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With more and more handhelds
growing into prominence the industries too are striving
hard to manufacture new products at a competitive pace.
Palm Operating System, the arbitrary leader of
the family of handhelds, has rendered the markets
crowding with products ranging from objects of
day-to-day use to exclusively business-oriented
softwares. The one major reason behind its success is
certainly its portability.
With
portability comes the idea of travel. The speedy advent
of exclusive softwares aiding travel holds sure promise
for Palm to become the best travel companion in near
future. Be it the business class or the tourist, people
are gradually finding it easier to make the Palm desktop
their most authentic travel guide – thanks to the
software industry! We take a quick look at the
applications that have made this happen. |
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The
Bare Essentials
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Palm Digital Camera
Turn your Palm Handheld into a Digital Camera (using
Kodak PalmPix Camera) and shoot as many photos as you
want during your tours.
ROUTE
Your first trip to Europe? Find out the best routes
& road maps in and around the European countries
with the help of ROUTE application created especially
for your Palm.
Clock+
Clock+ is a multifunction digital clock,
calendar, timer, alarm and world clock for the Palm OS.
It covers around 1000 cities globally, easy to swap
between home and world timezones.
Gulliver
The application that tracks airline, hotel, and car
rental reservations as also ticket prices and important
phone numbers.
PalmPilot
Travel Tips
Save
lists of airlines, rental car companies, hotels and
holidays on your Palm to enable a smooth journey.
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AA
Travel Companion |
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Besides
drawing on the most popular site
visits in Europe and 10 other
countries around the world AA also
provides a short background of the
cities and their inhabitants, best
places to eat, shop and get
entertained, and valuable
practical info for the tourists. |
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Michelin
Red Guide |
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Founded in 1900, Michelin Guides have since then
been the most authoritative companions for the
travelers and tourists alike. Now they are
available on Palm desktops. It is a comprehensive
catalog of around 6500 prominent hotels in 70
cities and 20 European countries. Known for their
evaluation of the minutest details as the cooking
standards of the hotels, the Red Guide provides
the users with a wide range to choose from some of
the best places for food and lodging.
One can search for hotels under the city and town
names by selecting from the drop-down menus.
However, more focused customized searches can be
carried out in terms of price, class, category and
facilities pertaining to the hotels. The tourists
can look up for “good food at moderate
prices”. Details such as locations of local
cafes, where one can look for local specialties at
considerable rates are featured. One can browse
through and bookmark the pages and spots in the
Guide that would be of use to them.
Michelin Red Guide has greatly alleviated the
pains of carrying critical information like the
names of hotels and restaurants on chits of paper
or bulky laptops – not to mention the memory!
Now information is at fingertips. The Palm users
have recognized the importance of having updated
information so near at hand. The application runs
on Palm OS 3.0 to 3.5 and are available in five
different languages – English, French, German,
Spanish and Italian – towards the convenience of
the users. |
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Noteworthy |
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If
you could book hotel reservations on
your way to the destination at
significantly discounted rates
wouldn’t you care to give it a
try? Your Palm Desktop helps you get
through. |
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In
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The Small Talk translator helps you transcend language
barriers. Palm users have found
the application extremely
convenient in non-English speaking
countries. |
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