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LapTop Warrior Online Discussion List I - L-A-P-T-O-P W-A-R-R-I-O-R D-I-G-E-S-T .................................................................. .................................................................. Published by: Roadnews.com Tips and Tricks for the Computer-Equipped Traveler Web site http://www.roadnews.com .................................................................. January 10, 2000 Issue # 64 .................................................................. .....IN THIS DIGEST..... // -- MODERATOR COMMENT -- // // -- NEW -- // Checking Email On The Road ~ Allan Callard Laptops in automobiles ~ Jacques de ridder Portable Printer I Like ~ Carole N Downloading email in Uganda ~ A. Chase Travel to Italy ~ Thomas Gafford Airport Xrays & Metal Detector Portals ~ Herb Platt Cellular phones success? ~ Farrell, Elizabeth // -- CONTINUING -- // Anti-heat carrying case ~ Peter Sawatzky Seamless email access needed ~ pgoold@iname.com Problems charging laptop battery ~ Ruedi (Rudolf) Oswald // -- NEW PRODUCTS/SERVICES -- // Roaming Access Providers ~ TTI ============ Sponsor's Message ============ - L A P T O P T R A V E L - Shop our Web site for the best prices on a complete range of mobile computing products for domestic and international travel. "Get Connected" with Laptop Travel and stay online anywhere in the world. Compare our prices! Also ask about our corporate and reseller programs. For online ordering, visit us at: http://www.laptoptravel.com Or Email us at mailto:mail@laptoptravel.com 1-888-LAP-TRAV (888-527-8728) ========= Please Support Our Sponsor ========= // -- MODERATOR COMMENT -- // I always hate to admit when I'm defeated, but that is certainly the case with I-Laptop Warrior. I've tried and tried to make time, but my new duties here in Switzerland just don't permit it. But there's good news, good news indeed. Chuck Blethen has agreed to take over moderating this discussion newsletter so that the show can go on. Chuck is a seasoned traveler with over 3 million air miles under his belt. He has also published over 20 articles on international business in US and international magazines, and most recently he was the guest expert on the Travel Savvy segment of National Public Radio in the US. It was broadcast over all 200 affiliate stations and discussed ways to solve problems when traveling with a laptop around the world. His most recent travels have included Canada, New Zealand, Mexico, Bermuda, and Belize. I know that Chuck will do a great job, so send in your questions and comments and he'll get them right in. Chuck is also updating the Roadnews.com web site. If anyone has comments or suggestions on that, please contact him. He will take over my former Email address. It's certainly with mixed feelings that I pass the torch to Chuck. I know he'll do a wonderful job and I can now stop feeling guilty constantly. This is the good part. The bad part is that I won't in constant contact with so many people all around the world. This I will miss. I will miss it indeed. ~ Bob Lawson // -- N-E-W -- // From: "Allan Callard" <Allan@callard.ca> Subject: Checking Email On The Road Getting email on the road used to be a problem for me, because my ISP does not provide local dialup service for every city I visit. My solution was to obtain a toll-free number (I'm happy with Sprint), and have it ring through to one of my ISP's dialup sites. I can usually send/receive my email for about 25 cents, as long as I don't dial from my room and incur a hotel surcharge. Our business with Sprint is sufficient such that we only pay direct usage charges for our toll-free numbers. This is something to check when inquiring about similar service, as minimum monthly charges may apply. Allan Callard - Allan@callard.ca IT Continuum Inc 949 McLean St Halifax, NS B3H 2V2 Canada ++++ next post - new topic ++++ From: " Jacques de ridder" <jderidder@intekom.co.za> Subject: Laptops in automobiles I am at present busy with the installation of laptops into vehicles and wish to know if there are others doing the same? I also connect the laptops to cellular phones for web surfing. The laptops & cell-phones are detachable and therefore mobile too. The docking station & cradle obviously remain fixed in the vehicle. Jacques de Ridder jderidder@intekom.co.za ++++ next post - new topic ++++ From: Carole N <carolen@home.com> Subject: Portable Printer I Like I have recently been searching out printers to use with my laptop in my travels. Everyone I talked to recommended the Canon Bubblejet 50 colour printer with scanner. While this Canon, as well as the comparable Epson, provides colour and scanner capabilities, I found the size intimidating, considering my penchant for travelling 'light'. I am absolutely delighted with the Citizen PN50 portable printer I have purchased. At less than half the price of the others, it provides laser quality copy. It weighs about a pound, and measures 10" x 2" x 2 1/2". Now that is the portability I was looking for! Carole N <carolen@home.com> ++++ next post - new topic ++++ From: "A. Chase" <ventana@volcano.net> Subject: Downloading email in Uganda I am going to Uganda, Africa and would like to know if anyone knows how I can access my e-mail that is sent to my regular address from abroad without having to dial up my own server. In New Zealand, I did this thing where I logged onto a web site and then put my e-mail address and then my password and I checked my e-mail from New Zealand. I kick myself because I did not write down the name of the web address. Do you know? Grateful, A. Chase ++++ next post - new topic ++++ From: Thomas Gafford <tgafford@pacbell.net> Subject: Travel to Italy I would like to know about customs problems when travelling to and from Italy. Is there any software that is illegal to move? Is there any special documentation required at either end? Thomas Gafford tgafford@pacbell.net ++++ next post - new topic ++++ From: Herb Platt <RSPHAP1258@aol.com> Subject: Airport Xrays & Metal Detector Portals Is it safe to pass my laptop (incl. Hard drive, diskette, etc.) through airport xrays & metal detector portals? I've had many discussions (and more!) with various airport security personnel -- 3rd world countries as well as the industrialized ones and my opinion is somewhat limited as to their knowledgeability. So...what's the story? Herb Platt RSPHAP1258@aol.com ++++ next post - new topic ++++ From: "Farrell, Elizabeth" <Elizabeth.Farrell@wsj.com> Subject: Cellular phones success? I am a subscriber to the Laptop Warrior discussion group, and I am writing an article covering business travel. I am currently exploring how satisfied business travelers are with their cell phones, and I was wondering if any subscribers to the list would be interested in contacting me to share their experiences (good or bad) using cell phones on the road -- it would be greatly appreciated. Liz Farrell Elizabeth.Farrell@wsj.com ++++ next post - new topic ++++ From: Jerry Bellotti <GABello@aol.com> Subject: ISPs in Anguilla I am about to travel to the island (country) of Anguilla in the British West Indies. I have been searching around for a mobile ISP that services Anguilla and have come up empty. I am currently an AOL user and struck out with them for local access numbers. Can anyone help? Jerry Bellotti GABello@aol.com // -- C-O-N-T-I-N-U-I-N-G -- // From: Peter Sawatzky <psawatzk@uoguelph.ca> Subject: Anti-heat carrying case This may seem like an overly simplistic solution to the question posed about laptops getting too hot in the car, but I've found just placing it on the floor behind the passenger seat with one or two pillows on top keeps the temperature reasonable. You might experiment with a thermometer. If that doesn't suffice, you could add a cheap styrofoam picnic cooler (though they're cumbersome IMO). Peter Sawatzky psawatzk@uoguelph.ca ++++ next post - new topic ++++ From: pgoold@iname.com Subject: Seamless email access needed In reply to Liz Pritchard: CompuServe will work fine with Outlook Express--just be sure you sign up for the "flavor" of CompuServe that offers Pop3 mailbox compatibility. I believe there are three CompuServe flavors: "Classic" Compuserve does not work with Pop3, and I don't know about the newest, Compuserve 2000. But the "middle" flavor, which I think they just refer to as "Pop3-compatible", will do your job. As you know, CompuServe has local access numbers all over the U.S. and continental Europe (and Canada, too, I presume), as well as a universally local number in the UK. (In some European countries -- not the UK -- there is a low hourly charge imposed). The only thing you need CompuServe's proprietary software for, as far as I can figure out, is to access Customer Service/Suport online. Everything else, mail, forums, etc., is accessible just by logging on to the web site. Or, in the case of mail, through a CompuServe Mail Account you set up in Outlook Express. pgoold@iname.com ++++ next post - new topic ++++ From: Ruedi (Rudolf) Oswald <roswald@centralnet.ch> Subject: Problems charging laptop battery Regarding Helen Sach Australia who had trouble with a rented laptop computer with a battery that ran down fast: I know exactly where you are (how do I love Cairns and Port Douglas!), you seem to have quite a bad deal with your rented laptop. Multiply A$500/mth by a factor of about eight and you would buy quite a decent new one - of which you then would be the owner :-)) If it comes to a battery that runs out after only 45 minutes I suppose that it's not yet one of the modern Li-ion type. These also do run down but last much longer (approx. two hours). I can understand your frustration since I had the same problem until I bought a completely new computer with the mentioned batteries. Ever since, the problem does no longer come up. And if your laptop fits two batteries like mine, you are independent for a good afternoon at the beach... Suggestion: Take your laptop for a diving trip, bring it down to 30 meters and make it a gift to a shark :-))) Sorry for no better advice. Ruedi (Rudolf) Oswald on the road again... mailto:roswald@centralnet.ch // -- NEW PRODUCTS/SERVICES -- // From: "TTI" <admin@tempestcom.com> Subject: Roaming Access Providers I'd like your readers to know about our roaming access service. We provide access in 150 countries world wide through the TITAN Global Communications Card, a calling card which combines Long distance, dial up and Internet Kiosk access on one account. Check us out at www.tempestcom.com Thanks, Jason Jacoby Tempest Telecommunications International Global communications and services... 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