Travel Technology - What is your favorite program for your PDA?

What is your favorite program for your PDA?

I am curious to know what kind of software people use and find useful on their PDA. If everyone posts some of their favorite programs I think it would be a great resource for the FT community.

I have just downloaded the United Airlines timetables, figure its good to have in the chance of a missed connection, that way I can research how I want to get home.

I use the AA timetable on my Palm Treo religiously. It's great for misconnections and researching potential flights.

All WindowsMobile:

1) Newsbreak
2) SPB PocketPlus version 4
3) Weatherbug
4) Oxios CloseApps/Hibernate
5) Opera
6) SPB Backup

agendus.

See also
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2506162

That said, I love "Flight Status" for the Palm at www.andrewsoft.net

Brickbreaker on my Blackberry!

Mobipocket Reader. Almost all my reading is e-books.

the ua and *a flight schedules and Métro (http://www.nanika.net/Metro/)

Metro
Adobe Reader
Google Mobile Maps
WiFiFoFum
VisualGPSce
Microsoft Reader
Internet Explorer
iLaunch
Skype
TCPMP
Michelin Maps and Route Planning
Pocket Excel
Pocket Word
Pocket Streets
Pocket Access

Fring (http://www.fring.com) - so I can use Skype...

Be sure to check out our ZAGAT TO GO application for BlackBerry, Palm OS and Windows Mobile devices. There is a free 14-day trial available.

http://mobile.zagat.com

The Core Pocket Media Player. I think it is called Core Player now.

Plays any media file I throw at it on an HP IPAQ h5455.

On my BlackBerry, I tend to use MS Live Search (as much as I dislike Windows Mobile, this is actually really handy--still in beta); Opera Mini (also a beta version); Yahoo! IM (2.0--not AT&T-approved but there's a workaround), and Google Maps. Any of the map applications are more useful on a BB with GPS. PocketDay is also nice but I find myself using it less often lately.

These are just the third-party apps--I also use BlackBerry Messenger (included) all the time.

1) SPB Mobile Shell
2) SPB Pocket Plus
3) Google Maps (Live Search is starting to encroach on this one)
4) Resco Explorer w/FTP add-in

SPB Pocket Plus
SPB Backup
SPB Mobile Shell
SPB Weather
Pocket Informant
ListPro

For my Palm:

1. Vindigo, http://www.vindigo.com/

2. Zagat to Go, URL below.

Be sure to check out our ZAGAT TO GO application for BlackBerry, Palm OS and Windows Mobile devices. There is a free 14-day trial available.

http://mobile.zagat.com

You use the word "our." Are you connected with Zagat?

ToDoMatrix and IdeaMatrix for the Blackberry. Both are outstanding products.

Resco Sokoban :cool:.

Opera Mobile
Live Search (the new voice recognition is nice!)
Yahoo Go! (to access flickr)

I don't use Google Maps because it doesn't work well with my GPS puck.

I think it depends on whether your PDA has built-in WiFi or is just a static unit (like my Tungsten E2) that can only be updated when you sync it with a PC.

My favorite used to be AvantGo but it has been superceded by WAP sites with more current stories that I can access from my phone.

My 2nd fav was Vindigo but it kept crashing every few weeks and thereby lost all my favorites.

The schedule downloads are definitely useful if you are a frequent user of public transit or airlines. But even that info tends to be limited or dated compared with what you can get thru a WiFi connection.

PDAs are presently morphing into iPhone-type devices, and within a decade the old Palms will be museum relics (if they aren't already ;) )

I think it depends on whether your PDA has built-in WiFi or is just a static unit (like my Tungsten E2) that can only be updated when you sync it with a PC.


Or cellular data.

I don't bother with a standalone RSS reader, for example (even though my Blackjack comes with one built-in) - I just fire up Google Reader Mobile.

What I'd like to see is more websites having small-screen friendly versions, which I think the iPhone will help drive - having millions more small screens with data access will make it happen.

iLaunch (http://www.youtube.com/v/1Czz9yotdE8)

A very nifty application launcher that seems vaguely familiar...