CHAPTER 10 Taking and Viewing Photos and VideosZire ™ XX Handheld 57Sharing photos and videosThis chapter explains how to capture and view photos and videos. But you can do more than keepprivate photo albums on your handheld. You can easily share photos with family and friends.Share photos by using any of the following methods:• Send a photo or video by using the Bluetooth™ technology on your handheld.• Attach a photo or video to an e-mail message.• Create a multimedia message containing a photo or video.• Beam a photo or video to other Palm OS ® handheld users.• Copy a photo or video from your handheld to your desktop computer, or from computer tohandheld, by synchronizing.Supported file typesWhen you capture a photo, you can save it directly on your handheld or on an expansion card(sold separately) inserted into the expansion slot. Photos are saved in the format JPG.You can save videos you record to an expansion card only. Videos are saved in the format ASF.If you take a picture with a digital camera, or you find it on the web, it's likely your handheld candisplay it. The Media application converts popular photo formats such as JPG, BMP, TIFF, PNG,PCS, WMF, EMF, and PSD to a format that you can view directly on your handheld. When you putphotos on an expansion card, you can view the photos in their original file formats—such JPG, GIF,and BMP—without any conversion. You can also view photos on your desktop computer.You can view videos on an expansion card or on your desktop computer, in the following formats:MPEG4, MPEG, and AVI.TipTo view photos or videoson your desktopcomputer, openPalm ™ Desktop software,click Media, and double-click the photo or videoyou want.
