My Palm Treo 650 helped me complete my grocery list yesterday. Instead of writing the items I needed to buy on a piece of paper that could easily get lost, I used my Treo. It has no special software for the grocery list — I have yet to download one — so I just used the Tasks application. After getting each item, I only had to tick the checkbox beside it to make it disappear. This made me sure I did not forget anything, especially the candies for my girlfriend’s niece and nephews.

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Confessions of a Filipino Palm Addict

My name is Ederic, and I’m a Palm addict. I maintain a bilingual blog (in English and Filipino) on Palm devices at www.makapalm.com.

I started using a Palm-–my girlfriend’s m130–-in early 2003. Later that year, I had my first Palm handheld–an m100, which I eventually sold to a friend because I bought another friend’s m505. I later upgraded to an m515. Last year, I bought a secondhand Treo 650.

My Treo is primarily my cellphone–I use it mainly to send and receive text messages. I enjoy the chat-feature on its SMS application. Recently I installed Group Text Messaging to be able to send messages to a group of people easier. Of course, as a cellphone, I also use it to place and receive calls.

When I’m not in front of my Ubuntu Desktop, I also use my Treo to send and receive e-mail and browse the Web. Yes, I hold the World Wide Web on my palm. :)

Lately, I’ve also been using it to post on my blog. Whenever I’m already in bed already but dreamland remains elusive, I could always weave words on any of my blogs. With my Treo’s QWERTY keypad, typing is fast and easy. I use Blazer, Treo’s default browser. Opera requires Java and crashes very often. I connect using my mobile provider’s cheap Internet access.

My Treo and the application funSMS also serve as an archival storage of old text messages from my girlfriend. Her earliest messages date back to 2003.

I also own a Nokia 7110–my most favorite Nokia phone ever. Using funSMS’s infrared connection, I am able to save and transfer text messages it receives to my Treo.

I also use my Treo to write and edit articles for my fortnightly column. It is also my personal digital assistant, alarm clock, portable MP3 and video player, digital camera, ebook reader and “game-and-watch” in one. Sometimes, it could also be a flashlight–and I’m planning to use it a TV remote control, too.

My favorite programs–other than Bewejeled, of course–are eReader Pro for my eBooks, funSMS for the old text messages and AvantGo for the day’s news.

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	Centro	Treo 500v
Availability	US	Europe
Network	CDMA – Sprint	GSM – Vodafone, Vodacom
Operating System	Palm OS 5.4.9	Windows Mobile 6
Display	320×320 pixel	320×240-pixel
Connectivity	Bluetooth 1.2	Bluetooth 2.0
Internet	3G/EVDO	3G/UMTS
Memory	64 MB expandable w/ micro-SD	150 MB expandable w/ micro-SD
Camera	1.3 megapixels	2.0 megapixels
Dimension/Weight	4.22? (L) x 2.11? (W) x 0.73? (D); 120 grams	4.33? (L) x 2.42? (W) x 0.65? (D), 120 grams
Battery life	3.5 hours talk time, up 12 days standby time	4.5 hours talk time, up to 10 days standby time
Compatible computer OS	Windows® XP, Vista™, Mac OS X v10.2-10.4	Windows® XP, Vista™

Sources:Palm Europe, Palm US, BusinessWire, Wikipedia

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