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如果你一直是拖着沉重的笔记本电脑到处跑,而仅仅是为了收发电子函件和浏览因特网,那么你真应该给自己的装备“减减肥”了。你只需将笔记本留在家里就是了,要知道收发电子函件和浏览因特网可以简单地通过手机,双向寻呼机或者掌上电脑来实现。让我们卸下多余的重量轻装上阵吧!“简单”是个相对的词,这样一来你将无法看到漂亮的图片或者实现高速连接,但是依然可以获得需要的信息。别忘了,“减肥”是要付出代价的。几年以前,AT&T 公司在美国推出了 PocketNet 服务,率先使得用户可以通过一个特殊设置的电话机收发电子函件和浏览部分站点。但这种电话的高价格、低速率和复杂的安装程序使得它没有推广开来。内置调制解调器掌上电脑问世也有好几年了,但直到目前它们的速度也很慢,而且需要电话插口。一种更为有效的“减肥”方法,说是使用小巧的无线因特网设备。那么你到底该选取众多设备中的哪一个呢?在测试了几种手机、双向寻呼机和装有无线调制解调器的掌上电脑后,笔者发现,这将取决于你打算用它来干什么。
If you’ve been running heavy laptops all the time, just to send and receive emails and browse the Internet, you should really give your gear. You just have to leave your notebook at home, knowing that sending and receiving e-mail and browsing the Internet can be done simply by a cell phone, a two-way pager, or a handheld. Let’s unload the extra weight! “Simple” is a relative term, so you will not be able to see beautiful pictures or high-speed connections, but still get the information you need. Do not forget, “lose weight” is to pay the price. A few years ago, AT & T launched its PocketNet service in the United States, pioneering the ability to send and receive e-mail and browse parts of the site through a specially configured phone. But the high price, low speed, and complicated installation procedures for such phones make it unsuccessful. Pocket PCs have also come in for several years now, but until now they have been slow and require phone jacks. A more effective “weight loss” method, said to be using a compact wireless Internet device. So which one of the many devices should you choose? After testing several handsets, two-way pagers, and PDAs with wireless modems, I found that it will depend on what you plan to do with it.