Don, Has anyone used dial up with the MPower? How does streaming work with dial up? How's the email work? Stacey and Amigo
> ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Don Bishop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "braillenote" <[email protected] >Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 21:56:32 -0700 >Subject: [Braillenote] MPower, email and the net >I know email has been an issue on here at times, and I must say that the email >client on the MPower is really good. 6.11 is good, but the client on the >mpOWER IS EVEN BETTER. >i'VE DOWNLOADED APPROXIMATELY 1200 MESSAGES ON A COUPLE OF OCASIONS AND THE >SPEED IS VERY IMPRESSIVE. i'VE ALSO >DOWNLOADED SMALLER AMOUNTS OF MAYBE A HUNDRED OR SO ON MANY OCCASIONS. i HAVE >HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH MAIL GETTING >STUCK, AND ATTACHMENTS GET HANDLED CORRECTLY. >i DON'T RECOMMEND DOWNLOADING 1200 MESSAGES ON A REGULAR BASIS AS THAT'S A LOT >OF MAIL IN ANYONE'S MAILBOX, BUT THE >mpOWER CAN DO IT WHEN CALLED UPON. >dELETING AND MOVING MESSAGES TO TRASH IS A BIT SLOW WITH THAT HUGE NUMBER OF >MESSAGES, BUT IF YOU REDUCE THE >VOLUME TO JUST A FEW HUNDRED, YOU DON'T NOTICE A SLOWDOWN. >i SHOULD ALSO ADD HERE THAT MY DOWNLOADS WERE DONE THROUGH MY WIRELESS NETWORK >CONNECTED TO MY DSL. >aLSO, EMPTYING TRASH AND FREEING DATABASE IS MUCH MUCH FASTER ON THE mpOWER. >yOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY SO MUCH ABOUT AVAILABLE MEMORY ON YOUR FLASH DISK >EITHER. >aS FOR THE NET AND BROWSER, IT IS ALSO VERY FAST AND A REAL PLEASURE TO USE. >aND, IT DOES DEAL WITH MANY POPUPS. nOT >ALL TO BE SURE, BUT PC'S DON'T EITHER. >aS AN EXAMPLE, i WENT TO HTTP://WWW.WUNDERGROUND.COM WHICH IS A SITE WHERE YOU >CAN GET WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR >ANY CITY. >iF YOU TURN OFF YOUR POPUP BLOCKER AND GO THERE ON YOUR PC YOU WILL PROBABLY >FIRST SEE A POPUP WINDOW WHICH YOU >HAVE TO GET AROUND TO GET TO THE SITE. oNCE THERE, KEY IN THE CITY NAME OR >ZIP FOR THE PLACE YOU WANT TO CHECK ON >WEATHER AND HIT "FAST FORECAST" OR WHATEVER. >aGAIN, YOU WILL LIKELY SEE AT LEAST ONE POPUP WINDOW WHICH YOU HAVE TO GET >AROUND TO GET TO YOUR INFORMATION. vERY >IRRITATING INDEED. >wITH THE mpOWER, i JUST TYPED IN THE URL, WAITED FOR THE PAGE TO LOAD, LOCATED >THE EDIT BOX TO ENTER MY INFORMATION >AND CLICKED ON "FAST FORECAST". >aFTER SEVERAL SECONDS AND SOME "PLEASE WAIT" MESSAGES TO LET ME KNOW SOMETHING >WAS HAPPENING, i GOT THE PAGE >CONTAINING THE INFO i HAD REQUESTED. >i DIDN'T SEE A SINGLE POPUP WINDOW. iT WAS A LITTLE SLOWER THAN SOME OTHER >SITES, BUT IT DID HAVE TO DEAL WITH THESE >POPUPS AFTER ALL. >aLSO, IT WORKS WELL ON SECURE SITES AND i'VE PAYED SEVERAL OF MY BILLS USING >THE mpOWER. >iT'S ALSO PRETTY COOL TO BE ABLE TO GO TO A SITE, START THE STREAMING AUDIO, >THEN POINT THE BROWSER TO ANOTHER SITE >AND GO THERE WHILE THE MUSIC IS STILL PLAYING. >iF THE SITE YOU GO TO HAPPENS TO HAVE AUDIO SUCH AS ANOTHER MP3 OR WINDOWS >MEDIA STATION, JUST CLICK ON IT AND THE >PLAYER WILL STOP PLAYING THE FIRST STREAM AND SWITCH TO THE SECOND. >oR, YOU CAN JUST LISTEN TO STREAMING AUDIO WHILE YOU CLICK THROUGH INTERESTING >ARTICLES IN YOUR ONLINE NEWSPAPER. >tHE MULTITASKING IS REALLY VERY SMOOTH. >jUST A FEW OF MY IMPRESSIONS. aND, LIKE jEFF, i DO NOT WORK FOR hUMANWARE. >dON >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
