Just over nine months ago, I got my first Palm Centro, shortly after it came out on Sprint. It was just what I was looking for, and fortunately my phone from work was with Sprint. Unfortunately, I’m now on my fourth.

When I switched jobs back in May, I had to get my own cell account with Sprint. Well, work would have done it for me, but I wanted it in my own name for a few reasons… I don’t want to have to switch again unless I want to (not that I plan on leaving this job in the foreseeable future), and I figured after some of the junk I’ve been through the last couple years it is one way to help re-establish my credit again.

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Ok, in case you missed my previous post, I get to go to VA/DC for a long weekend trip for work and some play. The stuff below is some live notes I took on my Centro along the way, with some typos and such corrected of course.

Now, this is my first time in the airport since mid-2001, and first time dealing with the new security and all. We parked at Humphrey terminal, walked a looong way to get to where we catch the light rail, then another tram to the terminal.

Check in went ducky. No line or anything. Dropped the luggage off at the scanner. Dad went to get one last smoke in and we head to the checkpoint and the line was so-so. But then we got lucky and they seemed to open another line.
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Ok, moving from one computer to another is proving painless so far. Downloaded Griffith, if yer running Ubuntu 7.10 you have to grab 0.9.5, the repository has 0.9.4 which doesn’t like Gutsy. There were some dependency issues, so I ended up installing 0.9.4 from the repository first, then upgraded using the DEB file for 0.9.5.

Then, I copied the .griffith folder from the old computer to the new one, and when I started Griffith on the new, voila, everything was there including the half-dozen new movies I just added today.

Then I started up Evolution on the old computer and after it was done checking for new messages. A simple File - Backup Settings and everything was dumped to a tar file on my SD card. Popped it in the new computer and started Evolution on the new one. One of the first things it did was ask if I wanted to restore settings from a backup.

Still trying to get the Centro to sync, it’s having trouble seeing the phone, but I need to get my other cable… I was having issues with this cable before.

The first part of that crack happened bit over a week ago, rock kicked up by a truck. Stopped somewhere before work yesterday morning, it was cold out. I parked facing the South. It was sunny. Came out about an hour later and the crack now goes all the way to the top of the windshield.

Get a new one tomorrow. whee.

Ok, with my Centro, I am now doing more and more than I had with any of my other Palm devices, and I just came across another great piece of software to add to the list.

ProfileMD is basically a database that lets you store all sorts of medical info on not just yourself, but other members of your family. You create a profile for each person and then you can add just about any sort of medical related info you would need. A quick run down of the main menu options: Personal info, insurance info, family history, appointments, problem log, weight, blood glucose, peak flow, allergies, medications, illnesses, sugeries, tests & labs, shots and vital signs.

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Now that I’ve had my new Centro a couple weeks… I find I’m back to using my “pda” as a pda more again. A couple of things that originally drew me to the LifeDrive (the storage, and the size) started becoming prohibitive for daily use.. or something. I stopped using it as a pda. Yea, I used it for shopping lists, occasional memos and such… but more and more the last few months it was just an eBook reader.

I think part of it was the lack of keyboard. With the Centro I’m realizing how much I missed being able to enter stuff with one hand. And while I’m still reading a lot (yes, even with the much smaller screen), I’m making use of the original planner features more again, keeping the address book up to date (my old phone was more current in many ways than my LifeDrive was), as well as memos and calendar and I’m making good use of some of the great new features.

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