[NPInfo] Re: PDAs

Tue Jan 2 16:49:10 PST 2007

I too had problems synching my calendar after I had Epocrates. I think
Epocrates is set up so that you HAVE to download the updates as you do your
calendar. Epocrates was "taking over" my PDA so I deleted it. I have
Lexi-Comp now and I like it much better.
Cathy 

-----Original Message-----
From: npinfo-bounces at nurse.net [mailto:npinfo-bounces at nurse.net] On Behalf
Of Dena
Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 9:26 PM
To: 'NP Info'
Subject: RE: [NPInfo] Re: PDAs

I'm so glad I'm not going through this all by myself. Misery does so love
company!! LOL I just, apparently, successfully downloaded the free epocrates
Rx so am feeling pretty good about myself right now. So, in using your
rational and mature attitude of one step each day, I need to pat myself on
the back for accomplishing something. I might not have mastered the whole
thing in one one-hour session (damn this Quadruple Type A personality!!),
but I have got my contact list and epocrates in place. Don't know what
happened to all the stuff I put on my calendar...seem to not have made the
synch. Guess I need to try that again....

-----Original Message-----
From: npinfo-bounces at nurse.net [mailto:npinfo-bounces at nurse.net] On Behalf
Of Rose Moran-Kelly
Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 6:58 PM
To: NP Info
Subject: Re: [NPInfo] Re: PDAs

Dena,
   I just started to work with my Palm Z22 and have had the same
frustration.  I also wanted to print my manual and decided that was not
possible with 600+ pages.  I settled for learning how to sync my calendar
and practice graffiti.  I also decided that I would tackle one area at a
time.  I am going to learn how to enter addresses into the program on my
computer at home and then hot sync it.
    The real reason I wanted this little baby was for epocrates...and
thought that my 3rd step would be to go back over my emails from this
wonderful group and figure out the pluses/minuses of the particular
programs.    So..I will be sharing your pain for a while...but it is a
new year with lots of possibilities and we know we will learn at least some
new things this year.

Rose

On 1/1/07, Dena <galdena at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I tried palm.com and that's where I found the 600+ page owner's manual 
> to download. I tried getting ahold of someone to mail me an owner's 
> manual
but
> was on hold for over 20 minutes. I will just have to set aside some 
> time
to
> sit down and play with it to figure it out. My boyfriend has a degree 
> in computer engineering and is in management at Silicon Valley tech 
> company but, being in management for so many years, he's the first to 
> admit that technology has passed him by... he's absolutely useless 
> when it comes to belong with these problems <sigh>. I wish I had a 
> computer geek in the family somewhere!! Thank goodness for my son, 
> Andy!!  LOL Dena
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: npinfo-bounces at nurse.net [mailto:npinfo-bounces at nurse.net] On 
> Behalf Of Priscilla Merrill
> Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 3:54 PM
> To: 'NP Info'
> Subject: RE: [NPInfo] Re: PDAs
>
> Have you tried the website?  www.palm.com?  Sounds like you're not a 
> palm reader -- sorry, know that was a low blow of a pun.  Hope you're 
> back in "synch" in no time.  I have found them very helpful in the 
> past when I've run into glitches.  You'll be savvy in no time.  Took 
> me about 3 days and had a similar experience of being in tears over it 
> and feeling like a PDA-losah but you'll get the hang of it.  I'm so 
> fortunate to have a
teenage
> geek son and hubby that get me out of my messes but you have Andy- - 
> not
too
> shabby!!!
>
> Priscilla
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: npinfo-bounces at nurse.net [mailto:npinfo-bounces at nurse.net] On 
> Behalf Of Dena
> Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 5:20 PM
> To: 'NP Info'
> Subject: RE: [NPInfo] Re: PDAs
>
> Eric--
> The very first question it asked me was what I wanted to name my Email 
> program... I didn't know... did it need a name??? And I didn't know 
> how to get the name in their anyway even if I knew what to name it (as 
> usual,
being
> totally self-absorbed, I was going to name it after me... would that 
> have been appropriate? What was the correct answer?). There was no 
> keyboard, no little alphabet anywhere... how was I supposed to type in my
answer?
That's
> when I started crying <G>.  See, it was little, basic, stupid things 
> that had me totally stumped and I couldn't get past them. This 
> information
isn't
> in a manual somewhere? Someplace is there info on how to download 
> programs into the little thing. I mean, it's a cute little unit (and 
> it looks real sharp in the case I bought <G>) and I'm sure it would be 
> real beneficial
to
> me, but it's not real user friendly for novices. Is there a "How to 
> for Dummies" book available for PDAs? Maybe I'll look around for one of
those.
I
> need to know all the basics plus everything this particular unit can do...
> ie. How do I go from one page to another without having to go to Home 
> and starting over each time? How do I use the wireless, Bluetooth or 
> HiFi features? Do I need additional accessories for those? Do I pay 
> extra for
the
> service? How do I set up the program to get my Email? How do I get
on-line?
> I keep getting messages that I need to set these preferences but it
doesn't
> show me where to do these things. And what's the darn secret to 
> putting on the screen protector without all those little airbubbles 
> and lines underneath? I'm sure the answers to everything I need to 
> know are on the tutorial.... I would just rather be able to sit with a 
> manual in one hand while I go through the actual steps on the PDA with 
> the other. Guess these days you can't do that any more <sigh>.  
> There... since starting this
Email,
> I've found how to access the keyboard (hit a button by mistake and it
popped
> out) and I've found my contact list. There's hope for me yet but there 
> has to be an easier and faster way of learning all this.
> Dena Galler
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: npinfo-bounces at nurse.net [mailto:npinfo-bounces at nurse.net] On 
> Behalf Of Eric Doerfler
> Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 1:43 PM
> To: 'NP Info'
> Subject: RE: [NPInfo] Re: PDAs
>
> Dena
>
> The manual wouldn't have helped. What kind of questions?
>
> Eric D
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: npinfo-bounces at nurse.net [mailto:npinfo-bounces at nurse.net] On 
> Behalf Of Dena
> Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 3:35 PM
> To: 'NP Info'
> Subject: RE: [NPInfo] Re: PDAs
>
> I received my Palm on Friday. I paid $230 (which included S&H) on Ebay 
> and then, of course, spent a lot more money on accessories for it <G>. 
> I
charged
> the unit, set it, and now don't have a clue what to do with it... the 
> darn thing doesn't come with any instruction manual, although it does 
> come with
a
> one-page set-up instruction sheet with big print and easy to 
> understand diagrams. You can the owner manual from the website-- all 600+
pages!!!
> Friday night the thing started asking me questions and I didn't have a
clue
> what to do with it-- I not only didn't know the answers to the 
> questions
it
> was asking me, I didn't know how to go about answering them in the 
> first
> place-- and there was no manual to refer to. I burst out in frustrated
tears
> and put the damn thing on the floor where it has been ever since. 
> There is an on-screen tutorial but I haven't the courage to go through 
> it. I'm
afraid
> I'm old fashioned in that I want an instruction manual by my side when 
> I'm trying to figure something out. This might be a neat thing when 
> someone knows what they're doing with it but, right now, I'm pretty 
> intimated by it(actually, make that "scared stiff"). <sigh>  Good 
> luck-- and when you figure out what to do with it, please let me know!
> Dena
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: npinfo-bounces at nurse.net [mailto:npinfo-bounces at nurse.net] On 
> Behalf Of debcfnp at aol.com
> Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 12:13 PM
> To: npinfo at nurse.net
> Subject: [NPInfo] Re: PDAs
>
>  Hey Dena, and others
> Did anyone purchase/receive a PDA for Xmas?
> |I just found the Palm TX on buydig.com for $254.00  free shipping, 3 
> |year
> warranty for 39.99.  I think that is the site Andy Recommended.  I 
> haven't gone the next step though and added it to my cart, but I am soooo
tempted.
> What have others chosen and from where???
> Deb
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