Treo Software | Utilities

Propel Your Treo & Centro Launcher to Entirely New Levels Until now I have not really been a big fan of so-called Launchers for either the Treo or Centro (such as the popular Launcher X, ZLauncher or Treo Launcher). The...

April 30, 2008 | Comments (11) | Read more...

Until recently I’ve pretty much had to manually adjust one by one any of the many settings on my Treo and Centro – such as Volume, Brightness, Bluetooth, Ringer Switch and Phone Radio – whenever I needed to and then...

March 25, 2008 | Comments (5) | Read more...

If like me you enjoy listening to your music on your Palm OS Treo or Centro while on the go you will typically have been limited to using a wired headset such as the bestselling Palm 2 in 1 Stereo...

March 24, 2008 | Comments (7) | Read more...

Like many Treo and Centro owners, I find myself regularly pressing the Power button on my smartphone in order to bring up the time and date on Keyguard (pictured here on the right). Overall the standard and simple Keyguard works...

March 18, 2008 | Comments (9) | Read more...

For the past ten days I have been enjoying the 33% power increase that my new Seidio 1600mAh Extended Battery has provided me – it really has made a huge difference on my Treo 680 and I can finally end...

September 6, 2007 | Comments (13) | Read more...

Nearly every Treonaut that I know owns at least one memory card which they use to store work files, photos, music, movies, games and more. Naturally, in order to copy/transfer these files to/from your PC to/from your Treo you’ll need...

June 13, 2007 | Comments (15) | Read more...

A couple of weeks ago I reviewed a terrific Treo wallpaper randomizer application called Visual Arts (latest version now also works with the Treo 680, 700p and 650!) which allows me to customize and display a different image every time...

March 8, 2007 | Comments (14) | Read more...

In my Treo 680 Review of the new Phone 3.0 application a few months ago I pointed out that although I naturally love the fact that I can select any single image that I want as my wallpaper I am...

February 22, 2007 | Comments (14) | Read more...

As usual it didn’t take long for a dedicated and resourceful developer to lightheartedly respond to Apple’s ‘attack’ on our Treo smartphone (see Palm Treo 680 vs. Apple iPhone). Just for fun, SimToGo who is also well known for his...

January 15, 2007 | Comments (42) | Read more...

Like me, a great many Treonauts will shortly upgrade their trusted and beloved Treo 650 (it really has served me extremely well) to the new Treo 680. Some people will choose to give their ‘old’ Treo 650 away to a...

November 7, 2006 | Comments (13) | Read more...

Like me using your Treo every day you will always find some small things where you scratch your head wondering “There must be an easier or better way to do this…” One such instance is when one of my existing...

October 3, 2006 | Comments (8) | Read more...

I love my Sprint Treo 700p but there has always been one small detail that has bugged me on this and other Treo smartphones that come pre-installed with applications (such as ‘Get BC’ and ‘Get Good’ below left) that I...

September 14, 2006 | Comments (10) | Read more...

There will always be some small but irritating things that your Treo can’t or won’t do well or at all – this is when ‘enhancing’ applications such as Phone Technician come to the rescue and empower you to do more...

September 7, 2006 | Comments (9) | Read more...

Last week I purchased a new laptop and as many Treonauts will already have experienced themselves I had to go through the looooong process of migrating my files and reinstalling pretty much all of my applications including those synching with...

April 25, 2006 | Comments (10) | Read more...

I am always trying to increase the overall speed with which I access applications on my Treo and I use a few simple tricks and specific third-party programs to help me do this – particularly ones that allow me to...

March 16, 2006 | Comments (10) | Read more...

I can’t remember the last time I had a problem of any sort with my Treo but yesterday proved an exception as I tried to use TCPMP to play a movie but it kept crashing within 5 seconds of playback...

February 21, 2006 | Comments (15) | Read more...

One of the neat functionalities found within the Treo 700w ‘Today’ screen that I reviewed a few weeks ago is the option to create Photo Speed Dials. Now, thanks to a new application called Photodial you can also benefit from...

January 18, 2006 | Comments (5) | Read more...

Finding A Better "Contacts" Solution with TAKEphONE For ages Treonauts have complained about specific aspects of the Treo or Centro “Contacts” program functionality such as the inability to list by “First Name, Last Name” or to search by “Company Name”...

December 12, 2005 | Comments (9) | Read more...

In order to save battery life our Treo switches off automatically after either 30 seconds and up to 3 minutes (below left). In principle this is great but in a few situations such as when you’re using either a Wireless...

November 17, 2005 | Comments (6) | Read more...

You really have to credit PalmOS developers for rising up quickly when challenged. The latest episode follows the recent presentation of the Treo 700w running Windows Mobile where Microsoft Senior VP Pieter Knook proclaimed that “A feature that Palm had...

November 15, 2005 | Comments (12) | Read more...

Before buying my first Treo smartphone a few years ago I had an old Nokia phone with a convenient 10 number ‘voice dial’ functionality which I had come to regard as rather useful. For a very long time there were...

November 10, 2005 | Comments (31) | Read more...

There is one seemingly unavoidable fact about our Treo. Namely, every once in a while it needs to be soft reset. Generally speaking a soft reset is as painless a process as they come – a bit like rebooting your...

November 9, 2005 | Comments (19) | Read more...

Get Your Treo or Centro Skin To Revolt Lately people have repeatedly been asking me about the MacOS X skin that appears in my application screenshots. Even though it is not yet fully optimized for our Treo or Centro I...

October 21, 2005 | Comments (10) | Read more...

Many people have complained about low volume input and output while on a call in different environments. As usual, it should not be too surprising that a small third-party utility called VolumeCare has sprung up to correct this issue becoming...

September 16, 2005 | Comments (21) | Read more...

The other night disaster almost struck as I inadvertently left my Treo on the table at a restaurant. Luckily nothing happened as it only took me a couple of minutes to realise what an idiot I had been and promptly...

June 23, 2005 | Comments (20) | Read more...

The constant experimentation with my Treo often leads me to completely new and exciting discoveries... The latest one was entirely fortuitous as I was playing around with my new SanDisk 2GB card, FileProg (which I recently reviewed) and PowerRun when...

May 3, 2005 | Comments (4) | Read more...

A Very Useful Treo & Centro File Management Software I have been looking for a simple file management tool for my Treo for quite a while and although FileZ has been one of the most popular solutions to date my...

April 18, 2005 | Comments (3) | Read more...

Update Nov 06: For more information about how to reset your Treo 650 and Treo 700 please read my latest post entitled Hard Reset, Data Protection & Privacy Tips Upgrading To The New Treo 680 From a Treo 650. Until...

April 11, 2005 | Comments (5) | Read more...

It's funny how really small things can bug you. In this instance, since upgrading to the Treo 650 I had found myself really annoyed with the limited color themes available in 'preferences' particularly as the 'Carnival' theme that I had...

March 21, 2005 | Comments (8) | Read more...

Now that many existing Treonauts and will-be Treonauts are on their path to upgrade/buy their Treo 650 GSM I thought that you'd like to know of a couple of applications that I consider to be absolutely essential for it -...

February 3, 2005 | Comments (14) | Read more...

palmOne, Inc.(Nasdaq: PLMO) recently announced that a software update for the Treo(TM) 600 smartphone is available for all customers worldwide. The new software -- which features performance and reliability enhancements -- began being rolled out last month. To download the...

July 3, 2004 | Comments (2) | Read more...