The macosxhints Rating:
[Score: 9 out of 10]
As photos are brought into the program, you are given the opportunity to adjust zoom (which area of the larger image you'd like to show on the Palm), brightness, and contrast. SplashPhoto then trims and reduces the image size for you automatically -- I was dragging in three megapixel images, and they'd wind up as roughly 35Kb 320x320 JPEGs on the Palm. You can also leave the images their full size and then use a zoom function to scroll around the full-size image on your Palm ... while this sounds quite cool, after about the second time I tried it, I decided I preferred the smaller images taking up the whole screen (not to mention the RAM hit!).
After loading up the desktop application, just hit the Hot Sync button, and the images are transferred to the Palm. The Palm application features the same interface, allowing the same image browser modes, and it also features a slide show -- just tap a picture to start, and then use the navigation keys to go to the next or previous picture. You can even beam an image to another compatible Palm (or potentially a phone, though I can't test that). You can even add security to your images, allowing you to mark some as "Private," and these will require a password before they can be viewed.
Images can be deleted from either the desktop or the Palm; the next time you hot sync, the data is synched such that both programs display the same images. About my only complaint is that you can't automatically rename imported images -- I have my camera set to re-use image names, so I occasionally have duplicate images that I need to manually rename before bringing them into SplashPhoto.
At $29.95, SplashPhoto isn't cheap, but most of the viewers I found ranged between $19.95 and $39.95, so it's in the ballpark. And it also comes with a fully functional 30-day trial so you can try before you buy. Now, whenever I need a little bit of Kylie's smile during the day, she's but a quick button-and-tap away! This may be the application that finally drives me to buy a memory card for my Palm :).
Mac OS X Hints
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20031209005257108