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Syncing Treo 650 Photos to the Mac

What to use to get your Treo 650 photos onto the Mac? The easiest thing I've found is SplashData's SplashPhoto. I've been a staunch user of SplashID for a few years now, and have entrusted all my sensitive data to it, but I haven't looked to closely at SplashPhoto until recently. I got my Treo 650, took some pictures and soon realized that I wanted to get those photos on my Mac.

SplashPhoto has a really nice Palm interface that is integrated with the built-in camera on the Treos. See the little camera icon at the bottom of the screen? Click that and your in camera mode. It also has a nifty slideshow mode that can play back MP3s.

SplashPhoto also has a great interface on the Mac, and a conduit that will sync your photos back and forth between the devices. SplashPhoto is $30.

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30Dec/04Off

Charging the Treo 650

For Christmas I got the cool Boxwave DirectSync Bundle for the T650. You get a sync/charge cable, a car adapter, a mains adapter and a battery (4 AA) charging module. This is some cool kit as the cable provides syncing and charging off your USB port. I don't understand why PalmOne (or Sprint) can't include a cable like this. They give you a USB sync cable with a weird pass-thru for a separate mains charger.... I guess if you don't have a computer you need the mains adapter. The AA charger is nice for a last ditch charge: keep it in my bag, and if there is no other means to charge it I can use the batteries in this to charge up the 650. The DirectSync cable also has a nice button on it for HotSyncing.