers and websites are to follow. Best Free Palm Software. Adding additional functionality to your Palm, outside of the built- in applications, does not require a large outlay of money. While there are several programs on my Palm that I have gladly paid for, Agendus, Smart. List. To. Go and ZLauncher come to mind, there are many high quality freeware and/or open- source programs available in the Palm universe. Some of these programs are as good or even better than their commercial counterparts. The following is a list of some of the best and most popular free software for Palm handhelds. This is not in all inclusive list. Strong Currency Converter, free and safe download. Strong Currency Converter latest version: Tool for getting up-to-date exchange rates.Best Free Palm Software. PalmBible+ is a Bible reader program with dual version. Converter is a free unit conversion tool that supports over 200 unit types in.
This free Palm software listing has been split up into three categories: Productivity, Utilities, and Fun with several subcategories in each group. I have not included several free niche and device specific pieces of software and also have not included every piece of free software for each category. For example, there are numerous free high- quality ebook readers. Some of these are not included as I selected what I felt to be the best and most complete of the lot. Productivity. Calendars and Tasks. A5 is a replacement for the default Datebook and Tasks applications. It uses the same database as its built- in counterpart and adds a week view with an uncluttered interface. Support for repeating events and Icon Manager icons is included. Ks. Datebook and Ks. To. Do are replacements for the default Calendar and Tasks Palm applications that use the same database as their built- in counterparts. They add additional features such as weekly view with text as well as text display in monthly view. Today gives a one page overview of current appointments, tasks, mail, etc., along with the current date/time and owner information of the device. It is similar to the Today screen on Pocket PC and to the Agenda view found in the newer built- in Palm Calendar applications. Today is very configurable, can be skinned and will work as a mini- launcher. Databases. Pilot- DB is a flat file database with a strong set of features and a desktop component that will run on multiple platforms. Plugins are available for Mobile- DB and JFile databases, for access to the built- in Calendar, and for external memory card access. Handy. Shopper is a shopping list database application that can also be used to create any simple kind of list. For more information about Handyshopper see this site or visit the Handyshopper Yahoo Group for ideas and samples on how to make lists for almost anything. Memos. Ps. Memo is a replacement for the built- in Palm Memo. Pad that adds several useful features. Si. Ed is a text editor with features such as split screen views, editing of plain text files, and support for external keyboards. Readerse. Reader is an ebook reader that will read ebooks in both the standard Palm. Doc format and in e. Reader format. A variety of translations are available, including foreign language translations. Palm. Ficition is an ebook reader that can read Palm. Doc, z. TXT, Word and text files. Palm PDF is a true PDF viewer for the Palm. Time, Calculations and Conversions. Chime is a utility that presents the time in speech, chime and vibration. Converter is a free unit conversion tool that supports over 2. Snap. Calc is a simple calculator that can be launched, like a DA or hack, with a simple stroke or button sequence. Clock. Pop. 5 is a clock popup application that can display appointments and phone info on the Clock. Pop screen. Power. Palm. OS based emulator for the Hewlett- Packard 4. SX, 4. 8GX and 4. G series of calculators. Watchmaker is a clock application with configurable analog and digital clocks, as well as daily and weekly alarms. Travel. KMaps is a mobile version of Google Maps which uses Google Maps search results, directions and satellite imagery. It requires a connection to the internet to be of any use. Visit the KMaps Wiki to learn more about the software. Metro is a guide to public transport systems with data on over 2. Besides offering a map and schedule, Metro also offers information on nightlife, places of interest, tourist spots for selected cities, and lets you link contacts to specific stations. City data can also be stored on memory cards and beamed to other users. You can access the Yahoo Metro Group here. Tide Tool will compute tides and currents worldwide as well as provides some sun and moon data. Web. Avant. Go is an offline newsreader and web browser. On each hot sync it will copy a specified web page and store it on your Palm allowing you to access web content offline. Opera Mini is a fast, mobile browser. It requires the use of the Web. Sphere Palm Java environment. Plucker is an offline web page browser and ebook reader. Use the excellent Sunrise desktop converter to convert web pages in Plucker format. Utilities. Launchers. Mc. Phling is an application and DA launcher from which you quickly select from a list of your favorite applications or switch from your current application to the previous one. Included in the download are the following DAs: ac. Baklit, ac. Graffiti. Ref, ac. Roman. Kbd, ac. Numkbd, ac. Wordc, Phone, and Simple. Clock. DAOther DAs of Note: Cool DAs – Allows you easy view your palm information, execute some commands and change some perferences. It will launch applications from a SD Card applications if the shortcuts has been created by another program. Switch. 5 is a preference panel application which can switch immediately to the previous app, or will select an app from a list of recently launched apps. Button Customization. Buttons. Ex will customize the Home buttons and the 5. Way button on your Palm. Map. Buttons will remap the Voice and Camera buttons on your Palm. Shark. Button will allow for full customization of how the Palm’s buttons act. File Managers. 3XCommander is a file manager. The information can be presented in one panel or in split screen mode. File. Z is a system utility and file manager application. The file manager provides access to all files on both internal and external memory cards and allows for detailed information about each file to be viewed and/or edited. The general system information provides device, battery, and Hot. Sync information. The system preference manager allows preferences to be viewed and/or removed. Other Utilities. Battery. Graph is a program for monitoring the battery status of a Palm. Font. Hack. V is font substitution tool for Palm OS5 handhelds. To manipulate Palm fonts on the desktop get Palm Font Converters. It requires the use of a DA launcher. ZGrab is a full screen screenshot tool. Fun. Audio/Video. Aeroplayer is a full featured portable music player that will play Ogg Vorbis files stored on an expansion card. It offers features such as equalizer, screen blanking, volume and bass boost, skins, and album art. Note: If you install the MP3 plug- in, you can try it free for 1. If you install the Ogg Vorbis and/or Speex files, Aeroplayer is free. The Core Pocket Media Player is an open- source audio and video player that can play many formats of video and multimedia files such as mp. A high quality, free desktop tool to convert videos to play in TCPMP is Pocket. Div. XEncoder. Games. Sudoku is a placement puzzle game. Pyramid Solitaire is a solitare game. Breakout 4. 80/3. Crosswords is a Scrabble clone. Patience Revisited is a collection of solitaire games including Klondike and Free. Cell. SU: Additions is a collection of sixteen Solitaire games. Feringa is a chess game. Micro. Fluxx is a clone of the Looney. Labs card game Fluxx. Pil. Oth is a clone of Othello. Yahdice is a clone of Yahtzee. The objective is to remove all the tiles from the playing field by following a simple set of matching rules. Graphics. JPGview is an image viewer for JPEG Image files stored on a media card on a VFS compatible PDA. Icon Manager is a icon creator and editor. It will create or edit icon sets for programs like Handy. Shopper, Date. Bk, and Agendus. You can visit the Icon Manager Yahoo Group here. Free Icon Manager Icon Collections. This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 1.
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