This is the archive for May 2006
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Here is T-Mobile's online mapping utility that tells you how your coverage is supposed to be:
T-Mobile Tower Reception Coverage Map
According to the map, my MDA should have excellent reception. And to be fair, WHEN it registers I have anywhere between 3-4 bars usually.
05/26/2006 |
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OK, we've all seen the eBay "specials" where you pay anywhere between $2 and $20 to have someone email you something so that you can unlock your phone for multi-carrier use, right?
Well, first things first... Have you had your phone for anywhere between 60-90+ days? If not, are you a GOOD ($$$) customer?
Just call your carrier and have them do it for you for FREE. Don't waste your money in this case. More on this later...
Now, if you want to do this right now with your MDA and you're freshkill to the carrier, you most likely can't get the carrier to do it for you.
On the other hand, you could attempt to do this yourself.
Click here for our new How-To using LokiWiz.
05/24/2006 |
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Hello-
Quick note to inform you that the search function is not quite working properly for some reason. We are looking into this problem. For example, we have a "hack" to enable the 802.11g radio, but it's not coming up on searches.
Sorry for the inconvenience!
Update: It's actually not a problem with the search per se, the underlying query works, but has some restrictions:
1. full text only (so, if you wanted to find "registry" but only typed "reg", it won't find the article
2. dots and other non alpha-numeric characters won't work ("802.11g" won't get a hit - and unfortunately, "802" or "11g" or "80211g" won't get results either :( )
There are a few more, but we won't get into that here. So for the meantime, please dig around. There are plenty of articles here! Including 802.11g :)
05/22/2006 |
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Is there a hack or app you'd like to see? Let us know!
Just post your wishlist in the comment box below and submit it. No registration required. Thanks!
05/22/2006 |
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If you ended up on this site from a search engine search only to find that you are at the main location for the site and not on topic you had searched for, here's how to find it...
The first method is to read through all the articles by clicking the links under the "Categories" section in the sidebar on the right hand side of the page. This may take a while, but you may end up enjoying reading all of the articles we're writing about.
The second method is to just list all of the articles written, period. You can do this by clicking the links under the "Monthly Archives" section - again in the sidebar. This may take a while to load since the article base grows daily.
Now, if you're lucky and you just happened on this site before new articles are published and before Google re-indexes the site, you may find the article (again in the sidebar - notice a trend here? :) listed under the "Recent Articles" section.
If you're anxious to get to your destination (and who isn't?), then the best way to find your article is to perform another search. It's at the top of the sidebar. It'll return all relevant articles matching your query. Then for future reference, click on the title of the article and bookmark it, send it to your friends, etc..
Thanks again for your interest in this site!
05/21/2006 |
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In many major cities around the world and especially in those with a tech-ish userbase, you may find free wi-fi. That's right, FREE!
There are now stories (and actual implementations) of Google's city-wide free wi-fi, but it requires registration of-sorts. If you're looking for semi-anonymous access, this wouldn't the way to go. Neither would the T-Mobile or Cingular's wi-fi data plans. BTW, if you are browing via EDGE, then you can forget your anonymity there too.
There may be some ways around it using anonymizing apps such as Tor, but I haven't seen any ports for it yet on the Pocket PC or other phone platforms.
So, what do you do?
05/21/2006 |
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Well, this is mostly useful if you want to learn more about the OS itself. The information here is mostly device-independent, so if you're looking for specific information pertaining to your handheld running WM5, this may not help you.
Click here for the website
05/17/2006 |
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If you want to keep track of what's going on with the Windows Mobile Development Team, you can
check out their blog.
05/17/2006 |
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The answer is YES! These are some carpenter style jeans and it fits just fine in the pocket. (It's sticking out just to show that how narrow it is for a handheld)
You may want to take care of the screen with a screen protector or some cover however...
You probably couldn't do this as well with a BlackBerry, Treo, or SideKick...
05/16/2006 |
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OK, let them know what's going on! After all, not every carrier is perfect. In fact, they are far from perfect with their 2-year contracts (T-Mobile is the lone carrier offering 1-year contracts), spotty reception, tricky rates/plans (have you seen Cingular's offering lately?), and of course, MAJOR issues with a certain phone (ahem - MDA - ahem) taking forever to register onto the network! Any many have hinted that T-Mobile was aware of these issues prior to the launch of the MDA. The 8125 doesn't appear to have these issues... So let T-Mobile know what's going on!
https://support.t-mobile.com/caseSubmitForm.html
Be sure to tell them the following:
1. Phone make/model/mfg (MDA)
2. Sim chip specs
3. Firmware version (start -> settings -> system tab -> device information / version / hardware / identity)
4. Issue(s). Be sure to identify either or/both the signal reception problem and network registration problem (make sure you tell them how long it takes to register!)
Please post results! Thanks!
05/15/2006 |
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Do you have a T-Mobile version of the HTC Wizard (aka "MDA")?
If so, and especially if you are located in Northern California or California in general you may have experienced the following:
You take your spankin' new MDA to a location where there's spotty to little to no reception. Your signal drops.
You go back to a place with known coverage. Your phone can't find its way back onto the network. One minute goes by, then two, then five, then thirty perhaps more.
OK. Welcome to T-Mobile!
This is a known, repeatable problem with these MDAs with T-Mobile.
05/15/2006 |
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Hi all-
In the next few days I'll be working on a mobile version of this site so that you can view it from your phone without too many problems.
Thanks!
05/15/2006 |
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This is not an advertisement. This is a how-to!
So here's tip #1. If you can take the risk of dealing with rebates that have many "outs" and potential for non-payment, then going online is the best way to get cheap deals - even deals where the stores end up "paying you" so you "make money" on these phones!
Case in point, in doing some research for a new phone and plan I came across the T-Mobile MDA (basically a smartphone that runs Windows Mobile 5.0 OS). Still a junky camera (only 1.3mp) but with touchscreen, full qwerty keyboard and hacks up the wazoo, it looked like a good upgrade from my current Sprint VM4500 (from Sanyo) that was the best phone in the US at the time (camera, video, etc..).
Onwards! Went to the local T-Mobile store and they'll sell you the phone for $299 (plus tax) if you sign up for a 2 year contract. Ouch.
05/15/2006 |
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This is a good question. The short answer is yes. I will provide a detailed article here in the future.
Don't waste your money on those stick-on external antennas that tape to the back of your phone. They don't work:
http://cellantenna.com/internal_cell_phone_antenna.htm
There's also getting a cellular repeater for your home? This sounds like a great idea for those with poor reception.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular_repeater
Some people have tried using internal wireless repeaters / extenders to some success here in the San Francisco Bay Area
http://www.spotwave.com/
http://www.wi-ex.com/ (Apparently you can get this at Fry's Electronics (be prepared to deal with their sales staff!)
05/14/2006 |
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This new site is dedicated to hacks, tweaks, tips and tricks for the HTC Wizard Windows Mobile 5.0 OS Pocket PC Phones such as the T-Mobile MDA, Cingular 8125, i-Mate K-Jam, Sprint PPC-6700, Verizon Wireless VX6700.
These are essentially all the same mobile phones built on the HTC Wizard platform.
Please stay tuned.
05/14/2006 |
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