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FireViewer

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FireViewer, also known as Firepad Picture Viewer or Image Viewer III, is a Palm photo software program.

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History

FireViewer started as Image Viewer III was the first photo viewer for the PalmPilot. Art Dahm wrote it in 1997 as a personal project with two goals: first, to learn 68000 assembly language, and second, to store and view photos of his dog Harley on his new PalmPilot.

Image Viewer III remained a top-5 download on PalmGear (the largest Palm download site) from 1997 through 2003.

In December 1999, Image Viewer III was sold to Firepad]and renamed FireViewer.

Basic functions

  • View photos up to 4,000 by 4,000 pixels on any Palm or Treo handheld.
  • Pan and zoom large photos on the small PDA screen.
  • View live video over a wireless connection.
  • Create and view encapsulated multimedia presentations for any Palm, using only standard HTML editing tools.

    • Recognition

  • First photo software for a PDA
  • First wireless video software for a PDA
  • #1 Palm picture software download from 1997 to 2003
  • Granted U.S. Patent #6,968,012
  • First photo software to be Certified PalmPowered (2001)

    • References

    FireViewer Wikipedia
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