Sony AVIO Notebook User Manual

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Expanding Your Notebook Capabilities
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Expanding Your Notebook Capabilities
The following peripheral devices can be connected to your notebook to expand 
the capabilities of your computer and enhance its versatility to meet your various 
business or personal needs:
A Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
A Wireless LAN Access Point
A Wireless LAN PC Card
Personal Digital Assistant
A handheld PDA is the quintessential personal planner and entertainment center 
that fits in your pocket. With a PDA, you can easily perform the following 
functions:
Enter your schedule details in the calendar and view them by the day, week, 
or month, and even set an alarm to remind you of important events.
Keep your contact names, addresses, phone numbers, and other details in the 
address book, and find them when you need them.
Add tasks to the To Do List, prioritize them, and assign them due dates.
Synchronize your data with the software on your notebook to back up your 
data.
Track expenses when you are out of the office, and transfer the data to your 
notebook.
Exchange data with your notebook.
Wireless LAN Access Point
The Wireless LAN Access Point is designed for building a wireless Local Area 
Network (LAN) environment. The Access Point comes with the Wireless LAN 
PC Card and required software. You can easily build a wireless LAN 
environment by plugging the Access Point into an AC power outlet, installing the 
Wireless LAN PC Card in your notebook, and using the provided software. 
Because a wireless LAN configuration requires no wiring, you can operate 
multiple computers more freely than ever before.
You can also connect your Access Point to a telephone line, Integrated Services 
Digital Network (ISDN) router, cable modem, or Digital Subscriber Line (xDSL) 
modem to share access to the Internet among multiple computers.