Todd Allcock <elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote in
news:ft0ajo$gre$1@aioe.org:

> This boy does. But why in God's name would I fire up a cumbersome
> remote terminal access program just to check e-mail? My phone's
> e-mail client grabs e-mail periodically so it's already downloaded and
> waiting for me when I want to check it. I guarantee that regardless
> of how fast you can make a remote connection, I'll have access faster,
> since it's ready there.
>
>

Ok by me. But, my emails have some pretty big attachments. Where do you
put them? How do you get them from the phone to the computer, download
them again off the server? That time must also be included.

The remote terminal is far from "cumbersome" on wifi, and not really bad on
EVDO. rdesktop is optimized to minimize bandwidth usage. it only updates
what needs updating. It's not a video shot of the screen, but you knew
that. The only drawback is the 500-800ms latency of the Sellphone data
links, but I'll live with that until the Wimax rollout.