(Or else you can
go to a different page for the newer V6.)
Unpack the file with WinZip or similar
program. See Installation instructions below for the next steps.
(Note: Slide Show Commander has been licensed to Synergy
Solutions, so is no longer included in the
pebbles.zip file above. If you want to use SlideShow Commander , please buy
it from Synergy. Versions for Palm
and PocketPC
are available.
There is also a free, time-limited, demo
version of SlideShow Commander available from Synergy.)
Additional software is available for download in separate ZIP files:
Palm: This software only works with version 2 and greater of the
PalmOS operating
system. For example, it works with Palm Pilot Personal, Professional,
PalmIII, Palm IIIx, IIIc, Palm V, Palm m series (m100, m500, m505, etc.).
It also works with all the PalmOS devices that we have tested from other
manufacturers (Handspring, Kyocera, etc.). It does not work with an old
Pilot 1000 or Pilot 5000.
PocketPC: The supported Windows CE
and PocketPC versions include:
- Pocket PC 3.0 for ARM (used by devices such as the Compaq iPaq)
- Pocket PC 3.0 for MIPS (used by devices such as the Compaq Aero, Casio EM-500)
- Pocket PC 3.0 for SH3 (used by devices such as the HP Jornada 548)
- HPC-3.0 for ARM (used by devices such as HP Jornada 720)
- HPC-2.11 for MIPS (used by devices such as Vadem Clio)
- HPC-2.11 for SH3 (used by devices such as HP Jornada 680)
- PPC-2.11 for MIPS (used by devices such as Cassiopeia E-100)
- PPC-2.11 for SH3 (used by devices such as HP Jornada 420, HP Jornada 430)
Other hardware may work also. Try the installers; maybe it will work.
PC: The PC side works on Windows 95, Windows 98,
Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 or Windows XP.
See the list above the supported Windows OS versions.
Unfortunately, we do not have any plans to support Macintoshes or Linux at
this time.
Unpack the pebbles.zip file with WinZip or similar
program.
All of the PC side files must be in the same directory. (Some
of the specific applications, such as Remote
Clipboard, have additional installation instructions.)
For the PC, the Pebbles.zip file contains a number of system dll files that you may or may not
need. It also contains all of the Pebbles plugin dll files, and the main Pebbles application for
the PC: PebblesPC.exe. All these must be in the same directory.
See the documentation
on PebblesPC for how to use it.
See the list above the supported PalmOS versions.
In the sub-folder "Palm" which will be created when you unzip
pebbles.zip is a set of .prc files, one each
for each of the Pebbles applications. The same .prc files work for any version
of Palm device. You need to install whichever of these .prc files you want to
use into your Palm, using the regular Palm Install Tool. One convenient way to
install all the files is to start the Palm Install Tool, then open the Pebbles
"Palm" folder, use the Select All menu item, and then drag all the
files to the Install Tool window. This will then install all the files when you
next HotSync.
See about connecting
your Palm to PebblesPC. Unfortunately, if you have a new USB cradle, we do
not support that at this time. See the USB
discussion.
For more information on each application, see the specific
documentation for that application.
See the list above the supported Windows CE /
Pocket PC versions.
With version 5.0, we created installers for our Windows CE, PocketPC
applications. In the WinCE sub-folder of the Pebbles folder you will find
various .exe files that will install the appropriate programs onto your
handheld. For example:
- WinCERemoteCommanderInstaller.exe - run this to install Remote Commander
onto your PocketPC / Windows CE device.
- WinCESwitcherInstaller.exe - run this to install Switcher.
- WinCEShortcutterInstaller.exe - run this to install Shortcutter.
Then run ActiveSync and it should ask you if you want to install the
software. If it doesn't, then maybe we haven't compiled a version for your
particular device yet. Let us know what hardware you have.
See about connecting your
PocketPC/Windows CE device to PebblesPC. In particular, see the section
on ActiveSync.
This software has been downloaded about 30,000 times since its initial release on
2/17/98, although we have stopped keeping track. We have nearly 5000 registered
users (as of 3/4/02).
Listed in:
We have found other sites that have PDA software, which we do not
think currently have the Pebbles software on them. Some of these may have gone
away already: www.palmtastik.com, www.pdassi.com
(only in German); home.palmpilotarchives.com;
www.palmos.palmsite.com; www.visorcentral.com;
www.piensaenpalm.com (only in
Spanish); etc. Let us know if we should
be listed on these or other sites!
Maintained by: Brad
A. Myers