FireViewer

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

Thus far, FireViewer has achieved the following distinctions:

* 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)

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".

External links

* [http://www.firepad.com/catalog/?productID=1 FireViewer Palm Photo Software] – Specification page.
* [http://www.fireviewer.com Palm Photo Sharing] – FireViewer photo sharing home page.
* http://palm.dahm.com - Original developer of Image Viewer III.