Wow! Somehow I'd never gotten around to reading your resume of GeekStreetCred! Dude, you are like the Geek Equivalent of some big, gruff biker walking down the street covered in chains and leather and... stuff...
Or something. Ya know, with alot of street cred.
Anyway, I am impressed. I'm pretty much waiting until I have the time to devote to diving into the Palm API. A friend of mine had a Palm Zire 31 for a while and RAVED about how convenient it was, especially for an accounting prog called "FreeCoins." Then I found out my girlfriend bought the same model on his advice but found it too bulky (?!) to use, so she let me borrow it to see if I'd want it. I think it took MAYBE a week to get hooked. Between FreeCoins (FANTASTIC double-book accounting software) and PalmReader, I don't know where I would be without this thing. It's the longest I've gone having a balanced checkbook since... well, ever!
My biggest reason for wanting to code for the Palm is actually to take the source code for FreeCoins and add some more features to it. Either that or just make a seperate app that can read it's database. Basically, I'd like to be able to see graphs of spending on the PDA itself, plus budgetting views would also be great. I know, I know... tough to do on such a small platform, but I'm POSITIVE it can be done, and I plan to do it!
Also, I've heard about the Clie and thought about picking up one on E-bay once, but decided with the newer ones out, I may as well wait until a Tungsten E or T/X or (saints preserve us!) a LifeDrive dropped in price. If you're interested in WiFi, though, I'm guessing Palm's $100 WiFi card doesn't work with it?
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Or something. Ya know, with alot of street cred.
Anyway, I am impressed. I'm pretty much waiting until I have the time to devote to diving into the Palm API. A friend of mine had a Palm Zire 31 for a while and RAVED about how convenient it was, especially for an accounting prog called "FreeCoins." Then I found out my girlfriend bought the same model on his advice but found it too bulky (?!) to use, so she let me borrow it to see if I'd want it. I think it took MAYBE a week to get hooked. Between FreeCoins (FANTASTIC double-book accounting software) and PalmReader, I don't know where I would be without this thing. It's the longest I've gone having a balanced checkbook since... well, ever!
My biggest reason for wanting to code for the Palm is actually to take the source code for FreeCoins and add some more features to it. Either that or just make a seperate app that can read it's database. Basically, I'd like to be able to see graphs of spending on the PDA itself, plus budgetting views would also be great. I know, I know... tough to do on such a small platform, but I'm POSITIVE it can be done, and I plan to do it!
Also, I've heard about the Clie and thought about picking up one on E-bay once, but decided with the newer ones out, I may as well wait until a Tungsten E or T/X or (saints preserve us!) a LifeDrive dropped in price. If you're interested in WiFi, though, I'm guessing Palm's $100 WiFi card doesn't work with it?