Essentials..

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Hi,
What are some of the softwares or hardwares that you guys consider an essential? For me I'd think avantgo, my biblereader and perhaps pocket tunes. Not forgetting my wifi card of course. What you guys think..
 
agenduspro 8.06
makespot
plucker (free)
shadowplan
ereader pro
mmplayer
acidimage
uninstall manager/cleanup
filez/fileprog (free)
zlauncher 5
quickoffice
mobiledb/pilot-db (i use both)
bttoggle
graffitianywhere (free)
slidefree
textplus
clip pro
diddlebug (free)
webpro
versamail
trackerdog (free)
fonts4os5
psmemo (free)
crash pro
metro (free)
handmap
missingsync
Ptunes


...a bunch of others but these are essentials for me...
 
oops, forgot one of the best and most crucial...Splashid

also acrobat palm reader is ok for pdfs but a bit clunky and slow - it is free tho'


oh, and backupbuddy vfspro - absolutely essential for peace of mind.....
 
Being a newcomer here but having an afftair with my T3, I have some essentials that I could not do without:

HanDBase
McFile
PowerRun
Polynote
Offstroke
PowerOn
Backup Buddy
CrashPro
DateDiff (used for my profession)
Isilo
Doc2Go
DictionartaryToGo
ThesaurusToGo
Project Tracker(used in my profession)
Time Line (used in my profession)
kCal (used in my profession)
WeightCalc (used in my profession)
Serving Sizer (used in my profession)
Epocrates (used in my profession)
Weekup
Waterlog
USDA Foods(used in my profession)
Mobipocket (used in my profession)
MedCalc
EasyTalk
Today
DailyPlan
DataViewer

....and much more specifically designed for my profession as a consulting Registered Dietitian

Carol Casey
 
Good Lists! I would ABSOLUTELY have to have the following, freewares first:

DateDifference
Offstroke
ScreenButton
TomCatalog
Files
sysTool

Paid Software:
AcidImage
Bonsai
CardBackup (jkware)
TealMover
TealScript
TealDoc
TealLaunch/Master

And, of course, the Docs2Go that comes packaged on many P1 handhelds. By using TealDoc with a freeware desktop interface called TextSync from SourceForge.net, you can skip both Word 2 Go (Dataviz) and WordSmith and actually do MORE.

Many of the freewares available are BETTER than commercial stuff and a very small footprint - screenbutton combined with TealLaunch (1 free, 1 paid) is the best "launcher" you can have IMHO; offstroke is great for fast "off" and something like 2k in size. The TextSync "stub" is less than 1k.

What you save on the freewares can help finance the PAID stuff, but if you DO DROP $150 on GOOD paid stuff, you'll have the handheld from hell if you combine it with the free.

We now start to get in to "variations" of the lists based on personal choice; MANY of the apps mentioned in above two posts are EXCELLENT but people differ - some like SplashID, I'd go with TealSafe/TealLock. Some like ShadowPlan Outliner, I like Bonsai. Some like AcidImage, some like RescoViewer; it's all personal taste. However, these lists will give you a general idea of things to look at, and you decide what's best for you.

I happen to be a "file uitility" freak and so I have SysTool, Filez and TomCatalog (all free), but TealMover does some stuff none of them will do (and vice versa). Net result 4 file managers! You may not be that "picky," but talk about having control!!

Last thing to think about would be JackSprat/JackFlash and THEY are a VERY personal decision; do ''em "incorrectly" and you've got a paperweight! However, if you're going to keep music on the handheld and NOT the SD Card, I'd recommend "making the leap" and putting almost ALL of the above listed apps (EXCEPT: CLIP PRO, TEALLOCK, TEALLAUNCH, and TEALMASTER!) in flash and you'd have almost 100% of RAM free for your music or other stuff. They're also protected from even a hard reest, as long as you remember to load JackSafe first upon initializing the flash. I realize JS/JF is a whole separate discussion, but I'm running 52 apps and 5 libraries and have 95% free of RAM. I also only use 2MB per backup file on the SD Card, and since I maintain TWO backups, I only use up 4MB on the card. If you had 12MB in RAM and made 2 copies of it, you'd be backing up for a full minute or more x 2 files, and load up 24MB on the card. Think about it -- that's around 8 mp3s combined with a VERY quick backup time (my CardBackup process averages around 4-5 seconds per file).
 
timesheet
avantgo
calendar (built-in)
filez
memos (built-in)
plucker
prefs (built-in) (to set wifi 'on')
web pro (built-in) (sometimes needed for enabling wi-fi hotspots)
wi-fi-where (to find them..)
tasks (built-in)
and hotsync! (built-in)
 
Silverscreen
AcidImage
Documents to Go
PhoneMagic (addressbook, finger-accessed)
TextPlus (takes the pain out of not having a keyboard)
MegaCommander (do-it-all file manager)
BtToggle (very valuable for saving battery life, as if bluetooth is always on)
Energy Dimmer
Splash ID/Money
DateWheel
NoviiRemote 3.1 (controls most of my gadgets/appliances)
Versamail
BackupMan
Slap (pop-up calculator, freeware)
Worldmate Pro (excellent travel aid)
Metro (freeware)
Tube (maps and subway guide)
Uninstall Manager
 
I forgot to mention two very essential apps (for me):

CardExport (for easy SD card management from PC, without having to remove it from the PDA. Makes loading of MP3 and large data files very fast).

CrashPro (absorbs the shocks/surprises of fatal errors))
 
MegaClock from MegaSoft - one of the best quality and very useful bits of soft I've seen on a PDA.

More than just a clock - forget WorldMate etc - this does so much more and it's so well crafted.
 
Worldmate Pro is actually more than a world clock app. It's a travel essential that gives flight schedules, weather, currency and atomic time updates via phone GPRS. It also has a conversion tool, travel packing list, international call area codes, size conversions, in addition to its time functions. It's a good app for people who frequently travel, especially by air.

MegaClock is an excellent software though, and I also use it more for its various time functions.
 
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