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Re: [ECS] PDAs ? Mark Gilmore Tue, 02 May 2000 13:19:44 -0400

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Hi Martin,
Thanks for the info.
Are these "simplified pages" specially-created web pages,
or are they existing pages that are somehow "optimized" ?
If the latter, how is this done (is it just a matter of
reducing image resolution) ?
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Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
http://www.usit.com/omnip
423-745-0026
Hours: Mon-Sat, 9AM-8PM/EST


Martin Terry wrote:
> 
> 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,
> --
> Mark Gilmore
> Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
> http://www.usit.com/omnip
> 423-745-0026
> Hours: Mon-Sat, 9AM-8PM/EST

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