JWatson.com: Palm Computing

I originally bought a Palm Vx way back in early 2000 and decided to gather my links in
an easily accessible place. My buddies Rob and Scott hooked me up with several of these sites, and I found a bunch on my own. I moved from the Vx to a Palm m515, but lost that sometime in 2003! (I eventually found it, and it still works like a charm!) I then moved up to a Palm Tungsten T2. Wanted a Treo 600, but my Sprint contract wouldn't allow me to take advantage of the $150 rebate until it's up for renewal (um, how stupid is that!?!), and I certainly wont to pay $600 for a cell phone/pda combo when I don't have to! I broke the screen on the T2, sent it back to Palm for repair and the battery never held a charge after that. Although I bought and installed a 3rd party battery, I'd already moved onto a Special Edition Zire 72 which I like a lot, and it still works just fine. (The m515 and the Zire are currently looking for new homes!) I have just purchased a Garmin iQue 3600
that I am just learning about. I went ahead and got the Auto bundle which included a friction mount for the car.
Hope these links help out! Enjoy!

*Update 3/06 More updates... As you can see, I'm staying on top of this site! ;-) I know I seriously need to update the look and usability of this site, but... it's just such a low priority. I have a pHp app I'm gonna use, but I just need to do it... :-D

Do you do ANY online shopping? If so, be sure to check out my coupon page! Although this site hasn't been updated in years, I'm still hoping to revive it one day!!!

Official Garmin Site

Prices on Garmin iQue 3600

Garmin Specific Software Sites

Garmin iQue Waypoint converters - *New 3/06*
- 3 Different converters available:
- que2geW version 1.2 (iQue to Google-Earth waypoint converter)
- que2mpsW version 1.2 (iQue to Mapsource waypoint converter)
- que2oziW version 1.1 (iQue to Ozi-Explorer waypoint converter)

Import waypoints into the iQue - *New 3/06*
the iQue stores waypoints in the Palm address book. So the easiest way to get waypoints into the iQue is to convert them into a vCard format. Once the waypoint data has been converted into a vCard, you simply read the vCard file into the Palm Desktop and then HotSync. To read these vCard files into the Palm Desktop you can either drag and drop them onto the open address book, or you can create a file association to Palm Desktop for the vCard file format.
The linked program (Geocaching To iQue) will currently convert two types of files as follows:
1) *.loc files in the XML format as downloaded from www.geocaching.com
2) *.txt files in a tab delimited format as created from the MapSource File->Export as tab delimited menu option

IQ Booster: the utilities that Garmin forgot (Expired BETA? Still researching!) - *New 3/06*

iQue Software Page Some great looking iQue software - *New 3/06*

TimeTrial 1.3c TimeTrial is designed to simulate the start of a drag race using the "Christmas Tree" staging lights. It times a run at the Ľ mile and 1 kilometer distance. It also provides elapsed times of six different speed breaks, and will save the maximum speed reached before the Stop Button is pressed. - *New 3/06*

GPSBabel GPSBabel converts waypoints, tracks, and routes from one format to another, whether that format is a common mapping format like Delorme, Streets and Trips, or even a serial upload or download to a GPS unit such as those from Garmin and Magellan. - *New 3/06*

PalGar Use your PALM to up-, download and edit waypoints from a GARmin GPS - Note that this may or may not work on the iQue! - *New 3/06*

GPilotS GPilotS allows your PalmPilot to:
* talk to your Garmin GPS (see supported models) to send and receive waypoints, routes and tracks
* talk to map softwares to exchange waypoints, routes and tracks with them
* display and manage waypoints, routes and tracks
* create and edit waypoints and routes
* converts formats of waypoints, routes and tracks dynamically
- Note that this may or may not work on the iQue! - *New 3/06*

- *New 3/06*

Garmin iQue 3600 Reviews/FAQs/Forums

FAQs
iQue 3600 FAQ - A good amount of info here - *New 3/06*
Mobile Geographics Notes on the Garmin iQue 3600 - *New 3/06*

Palm Software Sites

Palm Freeware Sites

Palm Gaming

Palm Emulators

PalmMAME: Holy Crap! Finally!- *New 3/06*
Installing PalmMAME - Read this! Here's a nice little write up from some guy to help novices install and setup PalmMAME - *New 3/06*
UDMH: You will need this if you want to run PalmMAME on a Garmin or other, older Palm ARM device
LittleJohnPalm: Freeware(!) Multi Console Emulator - Main site down, but you can get it here for now - *New 3/06*
- Currently emulating:
--- Atari: VCS, Video Computer System, Atari 2600
--- Bandai: WonderSwan
--- NEC: TG16, Turbo-Grafx/PC
--- Nintendo: NES, Nintendo Entertainment System, Famicom
--- Nintendo: SNES, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, SuperFamicom
--- Nintendo: Gameboy, Gameboy Color
--- Sega: Genesis, Megadrive, Megadrive ||
--- Sega: MasterSystem, MasterSystem ||
--- Sega: GameGear
--- SNK: Neo Geo Pocket
LittleJohnPalm Discussion Board - Be sure to read here first! *New 3/06*
LittleJohnPalm: Archived 0.9x versions here - *New 3/06*
palmemu.com - *New 3/06*
the-gadgeteer.com review of several Palm Emulators - *New 3/06*
Multiple Emulators Not Free - *New 3/06*
- NesEm - The Ulimate NES Emulator for PalmOS 5.x Devices.
- Dream Engine - A PCEngine (TurboGrafx-16, in the United States) emulator.
- Gizmo Ultra - SMS and Game Gear emulator for PalmOS 5.x Devices.
-- Plays almost every SMS and GG game.
- Gizmo - The Ultimate Game Gear Emulator for PalmOS 5.x Devices.
-- Runs almost every Game Gear game.
- GBulator - The Ultimate GameBoy COLOR Emulator for PalmOS 5.x Devices.
Atari 2600 Em - *New 3/06*
Liberty Game Boy Emulator - *New 3/06*
More Palm Games, including a GB, GBC & GBA Emulator (FireStorm) - *New 3/06*
XCade (Prior to MAME, as close to MAME on a Palm as you could get!)

Palm/Garmin Hardware/Accessories Sites

Garmin Hardware/Accessories I have - Links coming soon!

Palm Travel

MyPalmLife quick review of the Rough Guide City Maps - *New 3/06*
Metro - *New 3/06*
Public Transport Navigator for more than 250 cities around the world. Available in 32 languages. Free, Fast & Accurate
CurrencySimple: A simple currency converter - *New 3/06*
Glovebox Guide to Philadelphia, PA Info on hotels, restaurants, sites, and shopping - *New 3/06*
Currency 3.2 This converter program (which supports 174 currencies) is a necessity for the financial Palm user. It is updated daily to show current rates published by the Central European Bank. - *New 3/06*
Best 100 City Guide - PARIS 03.01 This Paris city guide includes the best 100 addresses in Paris: the top restaurants, hotels, entertainment and shopping by Elegant-Lifestyle - *New 3/06*
The Handango.com Travel section - currently 567 titles! Sorted so freeware shows up first! - *New 3/06*

Palm related(info, sw and/or hw) Sites not yet categorized

Palm News

Palm Tech/Support

Palm Training

Map Servers

MapServer is an Open Source development environment for building spatially-enabled internet applications. MapServer is not a full-featured GIS system, nor does it aspire to be. Instead, MapServer excels at rendering spatial data (maps, images, and vector data) for the web. - *New 3/06*
deegree The Free Software project deegree offers the substantial building blocks for the building of a Spatial Data Infrastructure by implementing the standards of the Open GIS Consortium (OGC) and ISO/TC 211. As the whole architecture of deegree is based on OGC specifications and concepts, there are no problems to integrate standardized products of other vendors (e.g. ArcIMS by ESRI(c)). - *New 3/06*
ArcIMS is the solution for delivering dynamic maps and GIS data and services via the Web. - *New 3/06*
OGC WMS Server List - *New 3/06*