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PRODUCT REVIEW
Expand your functionality with this collection of useful programs
By Adriana Rausch
Power Utilities from On Hand Software (at http://www.onhandsoftware.com), offers a comprehensive assortment of programs for beginning and intermediate Palm OS handheld users. With 27 programs to choose from, it's easy to find at least half a dozen programs that will make you more organized and productive when you're on-the-go.
The programs fall into four categories: financial tools, system utilities, calculators, and organizational databases. A few programs from each category are described below.
Financial tools You can use AccounTrak to organize and manage your financial account information. With a few taps, you can enter transactions in an unlimited number of accounts and always have an updated balance. It's pictured in Figure A.
FIGURE A
AccounTrak organizes your financial account information.
ConsulTrak, meanwhile, enables consultants to track their billed hours, clients, and earnings.
Calculators CalcMetric converts amounts to and from metric measurements. You can calculate monthly loan payments with CalcLoan, and you can calculate a tip and tax and/or split the bill among several people with CalcTip. The CalcLoan application is pictured in Figure B.
FIGURE B
CalcLoan calculates monthly loan payments.
System utilities Cut&Paste is a cut, copy, and paste utility for your Palm handheld that includes a clipboard. TimeTrak turns your handheld into a stopwatch with countdown capability. For security, you can secure your Palm computer with a password using PalmLoc or encrypt and decrypt memos with MemoCrypt, pictured in Figure C.
FIGURE C
Encrypt and decrypt memos with MemoCrypt.
Databases You can organize your shopping trips with ShopTrak (a shopping list that you can sort by store) and GiftTrak (a list of gift recipients and due dates. Both programs have checkbox features for quick updating. Students and teachers can record their schedules, assignments, class notes, and grades using SchoolTrak.
Health-related databases include FitTrak, RxTrak, and FoodTrak, which allow you to record your eating and exercise habits as well as organize your prescriptions, refills, and dosage information. RxTrak is pictured in Figure D.
FIGURE D
Track your prescriptions with RxTrak.
AutoTrak is where you store fuel, maintenance, and repair information for your vehicles. You can record game scores using ScoreTrak while CodeTrak keeps all your passwords and codes in one easily accessible place.
Final analysis The main weakness of the programs in Power Utilities lies in the simplicity of their interfaces. There are no fancy or colorful features to take advantage of the graphics capabilities found on some of the newer machines. But with simplicity comes less memory required to run the programs and compatibility with older machines.
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