How will the daylight-saving time change affect my Palm Treo 700p?
As most of you know, this year daylight-saving time is coming three weeks earlier than usual, starting on Sunday, March 11 at 2 a.m., and ending a week later on Sunday, November 4. The new change is part of the 2005 Energy Policy Act, and aims to reduce energy consumption (this also affects Canada and Mexico). But who would have thought a few extra weeks of daylight would send the tech world into a tizzy? Yet, there’s legitimate reason for concern, as a number of consumer electronics devices can be affected by the time change, including smart phones and PDAs. Since these devices have clock and calendar functions, if you don’t take the proper precautions and update your smart phone (and the computer that you synchronize it with), your appointments and e-mail time stamps will be off by an hour. To avoid any snafus, here are some steps you should take: • Download the software update for your operating systems. Microsoft Windows Mobile, Palm, RIM/BlackBerry, and Symbian have all issued pat
