Installing And Removing Applications; Installing Add-On Applications - Handspring Treo 90 User Manual

Installing and removing applications

This section explains how to install and remove applications on your handheld and how to remove
Palm™ Desktop software from your computer.

Installing add-on applications

Your handheld comes with the Contacts, Date Book Plus, To Do List, Memo Pad, Expense,
Calculator, CityTime, and Palm Mail applications installed and ready to use. The Handspring CD-
ROM also includes a wireless application suite which you can install from the CD-ROM if you want
to configure your handheld for wireless communication.
You can also install additional applications on your handheld, such as business applications,
games, and other software. The Install Tool makes it easy to install software on your handheld
during a HotSync ® operation. There are a variety of third-party applications available for devices
that use Palm OS software. To learn more about these applications, go to the web site:
www.handspring.com.
When you download an add-on application from the Internet, 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, to decompress the .prc and .pdb files inside the compressed file. A trial version of the
PKZIP decompression utility is located on your computer in the Programs\Handspring\Utility
folder. If you need a different decompression utility, search the Internet using phrases like 'zip
decompression' or 'how to unzip'. This will lead you to various third-party utilities that you can use
to decompress any kind of compressed or downloaded file--not just add-ons for your handheld.
After you install the utility, you are ready to decompress the add-on application files that you
downloaded.
Note: Any applications that you install on your handheld resides in RAM memory; you can delete
them at any time.
To install add-on software on your handheld:
1. Copy or download the application you want to install into the add-on folder in your Handspring
(or Palm) directory on your computer.
Note: If the software you download is compressed, you need to decompress it into this
folder. If you prefer to place the application into another folder, you need to navigate
to that folder before you complete step 5.
2. Double-click the Palm Desktop icon on your desktop.
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