Palm Treo 700VVX, User Manual

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Installing applications from the Internet
You can use Internet Explorer Mobile to
install Windows Mobile apps in the CAB
file format directly from the Internet. For
files in any other format except CAB, you
must first download the files to your
computer and then install them to your
smartphone by synchronizing.
1 Make sure your phone is on and that
you are in a coverage area (see Turning
your phone on).
2 Press Start and select Internet
Explorer .
3 Go to the page that contains the link to
the application you want to download.
4 Press Left or Right to highlight the
link to the file, and then press
Center to start the download
process.
5 When the download has finished, press
Start and select Programs .
6 Select File Explorer .
7 Go to the My Documents folder in File
Explorer.
8 Select the file you downloaded to start
the installation program.
Installing applications from your
computer
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
To install an
application from your computer to your
smartphone, you must first install the
desktop synchronization software on
your computer (see Installing ActiveSync
desktop software: Windows XP or
Installing Windows Mobile Device Center:
Windows Vista).
1 Connect your smartphone to your
computer to synchronize and install the
application(s) on your smartphone.
2 Open My Computer or Windows
Explorer on your computer.
3 Double-click the icon representing your
smartphone.
4 Copy the application file(s) into the
folder.
DID YOU KNOW
?
You can purchase a third-party
application that lets you run Palm OS
®
applications on your smartphone.