Handspring 90 - Manual (Page 36)

Page 36 Managing Your Applications
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 Handheld Files dialog box 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. If you do not have a
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:
Tip: You can also install an application by simply double-clicking the application’s icon.
1. Copy or download the application you want to install into the add-on folder in your Palm folder
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.
3. From the HotSync menu, choose Install Handheld Files.
Tip: You can also access the Install Handheld Files dialog box by double-clicking any file
with a PRC file extension.