Tilt's Built_in camera

Actually it is pretty good.

Here is a sample. This video was captured with tilt. The scene is from the recently held Code Camp 2009.1 held at De Vry University in Philadelphia.

Well sometimes the video upload icon disappears from the Posting page. You can see the video on my other blog:


http://hodentek.blogspot.com/2009/04/codecamp-philly-april-2009-de-vry.html

Live Search for Windows Mobile 6

Microsoft's Live Search is now available for Mobile 6. You can find stuff more easily and even locate yourself easily. Lots of reasons why this is good for you.

Download link for Live Search for Windows Mobile:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0CADB896-8017-4E0F-8A40-16AE66BD185E&displaylang=en

Requirements:
Supported Operating Systems: Windows Mobile 6; Windows Mobile 6 Classic; Windows Mobile 6 Professional; Windows Mobile 6 Standard; Windows Mobile 6.1

Installation:

Download the CAB file and place it in the HTC-8900MyDocuments.
Connect your AT and Tilt to the laptop/desktop
Connect the USB cable between LapTop/PC and the Tilt
When the devices synchronizes you should see the Live Search cab file
on your device. I saved it to my 2GB storage card on my mobile.

Now click on the cab file. It gets installed and you should see a shortcut icon
on your device.

AT & T Tilt and Microsoft ActiveSync 4.5

AT&T's OS platform is Windows Mobile 6.1 and ActiveSync is like a pipeline connecting your Windows XP Desktop (or Laptop) and your Windows Mobile device which in the present case is AT & T Tilt. For ActiveSync to work with your device you need to run the setup disc that AT & T ships with the product that has the ActiveSync 4.5 on it. You may also download this program from Microsoft site at:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-us/help/synchronize/activesync45.mspx

In my case, the CD did not pickup. I explored the program and installed it (ugh! minor annoyance).

After this all you need to do is to run a USB cable (AT & T Supplied) between the Tilt and the PC or Lap Top. As long as this connection is in place you may not be able to access the Internet. The USB Cable connection also doubles up as a charging setup for the Tilt.

After installing ActiveSync on your Laptop(Desktop) you should see a folder HTC-9000 My Documents. The contents of this folder are synchronized with the MyDocuments on the AT&T's Tilt. It is just a matter of dragging and dropping files.

Here is HTC-9000MyDocuments



Here is My Documents on the Tilt.

AT & T Tilt

I recently got fed up with the Verizon's dropped calls and signed up with AT & T for a 2 year trial [Exchanged the 'hear me now' to 'more bars in more places']. Now I have a AT & T Tilt. This is based on Windows Mobile 6.1. I am planning to look it over.

The CD that came with the box was pretty useless. It asks again and again for Adobe 8.0 (even after removing all versions of Adobe and reinstalling 8.0). That was some what tiring. The time out for display appears so fast I keep tilting it often.

The autosync is not too dissimilar to the little program that Windows 95 had for syncronizing the files on floppy. You just connect the AT & T Tilt to your USB drive and you are ready to go.

Here is one of my recent articles on Pocket PC using the emulator on VS 2K5

http://hodentek.blogspot.com/2008/11/get-smart-programming-hand-held.html