Companion can be used together with your web browser to give access to other important data synchronized from your Palm while connected to the Internet. In both cases, during installation and configuration of the software, the user must select the Palm, services, items, priority, etc. to be synchronized. The first benefit of synchronization is a permanent and constant offsite backup of your data. If you loose the data in your Palm or your desktop crashes, you will still have access to everything on the Web. Mail SMS services for notifications.
Calendar can have alarms sent to a cell phones or an e-mail address as chosen by the user.
I'm sure his article will spark ideas for other Palm users who may not have been aware of these useful free services. This month's Tipsheet Interview features British user Kevin O'Rourke, and electronics engineer who has spent three years at Antarctica's Halley Research Station with the British Antarctic Survey. I'm curious to know how popular Palm handhelds are there. I've seen at least as many people using Palm OS computers as I have using Psions, and Psion had a big head start here, since Psion is a UK company. I think the Palm devices filled a gap that Psions didn't, since they really competed more with Windows-based handheld computers.