The written musings of a long-time Apple //e and Macintosh tech nerd. Opinions are my own.
Earlier today, Palm has sent out a press release stating that Palm’s Chief Financial Officer Andy Brown will be presenting at this year’s JPMorgan Technology Conference.
The conference will take place on Monday, May 19, 2008 at 3:40pm Eastern time in Boston, Massachusetts.
Details can be found on Palm’s investor relations website.
Palm has sent out a notice earlier today that Senior Vice President & CFO Andy Brown will be presenting at the Merrill Lynch Technology Conference this Thursday in New York City.
The presentation will be held at 9:45am (Eastern time) and a live audio feed will be available. Interested parties can listen in on the event by logging into the Merrill Lynch website.
Palm regularly makes presentations throughout the year at conferences similar to the technology conference being hosted this week by Merrill Lynch. I do not expect any new product announcements at this event.
Los Gatos, CA (MobilityNewswire) April 22, 2008 — SplashData, Inc., the leading provider of productivity software for smartphones, today announced Mac OS X versions of its popular SplashMoney personal finance application and SplashID 4 secure password manager. Both applications synchronize with their respective mobile applications. The company also announced a standalone version of SplashMoney for Mac OS X for users that do not have a compatible mobile device.
With SplashMoney, Mac users now have access to a complete personal financial manager that enables them to securely record transactions, track account balances, generate reports and budgets, and manage finances while on the go. SplashMoney features wireless access to online bank accounts – an ideal feature for laptops and smartphones, a streamlined user interface, charting of financial data, the ability to assign icons to transactions, transaction filtering, and bank account reconciliation.
SplashMoney supports most account types, including checking, savings, credit card, cash, asset, liability, and money market accounts.
Mac users of SplashID have been anxiously waiting for the release of SplashID 4, which includes substantial updates such as Web Auto-Fill, a feature that simplifies entering user names and passwords by using a web browser to go directly to a site and then retrieving the username and password directly from SplashID to auto-fill in the record. Other key features in SplashID 4 include improved ways to view and find information, such as the new Panel and Tree views, and an Auto Search feature that retrieves records simply by entering a few letters in the Find box.
Advanced users of SplashID 4 can use the new Database Sync feature to select multiple databases to synchronize with on the Mac desktop and easily share data with other users, even across a network.
The security of personal financial data on mobile devices is of chief concern to many, and SplashData has incorporated secure password protection in both SplashMoney and SplashID using 256-bit Blowfish encryption to protect against malicious hacking or other threats.
The SplashMoney and SplashID versions that include both handheld and desktop applications are available now for $29.95 each at www.splashdata.com. They are also available as part of the SplashWallet Suite, which includes SplashID, SplashPhoto, SplashShopper, and SplashMoney, at a 50% discount. The desktop-only versions of SplashMoney and SplashID, available for both Windows and Mac, are available for $19.95. Full functioning 30-day trial versions are also available for download.
Just a quick reminder that Palm’s CFO, Andy Brown, will be speaking at tomorrow’s (Thursday, 3/27/08) Bank of America conference in Boston. Palm has listed the following details on their website:
“SUNNYVALE, Calif., Mar 25, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM) today announced that Palm’s Chief Financial Officer Andrew J. Brown is scheduled to present at the Bank of America 2008 Smid Cap Conference in Boston on Thursday, March 27, 2008 at 9:40 a.m. Eastern Time.
The company invites investors to listen to the live webcast at http://investor.palm.com/events.cfm.”
I’ve noticed over the last day or two that I am no longer to get mobile weather updates on my Treo 755p and Apple iPod touch. Have you?
On the Treo, I’m using GX-5’s Treo Weather and on the iPod I’m using Apple’s Weather applet. As far as I know, both applications use a connection to Yahoo! for weather updates.
I’ll post an update when things are working again. Stay tuned.
UPDATE:
The Weather applet on my iPod touch is now working. So it is just my Sprint Treo 755p and GX-5’s Treo Weather that is being difficult.
I just received and email from NormSoft alerting me that the PocketTunes 4.0.6 upgrade has been released. The 4.0.6 update includes one enhancement and several bug fixes for the 4.x code base.
This is a free upgrade for customers who have purchased PocketTunes 4 or for LifeDrive, TX, Treo 680, Treo 700p, Treo 755p, and Centro customers who have PocketTunes bundled on their devices. Customers who purchased PocketTunes 3.x qualify for special upgrade pricing.
A complete list of PocketTunes 4.x features and fixes is available on the NormSoft website.
You can download the desktop updater or install the update directly on your Internet connected device with the Help > Check for Updates command in PocketTunes. The PocketTunes 4 user guide is also available online.
I’ve done some more testing, and it is becoming clear that to sync with Palm Desktop, the device must meet the two following conditions:
The Palm Treo 600 smartphone is the exception to this rule. It runs Palm OS 5.2.1, but it does not use the Palm enhanced PIMs.
If you have an older Palm-branded device, the Treo 600, or some other Palm OS device that runs Palm OS 3.5 or later, you can use HotSync Manager 7.0.2 to sync your device with Microsoft Outlook only.
The following my list of tested devices and their sync status with Palm Desktop 6.2.2. Devices listed as Working should have no problems synchronizing PIM data with Palm Desktop 6.2.2. Devices listed as Outlook Only will only be able to sync data with Microsoft Outlook.
Palm OS 5.4.x Devices
Palm OS 5.2.x Devices
Palm OS 5.0 Devices
As I stated yesterday, I’m trying to figure out just what Palm OS devices can sync properly with the new version of Palm Desktop 6.2 by ACCESS. Just so we’re clear on the ground rules of my testing, here is what I’m doing.
I’m using an Apple MacBook dual booted into Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP2. I’m not running any software emulation or virtualization here. As far as Windows is concerned, it is running on an Intel Core2 Duo processor.
I have installed Palm Desktop 6.2.2 on top of the Beta 1 release (6.2.1). For my testing, I’m trying to HotSync my contacts exported from the HotSync profile of my Treo 700p which is my everyday device. I am only syncing data with Palm Desktop. I am not working with Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes, or any other enterprise messaging system.
Now that you know what I’m testing, let’s talk about what I’ve tested. The following is the list of devices that I’ve tested and their status.
Palm OS 5.4.x Devices
Palm OS 5.2.x Devices
While I have only tested a handful of devices, it looks like Palm OS devices running Palm’s enhanced PIMs are working at this point. Additional testing with older devices like the Tungsten T and T2 will tell me if I’m correct or not. If that is true, Palm Desktop 6.2 should work with any Palm-branded device launched after September 2003, with maybe the exception of the Treo 600.
Since the release of Palm Desktop by ACCESS 6.2 for Windows, I’ve been trying to figure out what, exactly, of Palm’s devices work with this new release.
The download page states, as a new feature:
“Integrated Desktop: Provides a single desktop and conduit compatibility across all Palm OS 3.5.x through 5.4.x devices.”
The download page also goes on to state in the system requirements section:
“Palm devices:
- Palm Centro
- Treo 755p , 700p, 680, 650
- Palm TX, Z22
- Tungsten E2″
Not wanting to let this direct conflict go unchallenged, I have decided that I’m going to start testing the devices in my collection of Palm OS devices against Palm Desktop by ACCESS 6.2.
So far, I’ve be able to HotSync my Treo 700p (Sprint) and my Treo 650 (Verizon) without any trouble. I’ve also been able to HotSync my Palm TX. But all of those devices are on the supported device list. But what about the LifeDrive, Tungsten T3, m505, and the Handspring Treo 90? What about the Tungsten T, the Palm Vx, and even a Clie NZ-90? I don’t know. Keep reading and I’ll post my findings as I work through my collection of devices.
It has been a while since I last looked at the Palm blog, and it seems that I did just in time.
This weekend, 1/11/08, will be the last time Palm OS customers will be able to download the IBM WebSphere Micro Environment Java Virtual Machine, or Java JVM.
Power users of the Palm OS platform are already starting to boil over as this engine is the only way to run the Opera Mini web browsers on a Palm OS device.
Palm has not stated the reason for why the download is being pulled from the website, however the company does state that they will continue to support the software via the Palm website. The post does specifically state that Palm will not be able to offer updates or downloads after 1/11/08.
Make sure you download your installer today, because it won’t be able for much longer! To help Palm OS users out, this link will take you directly to the software download page, by passing the download form. Please note that the latest version of the Palm OS JVM no longer supports the Tungsten T2, Tungsten W, Zire 71, and earlier Palm OS devices.