Pocket Internet Explorer; Mobile Favorites; Favorite Links; Creating Mobile Favorites - Symbol MC9000-G Product Reference Manual

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Pocket Internet Explorer

With Microsoft Pocket Internet Explorer, you can view Web or Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)
pages in the following ways:
• During synchronization with the host computer, download favorite links and mobile favorites
stored in the Mobile Favorites subfolder in Internet Explorer on the host computer.
• Connect to an Internet service provider (ISP) or network and browse the Web. First create
the connection (see
To select Pocket Internet Explorer, tap Start - Internet Explorer.

Mobile Favorites

Items stored in the Mobile Favorites subfolder in the Favorites folder in Internet Explorer on the host
computer are synchronized with the mobile computer. This folder was created automatically when
you installed ActiveSync.

Favorite Links

Synchronization updates the list of favorite links both in the Mobile Favorites folder on the host
computer and in Pocket Internet Explorer on the mobile computer. Unless you mark the favorite link
as a mobile favorite, only the link is downloaded to the mobile computer; you must connect to the ISP
or network to view the content. For more information on synchronization, see ActiveSync Help on the
host computer.

Creating Mobile Favorites

If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or later on the host computer, you can download mobile
favorites. Synchronizing mobile favorites downloads Web content to the mobile computer so you can
view Web pages while disconnected from the ISP and host computer.
Use the Internet Explorer plug-in installed with ActiveSync to create mobile favorites:
1. In Internet Explorer on the host computer, click Tools - Create Mobile Favorite.
2. To change the link name, enter a new name in the Name field.
3. If desired, select a desired update schedule in Update.
4. Click OK. Internet Explorer downloads the latest version of the Web page to the host
computer.
5. To download the pages linked to the mobile favorite you just created, in Internet Explorer on
the host computer, right-click the mobile favorite, then click Properties. On the Download
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