Communication preferences

Communication prefs offer advanced ways to connect your handheld to your PC, or connect to a GSM-enabled phone to check your email or surf the Internet (required hardware sold separately). If you work for a company with an IT staff, ask them about the right network settings to use.

Real Life: Beam to phone

Horace runs a summer camp. Each spring, he likes to remind the parents of the previous year's campers to reserve spots early. Instead of entering all 30 phone numbers manually, he beams the info in his "Parents" Contacts category to his IR-enabled mobile phone.

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• For details on communication preferences involving phones, networks, and modems, see the Tungsten E Handbook (page xii).

Infrared technology

The infrared (IR) technology built into your Tungsten E handheld makes it possible to sendor beaminfo wirelessly to other IR-enabled devices, including many phones and computers. To learn more about what you can do with beaming, see chapter 9.

Connect to the web

With a little prep work in Home > Prefs > Connection and some extra software, you can connect your Tungsten E handheld to the web through your mobile phone. For step-by-step directions on making the connection, open the Tungsten E Handbook from the Help menu in Palm Desktop (see page xii).

Chapter 3: Did you discover how to...

Enter info with a few quick commands?… Find what's-her-name's phone number?… Clear up space for a new game on an overcrowded handheld?… Use a password to protect your top-secret info?