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Free Software

The market for Palm software is very competitive with all companies vying to establish monopoly by grabbing the biggest share of the clientage. The companies employ various tricks to attract customers and one of the most successful tricks is the distribution of freeware in the form of free programs and software. As a customer you should make the best use of all such utility software available in the market, especially as they are obtainable free of cost.

Most of the free software are very useful applications for Palm PDAs and Treos and they can easily be loaded into your Palm. These free software provide you with additional facilities like games and other utilities. You can utilize these applications whenever you have time at hand and there isn’t much to do. This could be when you are traveling or when you are waiting at the Airport. 

Revamping your Device

DockWare Pro is software that allows you to place pictures behind the calendar and clock. The free version of this software that is available in the market is called DockWare (www.iliumsoft.com ) which is marketed by llium Software. This software comes preloaded with pictures that will allow you to apply color changes to your calendar and clock. You can change the screen colors by going to the Personal section and tap Home, Prefs and Color Theme. You just have to select the color theme and tap Done. You can visit www.pda-freeware.com/graphics_editor_palm_os5.htm  for loading and modifying themes as per your requirements.
You are free to change the color of the backgrounds or the menu text to suit your requirements. You can even exercise the option of exporting the theme for creating a Memopad record. If you feel that you would like to share such a theme with your friends as well, then you can easily share it with them by beam.

Games

Your Palm OS would have come with some preloaded games, but if you are in the mood for changing these games or adding new games, then you have unlimited options available. If you are an avid Sudoku lover, then a visit to onesir.com/sulite.html and www.scss.com.au/family/andrew/pdas/palm/myprogs/sudoku will give you access to free Sudoku games that can be downloaded to your Palm. You can enjoy a good game of Sudoku on your Palm whenever you want to take a break from the daily routine work. Those of you who are not interested in Sudoku but are keen on playing solitaire, the good news for you is that you can get the game Pyramid Solitaire free of cost from www.seahorsesoft.com/pyramid.html . Download the game and play it at your will on your Palm. There is no dearth of games on the internet that are available for free download to be used as additional applications on your Palm.

It is advisable to carry out a little survey before downloading any of the additional applications to assess their utility before committing some of the memory space from your Palm to these additional applications. Due deliberation and forethought will give good results in the sense that you will be able to gain a lot from the freeware that you download to your Palm.

Software for Calculations

Wouldn’t it be a great advantage if you had software loaded in your Palm that could assist you in your calculations related to bills, sales and taxes? This would be a boon for those of you who find it difficult to carry out mathematical calculations mentally. The good news is that such software is indeed available for free and you can easily download it from www.iliumsoft.com . It is called Tipster and it will calculate bill totals, sales tax and tips as well, and is a wonderful tool to carry on your trip to the restaurant.

Mapping Software

If you have to travel a lot daily and most of the traveling is done by public transport, then it would be beneficial for you to download the software called Metro for free from www.nanika.net/Metro . This software covers around 350 cities from across the world and it will keep a track of your start point and the end point of your route to give you assistance in finding your way through the city.

Cleaning Software

If your work requires you to frequently download files and software to your Palm which may not be required after some time, you have to read this. You may run into problems related to shortage of memory space if you are not able to completely delete the files (even after uninstalling them) from your Palm at a later stage. The software called Destaller Lite which can be downloaded for free from www.rogame.com is a boon for you if you are keen on regularly cleaning up the memory space in your Palm.

Security

If you use your Palm to store sensitive data pertaining to your bank accounts and other passwords, then it may be worthwhile to install encryption software in your Palm that will assist you in protecting yourself against unauthorized access to your sensitive data. Keyring is software that is available for free at www.gnukeyring.sourceforge.net and it generates passwords that are difficult to decode.
Management of OS

You can download the application File Z free of cost from www.nosleepsoftware.sourceforge.net/. This application can be utilized as an effective file manager for most of the handheld devices that function on Palm OS. You can use File Z for viewing and editing files. However, it is advisable to avoid editing files yourself unless you are an expert in this area. If you make a mistake in editing, the there are chances that you may end up damaging the file. All details of files are stored in hex numbers and so you should be familiar in working with hex numbers if you want to use File Z for editing any file in your Palm OS. File Z will give you access to all information pertaining to a file such as the type of the file, its size and other attributes in the form of hex numbers. The user manual of File Z is exhaustive in the sense that it will give you loads of information on all aspects of the functioning of this application as an effective file management application.

You can download OneKey which is a freeware from www.wishsolutions.com/palmos.html. This application will allow you to assign buttons for quick access to the applications and programs that are used often.