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RE: [ECS] PDAs ? Martin Terry Tue, 2 May 2000 09:48:21 -0700

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I have a Palm V, and various browser clients are available. Generally, you
can't get all the functionality you would in a IE/Netscape 5, in fact I
don't think most don't do java. The browser I use can't do frames.

I'm using AvantGo, which is an online/offline browser, and when I have the
palm connected to it's backback modem it is a full fledged browser - again
with limitations. It does support graphics. It is free.

Most web pages I view on my palm are optimized (read "simplified") for the
palm. In this respect it works very slick. It does support forms and input,
so you can send data and passwords.

You click with a "stylus", a pen with no ink effectively. :) The screen of
the PDA is touch sensitive, so it works just like a normal browser except
you "touch" the underlined links to follow them.

These units generally have small memory footprints. Mine only has 2MB of
storage, but in it I fit mail, 400 contacts, 100 todos, and 4 different news
web sites. I still have just under a meg to spare. :)

By the way I think there is also a VNC client for the palm, I haven't tried
it however.


-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Gilmore [mailto:omnip@usit.net]
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 9:41 AM
To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
Subject: [ECS] PDAs ?


Can anyone provide me some basic info regarding any
hand-held devices that allow one to access the web ?
I know NOTHING of PDAs and/or other recent gadgets.

What does one see on the screen (SMALL web pages or
"abbreviated" version of them).

What do you click with ?

Do they have a way of entering TEXT (e.g. a password) ?

Tanx,
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Mark Gilmore
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