Must Have Utilities for Handspring Treo Users
Zombie Elvis
Treo Button
http://www.simple-palm.com
Allows you to remap the application buttons and Option+ button actions
of your Treo. It also allows you to launch programs Using the Shift
key plus application buttons. Add to this, the ability to remap the
actions performed by opening the Treo lid and Jog Rocker and you have
added a great deal of flexibility to your Treo.
Treo Keyboard Utils
Allows you to map certain functions to the Treo's keyboard, giving it
arrow keys and allowing you to move from one field to the next using
the keyboard. They also allow you to move around the screen, jumping
from the top to the bottom of memos and from the beginning to the end
of lines using the Treo keyboard.
Switcheroo
http://tribble.dreamhost.com/palm.html
Think of it as a mini-launcher for your Treo. You assign a single
character to your favorite programs. Then using the Option+Spacebar
keyboard combination, you can type that character and launch those
programs. Simple and fast.
EasyLaunch
http://www.mujweb.cz/www/hysy/EasyLaunch.htm
This utility allows you to launch programs and take other actions, by
holding down the application buttons. Tired of having to press two
buttons to reach the launcher? Use EasyLaunch to assign your launcher
the Datebook button when you hold it down. You can even assign the
Find function to the same button and launch it by holding the button
down a little longer. All the while, you can still use the same button
to launch your datebook and assign even more applications to your
other buttons with EasyLaunch. It's the next best thing to adding more
physical launch buttons to your Treo.
Newpen
One of the biggest adjustments that the Treo requires is the lack of a
Graffiti area. But just because the Graffiti area is gone, it doesn't
mean that you can't use Graffiti anymore. A number of utilities allow
you to write on your screen in Graffiti but in my experience the best
is probably Newpen. Once you enable it, Newpen creates a small dotted
square on the bottom right hand corner of your screen. Tap it, and you
activate Newpen's on screen Graffiti. Tap it again and you turn
Graffiti off. It's a simple, quick, and stays out of your way until
you need it.
PowerJOG
http://www.simple-palm.com
Attaches itself to your Jog Rocker and allows you press buttons,
navigate menus, launch applications and DAs, tell time, and turn off
your Treo all with your Jog Rocker. The other utilities on this list
are freeware but the PowerJOG is shareware. The convenience of being
able to do just about everything one-handed with your Jog Rocker is
worth PowerJOG's $15 price tag.
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Mike
-Mike
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Zombie Elvis
and cats lived together. One voice cried out in the wilderness: "Mike"
<N...@Thanks.com> wrote in <w6acncc0Mfz...@comcast.com>:
> Thank You! I just got a treo 90, and was about to ask this question!
>
You're welcome. Keep in mind that several of the utilities on my list
are Hacks and require a hack manager like X-Master
<http://www.linkesoft.com/xmaster/> to be installed before they will
work.
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