Built-in Applications for Palm OS (Cont.)

Note Pad
  Drawings go in Note Pad. You can squeeze up to 10 words per page, if your writing is neat. Otherwise, it's better to put text in Memo Pad. There are three sizes of drawing crayon, plus an eraser and a background color change feature. It's possible to draw a very simple map.

To Do List/Tasks
  Also referred to as Task list. This is a convenient place to create personal reminders and prioritize the things you have to do. Each To Do List item may also have: a priority, categories (to organize and view items in logical groups), attached Note (to add more description and clarification of the task).

Third-party Applications
There are many applications that can be installed on a Palm OS device. As of August 2005, there are more than 20,000 third-party applications available for the Palm OS platform, which have various licensing types, including open-source, freeware, shareware, and traditional commercial applications.

Application Development
Palm OS Garnet applications are primarily coded in C/C++. Two compilers: CodeWarrior is criticized for being expensive and is no longer being developed, whereas PRC-Tools is lacking several many of CodeWarrior's features. A version of PRC-Tools is included in Palm OS Developer Suite. Higher level development tools are also available.