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GIFT IDEAS
Palm offers graduates shortcuts to success
By Steve Niles
The school year has come to a close, you might be looking for a fun graduation gift for someone in your life. If that's the case, Palm has you in mind this spring. In case you haven't already heard, Palm has put together a special deal in which, if you purchase a Palm m130 handheld, a Palm m500 handheld, or a Palm m505 handheld, you get a free expansion card designed for graduates titled "Shortcuts to Success" that features productivity tools, games, and Charles Webb's novel The Graduate in ebook format. Sold separately, these applications sell for more than $100. Details are available at https://store.palm.com/Catalog/Promotions/PromoDetails.asp?ProductNr=MSTSBUNDLE.
This promotion follows on the heels of the release of the Palm m125 Grad Pack, which included a Palm m125 handheld, a USB HotSync cable, and the Shortcuts to Success expansion card. This is a limited edition bundle, so there may not be many more available. You can find them in the U.S. at Best Buy stores across the country, Follet college campus bookstores, and Staples stores in the northeast.
Handango (at http://www.handango.com) has long been putting out solution suites that combine a Palm handheld with specially selected software tailored to particular vertical markets. The Palm m125 Grad Pack marks the first time Palm has bundled customized content and included it with a handheld in a bundle created for a specific audience. It's a new type of promotion for Palm. It's also a new type of packaging. The Grad Pack is marketed in a clear clamshell package designed to make it easier for customers to see everything they're getting, as well as making it easier for retailers to display Palm handhelds in multiple locations throughout their stores.
Shortcuts for Success
The Shortcuts for Success expansion card can be used in any Palm handheld that features the Palm Expansion Slot. It includes the following applications.
Palm Reader
Palm Reader is the official ebook reader sanctioned by Palm, Inc. Palm bought the technology from Peanut Press and now offers a large line of ebooks via Palm Digital Media at http://www.palmdigitalmedia.com. This copy of Palm Reader comes with a free ebook edition of Charles Webb's 1963 novel, The Graduate, which was, of course, turned into the hit film starring Dustin Hoffman and recently adapted into a stage production starring Kathleen Turner and Jason Biggs, as shown in Figure A.
FIGURE A
 
Catch The Graduate on Broadway. Roll over picture for a larger image.
FCPlus Professional
FCPlus Professional by Infinity Softworks (at http://www.infinitysw.com) turns your Palm handheld into a powerful financial calculator. Anyone leaving the relative ease of student life to face the burdens of balancing a budget in the real world will find this software useful.
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