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O’Grady’s PowerPicks: 11 Must-Have Treo Apps

treo650-bbvfs.jpgMy Treo 650 recently had a meltdown. Someone tried to call me and I couldn’t answer the call (buttons didn’t work) then it hung on the inbound call screen. After a soft reset it went into a boot loop and needed a hard reset to bring it back. After wiping all my data and apps I decided to selectively re-install just my favorites.
So, following is my list of 10 must-have applications for the palmOne Treo 650:
Standalone – QuickNews, an excellent RSS client loaded with features.
Intellisync – VeriChat, the best IM client for the Treo.
Tiny Stocks – Stock Manager – Keep tabs on your portfolio.
Tiny Stocks – Highway Manager – With gas prices sky high, track your fuel efficiency.
Blue Nomad – BackupBuddyVFS – This one isn’t optional, it saved my bacon this week.
ShSh software – TAKEphONE – Makes finding and calling contacts incredibly easy.
ShSh software – 2day – “Today” type application – shows all your calendar and tasks.
ShSh software – 4cast – Displays forecast for the next 5 days.
Electric Pocket – Ringo Pro – Allows you to use MP3 ringtones with the Treo.
Palmary Soft – PalmaryClock Wireless Edition
Concrete Software – Aces Texas Hold’em – No Limit – The best Texas Hold’em poker game available.
Ok, it’s actually 11. Shoot me…
Hard restting your Treo, although disruptive, is actually a good thing – provided you have a good backup. It purges a lot of unused and corrupt files clogging your memory and it forces you to re-evaluates what software that you really need on your device.
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What are your must-have Treo applications?


treo650-bbvfs.jpgMy Treo 650 recently had a meltdown. Someone tried to call me and I couldn’t answer the call (buttons didn’t work) then it hung on the inbound call screen. After a soft reset it went into a boot loop and needed a hard reset to bring it back. After wiping all my data and apps I decided to selectively re-install just my favorites.
So, following is my list of 10 must-have applications for the palmOne Treo 650:
Standalone – QuickNews, an excellent RSS client loaded with features.
Intellisync – VeriChat, the best IM client for the Treo.
Tiny Stocks – Stock Manager – Keep tabs on your portfolio.
Tiny Stocks – Highway Manager – With gas prices sky high, track your fuel efficiency.
Blue Nomad – BackupBuddyVFS – This one isn’t optional, it saved my bacon this week.
ShSh software – TAKEphONE – Makes finding and calling contacts incredibly easy.
ShSh software – 2day – “Today” type application – shows all your calendar and tasks.
ShSh software – 4cast – Displays forecast for the next 5 days.
Electric Pocket – Ringo Pro – Allows you to use MP3 ringtones with the Treo.
Palmary Soft – PalmaryClock Wireless Edition
Concrete Software – Aces Texas Hold’em – No Limit – The best Texas Hold’em poker game available.
Ok, it’s actually 11. Shoot me…
Hard restting your Treo, although disruptive, is actually a good thing – provided you have a good backup. It purges a lot of unused and corrupt files clogging your memory and it forces you to re-evaluates what software that you really need on your device.
powerpick-2006-rect.jpg
What are your must-have Treo applications?

By Jason O'Grady

Founded the PowerPage in 1995.

2 replies on “O’Grady’s PowerPicks: 11 Must-Have Treo Apps”

Golly, but people are so different! Since my VisorPhone died after three years of heavy use I haven’t upgraded to the Treo but my list of vital apps is pretty much unchanged since my original Palm Professional.

  • PocketChess, a chess program smarter than me
  • Sums, a useful four-column spreadsheet thingy
  • Undupe, for cleaning up the four main Palm DB’s
  • Documents to Go, mainly to manage database-style lists in Excel
  • BigClock, a useful timekeeper gizmo
  • Open, a utility for tracking store hours
  • SoftGPS, a joke program that I love
  • Neko, a silly program with a playful cat
  • ScratchPad, a free plaything for entertaining kids in restaurants

I keep meaning to get FileMaker Mobile up and working, but so far it seems like more trouble than it is worth and Sums does well enough that I long ago abandoned Pocket Quicken. The basic text files in NotePad are surprisingly versatile, but then my needs are apparently very primitive.

I highly recommend the new and free NVBackup instead of BackupBuddy VFS. I’m a paid BackupBuddy user, have been since before VFS even existed, but on my Treo, I’ve had a number of issues with crashes during backups and restores, and incomplete restorations. NVBackup seems to work much better, so far no complaints at all!
–Andy

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