SPB has finally released the long awaited update to its wildly popular Mobile Shell. Version 3 is now available for $29.95, or for an upgrade price of only $14.97. I forget why I had stopped using the older version of Mobile shell, so I won’t be making any comparisons here. What I will say is it’s beautiful, and nowhere near as difficult to set up as some other reviews have made it seem.   I have run into a few little problems with SPBMS3, but I have a strong suspicion that they have more to do with the bizarre behavior of my Treo 800w than the application. For instance, following a phone...


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While everyone is waiting and watching (and drooling) for the chance to get hold of a new Palm Pre, Tealpoint Software is staying old school. Sorta.   Palm users are familiar with great apps from Tealpoint: TealLock, TealScript, TealBackup, and others. A name Palm enthusiasts have come to know and trust, Teal is stepping out of the crowd to show that the old Palm os (Garnet) is not quite dead yet. For a limited time, you can purchase TealOS for $14.95 (expected to soon go to $19.95), and give your Palm Treo or Centro a facelift and feel closer to the new face of Palm and WebOS.   If you have...


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Many of us who "defected" from the Palm os to Windows Mobile, missed some of the things that made Palm so user friendly, like the availability of numerous third party launchers. One extremely popular such launcher is LauncherX from GoTreoSoftware. Now the LauncherX architect, Jeff Gibson, is joining the ranks of the Palm disenfranchised, and taking a shot with Windows Mobile. LauncherX for Windows Mobile is currently in beta,  and while it's definitely not ready for prime time, it's already a great improvement over what you find on Windows Mobile. According to Jeff: "My goal for LauncherX is to redefine...


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