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March 14, 2004 |
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TimeCopy 1.4 review
This week's news |
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PRODUCT REVIEW
Don't let time pass you by with TimeCopy 1.4
By James Booth
How often do you have to adjust the time on your Palm device? Do you mess with it constantly, knowing the time is off and is drifting more and more? I never have to adjust the time on my handheld and it's always dead on. Know why? I use TimeCopy (see http://www.palmgear.com?xyz=20154) from Gert-Jan Vons.
TimeCopy is a great little application for Palm devices that will synchronize the time and date on your handheld with the time and date on your desktop computer. And if you're anywhere near as anal retentive as me, you might also use a desktop application to make sure the desktop is synchronized with the National Atomic Clock. Yes, I really am that anal. Every one of the clocks in my house is set to the same time, within thirty seconds of all the others. With TimeCopy, my Palm device is one less clock I have to worry about.
TimeCopy will work on any Palm OS and will work with Windows or Mac. As you can see from the opening screen in Figure A, TimeCopy will show you how much your Palm device is drifting, what the time and date was set to on the last Hotsync, and when the last adjustment was.
FIGURE A
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TimeCopy will keep track of adjustments and time drift. Click picture for a larger image.
>From the Preferences screen, shown in Figure B, you can set how and what will be updated when you HotSync.
FIGURE B
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You can customize how and what TimeCopy updates. Click picture for a larger image.
The time can be set to update Automatically or Manually. You can choose to have TimeCopy update just the local time, or to update the Time, Time Zone and Daylight Savings Time. You can also choose not to have TimeCopy update the time if it is off by more than an amount determined by you.
TimeCopy is another one of those golden applications that no handheld should be without. To top it off, it's free. The real shame is that after all of the revisions that Palm has made to their OS, this function has never been included. Fortunately, Gert-Jan Vons has filled the void.
TimeCopy is truly an install and forget application. Once it's installed on your Palm device and you have it configured the way you want, you never have to worry about it again. The only occasion you may have to mess with it is to upgrade when a new version comes out, which is as simple as installing the new version over the old. I have seen other applications on the market that synchronize your time, but they have to be purchased.
Any way you look at it, free is better all the way around, especially when it does what it promises. I rate TimeCopy at 4 out of 5. The one and only thing I think could make TimeCopy better is if it had a desktop counterpart that would automatically update to the National Atomic Clock. But then again, that may be asking too much for an excellent application that is free to begin with. TimeCopy from Gert-Jan Vons is a great app that fills a hole left by Palm.
OUR RATING: 4 of 5
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James Booth is a self-taught PC and Palm device user that dabbles in graphics and photography. He can be reached at address@hidden.
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COMPUTING UNPLUGGED NEWS CENTER
This week's news
Want to get the very latest mobile and wireless news? The Computing Unplugged News Center is updated every day with news of product releases, industry info, tips, techniques, and pointers to great mobile and wireless resources on the Web. Here's this week's news:
USB Swiss Army Knife
Now your Swiss Army knife truly has everything. Swissbit will begin offering a model of the Swiss Army knife with a built-in USB Flash drive in 64 or 128 MB capacity.
Handmark adds Memory Stick
Handmark, publisher of software for both Palm OS and Windows Mobile based devices, is now offering its retail products in the Memory Stick format.
Fuel Cells for Mobile Devices
Medis Technologies is partnering with Kensington Technology, a maker and distributor of computer accessories, to bring fuel cells to mobile devices such as cell phones, digital cameras, MP3 players, handheld gaming devices, PDAs and smartphones.
Flash memory slot cleaners
Kaiser Fototechnik have designed dummy cleaning cards specifically for getting the dust and dirt out of CompactFlash and SmartMedia card slots.
Aquatic robot
Researchers at McGill University's Center for Intelligent Machines, have unveiled a new underwater robot called the Aqua with six individually controlled flippers for getting around. Because each flipper on the robot can be controlled independently, it's able to remain silently in place while underwater and record what's going on around it without causing a disturbance, something that can't be done with undersea robots that use propellers or jets.
ISPs take legal action again spammers
Microsoft, AOL, EarthLink and Yahoo announced they'll be among the first to sue six of the most active spammers under the federal CAN-SPAM Act.
Senate takes aim at spyware
A new federal bill hopes to eliminate spyware that relays user information or even keystrokes to outsiders and rein in adware, which prompts those annoying pop-up advertisements. The goal is to protect users from identity theft and organizations from intellectual-property loss.
Pocket Launcher 2.0 for Pocket PC
Conduits Technologies has announced the release of Pocket Launcher 2.0, a customizable application launcher that improves upon the device's built-in program launcher with a tab-based categorization system that is expandable to a user's needs, and customizable to a user's tastes.
Zoom wireless 56k Bluetooth modem
The Model 4300 faxmodem delivers mobile access to the Internet, email and fax communications for any Bluetooth enabled PDA or Windows computer. It can provide a wireless connection to client computers within a range of up to 100 meters or 328 feet.
Veo cancels Tungsten camera
Veo has cancelled their planned 1.3 megapixel SDIO camera. The company has cited "unforeseen circumstances" as the reason for canceling the product and does not anticipate releasing a Palm OS version at any time in the near future.
Softswitch textile keyboard
Canesis has developed a flexible fabric that can be used as a computer keyboard. The new "smart textiles" can also be used for car-seat covers that adjust the seat to fit the driver's body, for soft toys that purr or snarl, and to alert a nurse when a hospital patient risks bedsores by lying too long in one position.
Toyota Partner Robot
Toyota announced a project to develop partner robots designed to function as personal assistants for humans. Toyota is promoting the development of human-assisting partner robots using the collective experience cultivated by the Toyota Group in automotive development and production engineering.
Robotcop on patrol in Hong Kong
Conceived and built by researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Robotcop's main role is to spread anti-theft and anti-triad messages.
Spam filters often lose emails
Return Path, a company that monitors email performance for online marketers, has found that nearly 19 percent of email sent by its customers never reached the inboxes of intended recipients.
Proporta news
Proporta, makers of PDA cases and cables, have relocated their offices to Unit 5, English Business Park, English Close, Hove , BN3 7ET, UK. In addition they have a new line of Clie leather cases and Toshiba aluminum cases. To celebrate their move and new products, Proporta is offering a 10% discount on hardware, use code HOVEH10, and 20% off of all software with the discount code HOVES20. For more information, visit the Proporta site.
Registry Defragmentation 5.0
Registry Defragmentation physically defragments the Windows registry file to give it the proper linear structure. As a result of regular registry defragmentation, computer users get a more stable operating system, shorter application/system response time, and the most optimal linear registry structure.
Froogle wireless service
Somehow, I managed to miss this release. Luckily, our Managing Editor, Denise Americh, passed it on to me, so I offer here the Froogle wireless search solution. Google has released the Froogle wireless service, a new Google Labs experiment that enables users to instantly search the web for products using Froogle product search from their WML-enabled cell phone. This new Google Labs product extends the reach of Google's product search service to the wireless platform.
Cooking goes mobile
Creative Algorithms has announced the release of Serving Sizer, software for the Palm OS handheld that converts recipe ingredients proportionally, based on serving sizes.
Reg Organizer 2.0 released
ChemTable Software has announced version 2.0 of its registry maintenance solution allowing Windows users to take control over the registry database using a set of easy-to-use tools for optimizing system performance. The application offers advanced registry management methods that are not included in Windows package making it possible to preview ..reg file before adding data to the registry, automatically find, replace and delete multiple instances of user-specified registry keys and values as well as clean up obsolete registry entries and monitor certain registry keys modifications.
Solid Innovation's mobile invoicing
Solid Innovation has announced the launch of Si Speedy Invoice, a new product that integrates Intuit QuickBooks Pro invoicing into an array of handheld PalmSource Palm OS devices. Si Speedy Invoice was designed to integrate functions from QuickBooks 2003 or higher with mobile handheld Palm OS devices to be able to invoice, update customer records, and review pricing from virtually anywhere.
Mobile data protection
CREDANT Technologies, has introduced version 3.5 of its security and management software platform, CREDANT Mobile Guardian, at the Gartner Mobile and Wireless Summit 2004 in Chicago. The upgrade introduces new functionality that includes the ability to control the use of cameras on smartphones, encryption of emails and attachments, self-service password reset for Research in Motion (RIM) devices, and single sign-on for Windows Mobile Pocket PC and Palm-based devices.
MacFrog debugged
FrogPad, maker of the portable one-handed keyboard, has announced that all of the bug reports submitted for the MacFrogPad keyboard at Apple have been corrected. FrogPad will start shipping Mac compatible USB FrogPads. You can use code ‘Frog25’ for a $25 discount on the MacFrog.
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