Palm MOBILE INTERNET KIT User Manual

Getting Started with Your Palm

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Mobile Internet Kit

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Palm™ Mobile Internet Kit provides a mobile communication solution for Palm OS handheld and your mobile phone or Palm OS compatible modem to do the following:

■ Access the Internet

■ Check and send e-mail

■ Exchange SMS (Short Message Service) messages with other

mobile phones on GSM networks

■ Connect to a WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) portal

What does your kit include?

Your Mobile Internet Kit includes a suite of applications that enable mobile communication on your handheld. The CD-ROM includes the following components:

■ Web clipping system files (PRC files)

■ Web clipping applications (PQA files)

■ SMS messaging application

■ Internet e-mail (IMAP/POP3) application

■ WAP browser

■ Palm OS 3.5 software upgrade

■ Palm™ Desktop software version 3.1 for Windows

■ Documentation (PDF files)

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What else do I need?

To use the mobile communication features with your handheld, you need the following items:

■ A handheld running, or upgradeable to, Palm OS version 3.5 with

at least 660K of available RAM (see “To identify the Palm OS software version on your handheld:” later in this section for details)

■ A mobile phone service provider that supports data services

■ One of the following items:

- A data-enabled mobile phone with an infrared port

- Palm OS compatible modem such as a PalmModem

- A data-enabled mobile phone with a cable that connects to your handheld

■ To use the SMS application, you need a GSM phone and a mobile

phone service provider that supports SMS messaging using GSM protocols.

■ To access the Internet, you need an ISP (Internet Service Provider)

account with a dial-in number that supports your mobile phone’s communication speed.

To identify the Palm OS software version on your handheld:

1. Tap the Applications icon .

2. Tap the Menu icon .

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3. Tap Info.

4. Tap Version.

5. Find the Palm OS version number at the top of the screen.

Installing the software

Before you install the Mobile Internet Kit, you need to gather the following information:

■ The brand and model number of the phone or modem you want to

use for mobile communication and whether your phone or modem is IrDA (infrared) enabled

■ For web clipping or Internet e-mail, you need the following ISP

configuration information: Service provider name, phone number, your user name and password, primary and secondary DNS addresses (if required), and the IP address (if required)

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