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.

Some Tilt Problems I recently encountered

1. In the past one week the "ON" switch did not start the

    mobile device. This is the 3rd time this has happanned
   within this year. I hope this will not become a daily affair.

The fix:
Open the cover in the back, and take out
the battery and put it back.

2. The ActiveSync got switched to (in)ActiveSync. What I
    mean is I could see the device related folders on my
    laptop but I could not see any files on my mobile device. I am
   sure the USB cable was OK because I could see the "Mobile
   Device" in MyComputer on the laptop as well as in my network
   connections.

The fix:
I downloaded the latest ActiveSync4.5 and tried to run. It
aborted. I went back to Control Panel and removed the existing
ActiveSync. I tried the new installation [Activesync4.5msi, 7.52MB]
again. This time it was OK. It should be trivial because I am
not synchronizing with MS Outlook. I just swap folders.
If you want to synchronize with your Outlook then yo need to
create a 'Profile' by working with the 'Mail' icon in the Control
Panel

Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, 16-19 February 2009, Blue Earth Debut

Mobile World Congress, Barcelona

This is the GSMA world Congress showcasing all that is important to the mobile industry. All types of stake holders will meet, leaders, equipment makers, mobile operators etc.

Blue Earth debut

Samsung will be unvieling its Blue Earth mobile phone with the following features:

Its appearance is blue, but it is really 'Green'

Why?

1. It has one side studded with solar cells and looks like you need very little or no power to operate
2.  It is made of recycled plastic
3.  A built-in pedometer that is both a activity monitor as well asa meter to check how much you saved by not driving [in tree saved units].
   

What I think should happen next?

1. Each indiviudal uploads the savings he /she made to a national database and this will help in accurately accessing carbon-di-oxide emissions.

2. Create a little receptacle at the roof of your car into which the solar active side of the Blue Earth can slip into. When you open the door arrange to pick it up with an audio signal.

Display problems with AT & T Tilt

I have recently started seeing some malformed displays and I am interested in knowing if others have seen these weirdos.

Here are some samples.

 

Skyfire browser for AT & T Tilt

It appears that Skyfire is a better browser than the defult installed browser for the Tilt.

Skyfire browser site info:

Product site: http://GET.SKYFIRE.COM

This browser is only for Phones.

It runs on the following:
HTC Tilt (A T & T Tit)
HTC Touch
Diamond
HTC Fuze
Motorola Q and Q9
Palm 800W
Samsung BlackjackII

Three ways to install:
Go to website
Send a text message from the above site to your cell phone
Install thru' PC

To install thru' PC you will download a CAB file(Skyfire-SMP.CAB 556 kb). You can then use ActiveSync.

Voice Mail Navigation path for AT & T Tilt

Here is the navigation tree used in setting up the voice mail on your Tilt. I received this figure from AT & T. The problem was that the Voice Prompts for setting up the mail was too fast and the minimum password requirements were not available in the manual.

Here are some of those password rules:

• It cannot begin with a 0 or 19.
• It cannot end with 9.
• It cannot be a repetition of numbers, such as 2222.
• It cannot be a simple string of numbers, such as 1234 or 6789
• It cannot be customer's wireless number.

Here is the scheme for setting up voice mail:

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.