The Advantages of Using Email on your PDA

With the introduction of web cell phones and Wi-Fi PDAs, sending and receiving emails on an effective mobile platform has become mainstream at last.  The past forms of email retrieval and transmission not only had a slow upload, they were also difficult to read on small screens. Most did not permit you to view or send attachments.  Today, these difficulties have lessened. Although web cell phones still operate with a slow dialup speed, short highlighted message tags allow the viewer to screen email more efficiently, viewing only important emails.

Wi-Fi PDAs, such as the new Tungsten C, offer DSL connections, allowing full usage of your email services.  Emails containing web links quickly open the browser, displaying crisp color graphics.   Most attachments open easily into programs like Documents To Go. One exception, concerning PDF files on Palm, shows that an attachment exists, but the document cannot be viewed. This easily repairable flaw will probably be fixed soon. With mobile mail, you can also create proposals on your Palm and make lease or purchase contracts, and then send them to your client at a moment’s notice.

For real estate agents, “email on the go” presents a number of ways to improve efficiency. Surveys of available space can be sent to agents while you are visiting with a client. The addition of a camera to your cell phone or Palm enables you to send individual building or full tour photos directly to clients while on the road.

This article was written on a Palm and sent to the editor on Palm Wi-Fi Tungsten. With this technology, the possibilities to enhance your time usage are endless.