Traveling with a Splash
Mobile ministry is all about ministering while on the move. Obviously. Of course, the challenge is in finding products and software titles to facilitate sharing the gospel.
When on the road, boy are we still in it. We can go retro, and get tracts on our handhelds. Having the Word accessible from a PDA is so yesterday. You can carry and share your favorite spiritual tunes. And when you get to your destination, you can access your pre-prepared message right in your hand.
But what about traveling itself? What tools can we use to keep organized?
SplashTravel is the new offering from SplashData. It is based on the premise that business traveler usually takes his/her smartphone or PDA with them.
SplashTravel is made up of 15 tools that help keep one organized during just about every phase of a trip.
The UI was bright and attractive, and the ticker function was a deft touch.
For the pre-trip, you have the Luggage category, which allowed me to get rid of my old Excel item checklist.
While on the move, you can use the Currency Converter. While it is not all-inclusive, it gives you the option of editing entries and adding new ones. Along the same lines, the Unit Converter gives you the ability the move seamlessly within units of measurement. Weight, area, temperatures, speeds and the like are listed, from avoirdupois units all the way to the Japanese tsubo.
The Check Splitter helps with the mind-boggling tasks of splitting those cumbersome eatery bills. It also has a built in Expense function, as well as a World Map and a Clothes Sizes Converter.
On the time management side, this program is stacked. It has a series of Clocks, which gives you the time simultaneously of five different locations. The Time Calculator expands on this function allows you to calculate times relative to another. This can be useful when crossing multiple meridians. You can also use the countdown Timer, the Stopwatch, or the Alarms function, which allows you to set up to nine Midi or Wave alarms. It also has a great Date Calculator, which calculates the amount of time between any two calendar dates. This is great when you need to a "physical" view of how much time you made, or have left in a given project or assignment.
The built-in Calendar lists the day (of 365) and week (of 52) in addition to the current month view. You can toggle forward or back and see, for example, if the annual retreat falls on a loved one's birthday.
In addition, the program boasts of listing of local and international calling Codes and Domains which lists lists US states, abbreviations and calling codes, and similar information for countries world wide.
After testing this program on an intensive trip, I give it high marks for innovation and utility. I found that it can be run from an external card. This eased the pain of the relatively large footprint. There is also an option to optimize the PRC files and "remove all unused resources", which helps in that regard as well.
All in all, SplashTravel can be a useful tool for you or that traveler you know with PalmOS device or smartphone. You can purchase it (along with the 60-day money back guarantee) or try it free for 30 days at the SplashData site.
Stay blessed.
When on the road, boy are we still in it. We can go retro, and get tracts on our handhelds. Having the Word accessible from a PDA is so yesterday. You can carry and share your favorite spiritual tunes. And when you get to your destination, you can access your pre-prepared message right in your hand.
But what about traveling itself? What tools can we use to keep organized?
SplashTravel is the new offering from SplashData. It is based on the premise that business traveler usually takes his/her smartphone or PDA with them.
SplashTravel is made up of 15 tools that help keep one organized during just about every phase of a trip.
The UI was bright and attractive, and the ticker function was a deft touch.
For the pre-trip, you have the Luggage category, which allowed me to get rid of my old Excel item checklist.
While on the move, you can use the Currency Converter. While it is not all-inclusive, it gives you the option of editing entries and adding new ones. Along the same lines, the Unit Converter gives you the ability the move seamlessly within units of measurement. Weight, area, temperatures, speeds and the like are listed, from avoirdupois units all the way to the Japanese tsubo.
The Check Splitter helps with the mind-boggling tasks of splitting those cumbersome eatery bills. It also has a built in Expense function, as well as a World Map and a Clothes Sizes Converter.
On the time management side, this program is stacked. It has a series of Clocks, which gives you the time simultaneously of five different locations. The Time Calculator expands on this function allows you to calculate times relative to another. This can be useful when crossing multiple meridians. You can also use the countdown Timer, the Stopwatch, or the Alarms function, which allows you to set up to nine Midi or Wave alarms. It also has a great Date Calculator, which calculates the amount of time between any two calendar dates. This is great when you need to a "physical" view of how much time you made, or have left in a given project or assignment.
The built-in Calendar lists the day (of 365) and week (of 52) in addition to the current month view. You can toggle forward or back and see, for example, if the annual retreat falls on a loved one's birthday.
In addition, the program boasts of listing of local and international calling Codes and Domains which lists lists US states, abbreviations and calling codes, and similar information for countries world wide.
After testing this program on an intensive trip, I give it high marks for innovation and utility. I found that it can be run from an external card. This eased the pain of the relatively large footprint. There is also an option to optimize the PRC files and "remove all unused resources", which helps in that regard as well.
All in all, SplashTravel can be a useful tool for you or that traveler you know with PalmOS device or smartphone. You can purchase it (along with the 60-day money back guarantee) or try it free for 30 days at the SplashData site.
Stay blessed.
posted by Tre Lawrence @ 10/27/2006 04:19:00 PM
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1 Comments:
I've loved and used SplashID for years as a password manager and as a company they've been very good to work with.
The things you share seem very typical of SplashData. I wish that when I was installing and traveling for a living I'd had something like this. But I'm happy to not have a use for it now. :-)
Grace and peace.
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