Beaming Information

[Nadeen]

Experimenting with a co-worker, I cannot receive a beamed appointment or beam an appointment unless the two units are directly pointed at each other and less than two feet apart. I think the constraints are a lot more than with a Palm unit. Can anybody tell me if this is what I should expect or is there something wrong with this feature?

[gamoooos]

that's it... You got it... Pocketpcs aren't BEAMING crazy, like with Palms. Another thing you'll realize is that you can't beam a person a program like in Palm, you can only beam, files, pictures, appointments..etc.

[2k2si]

Do those IR extensions help at all for beaming or is it a gimic?

[dwinget]

Peacemaker Pro will let you beam files to Palm and mobile phones.
http://www.conduits.com

[Nadeen]

Thanks. I appreciate your suggestion and will try it.

[gnu]

Does this short IR range mean that the AXIM would be ineffective as a remote control for the tv, if we had the program for it? Or does it just mean that it can't send data over longer distances?

[dwinget]

Originally posted by gnu
Does this short IR range mean that the AXIM would be ineffective as a remote control for the tv, if we had the program for it? Or does it just mean that it can't send data over longer distances?

The short range IR is a hardware issue. So far, the only Pocket PCs with long range IR are the iPAQ 3900 and 5400 series. You can still use your Axim as a remote control and to beam files and data. However, you have to be fairly close to the other IR device.