FireViewer

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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)

[edit] 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.