TimesToCome Mobile

Palm Support has released a security update for the 650, 680 and 700p phones. This is to protect against the password protection flaw.

I had trouble with the download using Firefox on OSX. I had to ’shift’ + click on the link and select ’save link’ to download the prc file.

Palm info center has an in depth review of the 755p. Most is as you’d expect except for an oddness on the included IM application. If you use IM on your phone a lot you might want to stick to the applications you use on your 700 or 650.

The Sprint model includes a new IM application. It’s actually just a shortcut icon that points you to a free, over the air download. The app supports AOL IM, MSN/Windows Live and Yahoo! Messenger. The Sprint IM app actually charges you by the message, and each message sent goes for the standard sms fee of 15 cents per. If you have an unlimited messaging plan the fee’s aren’t likely to be an issue, without one it can get expensive pretty quickly. Most heavy IM users would be better served with a more economical and feature-full app such as Mundu IM that has a one time upfront fee and no messaging charges.

Tappity requires a user registration and email to use their mobile web directory.

Like Yahoo and Google it lets you set up a start page and keep the things you use most often right there. I don’t see that it does anything more than the start page you set up with Yahoo or Google and it doesn’t have an email account for you.

It does have an impressive list of mobile websites. That alone might make it worth the trouble to register and bookmark. And it looks like they are still adding things into the site.

If you don’t already have a custom start page you might consider Tappity as an option besides Google and Yahoo.

Offical Palm Blog has press releases, progress they are making on software updates, patches etc. Palm started it a few weeks back. There are some useful websites listed in the sidebar. Otherwise it’s too new to tell you much, except if you are looking for information on software patches or new things from Palm that’s probably a good place to begin.

MyPalm is a new website for palm users.

I wandered around there a bit today. Mostly it is lists of various software programs, accessories and other things for sale.

There are some ‘How tos’ for very new users, and supposedly you can get 24-7 tech support. There is a phone number for users who are registered members of the site. ( Membership is free )

Software updates will also be posted on this site.

I’m not seeing anything that wasn’t already on Palm’s site. It’s set up a little nicer but you do have to register at this site unlike you do at the main site.

The easiest way to collect pictures off your Treo or put music on your Treo is to use a SD card reader.

These readers are available anywhere computer stuff is sold. I’ve seen them as low as $10 and as high as $50. The $10 version will work just fine.

There is a usb connection on the reader and a slot to put the SD card into. Pop the card out of your Treo and into the reader, then just put the reader into any open usb slot.

It will show up as a hard drive on your desktop. From there you can drag photos from the card to your desktop or drag music or other files to the card.

DCIM is the directory in which you’ll find your pictures. If you have an AUDIO directory use that for music, or create the directory if it is not there. Create folders on the card same as you would on your computer. The PALM->LAUNCHER directory is where you’ll find most of the programs you have stored on your card.

Wired magazine has a list of websites that offer tiny data/fun blubs that change once a day. These are great for viewing on your mobile.

These ones work on your Treo
Brain drops fun science facts
Daily Painters Art Gallery
Unique Daily a daily WTF from the web
Political Daily Haiku

Wired ‘Snack Attack!’

MobileCrunch has the top 10 mobile websites listed from a list put together by M:Metrics. While MobileCrunch says there’s no surprises on the list. I was surprised. I’ve never been to several of these sites. Guess I’ll have to check them out.

google.com
yahoo.com
msn.com
microsoft.com
live.com
go.com
cnn.com
weather.com
myspace.com
passport.net

Metrics Show Top Mobile Domains No Surprise