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Butler
First among the functions is the Navigation tab which itself contains two
Treo enhancements. The Keylauncher allows Treonauts to use a single key to
activate an application, from any other application or the menu screens.
This does require you to set up the association in the favorites first but
works as advertised - mostly. I successfully launched "Dial Pad" from the main menu by holding the "T" key. One annoyance here: my Treo beeped twice before launching the application, every time. The cause: it seems Butler is a little slow to activate the Hotkey you've setup. 
Our second Butler function is enhanced LED control. Butler enables you to
have complete control over the color of your Treo LED to include setting the hours the LED will be on or off. My Treo holds a charge for several days so this was not a huge deal for me but turning the LED off between the hours of 10 PM and 6 AM makes economical battery sense, especially as I am generally asleep during those hours (unless I owe David a write-up I should have had in a week ago). The author of this program has included the option to set the LED to a specific color when you have voicemail but not included any other functions. As one who attends meetings several times a week, I would have found this a better indicator if it were keyed to say...an SMS or overdue appointment. 
Tab 6 of 8 inside Butler offers three small utilities. First, old-school
Palm users can now access the command bar via two options: shift and menu,
or 'held menu'. Second, there is an option to beam your business card by
holding the phone button down. Third, and perhaps the best option, is the
"Keep Exchange Manager Clean" utility. This utility is the authors attempt
to address the preference loss bug known to the Palm OS. 
Last on our list of Butler functions is the 21st century alarm clock. The
native world clock for Palm allows only one alarm to be set. To work around
this, you have to set up reoccurring or one-time appointments in the
Calendar. Butler has ratcheted this up a couple of notches. With this
program, you can have up to 6 repeating alarms. They can be set up with
customized messages and actions, too. This is perhaps the most useful
eature; if you have reoccurring appointments that you don't want to clutter your calendar with - or perhaps take medicine at precise times regularly - this is definitely a feature you'll use. 
Excellent!!
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MKPortal 1.0.1a A ©2003-2004 - Tutti i diritti riservati
Copyright © 2003 - 2007 SmartPhoneTools.Com
Palm and Treo are among the trademarks or registered trademarks owned by or licensed to Palm, Inc.