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03-23-2002, 11:09 AM

So far, I've gotten a kick out of using Blazer with www.gopherking.com which allows a fairly secure, fast way of picking up HotMail, AOL mail and my regular pop3 e-mail.

The other hoot I had was using Win-Hand from www.palmgear.com to remote control my Windows ME remotely through its cable modem connection to the internet. It was freaky seeing my Windows desktop on the Treo screen and clicking on programs, running them, doing all sorts of typical things.

When I'm downtown, I pull up Yellow Page listings for businesses in the area and help me figure out what's where. I think my next project is to get a good city map on my Treo so I can navigate better to the more obscure streets I don't know.

Overall, I'm pleased with what the Treo does but I'm horrified to imagine what an inexperienced user would think of setting it up to connect to the internet and what their perception would be of the often shaky connection abilities. I hope most users will not be turned off to the possibilities because of the somewhat uneven GSM carrier service in North America and the patch work quilt of different ways to connect.

Connector23

I'm using Earthlink as my dial-up ISP. My GSM carrier seems to be able to let me dial-up fairly reliably, maybe 80% of the time. I guess this would seem shockingly bad compared to a Mac or Windows desktop dial-up but I'm willing to accept that we're in the early stages of a wireless revolution so things are sloooowwww and not totally dependable yet. I'm looking forward to GPRS in the not too distant future.

03-23-2002, 11:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	So far, I've gotten a kick out of using Blazer with www.gopherking.com which allows a fairly secure, fast way of picking up HotMail, AOL mail and my regular pop3 e-mail. The other hoot I had was using Win-Hand from www.palmgear.com to remote control my Windows ME remotely through its cable modem connection to the internet. It was freaky seeing my Windows desktop on the Treo screen and clicking on programs, running them, doing all sorts of typical things. When I'm downtown, I pull up Yellow Page listings for businesses in the area and help me figure out what's where. I think my next project is to get a good city map on my Treo so I can navigate better to the more obscure streets I don't know. Overall, I'm pleased with what the Treo does but I'm horrified to imagine what an inexperienced user would think of setting it up to connect to the internet and what their perception would be of the often shaky connection abilities. I hope most users will not be turned off to the possibilities because of the somewhat uneven GSM carrier service in North America and the patch work quilt of different ways to connect. Connector23 I'm using Earthlink as my dial-up ISP. My GSM carrier seems to be able to let me dial-up fairly reliably, maybe 80% of the time. I guess this would seem shockingly bad compared to a Mac or Windows desktop dial-up but I'm willing to accept that we're in the early stages of a wireless revolution so things are sloooowwww and not totally dependable yet. I'm looking forward to GPRS in the not too distant future.