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Earth&Sun for Palm OS: Sunlight, Sunrise and World-Time Calculations on PalmPilot

A restored history of Earth&Sun, the PalmPilot program that visualized Earth's sunlit hemisphere and calculated sunrise, sunset, and longitude-based time. [full]

Foto Timer for Palm OS: A Photography Interval Timer for Palm Handhelds

Foto Timer was a freeware Palm OS interval timer that PalmGear listed under product ID 9302 and a 2002 astronomy column recommended for long exposures and darkroom work. [full]

handX weblog for Palm OS: Blogging from a Palm Handheld

handX weblog was a free, standalone Palm OS application for writing blog posts offline and publishing them through a HotSync conduit rather than direct FTP. [full]

Jovian for Palm OS: Observing Jupiter and Its Moons on a Palm Handheld

A restored historical record of Jovian, Hans Anger's Palm OS utility for tracking Jupiter's Galilean moons and Great Red Spot, PalmGear product ID 6343. [full]

LFtp for Palm OS: The Freeware FTP Client for Palm Handhelds

A historical look at LFtp, the freeware command-line FTP client for Palm OS handhelds by Laurent Thaler, once listed on PalmGear and bundled with Torpedo and PHTML. [full]

Moonphase for Palm OS: Tracking Lunar Phases on a Palm Handheld

A historical restoration of Moonphase, the freeware Palm OS lunar-phase app by developer Steven Kienle that PalmGear cataloged as product ID 1489 back in 1998. [full]

NewPen for Palm OS: Writing Graffiti Directly on the Screen

A historical restoration of NewPen, the freeware Palm OS utility that let users write Graffiti directly on the screen instead of the dedicated Graffiti area — including its confirmed use on the Handspring Treo 90. [full]

PHTML for Palm OS: Editing HTML on a Palm Handheld

PHTML let Palm OS owners hand-edit HTML and CSS source directly on a handheld and upload it with the bundled LFtp client. Here is what survives about it. [full]

Planetarium for Palm OS: The Classic Palm Astronomy and Star-Charting App

A source-checked history of Planetarium, Andreas Hofer's Palm OS star-charting app (PalmGear product ID 1698) — reconstructed from archived developer pages, reviews, and PalmDB records. [full]

PleiadAtlas for Palm OS: A Deep Star Atlas for Palm Handhelds

A sourced restoration of PleiadAtlas, Brian Tung's field star-hopping atlas for Palm OS handhelds — formerly PalmAtlas, once listed on PalmGear as product 14063. [full]