Treo & HotSync (Was Re: AT&T Wireless says go Ogo)

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 --- Adam Tauno WIlliams <[email protected]>
wrote: 
> > > You mean the Treo can sync WITHOUT a HotSync
> > > desktop?  The Palm talks
> > > 'directly' to nhsd over-the-net?  
> > Yup!  Now how you go about it can be a little
> tricky. 
> 
> This is all supported in Palm OS 5? (Based upon my
> reading in the last
> hour).

Technically, Network HotSync is in OS4+.  Palm m500,
m505, m515 (OS4), and all Tungsten T and C series
(OS5).  The Treo's have the same functionality on
OS5.2.1H  You just have to configure the IP address of
the OGo server, and the netmask. There's a few more
things to configure, but basically all they have to do
once it's done is go to the application launcher, Tap
the HotSync icon, and select Network HotSync.  I
usually recommend to my clients some freeware
applications that make it a little easier than a half
dozen taps.

> Such as the dial-up included in a Palm phone? 
> Niether Wi-Fi (obviously)
> nor BlueTooth look like a way to support on-the-road
> sales staff.

Wrong.  If the Sales guys already have BT enabled
cellphones, they can use the cell as a "modem", and
connect via BT on a BlueTooth enabled handheld.  The
phone, since it's paired with the handheld, will also
transmit incoming CID information to the handheld,
allowing for some CRM (with a little less integration
than a smartphone like the Treo).  If someone already
has a WiFi handheld like the Tungsten C, they can use
hotspots in hotels, coffee shops, etc. provided the
hotspot passes the VPN.

> And it seems to use a PPTP VPN, we already have a
> server that does that.
> :)  Nice coincidence, for once.
 
It's always nice when a plan comes together (without
costing an arm and a leg).  Is your VPN an opensource
one?

> > enabled handhelds like the Tungsten C.
> 
> WiFi in this case is 802.11a/b? (In other words:
> local).

802.11b.  There's a new chipset for handhelds that is
due to be released sometime soon which supports
802.11g

> The Treo, I assume, can "dial" a data service
> provider to acquire IP
> connectivity?  (Really don't know anything about
> these things, and it is
> hard to sift through all the marketing bilge to get
> at
> this-is-how-it-works).

The Treo is essentially a modem/endpoint for the
cellular carrier's data network.  It picks up an IP
via DHCP, and it'll query DNS via the cellular network
(usually via DHCP).  This also assumes that you're
paying for the Data plan from the carrier.  Once
you're connected, you're billed by the 'k' of traffic
both ways.  It can access corporate resources via the
VPN, or it can access the internet for e-mail and web
browsing.  It all depends on how you want to configure
it.

Hope that helps!  (And it's useful to others on the
list rather than boring them)

/Mike

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