modified Palm Treo 650

If you ever dreamed of a Palm Treo with miniUSB, bulit in flash light, laser pointer and pocket knife, then take a look at this modified Palm Treo 650. One of the most ambitious hardware mods I have seen in a long time. Just imagine what this guy might accomplish, if he had an Apple iPhone.

NuevaSync

With NuevaSync you can sync your iPhone, PalmOS and WM5/6 devices with Google Calendar for calendar events and Google Contacts / GMail for contacts.

Trapster

With Trapster your mobile phone alerts you, as you approach police speed traps.

Inflight USB Power Unit

Inflight sells the USB Power Unit for 35$, so you can recharge your USB powered devices with a standard aeroplane passenger seat audio jack.

manybooks.net ebooks

At manybooks.net you find ebooks for offline viewing on mobile devices, including data: URL versions for iPhones.

Designtion Cell PDF Reader

With Designtion Cell PDF Reader you can read any PDF on your mobile phone.

WPMP, encyclopedias for the road

At WPMP you find offline Wikipedia files in MobiPocket format for various languages.

Wikipedia in MobiPocket format

At WPMP you can find MobiPocket versions of the Wikipedia in English, German and some other languages. The German snapshot is dated August 2007 and sized 1.3GB, so there should be 645877 articles in it. The MobiPocket ebook reader is available for PalmOS, PocketPC, Symbian60, UIQ, Blackberry and some older platforms, but not for Symbian Series 40, Nokia770/N800 and iPhone/iTouch.

Palm says thanks to Engadget, I say Palm is dead

The official Palm blog says: Thanks, Engadget. Dear Peter, Ryan and Joshua:, Thank you for the very thoughtful post about Palm. I really appreciate the fact that you guys and others care enough to take the time to write such a comprehensive list of actions. I forwarded it to our entire executive staff and many others at Palm have read it. Although I can’t say I agree with every point, many are right on. We are attacking almost every challenge you noted, so stay tuned. Let’s remember that it is very early in the evolution of the smartphone and there is enormous opportunity for us to innovate. We have only just begun to fight!, Thank you for taking the time to write. I really do take your comments to heart and I know the team at Palm is totally committed to delivering the best mobile computing solutions in the world., -Ed Colligan

Did I really read it there: "We have only just begun to fight!". I wonder, what Palm did in the last few years, since the Treo650 came out. A few years ago, I wanted to write an open letter to Palm, similar to the one from Engadget, but after evaluating, what Palm managed not to do for years I just gave up and decided for myself: Palm is dead!

Palm Foleo cancelled

Quote from the official Palm blog: Our own evaluation and early market feedback were telling us that we still have a number of improvements to make Foleo a world-class product, and we can not afford to make those improvements on a platform that is not central to our core focus.

free call log app for PalmOS Treos

Just found this via Brighthand.com: the payalba MyCallLog is a free call log application for PalmOS based Treos.

InflightPower

The InflightPower is a small device that plugs into the headphone jack on airline seats and stores power to recharge USB powered devices.

Plaxo 3.0 beta

Plaxo announced the beta of their 3.0 software release. It is now the only online address book and calendar that can synchronize with Microsoft, Google, Yahoo!, Apple, AOL, Thunderbird and your mobile phone.

kwikSynCh dual charger

The kwikSynCh dual charger lets you charge two devices from one powered USB port for less than 15$.

FunkeeStory, Treo SMS history for MacOSX

With FunkeeStory you can finally save your SMS history on your PalmOS Treo via MacOSX. I have been waiting for this since I first used SMS on my Treo650. Price is less than 20$. The current version is 1.05, but the even better 1.1 version should be out within a few weeks.

iPhony, the iPhone launch screen for PalmOS

This didn't take long. iPhony is an iPhone lookalike launch screen for PalmOS.

Treo Firmware update via MacOSX

After a few months of waiting, Palm released their newest Treo 650 firmware updaters in a version, that doesnw´t force you to use a Windows PC. You just download the required files, put them on a SD/MMC card and insert this card into your Treo650.

Palm Desktop 4.2.1 Rev B for MacOSX 10.4 Tiger

Palm Desktop 4.2.1 Rev B now officially supports MacOSX 10.4 Tiger.

ThinkOutside Palm Key Cap Stickers for Bluetooth Keyboard

At ThinkOutside they also have the Palm Key Cap Stickers for Bluetooth Keyboard for 8$. These stickers allow you to utilize the shortcuts associated with the Palm OS. This is a sheet of adhesive stickers that you may apply to the individualkeys, showing each of the shortcut commands.

Palm Lifedrive missing essentials

VGA, PalmOS6 (tabbed browsing and finally multitasking).