Apple Newton Internet Enabler - Manual (Page 2)

m stay up-to-date with news, sports, and weather reports
m work on your company’s private network (or “intranet”)
m browse the World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is an online hypertext system that spans the Internet.
“Hypertext” means you can browse through text, expanding items that interest you.
When you expand an item, you actually traverse a link to new information.
“Web sites” are documents that people post on the World Wide Web. Web sites often
contain text, graphics, video segments, and sound. You can “visit” Web sites, see
what’s there, and click items to explore them. Recently many elaborate Web sites—
both frivolous and serious—have appeared, through which you can shop, comment
on political candidates, learn about your favorite TV stars, search for a partner,
order pizza, and more. To visit Web sites on your Newton device, you need Web
browser software, such as NetHopper, by AllPen Software, Inc., or Newt’s Cape, by
Gaia Software.
Through an Internet e-mail system you can send mail to virtually any networked
computer on the planet. An e-mail message arrives within minutes (or at the most, a
few hours) after you send it. E-mail is a great way to communicate with friends and
relatives. You can send and receive text, images, and voice annotations, and even
conduct e-mail conferences with several Internet e-mail users. To use e-mail on your
Newton device, you need e-mail software, such as Eudora Pro for Newton, by
QualComm, Inc.; EnRoute, by Netstrategy Software Inc.; or GoFetch, by Fetch
Software, Inc.
Installing the Newton Internet Enabler software
If the Newton Internet Enabler software is not already installed on your Newton
device, you need to install it into your Newton’s memory or onto a PC card. To do
this, you use a Newton utility that can install software packages—such as the Newton
Connection Utilities or Newton Backup Utility.
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