I agree, and my problem isn't with the viruses as much as just an
ingrained balk at someone messing with my 'pooter without me knowing
what they're doing. I get Windows updates from Microsoft, but I like to
look first at what's coming in.
But the news thing is intriguing. I've been following the Reading
News thread. I'd love to see more about how folks get news on their Treos.
Craig Froehle wrote:
> Well, when it's coming straight from the carrier, I'd say it's pretty
> safe. Missing out on important service announcements and/or software
> updates is a bad trade-off for a false sense of security (your Treo
> just isn't susceptible to viruses and malware -- they don't really
> exist for Palm OS devices).
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> On 4/17/07, J Messeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> Ah ha! Well, I'm not a fan of automatically downloading anything. Even
>> when the updates are to software I actually have, I like to be asked.
>> But thanks for the reminder to register. I was at work when I got
>> 'er going, and didn't have an internet connection to do that.
>>
>> Bill Gamble wrote:
>>
>>> Addit on the Treo 680 is called "My Treo". It's main function is as a
>>> method to trial and buy software which will be downloaded and installed
>>> automatically via Hotsync or OTA.
>>>
>>> Since you haven't filled out your account information, its probably just
>>> checking for updates to its Palm Support section.
>>>
>>> You can disable the conduit via the Hotsync Manager's "Custom" dialog.
>>> ______
>>> Bill
>>> O-Qwa Tangin Wann
>>>
>>> ...... Original Message .......
>>> On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 07:33:26 -0400 J Messeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I just fired up my new 680 and, so far, it's working fine. Even the camera.
>>>> But does anyone know what's the addit manager that keeps wanting to
>>>> access the internet during hotsync?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>> Yahoo! Groups Links
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>> /The erasure of a human subspecies is largely painless -- to us -- if we
>> know little enough about it. A dead Chinaman is of little import to us
>> whose awareness of things Chinese is bounded by an occasional dish of
>> chow mein. We grieve only for what we know./
>> A Sand County Almanac, /Aldo Leopold, July 1949/
>>
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>> Yahoo! Groups Links
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/The erasure of a human subspecies is largely painless -- to us -- if we
know little enough about it. A dead Chinaman is of little import to us
whose awareness of things Chinese is bounded by an occasional dish of
chow mein. We grieve only for what we know./
A Sand County Almanac, /Aldo Leopold, July 1949/
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