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des44

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PDA Question:
I am looking for a PDA (pocket organizer) that will allow me to trade using Interactive Brokers. I need for the unit to connect to the Internet automatically when I enter hot-spots.

Can someone also explain to me what the difference between Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technology is in regards to a PDA?

Thx,
d-
 
des44 said:
PDA Question:
I am looking for a PDA (pocket organizer) that will allow me to trade using Interactive Brokers. I need for the unit to connect to the Internet automatically when I enter hot-spots.

Can someone also explain to me what the difference between Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technology is in regards to a PDA?

Thx,
d-

Hi des44

Here are some definitions ofthe 2:

Bluetooth:

Chip technology enabling seamless voice and data connections between a wide range of devices through short-range digital two-way radio. It is an open specification for short-range communications of data and voice between both mobile and stationary devices. For instance, it specifies how mobile phones, WIDs, computers and PDAs interconnect with each other, with computers, and with office or home phones.

Wi-fi:

Short for wireless fidelity This is another name for IEEE 802.11b. It is a trade term promulgated by the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA). "Wi-Fi" is used in place of 802.11b in the same way that "Ethernet" is used in place of IEEE 802.3. Products certified as Wi-Fi by WECA are interoperable with each other even if they are from different manufacturers. A user with a Wi-Fi product can use any brand of Access Point with any other brand of client hardware that is built to the Wi-Fi standard.
A wireless networking technology for PCs and PDAs that allows multiple devices to share a single high-speed Internet connection over a distance of about 300 feet. It can also be used to network a group of PCs without wires. Wi-Fi is spreading like wildfire in homes, offices and public places such as coffee shops, hotels and airports.

Hope this helps.

I would look at a Nokia Communicator 9500 as an option.

Regards

Pete
 
Pete,

Thanks for the reply. I have been scoping the new PalmOne Tungsten T5. However it touts Bluetooth and not wi-fi. From what I gather from your informative reply I would want wi-fi over Bluetooth due to having more chances of Internet accessibility while out on the road.

Is this right?

I'll check out the Communicator 9500 per your recommendation. Thanks.

d-


FTSE in mouth said:
Hi des44

Here are some definitions ofthe 2:

Bluetooth:

Chip technology enabling seamless voice and data connections between a wide range of devices through short-range digital two-way radio. It is an open specification for short-range communications of data and voice between both mobile and stationary devices. For instance, it specifies how mobile phones, WIDs, computers and PDAs interconnect with each other, with computers, and with office or home phones.

Wi-fi:

Short for wireless fidelity This is another name for IEEE 802.11b. It is a trade term promulgated by the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA). "Wi-Fi" is used in place of 802.11b in the same way that "Ethernet" is used in place of IEEE 802.3. Products certified as Wi-Fi by WECA are interoperable with each other even if they are from different manufacturers. A user with a Wi-Fi product can use any brand of Access Point with any other brand of client hardware that is built to the Wi-Fi standard.
A wireless networking technology for PCs and PDAs that allows multiple devices to share a single high-speed Internet connection over a distance of about 300 feet. It can also be used to network a group of PCs without wires. Wi-Fi is spreading like wildfire in homes, offices and public places such as coffee shops, hotels and airports.

Hope this helps.

I would look at a Nokia Communicator 9500 as an option.

Regards

Pete
 
OK. I have narrowed my search down between these two:
1) Dell Axim x50v
2) Hewlett Packard HX4700

The PalmOne T5 does NOT have wi-fi so I axed it from my list. Both of my picks above have wi-fi and Bluetooth technology. They are screaming fast.
 
Hi Des

You would definitely want Wi-Fi over Bluetooth. AFAIK there are no Bluetooth networking hotspots, only Wi-Fi ones.

Pete
 
des,

Whatever you do it is essential that you have tight security when using Wi-Fi internet connections and especially when using IB over networking hotspots. I am not sure how this works in the US but in the UK many of these networks are hopelessly insecure and information is easily hacked into.


Paul
 
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