1. Palm Basic Applications

2. Think of your computer…
Title & Menu area
Categories
Screen
Soft Buttons
Writing Area
Palm Beginning Housekeeping
Points to Cover:
A Palm is a handheld computer.
It is not a “single use device” like a calculator.
It is more than a PDA/PIM (Personal Digital Assistant/Personal Information Mgr)
Make as many connections as possible to people’s existing understanding of desktop computer features, methods of organization and operation.
Examples:
Desktop = Point and click with mouse
Palm = Point and tap with stylus
Categories - Think of these like FOLDERS on desktop computers.
Writing Area — Area where text is entered using either Graffiti®, a simplified script, or an on-screen keyboard.
Hard Buttons — These buttons launch the four main applications - they are like FUNCTION KEYS on desktops
NOTE: These buttons can be reassigned with the Prefs application.
Scroll Buttons — These buttons page up or down.
Soft (or silkscreen) Buttons — To use, tap them with stylus.
Title & Menu area - operates like desktops.
Screen — The touch sensitive screen is 160 by 160 pixels.
Hard Buttons
Hard Buttons
Scroll Buttons

3. Letters on the left side…
… and numbers on the right.
Palm Beginning Housekeeping
Points to Cover:
Notice the “tick” marks on the writing area.
Letters are written on the left side and numbers on the right side.

4. “Hard” buttons launch the main applications
Date Book
Memo
Palm Beginning Housekeeping
Points to Cover:
Hard buttons are programmable and are only shortcuts to the applications that reside in the “memory” of the Palm. They may be reassigned to launch different applications.
Think of them as “function keys” on desktop computer
Example of usefulness:
The Memo button can be reset to launch a graphing calculator application for students in a class using that application extensively, saving time.
Address
To Do

5. “Soft” buttons 1 Launcher (aka:Home, Applications) 3 Calculator 2 Menu
Palm Beginning Housekeeping
Points to Cover:
Launcher — Also called “Home” or “Applications” icon is analogous to a computer hard drive. It is from where all the applications on the Palm can be accessed.
Menu — Accesses menus specific to all applications
Calculator — Launches built-in calculator.
Find — Finds instances of text in a memo, Date Book, Address Book, or To Do list.
2 Menu
4 Find

6. Where all applications can be found and started
1 Tap “Launcher”
2 Tap icon
OS and basic applications come with Palm. Other applications added by user as desired.

7. Categories provide organization
1 Tap category menu
2 Select category
Make the point that “categories” are similar to folders on desktop computers and they exist in Launcher/Applications, Contacts, To-Do, Memo
You can create your own categories.

8. To synchronize your Palm and computer, simply push the HotSync™ button.

9. Beaming is the easiest way to input - and share!
You can beam:
individual items
an entire category
an application

10. YOUR TASK Create a new entry in the Address Book.
Address Book Preview
YOUR TASK
Create a new entry
in the Address Book.

11. Open the Address Book Address Book Application Points to Cover:
Pressing the second hardware button instantly turns on the Palm device and launches the Address Book application.
FYI (as trainer)
Once the Address Book is launched, pressing the Address button again switches the user to the next category.

12. Tap these scroll buttons to move up and down the page
Add your name
1 Tap “New”
2 Enter text
Address Book Application
Points to Cover:
In a new field, the first letter is automatically capitalized.
Tapping the scroll buttons in the lower-right corner moves through selected form (record).
Menus have different options depending upon which view is active. Note the difference between Address List (list view) and Address Edit (record or card view).
Tap these scroll buttons to move up and down the page

13. Finish your entry or edit session
Tap “Done” when you’re finished

14. PRACTICE BEAMING INFORMATION
TASK
Create and beam your
eBusiness card.
Address Book Application
Activities:
Participants will identify an electronic business card and beam it to another user.

15. Open your own entry to record view
Address Book Application
Points to Cover::
Participants must be in Record or Card view to select business card.

16. Open the menus
Address Book Application

17. Identify your ebusiness card
1 Choose “Select Business Card…” from the Record menu
2 Tap “Yes”
Address Book Application
Notice this icon at the top of your business card

18. Experience the magic! (Leave the address book application!)
After the participants have completed the activity of identifying their business cards, have them leave the address book and go to the calendar or another application. The purpose of this is to avoid having them erroneously associate the visual presence of their own business card with the act of beaming a business card. This also helps to reinforce that the person receiving a business card beam doesn’t have to be in the address book application either.
Emphasize the ability to beam a business card at any time. (The “magic” button.)
Have people only beam with 2 other people and stop. (Don’t tell them why)

19. Beam your ebusiness card with one button
1. Point to another Palm handheld within 3 feet and on the same ‘plane’
2. Hold down the “Address Book” button for two seconds - or until you see the message “Searching”
3. Choose to “Accept” via “Yes” or “No” buttons.

20. Task: Create an appointment
Date Book Preview
Task: Create an appointment

21. Launch the Date Book application
Or tap the Date Book icon in the Launcher.
Date Book Application
Points to Cover:
There are two ways to launch Date Book; the hard button or the icon in the Launcher.
Press the Date Book button

22. The Date Book has four views…
Day
Week
Month
Agenda
Date Book Application

23. You can switch views by tapping these on-screen buttons…
Day
Week
Month
Agenda
Date Book Application
Day
Week
Month
Agenda

24. … or pressing the Date Book button repeatedly
Date Book Application

25. See before and after… Scroll Up = Previous day (or week, or month)
Date Book Application
Points to Cover:
Day view must be active to scroll from one day to next using scroll buttons.
Scroll Down = Next day (or week, or month)

26. Tap Go To to quickly open any date
Tap triangles to change year
Tap here to change month or use hardware Scroll buttons
Tap date to open that day
Tap here to see Today in the day view

27. Change the day in the Day View
Same day the previous week
Same day the next week
Day before
Day after
Date Book Application
Points to Cover:
Tapping a letter — S, M, T, W, T, F, S — displays that day in this week.
Tapping the date, momentarily displays the current time.

28. Make an appointment… 1 Tap “New” 2 Select times 3 Type entry
Date Book Application
Points to Cover:
Use Graffiti to write the Start Time to open the “Set Time” dialog or tap desired time.
Activities:
Participants will create a new appointment with a parent (or other appropriate party) in Day View.
All Day blocks the entire day. No Time creates a one-day banner.

29. Rescheduling during the week
2 Drag item to new day or time
1 Tap Week icon
Date Book Application
Activities:
Participants will move appointment with parent to a different day/time in Week View by dragging icon.

30. Change the appointment date…
1. Tap into item text
2. Tap “Details”
4. Select new date
3. Tap date box
Date Book Application
Activities:
Participants will reschedule appointment with parent (or other party) to a different day/time by using Event Details.

31. Change the appointment time…
1 Tap start time
2 Change times
Date Book Application
Points to Cover:
Selecting “No Time” puts the appointment at the top of the Day View without a start and end time.
Activities:
Participants will reschedule appointment with parent to a different day/time by tapping the start time.
3 Tap “OK”

32. Memo Preview
Task: Create a new memo

33. Launch the Memo application
Or tap the Memo Pad icon in the Launcher.
Memo Pad Application
Points to Cover:
Once the Memo Pad is launched, pressing the Memo Pad button again switches user to the next category.
Press the Memo button

34. Creating a new memo Tap “New” Memo Pad Application Activities:
Participants create a new memo.

35. This arrow means that the next letter will be capitalized.
Notice the blinking insertion point at the top-left corner of the memo.
Memo Pad Application
Points to Cover:
The first letter of any memo is automatically capitalized.
This arrow means that the next letter will be capitalized.

36. Task: Create a To Do item
To Do Preview
Task: Create a To Do item

37. Launch the To Do application
Or tap the To Do List icon in the Launcher.
To Do Application
Points to Cover:
Review both ways to launch To Do application.
Once the To Do List is launched, pressing the To Do button again switches user to the next category.
Press the To Do button

38. Creating a new To Do item
1 Tap “New”
2 Enter text
3 Set priority
4 Set Details
To Do Application
Points to Cover:
With Palm OS 2.0 or later, beginning to write a To Do item with Graffiti will create a new item.
Default priority is always 1= highest. 5 is lowest.
Activity:
Participants will create a To Do list.

39. Websites to Remember… www.handango.com
Palm Education:
Education Grants:
Education integration:
Palm Store:
Software: