| Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
| Introduction | p. xix |
| Get Started | |
| Welcome to Palm | p. 3 |
| Understanding Palm Handhelds | p. 6 |
| The Guts of the Machine | p. 7 |
| Where to Find the Best Prices | p. 15 |
| Get to Know Your Palm Device | p. 19 |
| Taking a Guided Tour of the Hardware | p. 20 |
| Using Your Palm Device for the First Time | p. 31 |
| Getting to Know the Operating System | p. 35 |
| Setting Palm Device Preferences | p. 39 |
| Introducing Palm Desktop | p. 45 |
| Get Set Up with Your PC | p. 49 |
| Unpacking Your Palm | p. 51 |
| Installing the Desktop Software | p. 55 |
| Performing Your First HotSync | p. 57 |
| HotSyncing as a Way of Life | p. 68 |
| Installing and HotSyncing More Than One Palm | p. 70 |
| Using a Notebook's IR Port to HotSync | p. 71 |
| Get Information In and Out of Your Palm | p. 77 |
| Three Different Ways to Enter Data | p. 79 |
| Getting to Know Graffiti | p. 88 |
| Beaming Data Between Palms | p. 101 |
| Installing New Software on Your Palm | p. 108 |
| Working with Memory Cards | p. 115 |
| Get Things Done | |
| The Date Book | p. 125 |
| Viewing Your Appointments | p. 126 |
| Managing Your Day from the Agenda View | p. 133 |
| Creating New Appointments | p. 135 |
| Working with Alarms | p. 142 |
| Working with the Palm Desktop | p. 145 |
| Using the Windows Date Book | p. 145 |
| Using Outlook | p. 149 |
| Using the Macintosh Date Book | p. 151 |
| The Address Book | p. 155 |
| Viewing Your Addresses | p. 157 |
| Creating New Entries | p. 161 |
| Assigning Categories | p. 164 |
| Editing and Deleting Addresses | p. 165 |
| Creating and Beaming Your Business Card | p. 166 |
| Working with the Palm Desktop | p. 167 |
| The Windows Address Book | p. 167 |
| Using Outlook | p. 171 |
| The Macintosh Address Book | p. 172 |
| The To Do List, Memo Pad, and Note Pad | p. 177 |
| Viewing the To Do List | p. 179 |
| Creating a To Do | p. 180 |
| Working with the List View | p. 182 |
| Deleting Old To Dos | p. 186 |
| Using To Dos in Palm Desktop | p. 188 |
| Using To Dos in Outlook | p. 190 |
| Using the Macintosh To Do List | p. 190 |
| Using the Memo Pad and Note Pad | p. 194 |
| Creating New Memos | p. 196 |
| Arranging Memos in the Memo List | p. 199 |
| Working with Notes | p. 200 |
| Using Notes and Memos in Palm Desktop | p. 202 |
| Using the Windows Memo Pad | p. 202 |
| Using the Windows Note Pad | p. 204 |
| Using Memo Pad in Outlook | p. 205 |
| Creating Memos on Macintoshes | p. 206 |
| The Rest of the Palm OS Team | p. 211 |
| Palm Security | p. 213 |
| The Find Feature | p. 223 |
| The Calculator | p. 227 |
| The Mail Program | p. 229 |
| Expense Management | p. 230 |
| Going on a Trip | p. 237 |
| Preparing Your Palm for the Road | p. 239 |
| Road Tips | p. 243 |
| Software to Bring Along | p. 245 |
| PDA Survival Tools | p. 253 |
| Unwire Your Palm | p. 259 |
| Wireless PDAs | p. 261 |
| Connecting Other Handhelds | p. 265 |
| Introduction to Web Clipping | p. 269 |
| E-Mail and Your Palm | p. 270 |
| Accessing America Online | p. 272 |
| Web Browsing with the Palm | p. 272 |
| Channel Surfing with AvantGo | p. 274 |
| All About Bluetooth | p. 278 |
| Beyond the Box | |
| Your Palm as a PC Replacement | p. 285 |
| Building the Perfect Beast | p. 287 |
| Dealing with Documents | p. 290 |
| Printing from Your Palm | p. 300 |
| Hacks and Other Handy Utilities | p. 305 |
| X-Master | p. 306 |
| OS 5 Hacks | p. 313 |
| Other Utilities | p. 315 |
| The Wonderful World of Launchers | p. 320 |
| Palm Anti-Virus Utilities | p. 322 |
| Creating Your Own Palm Programs | p. 323 |
| Graffiti Enhancements and Alternatives | p. 324 |
| Playing Games | p. 337 |
| Prepping Your Palm for Gaming | p. 339 |
| A Few (Dozen) of Our Favorite Games | p. 343 |
| Two-Player Infrared Games | p. 352 |
| Playing Text Adventures | p. 353 |
| Using the Palm as a Pair of Dice | p. 357 |
| The Handheld Multimedia Machine | p. 359 |
| Building a Library of E-Books | p. 360 |
| Free E-Books and E-Books for Sale | p. 363 |
| Making Your Own E-Books | p. 365 |
| Taking Pictures with Your Palm | p. 366 |
| Building an Electronic Photo Album | p. 373 |
| Watching Movies on Your PDA | p. 375 |
| Painting on the Palm | p. 378 |
| Collaborating on a Sketch | p. 380 |
| Capturing Screenshots of the Palm Display | p. 381 |
| Listening to MP3s on Your Palm | p. 382 |
| Making Music on the Palm | p. 383 |
| Accessories and Upgrades | p. 387 |
| Pick a Case, Any Case | p. 388 |
| The Stylus Decision | p. 391 |
| Keyboards | p. 391 |
| Protecting Your Screen | p. 395 |
| Navigating the World with a GPS Receiver | p. 396 |
| Turning Your PDA into a Camera | p. 397 |
| Magnifying Your PDA Screen | p. 398 |
| Recharging Your Batteries While Traveling | p. 398 |
| Mounting Your Palm Device in Your Car (or Golf Cart) | p. 402 |
| Recovering Lost Handhelds | p. 403 |
| Problems and Solutions | p. 405 |
| Curing Most Problems with a Reset | p. 407 |
| Avoiding Battery Problems | p. 410 |
| Fixing Scratched Screens | p. 412 |
| Fixing a Screen That No Longer Responds Properly | p. 412 |
| Resolving Hack Conflicts | p. 414 |
| Fixing a Palm That Won't "Wake Up" for Alarms | p. 414 |
| Curing Beaming Problems | p. 415 |
| The Date Won't Advance | p. 415 |
| Dealing with a Handheld That Will No Longer HotSync | p. 416 |
| Outlook HotSync Problems | p. 421 |
| Working with Windows 2000 | p. 421 |
| Working with Windows NT 4.0 | p. 422 |
| Working with Windows XP | p. 422 |
| Managing Multiple Palms or PCs | p. 422 |
| Upgrades | p. 424 |
| Obtaining Service and Repairs | p. 425 |
| Other Sources for Help | p. 426 |
| Index | p. 429 |
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