RNS:: TreoShortcut review – shortcuts for your Treo

When I received my Palm Treo 600, I was very annoyed because Palm omitted its handy shortcut feature from it. Yes, a keyboard speeds up data entry…but shortcuts can still be handy. RNS:: promises to restore shortcuts to your Treo – let’s see if the restoration will work out.

The application integrates itself into the control panel(prefs application) as an additional panel:

Clicking the shortcut mode toggle let’s you choose how to enter a shortcut symbol. On my Treo 600, pressing Alt key for a long time did the trick easily – here’s a screenshot of a shortcut symbol in the Memo Pad:

The configuration itself happens in the classic Palm OS shortcut Prefs panel, which RNS::’s application enables automatically:

Treo Shortcuts works really well – the shortcuts act just like they would on a classic Palm powered handheld like a Palm Tungsten E2. Here’s a video showing a shortcut in action on a Treo 600:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3860449433030209565

This review covered version 1.0 of the product on a Treo 600. The program needs about 30k of RAM. RNS:: claims compatibility with Treo 600 and 650(no info on 680 as of now) – and the program really worked well on my Treo 600.

Overall, if you want your shortcut function back, don’t hesitate to buy Treo ShortCuts. The price of about 5$ at the TamsPalm shop really is worth it…

Use the code IWANTASHORTCUT to get 20% off the program at the TamsPalm shop. And hurry up – the code expires on the 10th!

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