Sony PCG-FX370P - Manual (Page 65)

Expanding Your Notebook Capabilities
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Expanding Your Notebook Capabilities
A Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), Wireless LAN Access Point, and Wireless
LAN PC Card peripheral device can be connected to your notebook, to expand
the capabilities of your computer and enhance its versatility to meet your various
business or personal needs.
Personal Digital Assistant
A handheld PDA is the quintessential personal planner and entertainment center
that fits in your pocket. With a PDA, you can easily perform the following
functions:
❑ Enter your schedule details in the calendar and view them by the day, week,
or month, and even set an alarm to remind you of important events.
❑ Keep your contact names, addresses, phone numbers, and other details in the
address book, and find them when you need them.
❑ Add tasks to the To Do List, prioritize them, and assign them due dates.
❑ Synchronize your data with the software on your notebook, to back up your
data.
❑ Track expenses when you are out of the office, then transfer the data to your
notebook.
❑ Exchange data with your notebook.
Wireless LAN Access Point
The Wireless LAN Access Point, which is also called the Access Point, is
designed for building a wireless Local Area Network (LAN) environment. The
Access Point comes with the Wireless LAN PC Card and required software. You
can easily build a wireless LAN environment by plugging the Access Point into
an AC power outlet, installing the Wireless LAN PC Card in your notebook, and
using the provided software. Because a wireless LAN configuration requires no
wiring, you can operate multiple computers more freely than ever before.
You can also connect your Access Point to a telephone line, Integrated Services
Digital Network (ISDN) router, cable modem, or Digital Subscriber Line (xDSL)
modem to share access to the Internet among multiple computers.