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Francesco · 01-05-2005, 10:27 PM

Hi, Sunshine. Well, congratulations, you've got yourself a very nice PDA!
Here, a few tips from a T3 fan:
Hardware:
- I bought an infrared keyboard, the so-called "wireless universal". Or "universal wireless"? Whatever. You don't know what a keyboard can do for you until you buy one. The possibilities are countless... No, really. I mean, think what you could do if you could turn a laptop instantly. I keep a journal in my PDA, now (using natara's daynotez, not as wonderful as many people say, but it gets the job done). I also can write emails. I can't send them instantly, but I know they will be sent next time I hotsync.
Ah! I almost forgot! Be careful if you buy the new model, I heard the terrible story of a guy who had a hard reset because of the driver. Be careful, we don't like hard resets. Do we?
Check this review on the KB I got, by Jeff Kirvin:
www.writingonyourpalm.net/column030929.htm
- Travel charger. Ah, the battery. The hardware of the T3 is perfect (don't you love the mic, for example? Perfect for quick "notes" while you're driving). Except for what we all know. Forget about the battery with a travel charger. Plug it to your USB and... what? You don't work in an office by a computer all day long? That's why we have the...
- AC to USB adapter. Plug the travel charger to any outlet. Even 220V outlets! Outdoors? Airplanes? Get a...
- Power to go. Apparently P1 doesn't make it anymore. Get one while supplies last! It will multiply the time you can play with your T3 by three. There's a way to upgrade the internall battery, but it involves having your warranty void, and the benefit is only 33% more juice. It's perfect for long trips in an airplane or train.
- 1GB SD card. No, wait, 2GB SD card! Get it as big as you can afford and fill it with mp3s! Books, pictures, etc. are welcomed, too.
- 64 or 128 MB SD card. I have one of this in my house for backups in case my PDA is stolen/lost.

Software:
- Card export, as you already know, is a must. Particularly if you want to use the mp3 player capabilities of your T3.
- Backup man. The best backup sw available. I used to BU my PDA with backup buddy. The only time I needed to restore it, I discovered BB was trying to fit all the contents from the memory stick (I had a Clié, back then) in the RAM! With backup man I backup my pda every night in my 1GB SD card (I learned to do this the hard way, but that's a different story), and occasionally to my 256MB (I proved to be too small).
- Aeroplayer / PocketTunes. AP has a better sound... much better. But PT has a much much better user interface (controls, features, etc.) If you're not too picky about sound and/or you have a LOT of files in your SD card, then PT is the way to go.
- A sad thing about OS5 is that you cannot longer use your hacks... or is it? Most of the funcionality of my previous hacks are integrated in OS5. Except for SafeHack. For some reason, you cannot set your T3 to auto hide your private records when turning off your device. You can overcome this with On Power Off (freebie). Or TealLock.
- Finally, get Fitaly. Really, graffiti is cool... for five or seven characters, and no more. Fitaly is the only way to do some serious text input in your pda on the go, when you are away of your keyboard, or setting it up would be cumbersome.
That's it, have fun!

01-05-2005, 10:27 PM	#9
Francesco Aficionado Posts: 391 Karma: 710 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Denver, CO, USA Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Touch	Hi, Sunshine. Well, congratulations, you've got yourself a very nice PDA! Here, a few tips from a T3 fan: Hardware: - I bought an infrared keyboard, the so-called "wireless universal". Or "universal wireless"? Whatever. You don't know what a keyboard can do for you until you buy one. The possibilities are countless... No, really. I mean, think what you could do if you could turn a laptop instantly. I keep a journal in my PDA, now (using natara's daynotez, not as wonderful as many people say, but it gets the job done). I also can write emails. I can't send them instantly, but I know they will be sent next time I hotsync. Ah! I almost forgot! Be careful if you buy the new model, I heard the terrible story of a guy who had a hard reset because of the driver. Be careful, we don't like hard resets. Do we? Check this review on the KB I got, by Jeff Kirvin: www.writingonyourpalm.net/column030929.htm - Travel charger. Ah, the battery. The hardware of the T3 is perfect (don't you love the mic, for example? Perfect for quick "notes" while you're driving). Except for what we all know. Forget about the battery with a travel charger. Plug it to your USB and... what? You don't work in an office by a computer all day long? That's why we have the... - AC to USB adapter. Plug the travel charger to any outlet. Even 220V outlets! Outdoors? Airplanes? Get a... - Power to go. Apparently P1 doesn't make it anymore. Get one while supplies last! It will multiply the time you can play with your T3 by three. There's a way to upgrade the internall battery, but it involves having your warranty void, and the benefit is only 33% more juice. It's perfect for long trips in an airplane or train. - 1GB SD card. No, wait, 2GB SD card! Get it as big as you can afford and fill it with mp3s! Books, pictures, etc. are welcomed, too. - 64 or 128 MB SD card. I have one of this in my house for backups in case my PDA is stolen/lost. Software: - Card export, as you already know, is a must. Particularly if you want to use the mp3 player capabilities of your T3. - Backup man. The best backup sw available. I used to BU my PDA with backup buddy. The only time I needed to restore it, I discovered BB was trying to fit all the contents from the memory stick (I had a Clié, back then) in the RAM! With backup man I backup my pda every night in my 1GB SD card (I learned to do this the hard way, but that's a different story), and occasionally to my 256MB (I proved to be too small). - Aeroplayer / PocketTunes. AP has a better sound... much better. But PT has a much much better user interface (controls, features, etc.) If you're not too picky about sound and/or you have a LOT of files in your SD card, then PT is the way to go. - A sad thing about OS5 is that you cannot longer use your hacks... or is it? Most of the funcionality of my previous hacks are integrated in OS5. Except for SafeHack. For some reason, you cannot set your T3 to auto hide your private records when turning off your device. You can overcome this with On Power Off (freebie). Or TealLock. - Finally, get Fitaly. Really, graffiti is cool... for five or seven characters, and no more. Fitaly is the only way to do some serious text input in your pda on the go, when you are away of your keyboard, or setting it up would be cumbersome. That's it, have fun! Last edited by Francesco; 01-05-2005 at 10:46 PM.