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Electronic Fair Guide

Fair visitors with a PDA, a BlackBerry, a Pocket PC, smartphone or an iPhone can use this as their personal portable fair guide at the International Toy Fair 2011.

The free software for PDAs and smartphones is available on the fair ground from any information counter at the fair.

 

Software International Toy Fair 2011

More information on this service and the software download for the International Toy Fair 2011 will be available from December 2010.

Download: Software International Toy Fair 2010

Installation for PalmOS devices

Please read the installation instructions carefully before use.

Installation requirements
A Windows PC with the Palm Desktop software installed, including the "Palm Hotsync Manager" tool. You find information on the Palm Desktop software and the Hotsync Manager in the PalmOS PDA handbook.

Installation steps:

  1. Download the relevant file to your PC. Unpack the ZIP file into a directory of your choice. The zip archive contains two .prc files.
  2. Check whether you have enough free memory space* on your Palm. Required: 2 MBytes
  3. Put your PDA into the cradle and make sure that it is connected to the PC. 
  4. Start the "Palm Desktop" application and open the "Quick Install" Tool. Using the install tool select the Palm (the HotSync ID) you wish to install the program to.
  5. Add both .prc-files to the list of applications to be installed. You can choose whether the application should be installed into the handhelds main memory or on the expansion card. Close the "Quick Install" tool.
  6. Perform a Hotsync; this may take longer as usual because the application is transfered to the handheld.
  7. Launch the "Toy Fair 2010" application using the Palm Application Launcher.

To download the eFairguide Software for Palm OS please click on
toyfair2010_en_palm

* To know how much memory your Palm device has, tap the "house" icon to display the main Palm screen. Tap the "menu" icon, then choose "Info" from the "App" menu. You will see your free memory and total memory listed at the top of the "Info" box.

Installation instructions for PocketPC

Please read the installation instructions carefully before use.

Installation requirementsWindows 98, ME, 2000, XP: Windows PC with Microsofts ActiveSync program installed. You find information on ActiveSync in the PocketPC handbook.

Windows Vista, Windows 7: PC with "Windows Mobile Device Center" installed. You find information on "Windows mobile Device Center" in the help system of Windows.

Installation steps:

  1. Download the relevant file to your PC. Unzip the downloaded file. It will contain an "Setup_Toyfair2010.exe" file
  2. Check whether you have enough free memory space* on your PocketPC. Required: 6 MBytes
  3. Put your PocketPC into the cradle and make sure that it is connected to the PC via Active Sync or Mobile Device Center, depending on your Windows version.
  4. Doubleclick the "Setup_Toyfair.exe" file to copy it from your desktop PC onto the PocketPC. Follow the instructions on the screen of your desktop PC and PocketPC.
  5. Locate the "Toyfair2010" application via the «Start» menu of your device and start the application.

To download the eFairguide Software for Pocket PC please click on
toyfair2010_en_win

*Checking the available memory space: Go to the «Start» menu. Select
    «Settings» from the «Start» menu. Tap the «memory» icon on the «System»
    menu to see the total free memory on your device.

Installation for Apple iPhone

The application is now available in the AppStore. Please click the following link:

http://itunes.apple.com/de/app/spielwarenmesse/id347903691?mt=8

To be able to download the application, iTunes must be installed on your PC (if iTunes is not installed on your PC the URL leads you automatically to the download of the iTunes application)

Installation for BlackBerry

Please read the installation instructions carefully before use.

Requirements
A JAVA enabled BlackBerry device with BlackBerry software, version 4.5 or higher (To determine which software version is installed on your BlackBerry device, select "Settings" from the menu.) A minimum of 2 MB is required on your device for installation.

Installation steps

  1. Unpack the ZIP file into a directory of your choice
  2. Launch the BlackBerry Desktop Manager on your desktop computer
  3. Make sure that your BlackBerry device is connected to your desktop computer. The connection status is displayed in the Desktop Manager in the middle of the status bar.
  4. Launch the Application Loader in the Desktop Manager. Click on "Next" on the welcome screen.
  5. On the following screen, click on "Add".
  6. Select the "toyfair10_en.alx" file from the directory into which you have unpacked the ZIP file.
  7. Click on "Next" and subsequently confirm the installation by clicking on "Finish". The application will now be installed on your BlackBerry device.
  8. After installation, you find the application under "Toy Fair 2010" in the application menu of your BlackBerry device.

To download the eFairguide Software for BlackBerry please click on
toyfair2010_en_blackberry

Deinstallation

On BlackBerry devices, software can generally be deleted via the Desktop Manager through the Application Loader. The procedure is the same as the installation procedure described above.

Note

The BlackBerry application "Toy Fair 2010" does NOT make use of so-called "controlled classes" of the specific RIM JAVA API. It has been exclusively developed by means of the standard MIDP - 1.0 / CLDC - 1.0 J2ME API. For this reason, this application is UNSIGNED on your BlackBerry device.

Potential problems

  1. The programme does not appear in the Desktop Manager after selection of the ".alx" file or on the BlackBerry device after installation.

    Solution: This is indicative of outdated Desktop Manager software and / or an outdated BlackBerry software version. In this case, a software update is necessary.
  2. The Desktop Manager does not allow the installation of the application.

    Solution: In companies, BlackBerry devices may be centrally administered via the BES (BlackBerry Enterprise Server). Users are frequently not authorised to install external applications. In this case, please contact your BES administrator.

Installation for Mobile Phone

Please read the installation instructions carefully before use.

Requirements
Java enabled mobile phone that supports Java MIDlets according to the MIDP-1.0 CLDC-1.0 specification. A minimum of 1 MByte free memory (program mamory) on the phone

Due to the multiplicity of available models, we cannot offer a complete list of supported mobile phones.

Installation steps

Installation on a PC with infrared/bluetooth device:

  1. Unpack the ZIP file into a directory of your choice.
  2. Make sure that the mobile phone is connected to the PC via infrared or bluetooth.
  3. Click on the unpacked file "toyfair10_en.jar" with the right mouse button, selecting "Send to" and subsequently "Bluetooth" or "Infrared receiver". The file is now transmitted to the mobile phone. The ".jad" file is usually not required for installation.
  4. After transmission, the file "toyfair10_en.jar" can be found in the message inbox or the folder for file downloads, depending on the model.
  5. Selecting the file will launch the installation of the application on the mobile phone. Follow the instructions on the display.

Note:

The installation procedure may vary according to the version of the PC operating system and the infrared/bluetooth device.

To download the eFairguide Software for Mobile Phones please click on 
toyfair2010_en_java