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Latest Mobile Windows News: WiFi Graph 0.2 is out - another proof that Windows Mobile is the best platform for handheld Wi-Fi usage... August 03, 2004; [Wireless (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ...)] Compulim @ kasuei writes: Based on users' request, we have released the new version of "WiFi Graph" which supports HP h5550 and some new features, they includes: - Show lock icon on WEP/WPA protected AP - Resize chart automatically - Show relative measurements - Display channel number instead of frequency - Identifies AP vendors [AP = Wi-Fi Access Point]  more... Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later)Centrino warning July 29, 2004; [Wireless (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ...)] So you have purchased your new fancy notebook or Tablet PC powered by Centrino technology and you are already rejoicing the 5+ hours of work on standard battery or even up to 12 hours with secondary battery? Hold your horses, tiger! It's almost unbelievable but true: several Centrino powered notebooks and Tablet PC computers refuse to connect to several Wi-Fi access points! more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 3 Comments ] Pocketster Pro - wireless P2P made possible thanks to Windows Mobile Pocket PC July 11, 2004; [Wireless (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ...)] That what several corporations in mighty USA failed to attain for years, a small company from Romania (a country from Eastern Europe [*], that on January 1st, 2007 will become full EU member) managed to achieve: wireless P2P (Peer to Peer) = wireless music file sharing. 
more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later)FREE WiFi Graph program for Pocket PC released June 27, 2004; [Wireless (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ...)] Americans maybe don't know it but in EU, for example in France, Netherlands, ... the Wi-Fi networks are available in hotels in this way that the same operator operates Wi-Fi in various hotels. So if you have a scratch card from one hotel you can use it in another one... or even in vicinity of another hotel or hot-spot. Therefore software that would enable you to detect WiFi networks is useful not only for h@ckers, but also for regular people who would like to surf Internet with use of their scratch card but in some another places... Again the fact that Pocket PC PDAs are the best PDAs in the world for WiFi usage, is being confirmed by this program. So your next cell phone with WiFi clearly should be a Pocket PC like Motorola MPx and not some Symbian based cell phone that has very little to offer in area of WiFi... more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later)Microsoft Smartphone and Windows XP - the best duo for mobile Internet over Bluetooth June 12, 2004; [Wireless (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ...)] Times are over when users of notebooks were forced to use non-Windows mobiles (like Sony Ericsson or Nokia) to access Internet wirelessly. Now, thanks to Microsoft smartphone phones with Bluetooth, mobile Internet has become a bliss. Here we demonstrate how extremely easy and comfortable it is nowadays to use Bluetooth between these 2 types of devices. So, similarly as Homer Simpson asked "where is the ANY key?" ... we can ask where is the BLUETOOTH key? The answer is simple: it is the one on the right side of the Wi-Fi key (second from the left, over the F5 key): more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 1 Comment ]BT Openzone - main and the biggest Wi-Fi service in UK - prefers Microsoft Windows powered notebooks and PDA devices June 06, 2004; [Wireless (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ...)] What is better for Wi-Fi (Wireless LAN = WLAN)? Is it Windows XP or Linux - as far as notebooks are concerned? Is it Pocket PC or Palm OS - as far as PDA devices are concerned? Well, the answer to these questions seems to be already answered for the benefit of Microsoft by BT (British Telecom)... Here, on this scratchcard (pre-paid voucher) you can observe Pocket PC PDA clearly mentioned: more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later)FREE Wi-Fi tool for Pocket PC released: WiFiFoFum May 15, 2004; [Wireless (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ...)] WiFiFoFum is a 802.11 scanner designed for PDAs running PocketPC 2003. There is no doubt that Pocket PC devices are the best PDAs for Internet access through Wi-Fi... and since convergence of Wi-Fi and cell phones will start this year - first cell phones with Wi-Fi included as standard part of the device, not just add-on cards, will be released this year - this fact may be very important... more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later)Microsoft withdraws from selling of Wi-Fi gear May 11, 2004; [Wireless (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ...)] Microsoft was offering Wi-Fi access points, USB Wi-Fi cards and PCMCIA Wi-Fi cards. While the sales of existing equipment will continue for some months to follow yet, Microsoft decided to withdraw from this part of hardware making business (Microsoft mice and keyboards stay). It is visible therefore, that contrary to Nokia more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later)MiniStumbler version 4.0 released - Wi-Fi spying software April 26, 2004; [Wireless (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ...)] It is a handy tool (available also in a version for Windows XP) that can help owners of Pocket PC PDAs to find Wi-Fi networks that they could re-use or simply break into... and this tool can even cooperate with a GPS receiver so you can drive around with your car in search of Wi-Fi networks... more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later)Basic BuZZone Bluetooth application available now in free version + BuZZone Pro released with FREE voice communication over Bluetooth April 20, 2004; [Wireless (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ...)] Russian company ExionSystems from Novosibirsk (Asian part of Russia) has 2 new interesting stories about their Bluetooth software for Pocket PC:
more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later)CeBIT 2004 news: Wi-Fi (802.11b) comes to Microsoft smartphone ! March 21, 2004; [Wireless (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ...)] We firmly believe, that ultimately the success of Microsoft smartphone platform at large, depends on availability of Wi-Fi drivers for SDIO cards for the smartphone - only then these phones can be also used to the full in enterprise and home environments and thus spawn new wave of applications. While visiting CeBIT 2004 trade show we were talking to 3 companies that promised delivery of SDIO Wi-Fi drivers for the Microsoft smartphone (they are working on it now): Socket Communications, SanDisk and Mitac. The SDIO Wi-Fi cards are a bit longer than SD memory cards, so when insterted into the smartphone, they are protruding a bit: 
... but generally it is not a big problem - the big speed of Wi-Fi (11 megabit/second in minimal version - 802.11b) makes up for this size. Below we present exactly how the situation of "Wi-Fi for Microsoft Smartphone" looks like. more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 1 Comment ]Laser based measurement device with Bluetooth connectivity with Pocket PC PDA March 08, 2004; [Wireless (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ...)] For mere 549 Euro (600 US dollars) you can buy yourself a Bluetooth controlled laser that can interface with your Pocket PC PDA: 
more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later)IPAQ Wireless Pack Petition Drive March 07, 2004; [Wireless (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ...)] Once upon a time there was an excellent brand for PDAs: "Compaq". Thanks to their flagship product - iPAQ - the Pocket PC platform achieved major breakthrough and became what it is now - the most popular and most powerful PDA platform. Then came HP who took Compaq over and although it continues development of iPAQ devices, they are no longer this what they once were... With wireless pack any iPAQ PDA immediately becomes a fully functional PDA phone (triband, GSM/GPRS compatible): 
... but HP halted development and support for this product! more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later)FREE WiFive323 Phone for Windows Mobile released February 13, 2004; [Wireless (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ...)] It may be 3 years, or it may be 5 or more, but sooner or later we all will be carrying out voice calls through VoIP (Voice over IP) tehchnology (assuming you donīt pay for acess to Internet or you have flat rate wireless Internet access: the phone calls to the whole world are free) ... so if you have a Pocket PC with WiFi why not do give it a try today: 
more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later)Get access to WLAN/Wi-Fi from .NET CF programs : .NET Compact Framework Simple Wireless API February 05, 2004; [Wireless (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ...)] Simple wireless API for application development using the Microsoft Compact Framework. more...Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later)Previous page Next page |
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