TamsPalm - the Palm OS Blog

Dear Readers,
it’s this type of post again - Tamoggemon Software looks for beta testers.

This time, we are looking for people owning a Centro or a Treo 680/700p/755, who have experienced the dreaded time drift issue in the past after a system reset. I have developed a small utility called Time Drift which will fix the issue almost completely when done:

The program currently works somewhat well, but still needs a bit of testing. I thus ask you all to help - as a reward, you will be given a free license of both Time Drift and BallZ (JezzBall for Palm OS).

Want to join in? Send an email to Tamog at gmx dot at and let’s get the party started!

No matter how little software you sell - having an own web site with a top-level domain is important. Not only does an @company.com email address look professional, but it also allows you to join the PEF club.

GoDaddy, a pretty nice domain reseller (ask your host if they have DNS servers of their own, however), currently sells domains for just 7$ a year: the discount code gdp0820c is all you need to have.

P.S. The domains drop with free POP3 email (one account) and basic, ad-supported hosting…
P.S.2 I am not affiliated to GoDaddy in any way except as paying customer.

Wordpress has been updated to version 2.6.1. The updated fixes several bugs and security issues.
If you encounter any difficulties while browsing the site feel free to submit us your find to me or Tam. We’ll try to solve the problem asap!

Dear Readers,
due to increasing spam attacks, we have just activated a new anti-spam system on all Tamoggemon web sites. Due to our caching subsystems, it could take up to a few hours until the commenting functions become fully available again!

Please accept our apologies for the downtime

Tam Hanna / Jonas Sell for the Tamoggemon Content Team

Dear Readers,
it’s Sunday again - time for another giveaway. As every brick-and-mortar shop currently dors a blow-out sale, it’s time for one in the TamsShop, too!

Use the discount code AUGUSTSALE to get 20% off all software in the TamsShop. This offer is valid for each and every program available independent of platform - if it’s in the TamsShop, it’s now 20% off.

Enjoy!

P.S. This discount code is valid until the 1st September - pass it on to your friends!

The image above speaks a clear language - the Tamoggemon Publishing team finally stands behind its threat and goes to the world of the Malus portabilii.

From now on, expect us to cover all things Apple-related. As we are funded entirely by our sponsors and are hosted in a country with intact press freedom for tech journalists, this means trouble for the Cupertinians… Big trouble!

The worm is now inside the fruit…keep an eye on our progress here:
http://tamsijungle.tamoggemon.com

Dear Readers,
we have just updated the back-end software used to host our news services as it was outdated.

These updates serve to improve performance, security and reliability and thereby directly serve you all. We have performed tests and feel that all works o.k. - should you discover any bugs, please accept our apologies and email us at Tamog AT gmx DOT at so that we can fix the issue!

Best regards
Tam Hanna & the Tamoggemon team

Finally, the TamsPalm team managed to relaunch PalmWiki, our Palm OS information database. A Wiki enables every visitor to edit pages, so the whole Palm community can help creating this database.

About two years ago, when TamsPalm moved to another server, the Wiki database and all backups were lost. Luckily, Google’s Cache and Archive.org had some of the old pages still availible. But as this sites only have HTML code which needs to be converted to MediaWiki code, the import of old data needs some time. But some pages (main page, software, hardware, …) are already present and the Wiki is ready to be used again.

The new URL is:

http://palmwiki.tamoggemon.com/en

The HandyWeather giveaway is now over - four winners have each received their license via forum PM. However, the Tamoggemon content team’s pockets are almost endless: today, we are proud to give away the Fortte Centro Case pictured below:

The case is unused (it was used 5min for this review) and will be mailed out to the winner of this giveaway. The sample currently is in Vienna, shipment to international destinations is 4€(payment via Paypal please).

Should you feel like taking it home, please leave a comment in the forum thread below:
http://forum.tamoggemon.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=37&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

Dear Readers,
the recent server move turned out to be more problematic than I originally expected it to be - the commenting system at TamsPalm’s currently doesn’t operate correctly.

We currently work on fixing the bugs and hope to be back up soon!

All the best from Vienna
Tam Hanna

Dear Readers,
I have to apologize on behalf of the brainsware and tamoggemon content teams for the recent lack of updates and quirks with the comment functionality.

However, our host has decided to migrate us to a new server which is more resistant to DDOS attacks after the recent brawl over a bunch of Olympus E520 sample images.

Anyways, all should now be working a-ok again - in case you note any issues, please let us know ASAP!

Best regards and sorry
Tam Hanna

Many technology news sites have reported that there is a new special version of Ubuntu for UMPCs (ultra mobile PCs) / MID (mobile internet devices). These devices often have a touchscreen, no keyboard and connect to the internet by Wireless LAN or a mobile phone network. TamsPalm has had a look at an early developer’s demo version.

In the first part of this article, I wrote a list of applications appearing in the main menu:

• Pidgin 2.3.1 (client for several chat protocols)
• GPE File manager 0.2.5
• MidBrowser 0.3.0RC1 (similar to Firefox 3.0, web browser)
• Pimlico Tasks 0.1.3, Dates 0.4.6, Contacts 0.8 (personal organizer)
• Cheese (taking photos)
• Moblin Media 0.55-0ubuntu2 (music, photos, videos)
• Claws Mail 3.3.1
• Terminal Server Client 0.150 (frontend for rdesktop, vncviewer, wfica, xnest)
• Neverball
• Ekiga 2.0.12 (Voice over IP)
• FBReader (E-book reader)
• Foobillard
• Update Manager
• Neverputt
• Office Document Reader (converts MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint files to PDF files for Evince)
• Terminal (uxterm, bash)
• Frozen Bubble (game)
• Alarm Clock
• Galculator 1.3.1
• Mousepad 0.2.13 (simple text editor)
• Liferea 1.4.14 (RSS, … feed reader)

The other parts of this article with a closer look at the applications will be published soon.

After not having anything to give away last Sunday(sorry), I am proud to present you this week’s giveaway!

Paragon Group has provided us with free licenses for HandyWeather, an excellent weather program for mobile devices(TamsS60 review here)! We can give away licenses for Palm OS, Windows Mobile and S60 devices, and hope to do so next Saturday.

In case you feel like claiming one of the licenses for yourself, please visit the forum thread linked below and tell us which device you have!
http://forum.tamoggemon.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=25

Its Sunday again - time for yet another giveaway! Before we announce this week’s schwag, let’s take a look at last week’s winner. Forum user tomtom1977 posted a totally insane story about Centros, Treos and other stuff - he should check his PM box for instructions on how to claim his price!

Anyways, now it’s time for this week’s offer. Its soccer time(at least in Europe) - and nothinmg beats playing a new game while your significant other watches TV.

Thus, we give you the discount code FIGHTSOCCER. Use it to get 20% off any application in the TamsShop - get an immediate rebate by using it at checkout!

Enjoy!!!