How to Do Everything with Your CLIE(TM)

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ISBN: 9780072226591 | 0072226595
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Copyright: 11/25/2002

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Tap the power and efficiency of handheld computing with this practical guide to one of today's hottest PDA devices available. This easy-to-follow book will show you how to get the most out of your exciting handheld computer, master its built-in applications, and discover numerous third-party software applications that enhance your overall CLIE experience.

Acknowledgments

xvii

Introduction

xix

PART I Getting Started

Welcome to CLIE

(8)

A Brief History of Handhelds

(1)

What's an Operating System?

(1)

What Makes Handheld PCs so Great?

(1)

An Overview of the Different CLIE Models

(4)

What's Special about Sony's Handhelds

(1)

Where to Find the Best Prices

(1)

Where to Find It

(1)

Getting to Know Your CLIE

(26)

A Guided Tour of the Hardware

(8)

The Screen

(3)

The Buttons

(2)

The Jog Dial Navigator

(1)

The Back Button

(1)

The Headphone Jack

(1)

The Memory Stick Slot

(1)

The Back of the CLIE

(1)

The Infrared Port

(1)

The Stylus

(1)

Using Your CLIE for the First Time

(3)

Charging the Battery

(1)

The Welcome Screens

(1)

The Graffiti Tutorial

(1)

Getting to Know the Operating System

(5)

The Icons

(1)

The Menus

(1)

The Applications Screen

(3)

Setting CLIE Preferences

(6)

Buttons

(1)

Connection

(1)

Date & Time

(1)

Digitizer

(1)

Formats

(1)

General

(1)

HiRes

(1)

Jog

(1)

Network

(1)

Owner

(1)

ShortCuts

(1)

Web Clipping

(1)

An Introduction to Palm Desktop

(3)

What Is Palm Desktop?

(1)

Where to Find It

(2)

Introducing Your CLIE to the PC

(20)

Charging Your Clie

(1)

Installing the Desktop Software

(3)

Installing Palm Desktop

(2)

Installing the HotSync Cradle or Cable

(1)

Configuring Intellisync

(2)

Your First HotSync

(8)

Pressing the HotSync Button

(1)

Exploring the HotSync Manager

(4)

Reading the HotSync Log

(2)

HotSync as a Way of Life

(5)

What HotSync Does to Files

(2)

Where to Find It

(3)

PART II Everyday Stuff With Your CLIE

Getting Information In and Out of Your CLIE

(22)

The Five Ways to Enter Data

(6)

Using Graffiti

(2)

Using the Keyboards

(1)

Using Palm Desktop

(2)

Getting to Know Graffiti

(8)

General Tips and Tricks for Graffiti

(1)

Writing Letters and Numbers

(2)

Capitalizing Letters

(1)

Spaces, Backspaces, and Deleting Text

(1)

Adding Punctuation

(2)

Using Shortcuts

(1)

Beaming Data Between PDAs

(4)

How to Beam

(3)

Installing New Software on Your CLIE

(3)

Installing Shortcuts

(1)

After the HotSync

(1)

Removing Applications from the CLIE

(2)

The Date Book

(24)

Viewing Your Appointments

(6)

Navigating the Day View

(3)

Navigating the Week View

(1)

Navigating the Month View

(1)

Managing Your Day from the Agenda View

(2)

Filtering Your To Dos

(1)

The Agenda Zoom

(1)

Creating New Appointments

(5)

Add Events

(2)

Making Your Appointments Repeat

(1)

Making an Appointment Private

(1)

Editing Recurring Meetings

(1)

Working with Alarms

(2)

Setting Alarms for Specific Events

(1)

Setting Alarms for Everything

(1)

Importing Alarm Settings

(1)

Controlling Your Alarm

(1)

Working with Palm Desktop

(3)

Using the Day View

(1)

Editing Appointments

(1)

Using the Week and Month Views

(1)

Using Alarms on the Desktop

(1)

Using Outlook

(5)

Adding Appointments

(2)

Tweaking Alarms for the CLIE

100

(2)

Where to Find It

102

(1)

The Address Book

103

(18)

Viewing Your Addresses

104

(3)

Viewing by Company Name

105

(1)

Finding a Specific Name

106

(1)

Viewing a Name

107

(1)

Creating New Entries

107

(7)

Using Multiple Phone Numbers

108

(1)

Using Extra Fields

109

(1)

Adding Pictures to the Address Book

109

(5)

Assigning Categories

114

(1)

Choosing a Category

114

(1)

Editing and Deleting Addresses

114

(1)

Creating and Beaming Your Business Card

115

(1)

Working with Palm Desktop

116

(4)

Creating and Editing Entries

117

(1)

Importing Contacts Into Palm Desktop

118

(2)

Using Outlook

120

(1)

Where to Find It

120

(1)

The To Do List

121

(14)

Viewing the To Do List

122

(1)

Creating a To Do

123

(3)

Adding Some Details

124

(2)

Working with the List View

126

(4)

Changing the View Options

127

(3)

Deleting Old To Dos

130

(1)

Sharing Your To Dos

130

(1)

Working with Palm Desktop

130

(1)

The Windows To Do List

131

(1)

Creating and Editing To Dos

132

(1)

Using Outlook

132

(3)

Understanding Task Priorities

133

(2)

The Memo Pad

135

(14)

Viewing the Memo Pad

136

(1)

Creating New Memos

136

(7)

Using Editing Tools

137

(2)

Assigning Categories

139

(1)

Arranging Memos in the Memo List

139

(2)

Working with Your Memos

141

(1)

Beaming Memos

142

(1)

Making a Memo Private

142

(1)

Deleting Memos

143

(1)

Working in Palm Desktop

143

(1)

The Palm Desktop Memo Pad

143

(3)

Importing and Exporting Memos

144

(2)

Using Outlook with the CLIE

146

(1)

Quirks Between Outlook and CLIE

146

(3)

Where to Find It

147

(2)

The Rest of the Palm OS Team

149

(22)

Palm Security

150

(8)

Security 101

151

(3)

Hiding and Masking Your Records

154

(2)

Passwords on the Desktop

156

(1)

Other Security Software

156

(2)

The Find Feature

158

(3)

How Find Works

160

(1)

Third-Party Search Programs

160

(1)

The Calculator

161

(2)

Third-Party Calculators

161

(2)

The Mail Program

163

(1)

All about Expense

164

(4)

Creating New Expense Items

164

(1)

Modifying Expense Details

165

(1)

From Expense to Excel

166

(1)

Alternatives to Expense

166

(2)

All the Other Goodies that Came with Your CLIE

168

(3)

Where to Find It

169

(2)

Going on a Trip

171

(18)

Preparing Your CLIE for the Road

172

(5)

Setting Up Your Data

173

(2)

Real-Life Tragedy

175

(1)

Staying Powered

176

(1)

HotSyncing on the Go

176

(1)

Road Tips

177

(1)

Software to Bring Along

178

(7)

Address and Date Book Enhancements

178

(2)

Itinerary Tracking

180

(1)

The Ultimate Alarm Clock

181

(1)

Finding Your Way Around

182

(3)

Wilderness Survival Tools

185

(4)

Using Your CLIE as a Compass

185

(2)

Finding Stars

187

(1)

Reading Late at Night

187

(1)

Where to Find It

187

(2)

CLIE Communications

189

(20)

An Overview of CLIE E-mail

190

(11)

Working with the Palm Mail Program

191

(7)

Working with CLIE Mail

198

(2)

Sending Sketches and Drawings with RiteMail

200

(1)

Accessing America Online

201

(1)

An Overview of CLIE Web Browsing

201

(5)

The Browsers

202

(1)

Channel Surfing with AvantGo

203

(3)

Connecting Your CLIE to a Cell Phone for E-mail and Web Browsing

206

(1)

Another Way to Go Wireless: WiFi

207

(1)

All about Bluetooth

208

(1)

Where to Find It

208

(1)

Your CLIE as a Total PC Replacement

209

(14)

Building the Perfect Beast

210

(2)

Dealing with Documents

212

(7)

Using an Office Suite

212

(2)

Transferring Documents Between the CLIE and Desktop

214

(2)

Working with Documents and Spreadsheets

216

(1)

Charts and Graphs on the CLIE

217

(1)

Adobe Acrobat on the CLIE

218

(1)

Printing from Your CLIE

219

(4)

Infrared Printers for Your CLIE

219

(1)

Bluetooth Printing

220

(1)

Where to Find It

221

(2)

Hacks and Other Utilities

223

(20)

X-Master

224

(6)

What X-Master Does

225

(1)

How to Use It

225

(2)

Important Notes about X-Master

227

(1)

The World's Greatest Hacks

227

(3)

Other Utilities

230

(5)

``Free'' Extra Memory with JackFlash

230

(2)

Backup Utilities

232

(2)

Extending the Clipboard with Clipper

234

(1)

Removing Duplicate Entries with UnDupe

234

(1)

Managing (and Beaming!) Your Files with Filez

234

(1)

The Wonderful World of Launchers

235

(3)

A Few of Our Favorite Launchers

236

(2)

CLIE Antivirus Utilities

238

(1)

Creating Your Own CLIE Programs

238

(1)

Making Your CLIE Run Faster

239

(1)

Souping Up Your NR or NX with Graffiti Skins

240

(3)

What about the Status Bar?

241

(1)

Where to Find It

242

(1)

Time and Money Management

243

(12)

Managing Your Money with the CLIE

244

(6)

Keeping Up to Date with Quicken

244

(2)

Using Other Cash Management Tools

246

(1)

Streamlining Your Day with Other Financial Tools

247

(2)

Tracking Your Investment Portfolio

249

(1)

Streamlining Your Day

250

(5)

Outlining Your Ideas

252

(1)

Where to Find It

253

(2)

Graffiti Enhancements and Alternatives

255

(12)

Overlays: Wallpaper for the Graffiti Area

256

(4)

How Overlays Work

257

(3)

Graffiti Replacements: A Software Solution

260

(1)

Keys, Please

260

(2)

QWERTY, Meet Fitaly

260

(1)

Keyboard Hack

261

(1)

Giving Graffiti a Helping Hand

262

(5)

Was This the Word You Were Looking For?

263

(1)

Goodbye, Graffiti Area!

264

(1)

Graffiti, Your Way

265

(1)

Where to Find It

266

(1)

Showing Digital Photos and Movies on Your CLIE

267

(14)

Taking Pictures on a CLIE

268

(5)

Configuring Your Camera

268

(2)

Prepping Your Photos for the PC

270

(3)

Watching Movies on Your CLIE

273

(3)

Build an Electronic Photo Album

276

(5)

Choosing Photo-Viewing Software

277

(1)

Where to Find It

278

(3)

PART III The CLIE Multimedia Experience

Painting and Drawing on Your CLIE

281

(12)

Painting on the CLIE

282

(6)

Doodling with CLIE Paint

283

(3)

Other Painting Programs

286

(2)

Collaborating on a Sketch

288

(1)

Capturing Screenshots of the CLIE Display

289

(4)

Where to Find It

291

(2)

Music and CLIE Audio

293

(16)

Listening to MP3s on Your CLIE

294

(5)

Playing Music with AudioPlayer

296

(1)

Play Modes

297

(1)

Checking Your Memory Stick's Memory

298

(1)

Managing MP3s

299

(1)

Making Music on the CLIE

300

(5)

Metronome and Drumming Software

300

(2)

Portable Music Lessons

302

(1)

Tools for Musicians

303

(1)

Music Annotation and Recording

303

(2)

Adding Sounds to the CLIE's Alarms

305

(4)

Getting Prefabbed Alarm Tunes

305

(1)

Converting Songs

306

(2)

Managing Songs on Your CLIE

308

(1)

Where to Find It

308

(1)

The CLIE as a Remote Control

309

(8)

Sony's Remote Software: CLIE Remote Commander

311

(2)

Other Remote Control Programs

313

(1)

Turning Your CLIE Into a TV Guide

314

(3)

Where to Find It

315

(2)

Playing Games

317

(18)

Turning Your CLIE Into a Game Machine

318

(4)

Controlling the CLIE's Game Volume

318

(1)

Enabling Beaming

319

(1)

Installing Games

320

(1)

Game Controller Peripherals

320

(2)

Installing the Bundled Games

322

(1)

Two-Player Infrared Games

322

(1)

Playing Text Adventures

323

(4)

Unlocking Interactive Fiction Files

324

(3)

Finding Interactive Fiction Titles

327

(1)

Using the CLIE as a Pair of Dice

327

(1)

The Universe of CLIE Games

327

(5)

Card and Board Games

329

(1)

Puzzle Games

330

(1)

Arcade-Style Games

330

(1)

Strategy and Role-Playing Games

331

(1)

Sports Games

331

(1)

Turning Your CLIE Into a Game Boy

332

(3)

Where to Find It

334

(1)

Reading E-Books

335

(10)

A Brief History of E-Books

336

(4)

Choosing a Doc Viewer

337

(1)

All About Mobipocket

338

(1)

Making Room for the Books

339

(1)

Free E-Books and E-Books for Sale

340

(3)

Finding Free Stuff

341

(1)

Finding Commercial Stuff

342

(1)

Other Sources for Contemporary E-Books

342

(1)

Making Your Own E-Books

343

(2)

Where to Find It

344

(1)

Making the Most of Memory Sticks

345

(14)

It's in the Cards

346

(2)

What Price Memory?

348

(1)

What Is MagicGate?

348

(1)

Memory 101

349

(8)

Working with Memory Cards

349

(3)

Access a Memory Stick from Your PC

352

(2)

Accessing a Memory Stick from Your CLIE

354

(2)

Automatically Running Programs Stored on a Memory Stick

356

(1)

Memory 102

357

(1)

Memory Stick Backups

358

(1)

Where to Find It

358

(1)

Accessories and Upgrades

359

(14)

Pick a Case, Any Case

360

(2)

The Stylus Decision

362

(1)

Keyboards

363

(3)

Full-Size Keyboards

363

(2)

Thumb-Style Keyboards

365

(1)

Protecting Your Screen

366

(1)

WriteRight

366

(1)

PDA Screen Protectors

366

(1)

Adding More Memory

366

(1)

Navigating the World with a GPS Receiver

367

(1)

Recharging Your CLIE's Batteries While on the Road

368

(2)

The Cool Way to Recharge

368

(2)

Mounting Your CLIE in Your Car

370

(1)

Recovering Lost Handhelds

370

(3)

Sony's Accessories

371

(1)

Where to Find It

372

(1)

APPENDIX A Troubleshooting and Problem Solving

373

(14)

Cure CLIE Problems with a Reset

374

(2)

Just What Is a ``Crash,'' Anyway?

374

(1)

Different Ways to Reset a CLIE

375

(1)

Fixing a CLIE that Appears to Be Dead

376

(1)

Fixing a Comatose CLIE

376

(1)

Avoiding Battery Problems

377

(1)

Fixing Scratched Screens

378

(1)

Fixing a Screen that No Longer Responds Properly

378

(1)

Resolving Hack Conflicts

378

(1)

Fixing a CLIE that Won't ``Wake Up'' for Alarms

379

(1)

Beaming Problems

380

(1)

Dealing with a Handheld that No Longer HotSyncs

380

(3)

Solving Memory-Related HotSync Failure

381

(1)

Solving the Most Common HotSync Problems

381

(1)

Outlook HotSync Problems

382

(1)

Working with Windows 2000

382

(1)

Working with Windows XP

383

(1)

Managing Multiple CLIEs or PCs

383

(1)

Two CLIEs on a Single PC

383

(1)

Two PCs for a Single CLIE

384

(1)

Upgrading from an Old CLIE to a New One

384

(1)

Obtaining Service and Repairs

385

(1)

Obtaining Non-Warranty or Accident-Related Repairs

385

(1)

Other Sources for Help

385

(1)

Where to Find It

386

(1)

Index

387

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How to Do Everything with Your CLIE(TM)

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