NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Palm Desktop

Palm Desktop is the computer program for Microsoft Windows or Macintosh OS, a personal information manager which can be used alone or in combination with the Palm OS personal digital assistant. The original Macintosh and Windows versions were similar, until 3COM purchased Claris Organizer from Claris and rebranded that as Palm Desktop 2. Interestingly, the four modules of Claris Organizer had influenced some of the original Palm developers, who were familiar with it from earlier work on the Macintosh. Microsoft Windows is a family of operating systems by Microsoft. ... Mac OS, which stands for Macintosh Operating System, is a range of graphical user interface-based operating systems developed by Apple Computer for their Macintosh computers. ... A personal information manager (PIM) is a type of application software that functions as a personal organizer. ... Palm OS is a compact operating system developed and licensed by PalmSource, Inc. ... palmOne Tungsten T5 (CDAs) are handheld devices that were originally designed as personal organizers, but became much more versatile over the years. ... 3Com (NASDAQ: COMS) is a manufacturer best known for its computer network infrastructure products. ... Claris Organizer is an organiser software program developed and sold by Claris for the Mac OS during the 1990s. ... Claris was a computer software company formed as a spin-off from Apple Computer in 1987. ...

Palm Desktop contains four main modules which correspond to the four main modules of the original Palm Pilot: An early model - the Pilot 5000 The Palm m130 was one of the first Palms with a colour screen Pilot was the name given to the first generation of personal digital assistants manufactured by Palm Computing in 1996 (then a division of U.S. Robotics and later 3Com). ...

Contacts, analogous to index cards in a rolodex or address book
Calendar information as discrete or repeating appointments
Tasks, sortable by priority, date or category in task lists
Notes, for reference materials, memoranda or journal entries

Palm Desktop ships with all current Palm devices, and can synchronize with a variety of devices using Palm's HotSynch software. It is also available as a free download and can be used as a standalone application on personal computers. The Macintosh version has a much more sophisticated interface and many more options inherited from its history as Claris Organizer, including extensive printing capabilities for mailing labels and printed pages in various sizes of paper organizer. The latest version is 4.1.4E for Windows and 4.2.1 RevD for Macintosh. An index card in a card catalog An index card is a piece of heavy paper stock, cut to a standard size and often used for recording individual items of information that can then be easily rearranged and filed. ... Categories: Office equipment | Stub ... An address book or a name and address book (NAB) is a book or a collection of data storing contact details (for example: address, telephone number, e-mail address, fax number, mobile phone number). ... Appointment may refer to a number of things, including the following: An appointment is a time reserved for something such as a doctor visit, much like a reservation. ... Palm OS-based task list application A task list (also to-do list) is a list of tasks to do, such as chores or sections to be done in a project. ... A journal (through French from late Latin diurnalis, daily) has several related meanings: a daily record of events or business; a private journal is usually referred to as a diary. ...

You can download for Windows here and Macintosh here