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  Technology/PalmOS Handera 330, (sdf.org), 12/27/2018
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Day two of the  eBay  Handera  330[1][2]. I'm  writing  with 
Qed,  a text  editor  that natively  supports the  Handera's
high-resolution  screen. It's  not free...  you either  have
to  pay a  donation  to  remove the  nag  screen,  or use  a
keygen,*or* it appears  you can just email the  author for a
free  registration. If  you  have the  cash,  just send  the
donation over, it won't hurt.

Anyway, some thoughts about the Handera itself...

Having been an avid user of the III series, I appreciate the
higher resolution and the virtual silk area. The result is a
lot more screen real estate to get your work done in, if you
have the application support you  need. The inclusion of the
SD/CF  slots means  you don't  have to  worry quite  as much
about running out of space, which  was a real problem on the
III series (especially the 2mb IIIe.)

The LiON battery has been nice so far. This thing is old, so
I didn't  know what to  expect, but  so far the  battery has
held a  charge for two  full days.  It got pretty  warm when
charging, but it appears to  be working... so far. I realize
that it could be mis-reporting, and it could die any second,
but so far,  so good. I'm pleased that this  thing came with
backup software, so  I don't have to fret too  much if power
gets lost. I  don't have a sync cable, so  I have the option
of transferring programs  through beam (from a  T3 that does
have a sync  cable) or via the SD card.  But, a local backup
is even better.

Since I'm  being as verbose  as usual, you may  have guessed
that I am using a keyboard.  I have a IIIc in my collection,
and  with  it a  "Palm  Portable  Keyboard" of  the  folding
variety (the  P10713U.) That means  writing is a  breeze, as
easy as it would be on the Dana or a laptop.

A few things that I have found annoying so far:
- It's getting harder and harder to find PalmOS software on 
  the internet. Archive.org is a valuable resource, but even
  they don't have everything.
- Apparently, Handera software wasn't ever huge. It's 
  difficult to  find good  software that  was made  for this
  screen setup.
- The silk area would pop up the normal Palm keyboard 
  rather than  a keyboard  that would  use the  virtual silk
  area. There is an application that fixes this, thankfully.
- The speaker is very, very quiet. This barely matters, as 
  I don't use this variety of palm for audio anyway.
- The build quality is poor. I recall the Palm III series 
  being built like tanks; the IIIc that I have certainly is.
  This feels quite flimsy                                  .

All  of that  aside, I'm  thrilled  to collect  this now.  I
always wanted one "back in the day," and it's fun to try one
out as a mobile computing history lesson. It will likely end
up a part of my  "distraction free writing" tools, primarily
because of the fragile feel of it, but that's as good a fate
as a thing like this could hope for I think!

[1] gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/tfurrows/phlog/2018/acp_handera330.txt
[2] gopher://1436.ninja:70/0/Phlog/20181206.post