Synchronizing Contacts And Other Personal Data; Installing Applications; Installing Applications From The Internet - Sprint Treo 600 Manual

Managing Applications

Synchronizing Contacts and Other Personal Data

We strongly recommend that you synchronize your Treo and computer frequently
to keep your information up-to-date (and backed up) in both locations.
Before you can synchronize your contacts and other personal data, you must install
the Palm Desktop software from the CD that came with your Treo. See page 21 for
instructions.
1. Connect your Treo to your computer as described on page 20.
2. Press the HotSync button on the cable.
HotSync
Button
3. Wait for your Treo to display a message indicating that the process is complete.
If nothing happens, make sure that you installed the Palm Desktop software
and that the HotSync Manager application is running on your computer
If you want to synchronize data with applications other than Palm Desktop
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or Microsoft Outlook , you need to purchase additional third-party conduit
software.
If you have any problems performing a HotSync operation, see pages
157-159 for troubleshooting suggestions.
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Installing Applications

Installing Applications From the Internet

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Your Treo comes with several applications built-in and ready to use. You can also
install any of the more than 16,000 third-party Palm OS applications for use on
your Treo, such as business software, games, and other applications.
When you download an application to your computer, it is probably in a
compressed format such as a .zip or .sit file. If the file is compressed, you need to
use a decompression utility on your computer before you install applications on
your Treo.
These instructions tell you how to install basic .prc (Palm OS application) and .pdb
(Palm OS database) files onto your Treo. Some Palm OS software uses an automatic
installer or wizard to guide you through the process. Consult the documentation
that came with the software for details about how to install a particular piece of
software. Treo is not compatible with .pqa files.
Before you can install an application on your Treo, you need to have the Palm
Desktop synchronization software installed on your computer (see page 21).
You can install Palm OS applications directly from the Internet, using the Blazer
Web Browser. When you download an application, it automatically installs on your
Treo. Remember: Palm OS applications have .prc or .pdb at the end of their
filenames.
1. Launch the Blazer Web Browser (see page 75).
2. Go to the page that contains the link to the application you want to download.
3. Press Left or Right to highlight the link to the file, then press Center to
initiate the download process.
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