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From: Zombie Elvis on 18 Jan 2008 00:13

Here's a lesser known feature in a lot of newer Palm devices. Pocket
Tunes which is bundled with the Palm Centro and for which users of the
Palm Treo 680, 700p, 755p, TX, and LifeDrive are eligible to free
upgrades can actually communicate with a Windows PC, allowing you to
drag and drop music between your PC and a music folder on an SD card
without removing the card from your device. This is very useful for
people whose PCs don't have built-in SD card readers or whose
smartphones like the Treo 680 have a side-mounted expansion slot which
is hidden behind a door.
--
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rebel, fighting the establishment" like an Aibo on
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Roberto Castillo
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From: Li RM on 18 Jan 2008 09:39
On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:13:00 -0600, Zombie Elvis
<DELETEMETOREPLYrobertocastillo(a)ameritech.net> wrote:

>
>Here's a lesser known feature in a lot of newer Palm devices. Pocket
>Tunes which is bundled with the Palm Centro and for which users of the
>Palm Treo 680, 700p, 755p, TX, and LifeDrive are eligible to free
>upgrades can actually communicate with a Windows PC, allowing you to
>drag and drop music between your PC and a music folder on an SD card
>without removing the card from your device. This is very useful for
>people whose PCs don't have built-in SD card readers or whose
>smartphones like the Treo 680 have a side-mounted expansion slot which
>is hidden behind a door.

I've run into issues getting Vista to see the device with Pocket
Tunes.

A down and dirty solution to this is to use the 3rd party app "Card
Reader" which works fine under Vista. Just copy your .mp3's to the
appropriate folder on your SD card and you're good to go.

Cheers.

From: William H. Bowen on 18 Jan 2008 15:47
Li RM <li_rm35m4419(a)unicomp.com> wrote:

>On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:13:00 -0600, Zombie Elvis
><DELETEMETOREPLYrobertocastillo(a)ameritech.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>Here's a lesser known feature in a lot of newer Palm devices. Pocket
>>Tunes which is bundled with the Palm Centro and for which users of the
>>Palm Treo 680, 700p, 755p, TX, and LifeDrive are eligible to free
>>upgrades can actually communicate with a Windows PC, allowing you to
>>drag and drop music between your PC and a music folder on an SD card
>>without removing the card from your device. This is very useful for
>>people whose PCs don't have built-in SD card readers or whose
>>smartphones like the Treo 680 have a side-mounted expansion slot which
>>is hidden behind a door.
>
>I've run into issues getting Vista to see the device with Pocket
>Tunes.
>
>A down and dirty solution to this is to use the 3rd party app "Card
>Reader" which works fine under Vista. Just copy your .mp3's to the
>appropriate folder on your SD card and you're good to go.
>
>Cheers.

One followup to your note - there are a number of similar apps out
there. The only one of those that I've found that will work correctly
with the Treo 755P is Card Reader. It is totally transparent to your
PC, as it will present the SD card as a "Mass Storage Device" (like a
USB flash drive) to your PC or Mac (except for Windows 98, no drivers
are necessary on the PC: with a Mac it must be set up to read
Windows-formatted Mass Storage Devices). Been using it for a few weeks
and worth the $11.95 it cost me from Palm Software Connection..

Here's the URL for Card Reader at Palm Software Connection:

http://software.palm.com/us/html/display_palm_product.jsp?navCategoryId=&id=prod580665

Regards,
Bill Bowen
Sacramento, CA
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