your handheld comes with many applications installed and ready to use. during a hotsync operation, you can also install additional applications, such as games and other software, on your handheld or on a card that is seated in the expansion card slot. applications or games that you install on your handheld reside in ram, and you can delete them at any time.

    you can also install other files that are associated with an application on your handheld, such as photos or audio files. files that are not associated with an application on your handheld may not be installed during a hotsync operation.

    both applications and files are easy to install during a hotsync operation. you can install the following types of files:

    1 palm os?file types, including prc and pdb

    2 image files, including bmp and jpeg

    you must use the palm?photos application on your desktop to send image files to your handheld's rom

    3 mp3 and realaudio audio files (requires the audio application from the cdrom, and audio files must reside on and can only be installed to an expansion card, which is sold separately)

    4 microsoft office files, such as word, excel, and powerpoint documents

    you must use the dataviz docs to go application on your desktop to send microsoft office files to your handheld's rom

    5 kinoma video files (requires the kinoma application from the cd-rom)

    you may need to download software from the internet while installing some applications from the cd-rom.

    there are a variety of third-party applications available for your handheld. to learn more about these applications, go to www.palm.com.

    palm works with developers of third-party add-on applications to ensure the compatibility of these applications with your new palm handheld. some third-party applications, however, may not have been upgraded to be compatible with your new palm handheld. if you suspect that a third-party application is adversely affecting the operation of your handheld, contact the developer of the application.