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Built-in Applications for Palm OS

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Palm OS licensees decides which applications are included on their Palm OS devices. Licensees can also customize the applications. Below are some of the most common PalmSource applications included with the Palm OS:

Address Book/Contacts

The Palm's Address program stores personal information, keyed by any of several user-definable categories. Entries are displayed and sorted in last name, first name order (this can be changed only to Company, Last Name order).

There are five slots for phone or e-mail, each of which may be designated Work, Home, Fax, Other, E-mail, Main, Pager or Mobile.

Calculator

Calc turns the Palm into a standard 4-function pocket calculator. It also includes a menu option to switch to an advanced mode, which features several button layouts that pertain to specific jobs. These modes include: Math, Trig, Finance, Logic, Statistics, Weight/Tmp, Length, Area, and Volume.

Date Book/Calendar

Date Book shows a daily or weekly schedule, or a simple monthly view. The daily schedule has one line per hour, between user-selected begin and end times. Clicking on an empty line creates a new appointment. An appointment can be heralded by an alarm, any number of minutes, hours or days before it begins.

Appointments can recur in a specified number of days, weeks, months or years—and can contain notes.