Lisa Brewster » Pre Hacks http://www.lisabrewster.com It takes an evangelist to give technology a soul. Fri, 06 Jan 2012 07:25:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 When is your Palm Pre’s birthday? http://www.lisabrewster.com/2271/when-is-your-palm-pres-birthday http://www.lisabrewster.com/2271/when-is-your-palm-pres-birthday#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:54:01 +0000 Lisa Brewster http://www.lisabrewster.com/?p=2271
  • First, get your serial number.  Don’t crack open the case, it’s under Device Info on the third page of the launcher.

    serial-number

  • For the Pre, we care about the 6th, 7th, and 8th numbers — the 6th is a code for the month, the 7th is the day, and the 8th is the last number of the year.
  • Use the list below to find your Pre’s birthday: 
    1	Jan
2	Feb
3	Mar
4	Apr
5	May
6	Jun
7	Jul
8	Aug
9	Sep
A	Oct
B	Nov
C	Dec

1	1
2	2
3	3
4	4
5	5
6	6
7	7
8	8
9	9
A	10
B	11
C	12
D	13
E	14
F	15
G	16
H	17
I	18
J	19
K	20
L	21
M	22
N	23
O	24
P	25
Q	26
R	27
S	28
T	29
U	30</code>
V	31

    • Mine was born on May 31, 2009…only a week before I bought it! Most of the dates I’ve seen are within the last half of May. When was YOURS born? Let me know in the comments!

    PS:  And yes, I did set up a birthday remember for the lil’ guy.

    ]]>     http://www.lisabrewster.com/2271/when-is-your-palm-pres-birthday/feed 17     Palm Pre Gmail archive hack http://www.lisabrewster.com/2268/palm-pre-gmail-archive-hack http://www.lisabrewster.com/2268/palm-pre-gmail-archive-hack#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:29:28 +0000 Lisa Brewster http://www.lisabrewster.com/?p=2268 I love just about everything about the Pre’s mail application, but since it’s built for all mail services the delete button really, you know…deletes stuff, which isn’t optimal for Gmail users who are used to the archive button.  Fortunately, I found his quick little hack to enable archive functionality:

    1. Open the Mail application and go into Preferences and Accounts.
    2. Under accounts, tap your Gmail account
    3. Under Default Folders, change the trash folder to [Gmail]/All Mailgmailarchive

    That’s it!  Since this hack usurps the delete functionality, I’d still prefer that Palm add a dedicated “move to folder” button.  This button could, for example, move the message to a “default” folder when tapped, or pop up a list to choose the one you want if you tap and hold.  Still, the workaround is preferable for those of us who can’t live without archive.

    Update: Lifehacker commenters mentioned that the Pre does allow you to move mail to a folder, but for me this would take 5 taps: menu > move to folder > scroll, scroll (I have a lot of tags) > All Mail.  Like most hacks, changing the delete folder isn’t perfect but for some it may be better than the alternative.

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