I'm sure people know this but I don't recall having plainly read this on the site yet.. By putting your Pre in Developer Mode, you can very easily install apps via Command Prompt (at least on Windows) in the exact same manner done for installing on the emulator.

I'm computer savvy but don't want to mess with rooting my Pre. And I wanted those Palm apps (the ones from SDK) to be on my Pre, and figured I'd give Dev Mode a shot, and it worked like a charm (using "Just Charge" when connecting the Pre to Laptop). Again, probably nothing new, but it definitely works.

So question, wouldn't I be able to download these packages (.ipk) files that we've been emailed and via my computer be able to install them to the Pre? I mean I understand you'd have to have the SDK, but if you do then it's really not that big of an issue (the email 1.0.4 fix thing).

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