Starting to plan for life in a post-Palm OS world

Posted by Dr Andus
Feb 18, 2009 at 12:18 PM

Hi Ken,

I was in a similar dilemma recently, as my old Palm TX started to die on me. Eventually I decided to get myself a new Palm TX instead, so I can stick with DateBk6 and Natara Bonsai outliner, in addition to a range of other software I’ve invested in over the years and use regularly. The TX does have WIFI which works perfectly, and it also has bluetooth which allows me to use my cheap mobile phone as a modem. Interestingly, despite the fact that it has been around for a few years now, the price of Palm TX started climbing again, I imagine because the supplies are dwindling and Palm die-hards like me are snapping up this outgoing technology before it’s too late. I found a reasonably good deal on eBay though.

The main software I use daily on my Palm TX are DateBk6 for calendar, Natara Bonsai for task management (making nested lists essentially), PocketLingo dictionary, Passwords Plus for passwords, Blazer browser for surfing, Dataviz Documents to Go for MS Office and PDFs, TealPhone for contacts, TextPlus for data entry, and World Clock as an alarm clock. Despite the much-discussed gradual deterioration of the screen (where certain areas over time become insensitive), I’m willing to put up with that if I can use this technology for a couple of more years. I just hope some miracle happens and Palm will come up with something reasonably similar and compatible before I need another one.