Design two icons: 9 x 5 pixels and 32 x 32 pixels.

The larger icon, with32 x 32 pixels, will have a visible area of only 22 x 22 pixels in the default view. The smaller icon, 9 x 15 pixels, is used in the "icon view".

Design high-density versions for the above two icon sizes—double both dimensions to make the versions for hi-density devices.

Render each icon in 1-bit black-and-white and 8-bit color; optionally, render each in 2- and 4-bit grayscale as well.

Save these icons in the .bmp file format.

On most Palm devices, the background of the launcher icon is usually white, but this is not necessarily the case. If you want areas of your bitmap to be transparent, select a color to be treated as transparent.