DoodleMail is an email program for the Palm personal digital assistant with Internet connectivity. The Omnisky and Novatel Minstrel wireless modems can be used to access the Internet from major cities across the US in conjuction with the AT&T Wireless CDPD service

DoodleMail allows the Palm user to exchange hand drawn email messages with other DoodleMail users or with any email user on the Internet. This is an example of a message from a PC received on the Palm PDA, and this is an example of how the Palm user might respond to the message. This short blurb explains the rationale behind DoodleMail.

The Internet-connected PC uses a email client such as Netscape Communicator, Qualcomm Eudora or Microsoft Outlook or a Web-based email service such as Eudora WebMail or Microsoft MSN Hotmail. Outgoing messages to to the Palm are ordinary text email messages. When the message arrives at the Palm, the mobile user sees the message and writes with the stylus to respond. The mobile user draws a handwritten reply on the screen with the stylus and touches a button to send the message back. The message is sent as an email message with a gif attachment containing an exact copy of the response.

DoodleMail is available at no cost under the conditions of the Binary Software Agreement. You should be aware of the terms and conditions of this license agreement before downloading DoodleMail. The license agreement username and password are listed at the bottom of the agreement. You can obtain DoodleMail by downloading the zip archive containing two files, dmail.prc and dmret.prc.

The archive must first be expanded with an unzip utility such as StuffIt Expander. After expanding the archive, download both files to the Palm with the Palm Hotsync utility. Then, read the instructions for setting up DoodleMail.

The source to DoodleMail is available to software developers for non-commercial purposes. The license agreement username and password are listed at the bottom of the Source Code License Agreement. Click here to download the source code.

For more information, please contact Howard Katseff.

I wish to thank Roger E Critchlow Jr. whose paint program Doodle provide the inspiration and a starting point for DoodleMail.