PocketMail

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PocketMail is a very small and inexpensive mobile computer, with a built in acoustic coupler.

Although actually a computer, all it really does is E-mail. It's main advantages are that it is simple, and that it works with any phone, even outside the United States.

They are very popular among RV enthusiasts, especially when vacationing in Mexico, and the elderly who want "something simple" for E-mail.

A low-cost personal digital assistant (PDA) with an inbuilt acoustic coupler which allows users to send and receive E-mail using a normal telephone, thus allowing use outside of mobile phone range, or just without the need to be signed up with a mobile telephony provider.

Although still in use, popularity of the PocketMail peaked around 2000.