New ToyJune 16, 2005
Say hello to my little friend.
Of course, I only got one (the silver one). I suppose I only need one, eh? I spent pretty much all of last weekend playing with it. Thank god Lala geeks out as hard as I do -- she got my old phone when I upgraded, so we spent hours just mucking about in the new programs. So Palm Treo 600 users: Any tips? Programs that I should get? Any info on free ringtones? (Why are they so hard to find for this phone? Dude.)
It's amazing. It's now carrying my full schedule, and my work overtime balances, and my phone book. It takes photos. It tells me what time it is, everywhere in the world (why that one thrills me so much, I don't know. But it does). I bought a little fold-out keyboard, and it's carrying in memo form the writing I'm working on right now. So in my little black purse, I can fit my writing AND a sock-in-progress. I'm dying here. Watch me fan myself.
I lurve me some technology.
Did I mention it takes photos?
Miss Idaho:
Adah in low light:
And in really low light in a local dive bar:
That's my favorite graffiti, ever.
Okay, back to playing with my device....
I heart Miss Idaho. And Adah looks elega
That is the greatest phonetoycamerathingy EVER.
Posted by: Carrie | Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 06:23
Oh, honey,
Just did that story on geek knitting. You need this...KnitAble--to track your inventory, needles, yarn, etc., and Sweater Wizard, so you can download patterns for easy on-the-go paperless knitting.
Oh, and if you have GPS capabilities, you can map directions to your favorite LYSes.
Enjoy!
Posted by: Leslie | Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 06:38
Wow - your new thingamajig takes a damn good picture!
Posted by: Brenda in Toronto | Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 07:41
It's always nice getting a new phone. But it is also nice when you get the hand-me-down phone. After all it is new to you, and just as much fun.
:)
Posted by: Micky | Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 08:10
Wanties. Then I wouldn't have to carry palm and phone and camera and I would have room in my purse for other goodies like yarn.
Posted by: Steph | Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 08:32
Watch you don't get a sore neck. I just got a 650 after my 300 flipped its lid. I can check email from anywhere on webmail but can't seem to compose.
Posted by: sandy | Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 09:32
Glad someone mentioned the knitting software... think of it... knitting software- in your PURSE! Right there with your sock-in-progress and writing. Fantastic.
Posted by: Mary-Heather | Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 10:20
miss idaho is such a cutie! smooches to her!
Posted by: carolyn | Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 10:27
Uh-oh, time to knit a new cozy...right?
~Ali
Posted by: Ali | Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 10:45
Ooh, neato! And thanks for reminding me that I need to upgrade my own silly-ass phone. Camera phone, here I come. Woot!
Posted by: Em | Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 11:29
it takes great photos! i love technology too!
Posted by: lynette | Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 11:52
I have the exact same phone! It was too much $$ but I love it! Have fun!
Posted by: Gen | Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 12:12
hey! there's a picture of my car on the gray phone!
Posted by: maryse | Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 13:28
So jealous! I've been dying for one of those Treos. My friend Cyd has one. Sigh....
Posted by: Nathania | Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 13:54
I feel you - I just got a new Palm Zire yesterday! (didn't jump to a Treo because I like my LG phone and it actually freaks me out a bit to have everything in one device!) My Palm m515 bit the dust a while ago and I finally realized that I missed it the most while knitting! I love, love, love CountAble - don't know how I ever kept track of my rows and patterns before. Have fun!
Posted by: laurel | Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 14:33
Oh, a new girlfriend. I've been abandoned to the Treo 650.
Posted by: Christie | Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 14:49
Awwww... Adah! So, when are you going to spin that cool roving behind her? New toys are always good. I'm still jealous of your flipscreencamera.
Posted by: Stella | Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 15:44
Oh, I loves me some Palm toys. (I just adopted a tapwave Zodiac into the family) I second the CountAble program. Very handy!
Posted by: Theresa | Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 17:43
I adore my Treo 600! I installed P Tunes and bought a 1 gigabyte SD card, and use it as my MP3 player (1 gig holds 15+ CD's worth of music). I also installed Vindigo and the Zagat survey (you have to pay for that one) to give me maps, pestaurant rec's, shopping advice, public restroom locales, etc. I installed Avantgo and signed up to get the NY Times, and other daily newspapers which I sync to daily. PacDude is a pacman like video game. My husband recently found me a *pink* silicone cover from palmone.com , so now mine is a very girly pink PDA/phone/camera/MP3 player handheld device. I call it my transponder.
Posted by: Jessamyn | Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 19:09
wow, that takes great photographs! of course, you've got some great subjects there. and that grafitti is hilarious.
a little late on the commenting, but...mary maxim's hoedown is amazing!!!
Posted by: mrspilkington | Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 20:36
You can download free trials of KnitAble and CountAble here:
http://www.handable.com/KnitAble.htm
I designed both, so let me know if you have questions!
Posted by: Alissa | Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 21:05
I forgot to mention that I have serious lust for a 650 to replace my aging Clie, but our local cellular store said that they haven't been able to get the 650's yet. The development device that I had was the first one they had seen. I was sad to have to send it back and now I want my own. WAHHHHHHHHH.... I like the pictures your 600 took, I may have to go that route soon if the 650's don't show.
Posted by: Alissa | Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 21:07
Oh look. My eyes suddenly turned green.
Posted by: Ann | Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 21:42
We get to upgrade our phones next week and I'm SO SO tempted by the Palm 650 that Verizon offers. Do you find yours too bulky to talk on or to carry around??
Posted by: Kate | Friday, June 17, 2005 at 05:20
Wow - holy bells & whistles, Batman! Gonna knit that baby a protective handspun cozy?
Really good pics from a phone. Wow, again. That graffiti - the illicit side of the ALA ;o), so funny. Depending on what you're reading, it might make for an interesting experience.
Posted by: Meg | Friday, June 17, 2005 at 08:00
You can upload your own mp3s and create ringtones out of them here: http://mobile17.smashsworld.com/
Not sure if it works with your particular phone, but certainly worth a try.
Posted by: Christie Hurrell | Friday, June 17, 2005 at 08:39
My hubby has one - uber-gadget-geek that he is. He LOVES it. So, Knitable's been suggested. I recommend:
Bejeweled. Most addidictive game ever. Great for waits.
eReader (ereader.com). (I read a lot of ebooks...)
Posted by: melissa | Friday, June 17, 2005 at 09:00
Little Miss Idaho looks like a big dog! Good for her ego.
Posted by: Janet | Friday, June 17, 2005 at 19:03
I've had a Treo 600 for over a year and love it! It's a lot more convenient than juggling my old Handspring (the former name for Palm One) Visor and crappy old phone. I use Wordsmith for Word documents but you can get other programs for handling word docs. Countable is great and there's a free palm version of Adobe acrobat which is v useful for pdf knitting patterns.
Posted by: Marie | Sunday, June 19, 2005 at 06:17
I love my palm zire 71. My camra, in comparison, sucks!! I have been lusting for one of those. I do need a new phone...PocketTunes for mp3s, Bejeweled 2 for my fav game, Adobe Acrobat. Ebooks are great, too. ereader.com is my fav. I need to check out the knitable and countable. :)
Posted by: :) Nicole | Monday, June 20, 2005 at 08:56
i just got my treo 650 yesterday - can anybody out there just kind of get me started - i'm not sure what i should work on first - thanks
Posted by: marea | Thursday, July 28, 2005 at 11:56