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Getting, sending, and managing e-mail
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Among the types of attachments you can receive are the following handheld
application files:
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Contacts entries
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Calendar appointments
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Tasks list items
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Text memos
You can also save downloaded files to an expansion card. See
later in this chapter for information.
NOTE
The maximum message size that you can retrieve is 60KB for the body text
and approximately 5MB of total data for any attachments. If the attachment is too
large, it cannot be downloaded to the handheld. Because downloading large
messages can consume handheld resources, the VersaMail application displays the
size of and asks if you want to continue downloading any message that exceeds your
maximum message size, up to a total size of 5MB.
Microsoft Word
(.doc)
Automatically opens in the Word To Go application on your
handheld. You can view and edit the document in the same
way that you could using the Word application on your
desktop.
Microsoft Excel
(.xls)
Automatically opens in the Sheets To Go application on your
handheld. You can view and edit the spreadsheet in the same
way that you could using the Excel application on your
desktop.
Graphics files (.jpg,
.bmp, .tif, .gif)
You can download these files and view them using the Palm™
Photos application on your handheld.
Other application
files
For other types of application files, your handheld may contain
a viewer that allows other applications to pass it a file for
viewing. You do not need to do anything different in the steps
for downloading and viewing attachments; if your handheld
contains such a viewer, the attachment is automatically
opened. If your handheld does not contain such a viewer, you
cannot view the attachment. Among the file types that may be
supported are MP3 and AAC files.
PRC (.prc)
This is a Palm OS
®
application that you can install and run on
your handheld.
PDB (.pdb)
This is a file that works with specific Palm OS applications.
ZIP (.zip)
These are compressed files that contain other types of files, for
example, text files or Word docs. You can download and
uncompress (“unzip”) a Zip file and then view the contents on
your handheld.
Summary of Contents for T3
Page 1: ...Handbook for the Palm Tungsten T3 Handheld TM TM...
Page 14: ...Contents xiv...
Page 20: ...Chapter 1 Setting Up Your Palm Tungsten T3 Handheld 6...
Page 34: ...Chapter 2 Exploring Your Handheld 20...
Page 50: ...Chapter 3 Entering Data on Your Handheld 36...
Page 92: ...Chapter 5 Using Calendar 78...
Page 96: ...Chapter 6 Using Card Info 82...
Page 132: ...Chapter 12 Using Phone Link 118...
Page 250: ...Chapter 17 Using Voice Memo 236...
Page 274: ...Chapter 18 Using Palm Web Pro 260...
Page 282: ...Chapter 19 Using World Clock 268...
Page 368: ...Appendix A Maintaining Your Handheld 354...
Page 388: ...Appendix B Frequently Asked Questions 374...
Page 408: ...Index 394...