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Browsing the Web (or a corporate 
intranet) 
Once you are connected, you can browse the Internet or a corporate intranet 
using Microsoft® Pocket Internet Explorer, and you can download mobile 
channels for offline viewing on your HP Jornada.  
Microsoft Pocket Internet Explorer 
You can use Microsoft Pocket Internet Explorer to browse mobile favorites and 
channels that you have downloaded to your HP Jornada without connecting to 
the Internet. Or, you...

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2.  Connect your HP Jornada to a modem or network. (See the 
Connecting your HP Jornada section in this chapter.) 
3. On the Tools menu, tap Options, and then tap the Connections tab. 
4. On the Connections tab, select a connection from the Type list. 
5.  If your ISP requires you to connect to a proxy server, select the Use 
proxy server check box, and then enter the address of the proxy 
server. For more information, consult your account administrator. 
6....

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5.  Follow the directions on your screen. You will need to synchronize 
your HP Jornada with your desktop PC, and then tap the My 
Channels button to complete AvantGo setup. 
 
When synchronization is complete, tap the AvantGo Channels link in your list 
of favorites to see a few of the most popular channels. To add or delete 
channels, tap the Add or Delete link. 
You can change settings for your AvantGo server or add a specific server for 
AvantGo...

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If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 on your desktop PC, you can mark a 
link as a mobile favorite, and then download your mobile favorites to your HP 
Jornada. This enables you to view Web pages while you are disconnected 
from your ISP and desktop PC. Use the Internet Explorer 5 plug-in installed 
with ActiveSync to create mobile favorites quickly. 
To create a mobile favorite 
1.  In Internet Explorer 5 on your desktop PC, click Tools and then 
Create...

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Mobile favorites 
Conserving memory 
Mobile favorites can use a lot of storage memory on your HP Jornada. Follow 
these tips to minimize the amount of memory used: 
• Turn off pictures and sounds or stop some mobile favorites from being 
downloaded to your HP Jornada. In ActiveSync on your desktop PC, on 
the Tools menu, click Options, select the Favorites information type, and 
then click Settings. For more information, see ActiveSync Help. 
• Limit the...

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Sending and receiving messages via your 
desktop PC  
You can send and receive messages on your HP Jornada via the e-mail 
service on your desktop PC by synchronizing your Inbox. When you enable 
Inbox synchronization in ActiveSync options, messages are transferred from 
the Inbox and Outbox on your HP Jornada to the corresponding folders on 
your desktop PC each time you synchronize.  
To enable inbox synchronization 
1.  In ActiveSync on your desktop PC,...

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You can work with e-mail messages online or offline. When working online, 
you read and respond to messages while connected to the e-mail server. 
Messages are sent as soon as you tap Send, which saves space on your 
device. 
When working offline, you can disconnect from the e-mail server, review the 
message headers or messages that you downloaded, and then decide which 
messages to download completely. The next time you connect, Inbox 
downloads the...

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Working with messages on your HP Jornada 
Using the message list 
Messages you receive are displayed in the message list. By default, the most 
recently received messages appear first in the list. Unread messages are 
displayed in bold. 
 
The Inbox message list 
To read a message 
1.  In the message list, tap the icon of the message you want to read.  
• To reply to or forward the message, tap 
. 
• To read the next message, tap the down arrow on the...

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• To delete a message, tap . If your messages are still linked to 
messages on your e-mail server or desktop PC, they will be 
stored in the Deleted (local) folder. If your messages were 
downloaded directly from an e-mail server, they will be deleted 
from both your HP Jornada and the e-mail server.  
 
The Read Message Command bar 
By default, Inbox downloads only the first 100 lines of each new message 
when you connect to your e-mail server or...

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3.  Compose your message. 
4.  To attach a file, tap the attachment icon. 
 
 When you send a file as an attachment, be sure the message recipient can 
read the type of file you are sending. If the recipient does not have a Windows 
Pocket PC, be sure you save the file in an alternate format.   
 
5. Tap Send when you have finished the message. 
 
The message is placed in the Outbox folder on your device and will be 
delivered the next time you connect to...