Here's a quick rundown on what apps / services I'm using on my Treo650 that will keep me in touch with the world while conference hopping over the next week or so.

IM: I'm using VeriChat for all of my IM needs. It's multi platform so I can use it with AIM and Y!M and pairs up nicely with the contact book so if I need to call someone I'm IMing with it's a simple click to do so. It's always on feature keeps me connected no matter what I'm doing and will even tell people to hold on because I'm too damn busy to talk right then. The brand new version comes with a whole gang of IM bots that will tell you weather, traffic, directions, definitions, anything you need. This will be my primary contact while traveling.

Blogging: I've mentioned mo:blog before and I'm still loving it. It's a very simple app that works with tons of blogs and tons of accounts for those tons of blogs. The people behind it are great too, when I had a problem early on they worked overtime figuring it out and fixing it. Expect plenty of blog posts over the next few days to be written using this.

e-Mail: In my quest to get the hell away from my e-mail dependancy I've decided to not set up any receiving account on my Treo. However I do want to be able to send photos to flickr (and I plan on doing that a lot) so since I bought Snappermail a long time ago and it allows you to send mail without checking as well I've set that up and it's doing the trick. I set up a new account to send with so the only mail I might get on that would be spam which I have no interest in reading. Unless it has the inside scoop on some low mortgage rates or is from some hot chicks waiting to talk to me. Otherwise no interest. And to kill any temptation the older version I'm running isn't compatible with Gmail anyway so no worries.

Web: I'm just using the built in browser as it seems to do the trick. I've been using it with my wiki which has been great.

Other: I'm also using Vindigo since it's another app I bought years ago and gives me custom maps for the new cities I'm going to be in which is endlessly useful.

That's it for the moment, I'll be comparing notes with other Treo users and if something else gets added I'll add it here.