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Get Connected
You can use your MobilePro to exchange information with other mobile devices as well as your
desktop computer, a network, or the Internet. You have the following connection options.
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Use the IR port on your MobilePro to send and receive files between two devices. If this is
the method you want to use, see the following section “Transfer Items Using Infrared.”
Note
Check with your ISP to see if the ISP supports receiving e-mail on your MobilePro.
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Connect to your ISP. Once connected, you can send and receive e-mail messages by using
Inbox and view Web or WAP pages by using Microsoft Pocket Internet Explorer. The
communication software for creating an ISP connection is already installed on your
MobilePro. Your service provider should provide software needed to install other services,
such as paging and fax services. If this is the method you want to use, see “Connect to an
Internet Service Provider” later in this chapter.
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Connect to the network at your company or organization where you work. Once connected,
you can send and receive e-mail messages by using Inbox, view Web or WAP pages by
using Pocket Internet Explorer, and synchronize with your desktop computer. If this is the
method you want to use, see “Connect to Work” later in this chapter.
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Connect to your desktop computer to synchronize remotely. Once connected, you can
synchronize information such as your Pocket Outlook information. If this is the method you
want to use, see ActiveSync Help on your desktop computer or Connections Help on the
device.
Transfer Items Using Infrared
With the MobilePro, you can send and receive data to and from another similarly equipped
device using the IR communication port. In addition, you can use the IR port to synchronize data
with your desktop computer, in place of using the synchronizing cable.
Using infrared (IR), you can send and receive information, such as contacts and appointments,
between two devices.
Send Information
Send information as follows.
1.
Switch to the program where you created the item you want to send and locate the item in
the list.
2.
Position the MobilePro and the second device so that the IR ports face each other. Position
the devices from 2 to 20 inches apart. You might want to remove the MobilePro cover so
that it does not block the IR port (see Chapter 1).
Note
If the units are too far apart or if something blocks the path between the two ports, data
might not be sent or received correctly.
3.
Be sure that nothing obstructs the path between the IR ports on both devices, and that the
ports are aligned properly.
4.
Tap and hold the item, and tap
Beam
Item
on the pop-up menu.
Note
You can also send items, but not folders, from File Explorer. Tap and hold the item you
want to send, and then tap
Beam File
on the pop-up menu.
