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Chapter 6 Page 137
Chapter 6
Communicating Using
Your PC Companion
The previous chapter described the features of your PC companion
that help you stay organized. This chapter describes the features that
help you stay connected.
■ Managing desktop E-Mail:
Using your PC companion, you can read,
reply to, compose, and delete e-mail from your Windows desktop
E-Mail application while you’re away from your desk.
■ IR beaming:
The infrared port located at the top of your PC
companion lets you send data from your PC companion —
including entire applications — to any other Palm OS
® handheld
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 Windows desktop
computer. You can read, reply to, compose, and delete e-mail
on your PC companion; but to send or receive e-mail, you must
perform a HotSync ® operation either directly or indirectly. Direct
methods include placing your PC companion in the cradle attached to
your computer, or using infrared communications. Indirect methods
include using a modem, or using network HotSync technology.
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 PC companion.
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 PC companion and leave it in your
Inbox, your next HotSync operation marks it as read in your desktop
E-Mail application.