Some of you may know that I’ve been a Palm fan since I left New Zealand. ARL bought me a Palm Pilot (the original) as a going away gift and I have been hooked ever since. Now automation has progressed significantly since then and when Palm announced the Treo 700w with it’s Windows Mobile O/S with Palm extensions and tight Exchange/Outlook integration. I decided to get me one. Much to my horror I had no idea that the Treo didn’t really have enough program memory to do anything. Often it would crash with just ActiveSync and Messaging open! I found some great packages to make life easier: PocketBreeze, Pocket Informant, Mobile Office Communicator BUT running them on the Treo turned out to be impossible. Until now! Thanks to two great posts over at Treocentral I have solved the problem: Treo 700W Fix for low memory limits and Suggested Registry Tweaks. I can now have PocketBreeze running, fire off PocketInformant to do action items, calendaring, and run Office Communicator and Messaging the whole time. My phone is on, email is connected, and mobile IM is active with my office network. However to run all this all day with a bluetooth headset I also recommend the Seidio 3200mah extended battery (includes extended battery door). After all, you bought the phone as the ultimate office automation toolkit not as a wee light thing to sling in your purse …
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