If you work in a consulting style business where you encounter clients for short projects, the application probably won't offer much advantage, since your clients are unlikely to have the software installed.

However, if your work is in a long-term team environment where you need to communicate with various brands of devices owned by team members, SyncTalk Professional is a great solution in which to invest.

The inability to transfer information between handheld devices of differing operating systems is a growing problem, now that the non-Palm OS market is increasing. The growth spurt will no doubt be exacerbated by the release of the Pocket PC. As a Palm device user, I am finding more and more business situations where I need to beam information from my device to a device with a conflicting operating system. SyncTalk Professional is the solution we need.

Michael Compeau is a displaced science teacher employed in marketing and a three-year Palm device owner.