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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.