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CHAPTER 1
Setting Up Your Palm
™
Tungsten
™
E Handheld
Your new Palm™ Tungsten™ E handheld helps you stay organized and on time;
keep track of contacts; enjoy audio, video, and gaming entertainment applications;
and more. Note that to use some of your handheld’s features, you need to install
software from the Software Installation CD-ROM that came with your handheld or
download software from the Internet. Read this handbook and the software
documentation that is installed in the Palm folder on your desktop computer from
the CD-ROM (see “Step 3: Install software” later in this chapter) for details.
System requirements
Palm™ Desktop software contains all of the applications you need to set up and
operate your handheld. You must install this software on your desktop computer
before you can use your handheld. To install and operate Palm Desktop software,
your computer system must meet the requirements described in this section.
Minimum requirements: Windows computers
The minimum requirements for Windows computers are as follows:
■ A Pentium-class PC running one of the following operating systems:
–Windows 98
–Windows ME
– Windows 2000 Pro (requires administrator rights to install
Palm Desktop software)
– Windows XP Home or Pro (requires administrator rights to install
Palm Desktop software)
■ Internet Explorer 4.01 with SP2 or later
■ 60 megabytes (MB) available hard disk space
■ VGA monitor or better
■ CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive for installing Palm Desktop software from the
included CD-ROM; or, you can download Palm Desktop software from
www.palm.com
■ Mouse
■ One available USB port
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