Surf
the web in your hotel room,
or spend a lot of time retrieving and replying to e-mail on-line?
Even if you use a local or toll-free dial-up number, you may end up
paying more than you expect. Several hotel companies have begun
charging up to 10 cents a minute for calls longer than 20 or 30
minutes. One way to avoid or minimize these fees is to retrieve
messages, log off, reply off line and reconnect. Some hotels offer a
daily access fee for high-speed lines. At Hilton, for instance,
guests can opt for an unlimited access for $9.95/day. The service
will be available at 130 properties worldwide, a Hilton spokesperson
said.
CONFERENCE
WEBCAST from Sprint merges the power and convenience of
videoconferencing with the unlimited access of the Internet. With
Conference Webcast, you can broadcast video to a large,
geographically diverse audience over the Internet using your
videoconferencing equipment and service. Sprint's expert video
meeting managers will help you plan, execute and evaluate your
Conference Webcast event from start to finish. Conference Webcast
provides "one to many" communication via live and replay
video streaming, with slides, Web tours, and interactive
capabilities such as question-and-answer sessions and audience
polling. Conference Webcast is ideal for a myriad of applications.
For further details, call FITA toll-free at (800) 969-3482.
Surf
the web at 35,000 feet.
Inflightonline.com, the
world's first provider of in-flight Internet and intranet services,
has announced a strategic alliance with Lycos, the Internet search
engine, to provide intranet and Internet services to airline
passengers. Inflightonline will use airborne data servers linked to
existing seat-back telephone handsets to deliver this service. The
connection from server to seat will offer free intranet shopping and
browsing, as well as speedy access to the Internet. Inflightonline
is currently in negotiations with three major airlines.
Easy
access to e-mail. Want to check up on your e-mail from your ISP
account when you’re overseas but don’t have your laptop with
you? Go to www.mailstart.com,
enter your e-mail address and password, and the program will
instantly retrieve your messages on whatever computer you happen to
be using. Keep in mind, however, that if you intend to send or
retrieve confidential information to/from an unknown server, you may
be better off waiting until you have a more secure line.
Send
a Voicemail by Email
Evoke Talking Email adds new meaning to "broadcast" email.
It's simple-first, enter your email address and the email addresses
of up to 10 recipients. Then call a toll-free number to record your
voice message. Speak for up to 30 seconds, then hang up the phone.
Evoke will do the rest-send an email to you and your chosen
recipients containing a link to the voice message, a link to
download RealNetworks RealPlayer and instructions for replying.
Evoke, a "webconferencing" company, specializes in
recording and storing presentations on the Web. Reach them at
http://www.evoke.com.
Have
FAX, Will Travel.
You don't need to track down fax numbers at a hotel or remote office
to retrieve faxes anymore. Now you can keep up with your office
paperwork thanks to several free web-based services that let you
retrieve faxes as e-mail attachments. There are several different
services from which to choose: FaxWave,
eFax.com, ifax,
and jfax.com. To
use them, you first register online, and receive a private fax
number. Faxes sent to this number will be automatically routed to
your e-mail address, complete with the original formatting (text,
graphics, even handwritten notes).
Connect
with your desktop PC while on the road.
Business travelers who rely on daily access to their desktop and/or
corporate intranet are often flummoxed by remote connections, which
are typically slow or unavailable. One way around that is with
Traveling Software's LapLink, which connects users to their desktop
via modem, allowing them to transfer the files they need whenever
they need them. It can be used to access E-mail, customer databases
and other applications or data, and to transfer files between two
remote sites. Once back in the office, you can keep your laptop and
desktop in synch through infrared and parallel cable connectivity.
For information: www.travsoft.com.
A
New Productivity Tool for Travelers is the new generation of
digital recorders, whose speech recognition technology allows you to
dictate e-mail messages, notes, and letters when you're away from
your computer, then easily translate the audio files into text
files. One product to consider: the Olympus DS-150, which weighs a
mere 2 oz. and can store more than an hour's worth of messages. For
info: www.olympusamerica.com,or
call 800-347-4027. |
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