If it has USB ports you should be able to connect a phone to it with the correct cable.
Or by Bluetooth it has that capability..

You should be able get your emails by going to your email provider website & log in.

Thank you Jomar.

Yes, it does have bluetooth capability. This computer I'm using is a Mac Air. It has 2 different usb ports. My daughter's almost new Mac Air has a tiny little port so we had to buy a connector so that she could watch dvds on it as her new mac doesn't have ability to play dvds or cds either. Maddening how they're getting like this. I guess it's to do with size. Making them smaller and smaller. A cd/dvd player takes up room and the new ones are pretty thin.I don't use the cd/dvd player on mine because it scratches them.

Anyway, sorry to ramble. I tried to phone the store but retail is so different now. The store doesn't take calls person to person. You need to actually go there to ask questions.

I'm just a bit wary of using a non apple computer for a few reasons but I'll get daughter to go there and have a look in person. It's so inexpensive and I don't need much these days as long as I can do documents and sign and have good streaming. I'm not too happy using Chrome only either. It is google based so I'll have no problem with my own email.

I'll see what daughter finds out. It might be too out of date and that's why it's so inexpensive.

thanks again.

fyi got chromebook. I don't like it. LOL
Oh well, it's all clean with nothing on it and it'll be better for streaming etc.. I'll still use my mac for certain things and use this new one for other things.
I just don't like all the sharing and sharing and sharing it wants to do between devices
It's taken me hours going through all the settings and switching a lot of sharing things off. It is fast though which makes a huge difference and safer too in reality as my old mac was so out of date.