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CHAPTER 1
Introducing Palm ™ Web Pro
Palm™ Web Pro gives you access to the Internet on your Palm™ handheld.
Ease of use
Web Pro is easy to use because it works much like the web browsers you use on
your desktop computer. You can enter Uniform Resource Locators (URLs, also
called web addresses), create bookmarks to mark favorite pages, save pages for
offline viewing later, and even download files directly to your handheld. You can
also use Web Pro to view certain kinds of files, such as popular graphics file
formats, that are attached to e-mail messages or stored on your handheld or on an
expansion card.
More importantly, Web Pro is designed to be used on the small screen of your
handheld. It forces images to fit the handheld’s screen, it does not clutter your
screen with fancy icons, and it handles technical features (like caching and cookies)
with minimal input from you.
Efficiency
Web Pro keeps a History List of pages you have visited and lets you set an option
to view old content if it is available. When you view a page from the History
List with this option set, Web Pro displays that page from memory rather than
downloading it again and it informs you that you are viewing a stored version of
the page. You’re given the choice of viewing a stored version or connecting to the
Internet to refresh the page. You can also choose to manually confirm every
connection you make to the Internet.
Security
Web Pro uses advanced encryption technology from Certicom. Encryption makes
your data unreadable by anyone but the intended recipient.
This encryption technology is used to secure the transmission of sensitive
information, such as credit card numbers, e-mail messages, and passwords.
Data is protected both when sent from your handheld over the network and when
coming in from the Internet directly to your handheld. For more information about
Certicom’s encryption technology, visit the Certicom web site:
www.certicom.com
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