Is DateBk4 compatible with the new V-4.0 Palm OS, – are vibrating/flashing alarms supported on M500/M505?
DateBk4 runs on all versions of the Palm OS from 2.0 to 4.0 and will be updated for OS releases beyond that. DateBk4 has extensive support for the use of color and implements all the new OS 3.5 features such as masked events, Command Bar, etc. The current V-4.0e does support the vibrating alarms and Flashing LED”s on the M505. Note that the preference settings to use these two new features are in the DateBk4 Alarm Preferences dialog and not the standard system preferences. V-4.0e corrects two current problems with the V-4.0 Palm OS – the last icon on the line in the day view acts “dead” and does not respond to a tap (a Palm OS bug), and navigating through the 4-month view can sometimes cause a chunk overlock error (a backwards-incompatible change in the Palm OS). Note that DateBk4 handles the Vibrating and Flashing Alarms itself in conjunction with the standard alarm manager, and not with the new Attention Manager of V-4.0 (which is incompatible with all Prior OS releases). Since it is