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The memory of your Palm is one of the important assets that needs to be managed efficiently.  A little time spent on cleaning the unwanted applications and data will go a long way in increasing the efficiency and efficacy of your device which will ultimately help you in organizing and completing your work efficiently. Unwanted applications not only consume precious memory but may also affect the speed and performance of your device.

Applications to help you
 
A number of third party applications are available to assist you in carrying out efficient management of your device. You can use ‘Uninstall Managers’ to save precious memory space which will keep your device clean and trouble-free. Neatfreak Pack Plus! ($26.95; www.northglide.com ) comes with Uninstall Manager, Cleanup, and OnGuard Backup and can take care of your requirement of uninstalling unwanted applications and also protecting your data. The NeatFreak Pack Ultimate includes Cleanup, to clean your device from old leftovers, Uninstall Manager to ensure that applications will be completely removed when they are no longer needed, OnGuard Backup, to ensure that your most important information remains safe as well as Northglide Undo that allows you to ‘Undo’ anything that you later realize should not have been done!

To remove problems of duplicated data you can use Undupe from Stevens Creek Software ($9.95; www.stevenscreek.com ) which automatically removes duplicates in Contacts, Tasks, Calendar, and Memos. This can save you a lot of time compared to manually identifying and deleting duplicate data that could be present in multiple instances. Hiratte Clean Pack ($19.95; www.hiratte.com ) is another application that  also removes orphaned files and databases apart from removing applications from the Palm’s memory and expansion card.  A number of products are available at  http://www.hiratte.com/palmos_uti.html  and you can visit this website to identify the most suitable utilities for you. ezMaintain ($19.95; www.pdaperformance.com  )  enables you to identify the duplicates while giving more sorting options.
Several products are available now a day to assist you in carrying out these management tasks. Trial versions of some these products are also available, which gives you the opportunity to evaluate and identify the most suitable product for you.

Safeguarding Tasks and Events  

You can select data for purging on the basis of weeks and months .To prevent deletion of some particular task in a particular week you can set it as repeated task. Repeated tasks are not deleted. In case the task is not repeated, to prevent future reminders, you can set the repetition cycle to several years (99 years is generally the maximum permissible time cycle). While deleting you can utilize the option of archiving the data but if you are sure that you are not going to need it in the future you can deselect this option.

Deleting Data  

There is always a possibility of accidentally deleting your important data from tasks, calendar etc. Purging a file physically removes the file therefore you should be careful while purging any file. It is better to just delete the file initially so that you can recover it from the recycle bin in case it is required. You can be more deliberate when you are emptying the recycle bin.

Removing  Applications 

While deleting unwanted data and applications is desirable, one needs to be careful while doing so, especially with applications. If you happen to remove any of the files required by the system to operate, the device may be rendered unusable until reinstallation of the entire operating system is carried out.

You can delete an application by tapping Home-App and Delete. After selecting the application to be deleted you can tap done. To remove the application from the card, the media needs to selected accordingly.

As brought out earlier, you need to be sure of the application you are attempting to remove. In case you are not sure you can visit www.nosleep.net, and click on File Z.  File Z is the premiere device utility application for Palm OS which provides easy to use and customizable interface. Using this you can have full access to your device's files, system information, and preferences. You can use intuitive file browser for tasks like view, edit, copy, move, etc. It will also provide information about memory usage and battery status. You can view and delete preferences for any application on your device.

Protect your Screen  

You can use Screen Protectors for your model to protect your screen from scratches and scrapes that lead to poor screen viewing. However, you should ascertain that their use does not adversely affect the view and readability.

To clean the screen you can use various cleaners readily available in the market. You can use furniture polish to buff the scratches. It is advisable to use any of these initially on a small area of the screen to observe any adverse effects. Once certain, they can then be utilized on the entire screen. You can also put Scotch Tape on the Graffiti area as it does not leaves marks on removal and improved friction to the surface enables easier Graffiti recognition.

Move Media Files & Applications 

Any new device in the market will generally have more memory than its predecessors. Initially you will feel that the device has more memory than you will ever need. However, as it always happens with almost everybody, with passage of time, as additional applications get loaded and data continues to increase everyday, you are likely to run out of memory. This will invariably lead your device towards slower performance. To overcome this problem, you can procure storage cards that are not very expensive. You can move your data and applications to the storage cards. Rarely used applications are the ideal candidates for being shifted to the storage cards. Similarly photos, audio-video files can also be moved to storage cards. Actually before shifting, you should make a list of items that you are likely to use more frequently and shift the rest to the storage cards. Assuming that any newly added data is likely to be required more often, you can continue to store it on the palm. Once in a while you can repeat the exercise of identifying frequently required, rarely required and not required data. It is then easy to take suitable actions.