October 2006 - A Treotacular!

Meeting Details

Meeting Summary

Some of the most popular smartphones around are the Treos from Palm. Palm has converged the cell phone and a Palm into one device that has become its most popular product. Instead of having to carry a phone and a planner, you can easily carry the Treo.

It doesn’t stop there though, this October, we’ll talk about everything Treo, we’ll briefly talk about what comes with the standard Treo and what you can do with it “out of the box” and then show you how to “pimp” your Treo with the addition of third party applications. In most cases, all you need is the basic Treo but there’s so much more you can do with not only additional software but also additional hardware as well. We’ll take a look at some of the more popular hardware add-ons out there and how to get full usage from your Treo.

And once again for our birhtday bash there are a ton of prizes! Randy aka “The NPUG Prize Pimp” has once again outdone himself this year and put together over $2,000 in prizes this month so that everyone in attendance should walk away with a giveaway. Not only do we have some great giveaways, but we also have not one, not two, but three devices to give away! We have a Treo of the winners choice, a LifeDrive, and a T5! So if you want to learn more about Treos and see how to get the most out of it and possibly win a new Treo, then you want to be sure to attend this month’s meeting.

Agenda

1. Welcome & Announcements
After welcoming everyone to the meeting, we give a quick update on what’s new with the user group. This include membership, web site updates, where our geocache bug tracker is, etc.

2. What’s Happening In Palm OS
Each month we cover everything that’s happened over the past month with Palm OS. We discuss the handhelds, new cool software and what to look for in the future.

3. What’s On Your Palm
Our very own Fred Heumann asks the question, “What’s On Your Palm?” and shares what are some of the latest, best and sometimes unusual programs for your Palm.

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4. A Treotacular!
There’s no way we can cover everything about the Treo but we’ll try and make a dent! We’ll cover the basics and some other more advanced tricks. We’ll talk about how your Treo is a multimedia device and we’ll also talk about the plethera of hardware you can use with your Treo. By the end of the meeting, you should have a general understanding of the Treo and maybe come away with something you didn’t already know.

5. General Discussion and Q&A
With the time remaining, we open up the floor for general discussion and answer any questions you may have.

6. Giveaways
At the end of the meeting we have a random drawing for door prizes donated by our Sponsors. This month we’ll be giving away the following:

Courtesy of Palm
» Winners choice of Treo
»LifeDrive Mobile Manager
»T5
» (1) copy of World Poker Tour-Hold ‘Em Poker & Casino Collection
» (1) Palm Cradle Kit for Tungsten or LifeDrive
» (1) Palm Hybrid Headset/Headphones
» (1) Palm 512MB SD Card
» (7) Palm Vehicle Power Charger (Multi-Connector)
» Assorted goodies from Palm including Treo Jelly CellMates, Palm notebooks, Palm Water bottles, and Palm Frisbees

Courtesy of Think Outside
» (1) Stowaway Universal Bluetooth Keyboard

Courtesy of Cardo Systems, Inc.
» (1) Scala 700 Bluetooth Headset

Courtesy of ClearSync
» (1) 1 year subscription to ClearSync Gold Account

Courtesy of hiratte Software Solutions
» (2) copies of MagicLink

Courtesy of Go Treo Software, Inc.
» (2) copies of CradleCare
» (2) copies of PowerLink
» (2) copies of VolumeCareBasic

Courtesy of VoiceIt Technologies
» (7) copies of VoiceDialIt

Courtesy of Hobbyist Software
» (1) copy of Inititate

Courtesy of MotionApps
» (1) copy of mRing
» (1) copy of mVoice
» (1) copy of mOcean
» (1) copy of mSafe
» (1) copy of mLights

Courtesy of Astraware
» (3) copies of Cake Mania

6. After The Meeting
This is a new feature we’ve started this year and it looks to be quite popular! For one-hour following the end of the meeting, Palm OS experts will be on hand to address any specific questions you may have, or troubleshoot any technical support issues. It’s one-on-one time where you can get the answers to just about any Palm OS issue.

October 2006 Meeting Presentation (500k)
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