Avantgo

Pros: Great Content, Free
Cons: Uses Much Memory

That's right. The runner up title was All The News That's Fit To Print, er, Be Formated On Your Handheld Screen, but that didn't truly reflect the tremendous scope of all things handheld. AvantGo is a simple software that you download onto your...

Pros: offline web content, free service and software
Cons: none

Helping Hands Write-off Submission

I recently blew a large sum of money on a toy for myself – a Compaq iPAQ handheld computer. By the time I purchased the iPAQ, the expansion sleeve, and an extra memory card, there was absolutely no...

Pros: you can read the web without paying for a modem or wireless service!
Cons: takes up a LOT of memory

It was very exciting to get my palm IIIe, I thought that I would use it a lot and get a lot of out it. But after a week of not really touching it, I thought I really wasted my money this time (mind you that I’m just a student now and please don’t take...

Pros: Chosen Web Sites Always Available On Your PDA
Cons: Increases Sync Time, Uses Lots of Memory, Drains Batteries

I’ve written many PDA reviews recommending that you opt for as much memory as you can afford. For Palm units this usually means choosing between 2MB and 8MB of memory. One of the big reasons I suggest buying more memory than you might think you need is...

Pros: free, easy, fast, convenient
Cons: none

I've been using Avantgo for a few weeks now, and it has certainly become the most frequently used application on my Visor. I mean, as exciting as it is to add people to the address book, or see how busy the next week of my life will be, or write myself...

Pros: News, Weather, and more on your handheld
Cons: Takes up quite a bit of space and some time

If you've got the space for it (about 440k), you have to have this. It's almost the same as having internet access on your Palm. Here's what you get...

THE INTERFACE
It's very similar to using a browser. It contains hyperlinks,...

Pros: Makes the web as portable as an e-book!
Cons: The choices are now quite limited. AvantGo sold out.

Once upon a time, you could read the whole web offline for free. Now your choices are diminishing...

What Made AvantGo AvantGorgeous
If you own a hanheld computer (a Palm Pilot, Handspring Visor, or similar PDA) and you like the...

Pros: Great Idea
Cons: Keeps me awake!

Pros: Free Service, Very Handy
Cons: none yet!

Avantgo almost makes a handheld all the worthwhile. By signing up at www.avantgo.com, you can download software to your palm pilot that lets you download and view certain web sites. The download takes approximately 15 minutes on a 56K connection and is...

Pros: read fresh news on or off line, hundreds of channels, sync your favorite website
Cons: eats a lot of Palm memory

I'm a busy professional and I travel a lot. The only time I have to catch up with my reading, except when I am on-line and learn about new stuff by browsing epinions is when I travel. In the past, I used to load my carry on with newspapers and magazines....

Pros: Small, lightweight, read with one hand and wipe with the other! And I do apologize for that awful, awful joke...
Cons: COMPANIES THAT MAKE PALM APPS OS-SPECIFIC ARE COMPLETELY IDIOTIC, in my humble opinion; in truth, kind of difficult to operate with one hand, he said, having some degree of experience trying to do so.

Forgive me for the tacky title, which is going to lead to some slightly tacky subject matter. Those of you who don't enjoy bathroom humor (and I count myself among you) might want to bow out at this point; although we really won't progress much past the...

Pros: Easy to use, automatically downloads Web pages
Cons: Arbitrary size limit, some Web pages are displayed badly

I can say with confidence that AvantGo is one of the applications for my Palm that I use most, even more than some of the basic programs that come preinstalled. (In fact, I'd say that the only program I use more is Memo Pad.) It's a fairly powerful Web...

Pros: can save almost any web site
Cons: channel limit, ads, display problems with non-AvantGo specific sites

AvantGo is the single piece of software that I use 95 percent of the time on my Palm PDA. It does a good job of bringing web pages with you while you are on the move. It does have some minor problems.

What's so good about it? I love getting...

Pros: Brief, concise content downloads fast & you can read it anywhere
Cons: Some channels don't seem to work without a live, wireless connection

You *can* take it with you! AvantGo is a great free service for Palm users. You can download web content onto your Palm, and read it when you like. And if you've got a Wireless Palm, then you can get it anytime you want! Maps, news, weather, you name...

Pros: Browse the web without a modem; Add your own pages to download
Cons: The more you download - The more memory you take up

Upon opening my palm pilot and starting to fool around with it, I was disappointed by the way there were many applications which required either a cellular phone or a connection using a palm modem. I didn't have the extra money to go out and spend, yet...