02-12-2003, 05:49 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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AOL Looking For Beta Testers!
This might come as good news for many of you! The AOL Anywhere Beta Team is sending out letters inviting Pocket PC users to beta test their new version of AOL and AIM software. One catch: it looks as if you may have to be a current AOL member to participate...
Beta Testers:
Does your PDA run the Pocket PC 2002 operating system? Does it also have a modem or other means of connecting to the Internet?
If so, you're invited to participate in a special beta test of AOL and AIM software designed especially for your PDA. You can apply to join in this test by going to AOL Keyword: ANYWHERE BETA and selecting the "AOL for Pocket PC 2000 Beta Test Application" link.
Spaces for this test are limited, so please apply to participate as soon as possible. Accepted applicants will receive further instructions on how to access this beta software and participate.
All the best,
AOL Anywhere Beta Team
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02-12-2003, 06:27 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Sep 2002
Posts: 405
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Does anyone use AOL anymore, who has a Pocket PC?
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02-12-2003, 06:33 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Apr 2002
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Beta Testing
Those are my sentiments exactly. Who would use AOL except those who know nothing about computers. Never understood how they could claim: "It's so easy to use. No wonder it's #1!" Every week I receive a CD in the mail. Now they're up to 1025 hours FREE for 45 Days!
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02-12-2003, 06:39 PM
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Oracle
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Yeah but I bet a majority of people use AIM though as their messaging client not to mention more software for Pocket PC's the better!
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02-12-2003, 06:47 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jan 2003
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yeah I got the email as a beta tester yesterday. My parents are a subscriber, so I still keep my aol screen name.
I signed up to test, so we'll see what comes along.
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02-12-2003, 06:50 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 167
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Those Cds have their purpose
They make great mobiles for babies and they are great as coasters. I tried using AOL's trial one time. Man, oh, man, what a headache.
Could the main page BE more busy?
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02-12-2003, 06:54 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Sep 2002
Posts: 405
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You know, its funny. The people I know, were smart and dropped AOL now that they have Broadband. I dont see how AOL markets its software, and people actually fall for it.
You want news? MSNBC.com
You want weather? weather.com
You want entertainment/sleeze? google.com (news-entertainment)
You want Instant Messenger? Get AIM
You want videos? MTV.com, MTV2.com
You want parental controls? Get the Norton package.
I'm sure the majority of AOL suscribers are all old people too. Who would pay $23 for their service a month?
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02-12-2003, 07:04 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 167
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don't go lumping just "old people" in there
There's a lot of novice users out there. My dad learns new things every day. Stuff I've probably forgotten he learns new.
Plus, there's a lot of folks out there without broadband Internet service. I used to live in Brooklyn for a long time and for a long time I only had dialup. ISPs are plentiful but a lot of them are fly-by-night and could be gone before your contract expires.
AOL's been around a long time, has a recognizable brandname, so some people use it for that as well.
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02-12-2003, 07:10 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Sep 2002
Posts: 405
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Well, you can never justify the price. $23! :shocked!:
I recently saw a commercial for Netzero, which is only $9.99 a month. Sanjay, maybe its about time you convinced your dad to switch ISP's 
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02-12-2003, 07:14 PM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 15,171
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If you need dialup POPs everywhere, including international, it's hard to beat AOL, still. Their purchase of CompuServe, plus their own network growth, makes them everpresent. Believe me, I'll never use it--I love my cable modem, but there are people who have legitimate uses.
--janak
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