Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Austin, Texas
Posts: 39

Hello All.

If this is a silly question, please let me know, but I am a new palm user... and I have been exploring all the different things to do with this thing (platinum)...

I have a Dell Latitude and a Platinum. This is the only computer I sync with. The Laptop has an IR on the back... I was wondering what I could do with this? If I did not have the cradle for example? Or to beam something just to print... is there any place to read up on this stuff?

Thanks
Terry

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Austin, Texas

Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Brentwood, Los Angeles, California
Posts: 5

Hello,

If the Platinum is running OS 3.5, you can sync it with your latitude.

All you need to do is go under hot sync settings dropdown, select IR to a PC handheld.

There should be no problem syncing.

CHeers,
RYan

Registered: Dec 1999
Location: Connecticut USA
Posts: 2682

OS 3.5.1H on the Platinum has built-in support for IR syncing. Chapter 8 of the Platinum User Guide (located on the Handspring CD) explains how to do it.

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Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Austin, Texas
Posts: 39

Thanks for the replies.
I am pulling out the CD now.

Follow up Q...

Is IR sync... slower than the USB sync?

Thanks

Terry

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Registered: May 2000
Location: St. Paul, MN
Posts: 1429

IT will be MUCH slower. USB TEHCNILY is 12Mbps (about 1.7 MBytes a sec). IR will go at 110kb I think. I don't know excatly. But time how long it takes to beam a 500k file, commpared to USB. IT's an amazing difference

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