Updated 01/27/2025
This may be the last update I do on this page. At the very least they will be much more infequent than they have been (which lately has been about once every two years). The reason why is clear from the reorganization of this page. The wonderful and ambitious Palm DB project has rendered this site unnecessary. There is nothing I have been archiving and offering for download that isn't found there. It is complete, they provide good information and they have a community on Discord. There just isn't much value in my maintaining this site. I will leave the links to dated information from the old Brighthand site, but otherwise, I will just send you off to the two most important current sites for Palm users, Palm DB and Chris SHort's repair site.
This page was set up originally as an organized set of bookmarks of all Palm TX information and apps I was usually trying to dig up when helping people with questions on the Brighthand Forums. That was back in 2008. Now, finally, sadly, Brighthand is gone. I've had to replace links to Brighthand with links to spidered pages in the Internet Archive. They may be roughly formatted, not have media and links may not work, but the information is still there. So, at this point, this site is purely historical and archival.
I have greatly enjoyed my Palm journey and maintaining this page. I still have my TX which gets refurbed every so often by Chris Short, but it is mostly something I pull out for the memories—and the Astraware games. If you want to see what I'm passionate about now, see THIS
Please be aware that Palm OS Calendar and date and time capabilities will cease to function on December 31st, 2031, known as Palm Day. See HERE
Very little of what's here is my doing or authorship. A lot of credit goes to the Brighthand gang, probably the most helpful group of folks I've ever run across on the net.
This is mostly TX stuff, but many of the links here are valuable for a wide number of Palms. Some of these links are pretty old, but then so are the TXs (and many of us). ;-)
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Information about how to perform the different kinds of resets on your Palm.The official Palm Resets page is gone, but this one from Brighthand is good. The method 1 zero-out reset applies to the Palm TX |
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This is more universal than it sounds. The general outline of these instructions can be applied to upgrading to any unit and always can be handy if something is corrupted on your device and you need to hard reset and start over. |
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A guide by the great Wozofoz at Brighthand, who at one time depended on Blazer for almost all of his Internet experience. |
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Another great information thread started by Wozofoz! |
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Although an older thread, much of it still applies. Unfortunately, unless you have your hands on a very old router, you are likely not going to get much satisfaction out of the TX's wifi capabilities anymore. |
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An alternative Browser to Blazer. To be truthful, I installed it and went back to Blazer, but many people like this. The current download link for the right version of Opera Mini is now HERE |