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Sitaram · Site Admin Joined: 14 Sep 2005 Posts: 1079

My old Palm M-120 started to have strange problems synchronizing with the various desktops that I use.

Today, I purchased a Palm Z22 for $99 at Staples.

So far, it has worked like a charm.

The most amazing thing I found is this program to convert any document or browser page to a format compatible with a Palm reader.

http://www.jakewalk.de/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=MySoftware.PdaConverter

Pda Converter

The entire install took only 10 minutes, but it was complicated by the fact that, in the midst of it, I was asked to click on a link, and install some other program which this program invokes as a "filter" to remove advertising and other things from web pages prior to conversion. I said "yes" to everything during the install, and made some lucky guesses. The first think I did was convert a Word document of a short story. The converter invokes the Palm ADD software, to schedule the addition of the document during the next hotsync. On my first attempt, I converted to xTxt format, but my free shareware reader was unable to open that. Next, I converted to Aportis format, and my shareware reader read that just fine.

So now, I can convert almost anything I please, upload it to the palm pilot, and read it.

I found some great free religious texts at this site:

http://www.freewarepalm.com/religion/religion.shtml

I downloaded the Bhagavad-Gita, New Testament, 613 Mitzvoths, Qur'an, and Way of the Tao.

After I posted this blog, I became curious as to whether I could use the utility to convert this browser page to a document for my PDA. I tried to convert to Aportis format and nothing happened. Then, I tried Plucker format, and it converted the browser page. I could not read it with my shareware reader, but then I searched in google and found a free "Plucker" reader, which WAS able to successfully read this very web page on the Palm pilot.
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