New Palm Tungsten T3 owner seeks advice

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H.B. Elkins wrote:
> 2.) Can anyone suggest a good car mount with power? I'll be using the Tungsten
> with a DeLorme Blue Logger GPS I just ordered.

With heavy use and possible rapid depletion of battery, perhaps one of
the 'inverters' now available would be good for providing low-amperage
AC power to the Palm's transformer.

What say, PDA veterans?

-- GeneM

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See my recommendations below....

"H.B. Elkins" <hbelkins@mis.net.restrictorplate> wrote in message
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> Any answers to be had at all? I'm wandering around in the dark here....
>
> On 30 Dec 2004 12:32:16 -0800, H.B. Elkins wrote:
>>
>>I got a Palm Tungsten T3 for Christmas and I'm looking to accessorize,
>>seeking,
>>tips, etc.
>>
>>1.) What are my best Wi-Fi options for using my home 802.11g network and
>>for
>>"wardriving?" The SanDisk Wi-Fi +256 MB card doesn't list T3
>>compatibility. I
>>know Palm makes a Wi-Fi SDIO card, but has anyone had any experience with
>>the
>>Enfora Wireless LAN Portfolio (http://tinyurl.com/3to9w)? I like it
>>because it
>>doesn't require the SD slot, as does the Palm branded SDIO card, leaving
>>room
>>for a big 1 GB storage card which I've already ordered.

The WiFi options are the Palm One WiFi card and the Enfora. I considered the
Enfora for some time but I decided against it because of the PDA retention
method in the case. Basically is uses velcro on the back of the T3. The
reason I don't like this is it inteferes with the slider action and makes it
more difficult to use the T3 in another case that doesn't use velcro for
attachment.

I liked the Enfora case because of the notebook style portfolio and the
separate power.

>>
>>2.) Can anyone suggest a good car mount with power? I'll be using the
>>Tungsten
>>with a DeLorme Blue Logger GPS I just ordered.
>>

Seidio is one option. They have a powered car mount that should be just the
ticket. http://www.seidioonline.com/ There is also Gomadic,
http://www.gomadic.com/pdamoauho.html, which has some similar units.

>>3.) Will there be any way I can get instant messaging clients,
>>particularly
>>Yahoo Messenger and AIM, to run on the Palm? If the answer is no, will I
>>be able
>>to use the Web-based Yahoo Messenger with the Tungsten's Web browser?
>>

Not sure about AIM, but there is a Yahoo client for Palm. I could not get it
to work with my T3, it kept crashing and I had to reset the Palm.

>>Thanks for any and all help -- I'm looking forward to exploring what all I
>>can
>>do with my Palm Tungsten T3.
>>
>>
Hope this helps

Cheers
TC

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Here is what I downloaded that didn't work on the T3.

http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/palm.html

There is also an application called Chatopus which claims to be Yahoo
compatible

http://www.chatopus.com/

Good luck

TC

"H.B. Elkins" <hbelkins@mis.net.restrictorplate> wrote in message
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> >The WiFi options are the Palm One WiFi card and the Enfora. I considered
> >the
>>Enfora for some time but I decided against it because of the PDA retention
>>method in the case. Basically is uses velcro on the back of the T3. The
>>reason I don't like this is it inteferes with the slider action and makes
>>it
>>more difficult to use the T3 in another case that doesn't use velcro for
>>attachment.
>>
>>I liked the Enfora case because of the notebook style portfolio and the
>>separate power.
>
> What I like best about the Enfora case is that it doesn't use the SD slot,
> leaving it available for storage. I have a 1 GB SD card on the way and I
> figure
> that'll fill any storage needs I may have.
>
>>Seidio is one option. They have a powered car mount that should be just
>>the
>>ticket. http://www.seidioonline.com/ There is also Gomadic,
>>http://www.gomadic.com/pdamoauho.html, which has some similar units.
>
> Arkon has a decent one as well, but I'll check out your recommendations.
> Thanks!
>
>>Not sure about AIM, but there is a Yahoo client for Palm. I could not get
>>it
>>to work with my T3, it kept crashing and I had to reset the Palm.
>
> Any ideas where I can find the Palm Yahoo client? THe only downloads I've
> seen
> on Yahoo's site are for Mac, Windows and (I think) Linux. Don't remember
> seeing
> one available for Palm OS.
>
> Thanks for your help -- it's a good start!
>
>
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