| Displaying texts: books, news, mass media messages, | | | | phone along has become more commonplace than |
| helps or documents is among the most used functions | | | | having home keys or a wallet. And as long as you |
| of any PDA. Articles are no exception. Just download | | | | have your phone along, you can read anything you |
| a couple of dozen of articles on whatever the subject | | | | want to or must. |
| - from a site like this one into your PDA - and read | | | | We know several desktop PC programs that will |
| away anyplace. Before you know, you become quite | | | | make such Java applications for you. Different in small |
| familiar with the subject you read on. | | | | details, they all work alike. Install one of these programs |
| Yet what can one do when there is no PDA? None at | | | | on your desktop, start it and load in the text you need. |
| all or none available at a time. However, at a time like | | | | After that, you will have to set several parameters like |
| this, there is something you never leave behind, which | | | | the type of your mobile phone, font color and size, |
| is... your cellular phone. Expensive modern telephones | | | | background color, scrolling and navigation methods, etc. |
| display texts, even though making reading not quite as | | | | This done, the Java application is compiled and loaded |
| comfortable as palmtops do. However, most cheap or | | | | into the mobile phone according to its manual. Read |
| outdated telephones can do the same with just about | | | | and enjoy. |
| as much convenience as when using a PDA. This | | | | The functionality and capabilities of such applications |
| capability is based on a seemingly very simple idea. A | | | | are close to those of modern PDA reading programs. |
| text is converted into a Java application which can be | | | | Normally, there is automatic scrolling, bookmark |
| loaded into a mobile phone the same way one | | | | capability, navigation, text search and such. You can |
| downloads games or other applications like, for | | | | read comfortably even when all you have is a totally |
| instance, a calculator. You do that and that is it. Read | | | | outdated cellular telephone. When you do that, just do |
| all you want anyplace where you have nothing but you | | | | not forget that your phone may also be used for |
| cellular phone. For the modern person, having a mobile | | | | making calls. |