May sponsor:

Hands High, a longtime (at least in this market!) producer of Palm OS software, has agreed to sponsor our May meeting! During the meeting, we will give away two pieces of their software. I will show several packages, including ThoughtManager, ToDo Plus, and MemoPlus. These last two apps use the built-in database from the regular Memo and ToDo apps, so there is no problem if you view or edit things in the ROM-based programs. We'll go over the additional benefits during the presentation.

March sponsor:

The nice folks at Handmark sent us a great goodie box, filled with games and gadgets. I am still wading through the MobileTools collection. It's ten pre-released apps, but they are all together on one disc, and have the same registration code. This makes it easy to try out one or all, then keep only the ones you wish to. At $20 retail (I checked at local stores), it's quite a bargain. Programs contained in the set include:

• BackUpBuddy
• BackUpBuddyVFS
• CheckList
• FilePoint
• PrintBoy
• SuperUtility
• SuperClock
• AutoSync
• TimeSync
• MobileSafe

Normally, these would sell for a total of almost $150. Quite a bargain, and more convenient as well. I'll have a full demo and we'll raffle off a few things from their product line as well. Currently, there are other PalmOS folks testing Scrabble and Monopoly, two games that they have for Palm. If you're a golfer and interested in testing and showing GolfTracPro, you can pick up your demo copy at the meeting, and we'll schedule you to present your full golf record at the next meeting, as well as your opinion of the program.

January sponsor:

The nice folks at Silkyboard donated several copies of their Graffiti enhancements to TAPIT, which we raffled off during the meeting. The gist of the device is a bit of software and a Graffiti area overlay printed with a keyboard. Once the software is installed and the overlay is in place, you can either continue using Graffiti as usual, safe in knowing that there will be no scratches to your screen, or you can tap on the keyboard. While I don't personally have a problem with Graffiti, I know plenty of folks who do. They're always asking things like, "What's the stroke for the @ sign again?" or "Is the extended shift where I can find the curly brackets?" Maybe it's my music background. Symbols are easy for me to remember. But, judging by the number of people who whine about it on newsgroups and listservs, there must be a good percentage that this is NOT true for. If you're in that majority, check it out and see the possible end to your frustration. Or ask for a personal opinion from one of your TAPIT buddies on our yahoogroups area.