by Denny Atkin
Organize Your Life and Be Entertained too - It's Easy and Fun!
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| Sony CLIE For Dummies |
Denny Atkin has been writing about technology since 1987, a primitive age
where pioneer computer users toyed with Atari 800s and Commodore Amigas
and actually typed in programs printed in magazines instead of downloading
them. His articles have appeared in a variety of magazines ranging from
pioneering technology/science publications Compute! and OMNI to Wired,
Entertainment Weekly, Computer Gaming World, Computer Shopper, and Handheld
Computing magazine. He has written a number of books, such as the one you’re
holding, and has appeared on Tech TV and CNN.
He’s been using handhelds since the days of the original Apple “I don’t understand
what you’re trying to write” Newton. He practices what he preaches,
typically traveling with a CLIÉ, a folding keyboard, and a Bluetooth cell phone
instead of a bulky laptop.
Atkin lives with his wife and son in Vermont, where he’s doing long-term tests
of the CLIÉ’s ability to operate during ridiculously lengthy periods of sub-zero temperatures.
Author’s Acknowledgments
This book owes its existence to the CLIÉ community, which has been
amazingly helpful in its production. I’d like to offer my sincere thanks to these folks:
Tiffany Franklin for giving me the opportunity to do this book, and for her
patience as Murphy decided to use my office to enforce his Law.
Paul Levesque for making sure this book was up to the high standards you
expect from a For Dummies title. Virginia Sanders for doing a brilliant copyediting
job and actually increasing the number of puns in the book. Darren
Gladstone for an excellent technical review.
Sony’s Eric Geruldsen, who provided invaluable help and ensured that this
book had the most up-to-date info on the latest CLIÉ models.
Christie Burgner, Lisa Burnett, Sebastian Dijmarescu, Jonathan Fernstad,
Kathleen Gilpatrick, Andrew Golden, Alexis Hinds, Mitch Kneppers, Jonathan
Korzen, Candice Kwok, David Levitt, Parker Minardo, Aaron Roth, Moto
Watanabe, Mike Wong, and Ellen Yeomans for ensuring that I had access to
the best CLIÉ software and hardware.
Props to the CLIÉSource gaming gang — sj22Gam3r (aka Mac Tyler), orol,
rightfuture, Remier, and fssia — for making sure that I had all the most
addictive handheld games covered.
And, of course, to Dr. Carol Shuman, Denny Atkin Sr., and Don Thorburn for
introducing me to publishing and technology and for providing years of
inspiration and encouragement
Introduction
If you bought a Sony CLIÉ expecting it to be nothing more than a personal
organizer, boy, are you in for a pleasant surprise. After all, the somewhat
oddball CLIÉ name stands for Communication, Link, Information, and
Entertainment. (Or is that Éntertainment?) That’s promising a lot for a handheld
computer, but Sony delivers.
Although this device is small enough to fit in your pocket, it’s more than a
replacement for the dog-eared day planner. The CLIÉ is also a miniature game
arcade, a library, and an office computer. Some models even manage to
squeeze in a photo studio, a movie theater, a concert hall, and an Internet terminal.
Heck, the CLIÉ outpaces the expectations of science fiction authors from not long ago.
The CLIÉ is a very useful tool, but it’s also lots of fun. In this book, I point out
the dozens of amazing things that you can do with this electronic wonder.
The CLIÉ has come a long way since it first arrived on the scene way back in
2000, and the newest models are so versatile that I even discovered some
cool new applications for them during the writing of this book.
About This Book
Sony CLIÉ For Dummies is designed to be a comprehensive reference and
tutorial for discovering how to use your CLIÉ. It progresses from the very
basics to advanced topics, from setting up your CLIÉ and entering information
by using the stylus and keyboard to using wireless technology and setting
security features. Along the way, I also show you how to play games,
watch movies, and listen to your favorite tunes.
If you’re new to the CLIÉ, you can start from the first chapter and work your
way through the book, cover to cover. If you’ve already mastered the basics,
feel free to skip around and read the chapters that cover topics that are new
or useful to you. Alternatively, you could use this book as a handy reference
for the next time that you try to do something with the CLIÉ and you’re
stumped. Each chapter is designed to stand by itself, and if I do cover a
related topic somewhere else in the book, I make sure to point you there.
Sony CLIÉ For Dummies focuses on the newest CLIÉ models that are running
Palm OS 5. It’s the first book to cover the newest developments, such as builtin
wireless and Sony’ s innovative CLIÉ Organizer software. Even if you have
an older CLIÉ, you can find plenty of helpful information here. The bundled
software and precise design of particular programs might vary somewhat
from the newest CLIÉs, but most of what I cover here applies to Palm OS 4 CLIÉs as well.
Who Are You?
In writing this book, I made a few assumptions about you, which is always
risky. (You might have heard the old adage about what happens when you
assume.) Nevertheless, this book is for you if some of these are true:
You have a Sony CLIÉ and you want to find out how to get the most from it.
You don’t have a Sony CLIÉ yet, and you’re wondering just what one could do for you.
You’re looking for a book that doesn’t assume (there’s that word again)
that you know all the jargon and tech terms used in the PDA industry.
(PDA stands for Personal Digital Assistant, by the way.)
You want a reference that shows you how, step by step, to do useful and
cool things with the CLIÉ without bogging you down with unnecessary background or theory.
You’re tired of hauling your 10-pound laptop with you on trips, and
you’re wondering how to turn your CLIÉ into a miniature traveling office.
You no longer want to be tied to your desktop system for the critical
activities in your life, such as playing games, watching movies, and surfing the Internet.
You want to know how to pronounce CLIÉ.
(It’s KLEE-a_. Now aren’t you glad you bought thisbook?)
You’re looking for the secret Deluxe Macaroni and Cheese tip hidden in
one of this book’s figures.
What’s in This Book
CLIÉ For Dummies is organized in seven parts, and each part is further
divided into chapters that are related to the part’s theme. And of course, the
handy section headers (like the one a few lines up from this sentence)
quickly lead you to specific topics.
Part I: Getting to Know Your CLIÉ
Part I starts with the absolute basics, the stuff that too many manuals assume
you somehow learned by osmosis the first time you picked up your CLIÉ. To
get you jazzed up to find out more, I start with a brief overview of all the
amazingly cool things that the CLIÉ can do for you. Next, you discover how to
interact with your CLIÉ and why it doesn’t automatically understand your
handwriting. Part I wraps up with a look at how your CLIÉ and your desktop
system work together and how you can install all sorts of slick add-on programs.
Part II: Getting Organized
Part II covers the applications that PDAs are best known for: the personal
organizer programs. You find out how to enter and manage your Address
Book, create appointments, wrangle your To Do list, and get rid of all the
yellow sticky notes cluttering your desk. After that, you’ll have all sorts of
extra free time, right? Not after you see the fun that I have in store for you in Part III.
Part III: Multimedia and Entertainment
Part III is where things get fun and creative. I show you how to manage your
photos on your CLIÉ — and how to shoot new ones with the built-in camera.
The fun doesn’t stop with stills, as you find out after you discover how to
convert and watch movies on your CLIÉ. If your CLIÉ’s equipped to play
music, Part III is the place to go to find the full scoop on music players and
how to transfer tunes to a Memory Stick. The real fun begins with a look
at the best CLIÉ games, and I wrap up on a literary note with eBooks and audiobooks.
Part IV: An Office in Your Pocket
Part IV is where you discover how you can often leave the laptop at home but
still have full access to your Word documents and Excel spreadsheets — and
even plug in an adapter that lets you do PowerPoint presentations right from
your CLIÉ. You work step by step through the office suite that was probably
bundled with your CLIÉ, and I explore the best third-party office add-ons.
Part V: Reaching Outside the CLIÉ Box
Part V shows you how to enhance your CLIÉ and connect it to the outside
world. You find out about the various types of Memory Sticks, why you want
one, and how you can use one to manage your files. You see the various ways
that you can connect to the Internet with a variety of wireless technologies
and then take a look at how to take advantage of your CLIÉ’s online software.
After you expand your CLIÉ and teach it how to talk to the outside world,
I show you what else you need to make it the only computing device that
you need when you hit the road.
Part VI: Securing and Protecting Your CLIÉ
Part VI delves into how to protect your CLIÉ’s data from prying eyes — and
from dead batteries and system crashes. After spending a good portion of the
book convincing you that you can pretty much organize your life, manage
your business, and centralize your entertainment on your CLIÉ, I’d be doing
you a disservice if I didn’t show you how to protect this now-vital tool. You
find out about file encryption, data backups, emergency power sources, and
how to protect your CLIÉ from physical damage.
Part VII: The Part of Tens
Part VII focuses on some useful Top Ten lists. You find out about the very
best add-on programs, the best Web sites, and the must-have hardware
accessories. And you find solutions to ten of the most vexing problems a CLIÉ
owner can encounter, and maybe an Easter egg or two to wrap things up.
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Contents at a Glance
Introduction
Part I: Getting to Know Your CLIÉ
Chapter 1: It’s CLIÉ but Not Cliché
Chapter 2: Communicating with Your CLIÉ
Chapter 3: All That and the Kitchen (Hot)Sync
Part II: Getting Organized
Chapter 4: Getting Street Smart with Address Book
Chapter 5: An Appointment with the Date Book
Chapter 6: So Much To Do
Chapter 7: Notes from a Small PDA: Memo Pad, CLIÉ Memo, and Free Notes
Part III: Multimedia and Entertainment
Chapter 8: Picturing the World with Your CLIÉ
Chapter 9: Hollywood on the Go
Chapter 10: Audio Excellence: Music and Voice Recording
Chapter 11: Games, Books, and More!
Part IV: An Office in Your Pocket
Chapter 12: Office on the Go
Chapter 13: Other Office Applications
Part V: Reaching Outside the CLIÉ Box
Chapter 14: All about Memory
Chapter 15: The CLIÉ Goes Wireless
Chapter 16: Internet on the Go
Chapter 17: CLIÉ, the Ultimate Travel Companion
Part VI: Securing and Protecting Your CLIÉ
Chapter 18: Protect Your CLIÉ’s Data
Chapter 19: Backups: As Vital to Your Day as a Good Breakfast
Chapter 20: Power Struggle: Getting the Most from Your CLIÉ’s Battery
Chapter 21: Caring for Your CLIÉ
Part VII: The Part of Tens
Chapter 22: Ten Great Third-Party Programs
Chapter 23: Ten Great CLIÉ Add-Ons
Chapter 24: Ten Top Tips and Secrets
Chapter 25: Way More Than Ten Useful Internet Resources
Index
Table of Contents
Introduction.......
About This Book ....
Who Are You? ............
What’s in This Book ...........
Part I: Getting to Know Your CLIÉ ..
Part II: Getting Organized ....
Part III: Multimedia and Entertainment ....
Part IV: An Office in Your Pocket ...
Part V: Reaching Outside the CLIÉ Box ....
Part VI: Securing and Protecting Your CLIÉ ......
Part VII: The Part of Tens .....................
Icons in This Book .......................
Where to Go from Here ........
Part I: Getting to Know Your CLIÉ .................................7
Chapter 1: It’s CLIÉ but Not Cliché . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
What Your CLIÉ Can Do for You ..................................................................10
Manage Your Personal Information ............................................................12
Show Off Your Pictures and Play Video ......................................................13
Rock Out or Listen to a Good Book ............................................................14
Keep in Touch with Work and Friends .......................................................15
Play Games, Read eBooks, and More! .........................................................16
Chapter 2: Communicating with Your CLIÉ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Pushing the Right Buttons ...........................................................................20
Silky Soft Buttons ..........................................................................................23
Belly Up to the Status Bar ............................................................................25
Stylus 101 .......................................................................................................28
Charge and Go ...............................................................................................30
Icon Do It! .......................................................................................................32
Text Entry on Your CLIÉ ...............................................................................35
Graffiti 2 ................................................................................................35
Decuma .................................................................................................39
Keyboards: The virtual variety ..........................................................41
Keyboards: The real thing ..................................................................43
Other input alternatives .....................................................................44
Chapter 3: All That and the Kitchen (Hot)Sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Getting in (Hot)Sync with Your Desktop System ......................................47
Setting up for a HotSync .....................................................................48
Sync time! .............................................................................................50
Connecting with Outlook .............................................................................52
HotSync 102: Advanced HotSync ................................................................55
Installing Programs .......................................................................................57
Doing the Reset Shuffle ................................................................................59
Part II: Getting Organized ...........................................61
Chapter 4: Getting Street Smart with Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Entering New Contacts .................................................................................64
Entering contacts on your CLIÉ .........................................................65
Entering contacts by using Palm Desktop .......................................68
Importing contacts from another program ......................................69
Viewing and Finding Addresses ..................................................................70
Editing, Duplicating, and Deleting Entries .................................................71
Creating and Beaming a Business Card ......................................................73
Chapter 5: An Appointment with the Date Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Looking at Your Schedule ............................................................................75
Making Appointments ..................................................................................78
Changing or Deleting Appointments ...........................................................80
Repeating appointments ....................................................................81
Setting alarms ......................................................................................83
Dates on the Desktop ....................................................................................85
Chapter 6: So Much To Do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Creating To Dos .............................................................................................89
Viewing Your Priorities .................................................................................92
Setting preferences ..............................................................................92
Using the Category menu ...................................................................94
Checking Off and Deleting To Dos ...............................................................95
To Do on the Desktop ...................................................................................97
Chapter 7: Notes from a Small PDA: Memo Pad, CLIÉ Memo, and
Free Notes . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .99
Flip Open the Memo Pad ............................................................................100
Creating memos .................................................................................100
Organizing and deleting memos ......................................................102
Sketching in CLIÉ Memo .............................................................................103
Creating a sketch ...............................................................................103
Organizing memos .............................................................................104
Customizing CLIÉ Memo ...................................................................107
Notes on Your Desktop System .................................................................107
Syncing with Palm Desktop ..............................................................108
Syncing with Outlook ........................................................................108
Part III: Multimedia and Entertainment .....................111
Chapter 8: Picturing the World with Your CLIÉ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
An Eye on CLIÉ Viewer ...............................................................................113
Viewing still images ...........................................................................116
Viewing or listening to the other stuff ............................................117
Getting the Shot with CLIÉ Camera ...........................................................117
Transferring CLIÉ Photos ...........................................................................121
The Rest of the Toolbox .............................................................................123
PhotoStand .........................................................................................123
Photo Editor .......................................................................................125
Chapter 9: Hollywood on the Go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
Pocket Spielberg: Movie Recorder ............................................................127
Viewing Movies on Your CLIÉ ....................................................................130
Add-On Movie Utilities ...............................................................................132
Sources for Movies ......................................................................................132
Chapter 10: Audio Excellence: Music and Voice Recording . . . . . .135
CLIÉ: The Musical Muse .............................................................................135
MP3 Mania ....................................................................................................136
Audio Player .......................................................................................137
AeroPlayer ..........................................................................................140
Transferring MP3 Songs to Memory Stick ...............................................145
Alarmingly Cool Alarms ..............................................................................147
Its Master’s Voice: CLIÉ Voice Recorder ...................................................150
Chapter 11: Games, Books, and More! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Goodbye, Game Boy ...................................................................................153
Action games ......................................................................................154
Puzzle games ......................................................................................160
Board and card games ......................................................................162
Strategy games ...................................................................................164
Adventures and RPGs .......................................................................168
CLIÉ for Kids ................................................................................................169
PDA Playground .................................................................................170
Kids Pack ............................................................................................171
Math123 Kids Math and Count ........................................................172
Beret Study Buddy: Vocabulary .......................................................173
Kid Zone ..............................................................................................173
Missile Math .......................................................................................174
MakeFaces ..........................................................................................175
eBooks for the kids ...........................................................................175
Good, old-fashioned games ..............................................................175
Curl Up with a Good eBook ........................................................................176
Where to find eBooks ........................................................................176
eBook readers ....................................................................................179
Listened to a Good Book Lately? ...............................................................182
Part IV: An Office in Your Pocket ..............................185
Chapter 12: Office on the Go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
The Lowdown on Documents To Go .........................................................187
The desktop application ...................................................................188
Documents To Go on your CLIÉ .......................................................191
Getting a Quick Look with Picsel Viewer .................................................197
Crunching Numbers with powerOne Personal ........................................200
Chapter 13: Other Office Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Quickoffice Premier ....................................................................................204
Mobile Office 2004 Professional ................................................................205
WordSmith ....................................................................................................207
Outlook Alternatives: Beyond Contacts and KeySuite ...........................208
Part V: Reaching Outside the CLIÉ Box ......................211
Chapter 14: All about Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
Memory 101 .................................................................................................214
File Management .........................................................................................218
Deleting, copying, and moving files ................................................218
Advanced file management: CLIÉ Files ...........................................221
Using Your Memory Stick as a Disk Drive ................................................223
Chapter 15: The CLIÉ Goes Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227
Beam Me Data, Scotty! ................................................................................227
Tune In to Wi-Fi ............................................................................................232
What is Wi-Fi? .....................................................................................232
Configuring your Wi-Fi connection .................................................233
Wi-Fi setup on the CLIÉ .....................................................................233
Wi-Fi setup with the Mobile Connection Wizard ...........................237
Putting Wi-Fi to use ...........................................................................242
Bluetooth: Weird Name, Great Technology ..............................................244
Setting up a Bluetooth phone: Part 1 ..............................................245
Setting up a Bluetooth phone: Part 2 ..............................................247
Setting up other Bluetooth devices ................................................250
Chapter 16: Internet on the Go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251
The Versatile CLIÉ Mail ...............................................................................251
Transferring CLIÉ Mail using your desktop system ......................252
Sending and receiving e-mail directly .............................................254
Composing and reading e-mail ........................................................257
Browsing the Web with NetFront ..............................................................261
Instant Messaging and Other Applications ..............................................263
Chapter 17: CLIÉ, the Ultimate Travel Companion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265
Folding Keyboards ......................................................................................266
Modems and Communications ..................................................................269
GPS Modules ................................................................................................272
Other Essentials ..........................................................................................273
Part VI: Securing and Protecting Your CLIÉ ................275
Chapter 18: Protect Your CLIÉ’s Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277
Setting Your Password ................................................................................277
Locking Your CLIÉ .......................................................................................279
Hiding Private Records ...............................................................................281
Defend Your Desktop Data .........................................................................283
Industrial-Strength Security .......................................................................284
PDA Defense .......................................................................................284
TealLock ..............................................................................................285
Cloak ...................................................................................................285
Chapter 19: Backups: As Vital to Your Day
as a Good Breakfast . . . . . . . . . . .287
Memory Stick to the Rescue ......................................................................287
Choose Your Backup Weapon ....................................................................288
Working with MS Backup ............................................................................289
Creating a backup ..............................................................................290
Restoring a backup ...........................................................................292
Using the Internal Backup Function .........................................................294
Performing a manual internal backup ............................................294
Restoring an internal backup ...........................................................295
Backups with All the Bells and Whistles ..................................................296
BackupBuddyVFS ..............................................................................296
BackupMan .........................................................................................296
FlyBackUp ...........................................................................................297
Chapter 20: Power Struggle: Getting the
Most from Your CLIÉ’s Battery . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .299
Battery Basics ..............................................................................................300
Maximizing Battery Life ..............................................................................302
Charge Anywhere ........................................................................................305
Chapter 21: Caring for Your CLIÉ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309
Screen Savers ...............................................................................................310
On the Case ..................................................................................................313
When Bad Things Happen ..........................................................................315
Part VII: The Part of Tens .........................................317
Chapter 22: Ten Great Third-Party Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319
Agendus ........................................................................................................319
Contacts 5 ....................................................................................................320
DateBk5 ........................................................................................................320
FileZ ...............................................................................................................320
Lightspeed and PXA Clocker .....................................................................320
RepliGo .........................................................................................................321
SplashWallet Suite .......................................................................................321
SwitchSync ...................................................................................................321
Vivid Webcam ..............................................................................................322
ZLauncher ....................................................................................................322
Chapter 23: Ten Great CLIÉ Add-Ons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323
Battery Adapter ...........................................................................................323
Cyber-shot DSC-V1 ......................................................................................323
Digital Photo Printer ...................................................................................324
Extended Battery ........................................................................................324
Noise-Canceling Headphones ....................................................................324
Pen/Stylus Combo .......................................................................................324
SanDisk Memory Stick PRO .......................................................................325
SoundFeeder SF250 .....................................................................................325
SyncDicator Cable .......................................................................................325
USB Cradle ...................................................................................................326
Chapter 24: Ten Top Tips and Secrets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327
HotSync Hassles ..........................................................................................327
Power Problems ..........................................................................................327
Oooh, the Colors, Man! ...............................................................................328
Reset 101 ......................................................................................................328
This One Will Have You Beaming ..............................................................328
Unleash Hidden Memory ............................................................................329
Keeping up to Date ......................................................................................329
Power to the CLIÉ People ...........................................................................329
A Real Easter Egg .........................................................................................329
Taxi! ...............................................................................................................330
Chapter 25: Way More Than Ten Useful Internet Resources . . . . . .331
News, Discussion, and Support .................................................................331
Downloads ...................................................................................................332
CLIÉ–Related Manufacturers and Publishers ..........................................332
Index........................................................................335
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