Blogging with your Palm

I have to admit - it's great to make a quick blog entry using my Wi-Fi Palm. You can be anywhere around the house (relaxing watching TV on the couch or outside on the sundeck) and quickly make a blog entry via email.

If you want to have a blog that is mobile screen size friendly, then have a look at:
www.tumblr.com

Once you create your blog it can be viewed as a regular web site or as a special mobile site. Tumblr automatically reformats your blog to mobile size.

Radio on your Palm?

With a Wi-Fi card my Palm E2 can double as a radio.

Want to impress your tech buddies... just walk in the room holding your Palm with radio sounds coming out of it!

You can use the Palm's web browser to listen to Internet Radio over Wi-Fi:

TUNED.mobi : http://www.tuned.mobi/

Viewing sites on a Palm

The Palm card works fine, but I have to admit viewing some sites on a tiny Palm screen is not the greatest experience. But - there are special sites designed to be viewed with mobile devices like Palms or mobile phones. Here are a few good links for mobile users:

Google mobile: http://www.google.co.uk/pda
Wikipedia mobile: http://wikipedia.7val.com/
BBC (UK): http://www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/pda/
Many more mobile sites: http://www.pocketoptimized.com/

It works... but less battery life.

I'm pretty happy with my Wi-Fi card. It works fine, but your Palm's battery runs down much faster when it is in use.

That's a typical result any time you run Wi-Fi or Bluetooth on PDAs or laptops.

Got the card today

The card arrived today.

It comes with a CD and a slim Getting Started guide. The software on the CD is already out of date with a new version available at the Palm web site.

The card fits into the SD slot on my Palm E2. Unlike a regular SD card, the Wi-Fi card sticks out a bit from the top of the Palm. I guess the bit sticking out is acting as an aerial.

Once you install the software onto your Palm you can swtich on Wi-Fi in the Palm's Prefs settings. The card flashes a tiny LCD to show it is operating.

Buying the card

I've finally decided to buy a Palm Wi-Fi card for my Palm E2 PDA. A few weeks ago they were $170 here in Sydney, Australia but I saw one advertised for $78 so I went ahead and bought it. It should be delivered in a day or two.