Windows Mobile

HTC Mozart and HD7 get tethering

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2 months ago
by frankps in , ,

The possibility of using your Windows Phone as a mobile hotspot (accesspoint) was originally a function reserved for new Mango units. This week HTC changed that when releasing an update for HTC HD7 og Mozart. I have the Mozart model and was soon to update my phone. The update is only through Zune on your PC.

With internet sharing (tethering) you can share your internet connection with up to 5 guest units, and the sharing is automatically getting disabled after a few minutes of inactivity so that you can save the battery life on your phone.

Remember to not use internet sharing when abroad (so called roaming). It can fast get very expensive!

internet sharing is found under Settings on your phone. The functionality is set up with a predefined password that I recommend you to change under setup. You can also change the broadcast name if you want to, but I recommend you to keep WPA2 as the security type for the wireless connection.

 

What are you trying to tell us Microsoft?

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1 year ago
by frankps in , ,

I’m excited to see that Windows Phone 7 is released, even though I am not planning to migrate from the iOS plattform. Competition is good for consumers.

I have always said that Microsoft have had a tradition of picking the worst peoples for their marketing department. Their latest commercial is technically a masterpiece, but ask yourself: What are they trying to tell you?

Microsoft pokes fun at the fact that smartphone owners tend to bury their faces in their smartphones. Meaning what? Meaning that if you want to buy a smartphone, like iPhone and Android, then you should skip Windows Phone 7? Ok, I guess I don’t want to spend money on a not-so-smart-phone then … Why buy something half good, when we can aim for the best?

Yes, it still sucks!

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2 years ago
by frankps in , , ,

With Windows Phone now officially out there, the question is whether Microsoft’s latest attempt on making an useable OS for mobile phones has succeeded. Early reviews suggest no: MobileCrunch’s verdict is that “it still sucks“, SlashGear thinks it “falls short of a knock-out blow” while Gizmodo says “there’s no excuse for this“. I can, as so many others, only say: Ouch!

I have search the Internet to find positive reviews of Windows Mobile 6.5 (now renamed to Windows Phone). But not found a single review doing so. I asked for help on Twitter, but no one has until now given me any links. I have only been Retwittered (RT). A Norwegian IT site was down to earth honest saying that you with Windows Mobile 6.5 were only a few clicks away for a Windows 3.1 experience. I belive them. Windows Mobile 6.5 should never have happened. Microsoft should have had full focus on Windows Phone 7, taken it’s time to do it properly instead of loosing face in public media for delivering something not worth spending time on. This is simply not the way to compete with iPhone, Android and Blackberry!

Google finally lets you push Gmail!

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2 years ago
by frankps in , , , , , ,

I have been a long time user of Google’s push support for Contacts and Calender entries. When I tested it for the first time, I ended up writing a blog entry with the title “I simply love it!“. The only bad thing with the solution back then, was that push support was not enabled for Gmail.

Guess what? Today that changed. Users have ran down Google with requests on Google’s popular Product Ideas page and Help Forum. Our cries have finally been heard, and people using iPhone, iPod Touch and Windows Mobile devices, can now use the new functionality. Users of old fashioned S60 devices, should consider running to the closest mobile phone store. Just kidding, I am sure you will soon get this much requested functionality as well!

Activation of Gmail push

For those of you that already are using Google Sync, simply go to Settings -> Mail, Contacts, Calendars and choose the Google/Gmail account. In the window that then comes up, simply activate the ActiveSync for Mail. By default Gmail will only push emails you have received the three last days and not your whole Gmail account. That’s it, that’s all the magic …

Lotus Notes with Active Sync

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2 years ago
by frankps in , , ,

I have earlier blogged that IBM had licensed ActiveSync from Microsoft, and that I am using Active Sync towards Google’s Calendar and Addressbook from my iPhone. Yesterday IBM announced the beta release of Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5.1 collaboration software, with Lotus Domino with automatic syncing capabilities for e-mail and calendaring for the iPhone. The first thought I had when I first read about IBM licensening Active Sync was “If you can’t beat them, join them!”.

This seems to me to be a complete rewrite of Notes Traveler for Nokia and Windows Mobile, and the introduction of Traveler for iPhone/iPod Touch. Am I right? One problem here seems to be that they have been configuring and testing it for the iPhone (and iPod Touch) 2.0 software, just that Apple recently announced that they are not accepting any more 2.0 software in iTMS and that all future software releases for iPhone now have to be 3.0 compatible. Well, shouldn’t be to hard for IBM, but I am not sure how people would be able to test this …

Good thing is that I will not have to use Notes Pro and/or Lotus iNotes Ultralite in the future, and by that, get a better user experience!

Small update: You can both read about Notes Traveler for iPhone, and better, test it over at Lotus Greenhouse.

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