© 2006 Palm, Inc. All worldwide rights reserved. SD Cards Library.

© 2006 Palm, Inc. All worldwide rights reserved.

SD Cards

Library

© 2006 Palm, Inc.

Agenda for SD Cards

• Managing expansion cards

• SD card readers

• SD card file structure– Root

• AUDIO

• PALM

• DCIM

– PALM Folder

• Launcher

• Programs

• Test your knowledge!

© 2006 Palm, Inc.

To facilitate the group environment, please turn off all cell phones and pagersduring our session.

Thank you!

© 2006 Palm, Inc.

Managing expansion cards

Insert and eject cards.Rename and format cards.

Copy files between handheld and card.Delete files from handheld or card.

© 2006 Palm, Inc.

Almost all palmOne handhelds have an expansion card slot

© 2006 Palm, Inc.

The expansion card slot accepts two kinds of cards

MultiMediaCards (MMC) can be read-only, or read-writable, a great way to distribute data and programs.

Secure Digital Cards (SD) transfer data at a fast 10MB per second, support a standard mode of operation, and are guaranteed to be interoperable with other SD devices.

© 2006 Palm, Inc.

The handheld “chirps” when the card is fully inserted

To eject a card, push it slightly back into the slot

To insert a card, push it gently into the expansion slot

WARNING !!! Never PULL a card out. This could severely damage your handheld.

© 2006 Palm, Inc.

When working with expansion cards you use two applications

Card Info

Launcher

© 2006 Palm, Inc.

Use Card Info to work with the entire card

• See general info– Card name

– ID number

– Amount of free space

• Rename a card

• Format a card

© 2006 Palm, Inc.

View the general information for a typical expansion card

Tap Card Info Card name, type, and size

Scroll to bottom to see the unique ID number

© 2006 Palm, Inc.

You can rename a card, but you cannot change its ID number

Select Rename Card Write new name

Tap Rename

© 2006 Palm, Inc.

Formatting a card destroys all its data

Select Format Card Answer warning

Tap OK

Name card

Tap Format

© 2006 Palm, Inc.

Use Launcher to work with individual files

• See details about individual files

– Size

– Version

– Number of records

• Copy files between a card and your handheld

• Delete files

© 2006 Palm, Inc.

Use Launcher to get more info about individual files on the card

Select Info… Switch to card

Switch views with these buttons

Look at information

© 2006 Palm, Inc.

The Info dialog box has two views plus a link to the Card Info application

Version Size

Tap More… to open the Card Info application

Card Info application

© 2006 Palm, Inc.

Use Launcher to copy them from the handheld

Install them directly onto the card during a HotSync® synchronization

There are at least two ways* to put files onto an expansion card

* Copy files from your desktop PC to the correct folder on the card using an expansion card reader

© 2006 Palm, Inc.

Use Launcher to copy files between the handheld and a card

Select Copy…Switch to card, if necessary Tap file name…

Tap Copy

By default, an application's data files are also copied. Tap Settings… to change this setting.

© 2006 Palm, Inc.

Use Launcher to delete files from either the handheld or a card

Select Delete… Tap file name Confirm deletion

Tap Delete…

Tap Yes

Please note that the application and ALL its data are deleted!

© 2006 Palm, Inc.

SD card readers

Function. Transfer options.

© 2006 Palm, Inc.

SD cards = Useful Storage

Cards can store both applications and data

© 2006 Palm, Inc.

SD Card Readers: Function• An SD Card Reader allows you to mount an SD

card as a disk drive on your desktop or laptop computer via a USB connection.

• An SD Card Reader enables you to transfer data to SD cards via your desktop/laptop computer.

• Desktop/laptop System Requirements

– Windows 2000, XP

• Win2K Requires Drivers

• Win2k Bug Requires you to wait 30 seconds after you dismount the card for the buffer to write.

– Macintosh 9.x, 10.x

– USB port

© 2006 Palm, Inc.

SD Card Readers: Transfer Options

• Install and Quick Install Utility via HotSync™ operation with connected handheld

• Drag and drop data via an SD Card Reader

– CAUTION - If you use drag and drop, you will need to know where different data types go.

© 2006 Palm, Inc.

SD card file structure

Understand folder structure on SD cards.

© 2006 Palm, Inc.

SD card file structure

AudibleAudio AUDIO DCIM PALM RN_AUDIO

© 2006 Palm, Inc.

Audible.com fileshttp://www.audible.com

Audible Audio files

AudibleAudio AUDIO DCIM PALM RN_AUDIO

© 2006 Palm, Inc.

MP3 files

MP3 files

AudibleAudio AUDIO DCIM PALM RN_AUDIO

© 2006 Palm, Inc.

Raw camera pictures -JPEG only

JPEG image files

AudibleAudio AUDIO DCIM PALM RN_AUDIO

© 2006 Palm, Inc.

AudibleAudio AUDIO DCIM PALM RN_AUDIO

Palm OS files

Backup Books Launcher Programs

© 2006 Palm, Inc.

Backup Books Launcher Programs

PALM

Backup Application Data

Backup application data

Backup Books Launcher Programs

PALM

© 2006 Palm, Inc.

Airframe.pdbeBookStudio.pdb

Tungsten.pdbWebstersnew.pdb

eReader Books

eReader Books

Backup Books Launcher Programs

PALM

© 2006 Palm, Inc.

eReader.prcKinoma.prcBilliards.prc

Palm OS Applications

Palm OS Applications

Backup Books Launcher Programs

PALM

© 2006 Palm, Inc.

Daily ReaderDXTG

HanDBaseKINOMA

ShadowPlanMyBible

Palm Application Data

Palm Application Data

Backup Books Launcher Programs

PALM

© 2006 Palm, Inc.

RealAudio playlists

Real Audio Playlists

AudibleAudio AUDIO DCIM PALM RN_AUDIO

© 2006 Palm, Inc.

Test your knowledge!

1 Which application formats expansion cards?

2 How can you reset an SD card's ID number?

3 Which card folder contains JPEGs?