Palm Treo 700P User Manual page 165

4 Follow the onscreen instructions to
accept and install the application.
Installing applications from a computer
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
from your computer to your Treo
smartphone, you must first install
Palm Desktop software on your computer
(see Installing the desktop synchronization
software).
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,
such as WinZip or Allume Stuffit Expander,
before you install the application on your
smartphone.
1 Drag and drop
Windows:
the file(s) onto the Palm
Quick Install icon on the
Windows desktop.
Drag and drop the file(s) onto the
Mac:
Send To Device droplet in the Palm
folder.
Y O U R A P P L I C A T I O N A N D I N F O M A N A G E M E N T T O O L S
To install an app
2 Select your device name from the User
list, and then click OK.
3 Synchronize your smartphone with your
computer to install the application(s) on
your Treo smartphone.
You can open a window to select whether
TIP
to install files on your smartphone or on an
expansion card.
Windows: Double-click the Palm Quick
Install icon.
Mac: Open the HotSync menu and select
Install Handheld files.
On a Windows computer, you can also
TIP
access Palm™ Quick Install by selecting the
Quick Install icon in Palm
or from the Programs folder in the Start
menu.
Getting help with third-party applications
If you encounter a problem with a
third-party application (such as an error
message), contact the application's author
or vendor. For general troubleshooting of
third-party applications, see Third-party
applications.
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Desktop software
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