http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com Palm OS news and opinion source Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:05:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The folks from PdaParts (formerly known as GetHighTech) once were known for their excellent inventory of spare parts for all kinds of handhelds. Even though their stock seems to have dwindled recently (industry insiders tell us that parts are no longer available for the latest devices). Nevertheless, they manage to get ... http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2008/07/24/centro-teardown-video/ If you now think that the Tamoggemon editorial team has finally gone bonkers: think twice. Palm User Groups are commonly known as PUGs - but the majority of the world thinks that pugs are something else. For them, a pug is a small dog that can be dressed up. Michelle and ... http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2008/07/24/palm-user-groups-and-dogs/ So far, people using a Sprint-branded Centro were left in the rain when software updates were concerned. However, this has now changed - version 1.07 is available for their enjoyment. Palm claims that the following things have been improved: * Improved Gmail IMAP compatibility and an updated ... http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2008/07/24/sprints-centro-fleet-finally-gets-a-software-update/ Apparently, a few key people at Verizon's don't read TamsPalm and don't have too much industry insight either. Otherwise, they would know that the Centro can NOT replace a Treo because it is way to small for extended periods of use. Nevertheless, our boneheaded friends have decided to EOL their version ... http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2008/07/23/palm-treo-755p-verizon-version-now-eol/ Dear Readers, we have just updated the back-end software used to host our news services as it was outdated.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 ... http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2008/07/23/wordpress-updated-to-26/ 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 ... http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2008/07/23/relaunch-of-palmwiki/ Dmitry Grinberg has just made public a beta of his long awaited SDHC driver. While it is still considered beta, you can get a full license for well supported devices: Palm TX LifeDrive Tungsten T5 Tungsten E2 Zire 72 Zire 31 The current version supporst only those devices, and has been tested on them, but still ... http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2008/07/21/palmsdhc-driver-available/ Last week the iPhone 3G was released to much fanfare. Along with the new 3G speed and features comes the ability to install applications via Apple's iTunes store and GPS. Why does it seem like I am the only one steamed about the new phone? Let me start by saying this: ... http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2008/07/21/regarding-the-iphone-3g/ 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 ... http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2008/07/21/next-giveaway-fortte-centro-case/ Verizon's version of the Treo 755p recently received a ROM update that was said to fix "various" smaller and bigger problems. Palm's vague description didn't really satisfy anyone - and Ryan Kairer from PalmInfoCenter set out to find out the truth. His writeup starts off with detailed install instructions, and then ... http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2008/07/19/verizon-treo-755p-update-the-nitty-gritty/