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Palm Pixi Plus User Manual

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Chapter 2 : Basics

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NOTE

Applications you installed on your old Palm OS

®

by ACCESS or

Windows Mobile smartphone do not work on your Pixi Plus phone because

your Pixi Plus phone uses the new Palm

®

webOS™ platform. Check App

Catalog for a new version of your old favorites. Or purchase the Classic app

from App Catalog. Classic enables you to run many Palm OS applications on

your Pixi Plus phone.

1

Open

App Catalog

.

2

The first time you open App Catalog, tap Accept.

3

Swipe right or left on the thumbnails to see featured applications, or do
one of the following:

To search by name: Tap Search, enter the search term, and press
Enter

.

To search apps by category: Tap Explore. To view categories in an
alphabetical list, tap

. To view them as a tag cloud, tap

.

To find the most recently added apps: Tap Recent.

To find the most popular apps: Tap Popular.

4

(Optional) To sort the list of applications or to browse results by date,
alphabetical order, rating, or price, tap a sort icon at the bottom of the
screen.

5

When the app you want appears, tap the name to display app details.

NOTE

New apps that are in beta (test) mode are shown on a green background.

Apps that are delivered from the web and have not been tested by Palm are shown
on a gray background.

6

On the app details screen, do any of the following:

Tap a screenshot to see a larger view.

Tap Reviews to read all reviews.

Tap Share and then tap Email or Text Message to share info about
an app with a friend.

Tap Developer Home to go to the app developer’s home page.

If available, tap Support to go to the developer’s product support
page.

DID

YOU

KNOW

?

In a tag cloud, categories that have more items or more

popular items appear in a larger font size, giving you a visual clue as to which

categories you might want to explore.