In general, we have listed only software that is of general use and interest; however, more detailed special reports on PalmOS software intended for particular specialties are in the works, and are being added to the Documents section of this site as they become available.
First, although there has been a lot of talk about viruses for the PalmOS, we have still not yet actually seen such a virus “in the wild” and do not consider it necessary to purchase on of the PalmOS virus checker programs currently available. This may change in the future.
Second, we have not recommended any Personal Information Manager (PIM) synchronization programs, because there are too many different systems and configurations in use out there to recommend any specific solution. In our experience, the conduits for Outlook, Outlook Express, Groupwise, Exchange, and MeetingMaker seem to work fine (once properly configured), but are unfortunately still limited to syncing to a single account-you won’t be able to sync to Groupwise from the hospital and then MeetingMaker from your campus office.
Third, we have avoided are those programs that require additional hardware in order to operate, such as the ActiveECG cardiac monitor ( www.activecenter.com ), or the Margi PresenterToGo module ( www.margi.com ) that gives PalmOS handhelds a VGA out for presentations.