Chapter 5

Communicating Using

Your Handheld Computer

The previous chapter described the features of your handheld computer that help you stay organized. This chapter describes the features that help you stay connected.

Managing desktop e-mail: Using your handheld computer, you can read, reply to, compose, and delete e-mail from your desktop e- mail application while you’re away from your desk.

IR beaming: The infrared port located at the top of your handheld computer lets you send data from your handheld computer — including entire applications — to any other Palm Computing® device that’s close by and also equipped with an IR port.

Managing desktop e-mail away from your desk

Mail lets you manage the e-mail that you send and receive through the e-mail application on your personal computer. You can read, reply to, compose, and delete e-mail on your handheld computer. To send or receive e-mail, you must

perform a HotSync® operation either locally, using the cradle, or remotely, using a modem.

The key to Mail is that it truly synchronizes the mail in the Inbox of your desktop e-mail application with the mail on your handheld computer. For example, if you delete e-mail items from Mail, your next HotSync operation also deletes the e-mail items from your desktop e-mail application, so you never have to delete e-mail items twice. Similarly, if you read an e-mail item on your handheld computer and leave it in your Inbox, your next HotSync operation marks it as read in your desktop e-mail application.

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