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Palm Treo 650 Device Spotlight

Setup - Part 1	Wed Aug 31, 2005 11:56 am
I am busy setting up my Treo 650 permanently on my desktop. With the newer devices from PalmOne, it is not very easy to upgrade from older devices. Therefore, it is a good idea to take some extra precautions when upgrading your device to a Treo 650. PalmOne has a very helpful guide available online. I would recommend reading through it before starting. Palm Setup and Upgrade Guide I would also recommend looking over the software compability list for the Treo 650 on this site. It lists software and notes whether or not it is compatible with the Treo 650. Palm Treo 650 Software Compatibility List In addition, PalmOne has now released a support document to help diagnose problems caused by third-party applications. Of course, it is questionable whether or not these problems can be blamed entirely on third-party applications. However, they are the ones that have to address the problems whether or not there is a problem with the operating sytem and/or the device. Anyway, here is the link: Diagnosing problems caused by third party applications For Beyond Contacts users, be sure to download the latest version (3.0082 as of 6/8/2005). I recommend installing it before you ever synchronizing your Treo 650 for the first time. In addition, there is an option fro Treo 650 users to synchronize your contacts with the built-in contacts database in order for it to work properly with Caller ID, Speed Dial, or Voice Dial. Beyond Contacts Setting for Treo 650 Users More Information about Beyond Contacts For Documents To Go users, I recommend moving the applications to an external memory card if possible. It is not a necessity, but if your available memory on your device is low, it is a big help. I saved about 5.5 MB of RAM with my Premium 7.0 Version of Documents To Go. The Professional 7.0 Version is bundled with the device. To make it easy to do this, download the following utility. This utility works for Documents To Go version 6.0 and 7.0. Version 7.0 comes bundled with the Treo 650. The utility takes the guess work out of what files to move. In addition, it gives you the option to move them back to the device in case you have to change external memory cards. Utility for Documents To Go - More Information More Information about Documents To Go - Premium For AvantGo users, I recommend moving the data to an external memory card if possible. It is not a necessity, but if your available memory on your device is low, it is a big help. I saved about 1.5 MB of RAM. In order to do this without going back and deleting data files, I installed AvantGo and then synchronized the device once. The first synchronization just installed the program files. After the first synchronization completed, I ran 'AGConnect' on the Treo. Then, I clicked on 'Settings...' and selected 'Use Card'. After making the change, I synchronized the device, again. This time, the data got downloaded from the Internet and transferred to the Treo's external memory card. More Information about AvantGo Now there are other solutions to limited memory on devices such as the Treo 650, such as ZLauncher. However, I have tried to list solutions already built-in to the applications that I have installed. More Information about ZLauncher While my setup is going well, I still have more to go. Stay tuned for Part 2...
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