Monday, May 20, 2002
Pocket PC Wireless Primer
Posted by Jason Dunn in "ARTICLE" @ 01:48 PM
http://www.microsoft.com/mobile/pocketpc/club/weekend.asp
The anonymous, if eeriely familiar, voice of Club Pocket PC has put together an intro-level primer for Pocket PC wireless options. A great resource for beginners - check it out!
"On Club Pocket PC, as well as around the web, there is a great deal of fuss made about wireless data. Everyone tells you how great it is to be able to get your email and connect to the web on the go, but typically no one tells you how to do it. This conundrum is compounded by the international popularity of Pocket PCs. It's difficult to tell people how to get connected when the choices and methods are so different from continent to continent. In an effort to get you started, we have created this primer to familiarize with your options in North America. However much of this information is applicable to the rest of the world, we just won't enumerate the carriers or pesky details outside of the US and Canada for now.
In today's installment, we'll start with technology- carriers offer different methods, with different speeds to get data from the wired internet to your device. You'll want to choose a carrier with good coverage in your area and a reasonably priced plan. In subsequent installments we will describe what extra hardware (if any) you will need, and conclude by comparing cost vs. speed benefits. We'll start with the slowest methods and go up from there…"
The anonymous, if eeriely familiar, voice of Club Pocket PC has put together an intro-level primer for Pocket PC wireless options. A great resource for beginners - check it out!
"On Club Pocket PC, as well as around the web, there is a great deal of fuss made about wireless data. Everyone tells you how great it is to be able to get your email and connect to the web on the go, but typically no one tells you how to do it. This conundrum is compounded by the international popularity of Pocket PCs. It's difficult to tell people how to get connected when the choices and methods are so different from continent to continent. In an effort to get you started, we have created this primer to familiarize with your options in North America. However much of this information is applicable to the rest of the world, we just won't enumerate the carriers or pesky details outside of the US and Canada for now.
In today's installment, we'll start with technology- carriers offer different methods, with different speeds to get data from the wired internet to your device. You'll want to choose a carrier with good coverage in your area and a reasonably priced plan. In subsequent installments we will describe what extra hardware (if any) you will need, and conclude by comparing cost vs. speed benefits. We'll start with the slowest methods and go up from there…"
