For productivity purposes, I use the following:

• Secret! 2.5 from http://www.linkesoft.com/english/secret/: Great for protecting pins, passwords, and other sensitive information.

• BigClock from Jens Rupp at http://www.gacel.de. This is a great clock that features time settings, alarms, world times, and a timer. I use it a lot.

• JFile 4.1 from Land-J Technologies, at http://www.land-j.com/jfile.html: Great database software.

• HanDBase 2.75d, from DDH Software at http://www.ddhsoftware.com.

• ActionNames Datebook 4.56, from iambic at http://www.iambic.com/pilot/actionnames/: Greatly improves the Date Book and Address Book options on the Palm OS.

• OnlyMe 2.23, from Tranzoa at http://www.tranzoa.com: Super security program. It keeps unwanted eyes from viewing your Palm handheld information. This program is really great.

Well, that's it for me. Thanks for taking the time to read this long letter.

Jose M. Rivera
E-Business Consultant

Chris Phillips responds
Thank you for reading the article. I am glad you found it helpful.

In regards to Bible programs, I use Bible Reader Pro by Olive Tree (at http://www.OliveTree.com). The entire Bible (Old and New Testament) takes up less than 1.5MB for the New King James version. I like this program a lot, and the only thing I would add is the ability to store notes and comments while I'm reading. I have had other people comment about the Bible reader portion of the article, and I'm considering writing an article that compares the different Bible reading programs. I will bounce the idea off my publisher to see what he thinks. [I think it's a blessed idea. -SN]

As for the expansion chips, I'm pretty sure that you cannot save a program to the memory chip and then run it directly from the chip. You would have to copy it to the 8MB on the Palm handheld itself first. The commercial chips let you run programs directly from the chip, so I'm not sure why they are different. I would be willing to bet, however, that someone will make a commercial Bible chip and have it for sale soon. I think someone will also find a way to run programs from the read/write memory chips.

My favorite applications are:

• BigClock (I don't even use an alarm clock anymore);
• Pocket Quicken at http://www.landware.com/pocketquicken/;
• QuickOffice at http://www.cesinc.com/quickoffice/;
• CryptInfo, a password keeper with encryption, at http://www.normsoft.com/cryptinfo/index.shtml;
• 33Knots at http://store.yahoo.com/pilotgearsw/33knots.html, because I can never remember how to tie a knot when I need one;
• Launcher III at http://www.benc.hr/lnchiii.htm. I have tried several application launchers, but for free, this program is hard to beat.

Thank you for taking the time to write.

Recycling accessories
I am a long time Palm handheld user. I started with a Palmpilot Pro, upgraded to a Palm III, upgraded to a Palm Vx, and just upgraded to a Palm m505. I too have a laptop with Windows NT 4.0. Your comments in your article were right on. I am happy to say that I am still able to use some of my accessories.