Japanese PDA Hacks and Customizations

the80y writes "For some of us hacking everything we own is obligatory. Well for all of us of this nature who own a Palm or Visor check out this Japanese site @ 'Palm de COOL!' it has the most intense customizations i have yet to see. I just wish I was fluent in Japanese not every thing is mirrored in English. Does any one know if there are similar sights in English espeacialy relating to replacement cases (i.e. clear cases) available for the Palm IIIc?" My favorite is the crank to power a palm if your battery dies. Unfortunately I haven't watched enough anime to translate this stuff *grin*. Anyway, you can figure out a lot of this just from the pictures and the english parts.

Comments

Crank?

[MWoody]

I dunno... I'm not sure I like that 'crank' idea:

Me: "Damn, batteries out again. Well let's try this crank thingy... *grunt* Wow, this is tough. *grunt* *heave* *whiirrrrrrr* *grunt*"

Housemate: "Martin, what ya doin' in there?"

Me: "Just turnin' the old Palm crank."

Housemate: "Uh, have fun..."

My reputation is bad enough after the hamster incident, thank you very much.
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Translation

[tedtimmons]

Here's a translation of that article, courtesey of some online translator.

http://www.perljam.net/whatsnew-en.html

You're welcome.

-ted

PS if someone wants to go through and edit the html for grammar, they can email it to me and I'll repost it at the same location. email is slashdot-at-perljam.net

Need source for clear *buttons*

[isaac]

Subject says it all. I've already polished my Palm V's casing to a shiny, chrome-like bare aluminum finish, but what I *really* would like is a source for clear buttons, specifically a clear power button, so I could put an LED under it and wire it to the appropriate hotsync pins to have it function as a TaleLight.

The problem is, while such replacement buttons are all over Japan, they're just not available in the states as far as I can tell. Worse, nobody will ship such a low-cost item overseas - not worth the hassle for a single order.

So, /. readers, I'm asking you - anyone have a line on these in the states?

-Isaac

Just say NO to plastic cases

[kzinti]

Plastic cases, clear or otherwise, may seem nice and tight when you first get them, but they'll eventually weaken -- especially if you carry your palm everywhere with you. I carried my Palm Personal for a couple of years until eventually its case was so loose I thought it was going to fall apart on me. I also blame the loose case with my Palm's flaky behavior in its last year -- a digitizer that wouldn't stay calibrated, and some display artifacts that sometimes showed up on the screen and wouldn't go away until I gave the case a twist just so.

Get a Palm V if you can afford it. If you can't afford it, save money until you can. It'll last longer, so you'll be better off in the long run. I just love my V; its rugged aluminum case has taken a beating without any ill effects. I've carried it for over a year now and it's as tight as the day it was new.

If you are absolutely hell-bent on replacing your original plastic case with something cooler, get one of those nuclear-hardened titanium jobs. Wicked, very wicked.

--Jim

Re:So somebody added that hand crank..

[linzeal]

I'd be damn scared of all those apple zealots with huge popeye-like forearms