If you can't makea cell phone connection, you probably can't make a wireless Internet connection. However, most handheld Internet devices enable users to download contentand then browse the information offline. So with a little advance planning,it's possible to peruse Internet content on an airplane or in the subway. When you do connect, prepare to be patient. Information retrieval cantake anywhere from 10 seconds to a minute or slightly more.
Connection timecan be slower during peak Internet use times or if users are outside urbanareas.
These channels are alsofree, but this service does not offer live browsing. The handheld Web browsing experience was essentially the same for allthree models. Users first choose a broad category such as news, entertainment,traffic or weather. Each category is then broken into subcategories or listsof sites. The information retrieved appears as text.