I got a Palm Tungsten-e2 for $100.... what can I do with it? (OT)

[TheMetetron]

I refuse to tread into OOT, so I posted this here.

My friend got two Palm Tungsten e2's for free from his work and I gave him $100 for one with a 512 MB SD card.

My question is... wtf can I do with this thing? To me it just seems like a glorified address book and calendar but I'm sure someone here can come up with some good uses.

Apparently, they are decently nice. $250 or so retail.

[grimel]

store E books, car upkeep logs, hold'em calc, palm office, email, use it as MP3 player, games, databases for collectables (so you know what books/CD's/etc you have and can carry it WITH you). Check out http://www.freewarepalm.com/docs/docs.shtml for FREE software. Google Palm software. Loads of it out there.

[TheMetetron]

Music and games sound perfect, though how much can it hold? Probably not more than 100 songs and not even that if I've loaded it with crap.

How does internet work with this. It has bluetooth and I'm assuming I get ass-rammed for $29.95 a month or something ludicrous like that.

[TheMetetron]

The fact you linked me to free software implies I'm going to find some way to spend hundreds more on stupid software I'll never need than I did on the Palm itself.

This isn't gonna be pretty.

[AAmaz0n]

I have a couple of programs on my palm, poker log, and poker tracker (no relation to pat's software I believe) that track my live play. I've seen some other stuff on line like chip counter that keeps track of average stack sizes during a live tournament so you know where you are at.

I keep hoping that someone will write something that lets you quickly put in live hand history so that you can track those like you do online. I may have to try and hack it myself when I have time.

It really is great as an address book and organizer because you can synch it up with your computer, you never lose your information. All my info has survived numerous hard drive crashes and Palm hard boots because it is on both places, unlike a regular address book which takes all the data with it.

Shauna

[TheMetetron]

Those sound useful, I'll check them out.

Also, I email/contact with Mozilla based products, I think I'm SOL as far as synching that goes without switching to Outlook huh?

[AAmaz0n]

I'm not sure how the palm stuff plays with Mozilla; I use outlook on the PC and Entourage on the Mac (I still use OS 9 a lot).

If nothing else, install the Palm desktop - their own app - to at least have something to synch to. Even if it won't keep your contacts in synch with Mozilla, at least all your databases and other programs will be backed up.

Shauna

[grimel]

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Music and games sound perfect, though how much can it hold? Probably not more than 100 songs and not even that if I've loaded it with crap.

How does internet work with this. It has bluetooth and I'm assuming I get ass-rammed for $29.95 a month or something ludicrous like that.

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Oh, you just don't know what this can do. I almost feel bad doing this. PDA accessories (http://http://www.pcconnection.com/Search?CatId=202889&MSCSProfile=11D91F98335F8E14F4 0AE2FC88E2585BC3083DEBB419FE9F1455B697409FC37D023C 2D439AB0C8A07485B7388F4AA867279BCFE8D95DE48DC7CAB2 3C7C5F2DB5F104CED35BB959958136C00DEE02F8988A09F546 176F39C00A7DD5F6BDB2B02C104B2D47D3A38A90C6F806E3BA 6BEB40009607006125B2902966324196DD7FE04314A06EBE7A 917C805F1DF50C39663B754BBE27EF7E426FBA1AC458509C49 6DBE59743D24E803EDAC7737434A02E1C689A233F1C198D016 7F2A3B0BBCC701BD62DBE3C51E7C93762BE5442F8DAE6639EB 9C4D0D84362821DC1B52A0553799B5)

Okay, I don't really feel bad. Here's a 512meg expansion card, you can load as much crap on it as you feel like carrying the little cards. 512M expansion cards (http://www.pcconnection.com/ProductDetail?Sku=5422528) Nice and spendy at $84 each.