Palm OS – Page 2 – Mobile Genealogy

New Palm OS: Access Linux

September 6, 2015February 15, 2006 by Chad

I’m still not sure what to make or think of this, but apparently Palm OS Garnet is going to be phased out in favor of Linux. MobileTechReview has a really good writeup

Palm LifeDrive Review

September 6, 2015January 28, 2006 by Chad

There is a new review of the Palm LifeDrive over at DesignTechnica.com. It was written by Brandon King, and he rates it a 7.5 out of 10. This Palm device could be for you if you happen to need a PDA and a media manager (photos, etc.), however they weren’t happy with battery and hard drive performance (it does have the most capacity out of all of the Palm devices though).

FileMaker Mobile 8

September 6, 2015January 24, 2006 by Chad

FileMaker Mobile 8 is now shipping. If you use FileMaker 8 to store your genealogy information and research notes, this maybe of interest to you. Among the new features – expanded workgroup support. The Starter Solutions has been expanded as well.

GedWise Updates (Windows 6.2, Mac 6.3.3, Linux 6.3.3)

January 30, 2015January 23, 2006 by Chad

Battery Park Software has updated their Mac OS X and Linux installer for GedWise, their PalmOS-based genealogy application. This brings GedWise for Mac OS X and Linux up to version 6.3.3.

They have also updated their Windows installer to version 6.2

The update can be downloaded here – batteryparksoftware.com.

GedStar Pro 3.1b

September 6, 2015January 19, 2006 by Chad

GedStar Pro, a PalmOS genealogy application, received a minor update to version 3.1b to correct a bug in version 3.1a that could crash a program when searching for individuals by user-defined reference IDs.