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Page 16 Introduction to Your Palm VII™ Handheld
Web clipping
Your handheld includes special kinds of applications called web
clipping applications. Web clipping applications take advantage of the
wireless functionality of your handheld to give you access to
information on the Internet.
Web clipping applications give you access to a wide spectrum of
practical Internet information: news and business headlines, travel
information, stock quotes, sports scores, restaurant reviews, movie
times, and much more.
It’s impractical, however, to browse the Internet from a small
handheld computer and look at elaborate, animated, graphics-laden
web pages on a screen the size of your handheld’s. So instead of web
browsing, web clipping applications offer you a more efficient way to
access the Internet, called web clipping.
In general, web clipping is a simple process of query-and-response.
You simply request information, tap a button that transmits your
request to the Internet, and within seconds, you receive a response.
See Chapter 5 for more information.
Wireless Internet messaging
Like web clipping, the iMessenger application takes advantage of the
wireless functionality of your handheld to give you wireless Internet
messaging. Your handheld, like a cellular phone, uses a radio
frequency to transmit and receive information. Your handheld is part
of the Palm.Net network, which receives and stores messages sent to
you at your @
palm.net address, and delivers messages you send from
your handheld to the recipient’s Internet e-mail address.
After you activate the wireless communication service, whenever
you’re within the coverage area, you can communicate with anyone
who has an Internet e-mail account. See Chapter 5 for more
information.