E. Beaming

Beaming is a way of transferring files from one handheld to another without any cables. It is exactly the same as beaming in Star Trek, except it only has a range of about 2 feet, it doesn't work on people, and it is real. If you have an older handheld, you may not have this capability.

You can beam the Player to someone else for trial purposes. From the launcher screen (the home screen of the handheld), select Beam under the App menu. Select Player and tap on beam to transfer the program. The application will not be registered on the receiving device. You must pay for a separate registration code for each handheld the Player is installed on.

From inside the Player application, you can beam Playlists and Books.



1. Beaming Playlists

Beaming is located in the options menu, on the Playlists screen only. To beam a Playlist, make sure the receiving handheld is in the Playlists screen or does not have Player open. Then select Beam Current Playlist in the options menu. This will add the Playlist to the receiving device. Due to the nature of infrared communications, beaming is somewhat unreliable. You may have to try more than once to successfully beam data. It might help to loudly say "Beam me up, Scotty!" before beginning the transfer.

2. Beaming Books

Beaming Books is similar to Beaming Playlists. Close Player on the receiving side before beaming. Then, select Beam Current Book in the Options menu. This beams the entire Book of songs to the receiving side.

Note: because of the way the Palm OS handles beaming, you need about as much free memory as the size of the database on the sending handheld and double the size of the database free on the receiving unit.