How to Download a Video to a Palm Pre

Transfer movies to an HP/Palm Pre smartphone.

The HP/Palm Pre smartphone features 8 gigabytes of internal flash memory for storing files. A video player application is also pre-installed on the phone, which can play video files encoded in the MPEG4, H.263 or H.264 compression formats. If you have a video file on your computer that you want to download or transfer to your HP/Palm Pre, you can do so by connecting the phone to your computer with a Micro USB to standard USB cable. One of these cables comes with the wall charger included with your HP/Palm Pre.

Instructions

1. Disconnect the Micro USB to standard USB cable from your HP/Palm Pre wall charger. If you do not have the default charger that came with your HP/Palm Pre, a Micro USB to standard USB cable will do.

2. Plug the standard USB end of the cable to an available USB port on your computer, and then connect the Micro USB end to the charger port on your HP/Palm Pre. A prompt will appear on the touchscreen.

3. Tap the "USB Drive" button on the HP/Palm Pre touchscreen.

4. Open Windows Explorer, or Finder for Mac users, and locate the video you want to transfer to your HP/Palm Pre. Highlight the video file icon, and press "Control" or the Mac symbol and the C key on your computer keyboard simultaneously to copy the video file.

5. Open the removable drive labeled "Palm Pre" in Explorer or Finder. Open the folder labeled "Videos."

6. Paste the video file in to the "Videos" folder by pressing "Control" or the Mac symbol plus V on your computer keyboard simultaneously. Wait for the file to finish transferring.

7. Eject the HP/Palm Pre USB drive by right-clicking on the drive icon and selecting "Eject." Disconnect the Micro USB to standard USB cable and reconnect it to your HP/Palm Pre wall charger. You can now access the video you just transferred by opening the "Videos" app on your HP/Palm Pre.