Palm Desktop

Infobox Software
name = Palm Desktop



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developer = Palm
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latest release version = 6.2 Windows, 4.2.2 Mac
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website = [http://www.palm.com/us/support/downloads/win_desktop.html Windows Version] [http://www.palm.com/us/support/macintosh/mac_desktop.html Mac Version]

Palm Desktop is a personal information manager computer program for Microsoft Windows or Mac OS/Mac OS X and can be used alone or in combination with a Palm OS personal digital assistant.

The original Macintosh and Windows versions were similar, until 3COM purchased the Claris Organizer, a Mac-only product, from Claris and rebranded it 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.

Palm Desktop contains four main modules which correspond to the four main modules of the original Palm Pilot:

* 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 it can synchronize with a variety of devices using Palm's HotSync 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.

[http://www.palm.com/us/support/downloads/windesk62.html Palm Desktop 6.2 for Windows Vista] was released on January 15, 2008. Works with Windows Versions: * Windows Vista- Basic, Home Premium, Business and Ultimate (32-bit editions) * Windows XP Home and Professional (32-bit editions)* Windows Media Center Edition 2005. Not compatible with 64-bit Windows. Not compatible with windows Server or Tablet PC. Not compatible with multiple CPU computers. It is compatible with multi-core CPUs.

Linux support

Palm does not provide a version of the software for Linux operating system, nor do they officially support the ones developed by third parties such as J-Pilot, Gnome-Pilot. [ [http://kb.palm.com/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBCGI.EXE?New,Kb=PalmSupportKB,CASE=6503 "Synchronizing with a Linux Desktop"] - a note at the official technical support Web site of Palm.]

References

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*Palm (PDA)
*Palm OS
*PalmSource, Inc.
*Palm, Inc.