Windows Mobile Louisville

Coming soon…

Microsoft® My Phone syncs information between your mobile phone and the web, enabling you to:

• Back up and restore your phone’s information to a password-protected web site
• Access and update your contacts and appointments through your web account
• Share photos on your phone with family and friends

Find out more…

I think the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (Feb 16-19) is going to be the launching board for more cool stuff than we imagined.  CES in Vegas was nothing for Windows Mobile this year, but MWC on the other hand….! 

We had been having sporadic connectivity issues with the DSL at our house for a couple of days, and last night, it went down for good.  AT&T verified something was askew, and scheduled a tech to come out.  That didn’t help us much in the short term, as my wife in particular had some important work to do and emails to send.

Enter WMWiFiRouter.  I installed it on my Sprint Diamond and essentially turned my device into a wireless router using my Sprint EVDO connection.  I then hooked my wife up on my HP laptop, and I used my Dell Mini, and there we both sat in the living room, surfing to our heart’s content! 

Mind you, it wasn’t blazingly fast, but at least we were both connected and productive in a time when we normally would have been out of luck!  That is, unless we wanted to pack up and head to the nearest coffee shop or Panera Bread..!

Oh, and as it turns out, the DSL modem was bad, so it’s good to know I wasn’t crazy!

“PdaNet is a very handy application for Windows Mobile phones. It allows your laptop (or desktop) to go online wirelessly by connecting it to your Windows Mobile phone through the Sync cable, Bluetooth or even WiFi. PdaNet goes through the unlimited data plan on your phone and does not require any extra service. Supports almost all Windows Mobile phones including but not limited to the Treo series, Motorola Q series, Samsung i730/5800/Ace/Blackjack II or any HTC brand (6700/6800/Mogul/Touch/8525/Tilt). “ 

If you are running an earlier version of PdaNet, you should consider upgrading to their latest version - 2.0.  There is a $19 upgrade charge if you upgrade to 2.0 from any previous versions, but it’s well worth it (if you purchased PdaNet 1.8 after 4/1/2008 you can use the existing license code on version 2.0).

Version 2.0 has some significant improvement for WM 6.0 phones. In particular, it adds the Proxy Mode feature that allows the phone’s radio/modem to be shared by the phone and the computer at the same time. This improves the stability of the PdaNet connection and also allow the phone to be used for voice calls without having to drop the PdaNet connection. Version 2.0 starts to support some phones that can not run version 1.8 before, such as AT&T Tilt, Blackjack II and some other newer Windows Mobile phones.

If your phone runs Windows Mobile 5.0 and you have already purchased the old version, you can stay with 1.80 without paying for upgrade.

The cost for first-time buyers is $34, and $19 to upgrade (if you purchased PdaNet prior to 4/1/08). Go here to get it.  There is a trial version.