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 Post subject: 'Smart' phone
PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2010 1:25 pm 
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I finally tossed the old phone (that made phone calls and sms) for a windows based HTC.
I was ready to walk then the sales rep said "GPS" and "tether".
Hmmm.
Integrated GPS with Google Maps. I've been playing with Google 'Latitude'.
It can tether my netbook via bluetooth then access the interwebs. Now I can disconnect &Comcast$.
Now I'm going to play with the video camera and see if I can send a beer bottle opening in progress.

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 Post subject: Re: 'Smart' phone
PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2010 3:05 pm 
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One nice thing about the HTC is you can run Garmin Mobile XT. It is a self contained mapping GPS app which doesn't use over the air data and likewise will work in places that are out of cell range.


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 Post subject: Re: 'Smart' phone
PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2010 11:03 pm 
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Don't they rip you an extra fee for tethering? You can do it for free, but you'd have to exchange your phone or find some workaround for WinMo.

BTW, which version of WinMo are you running? 7?


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 Post subject: Re: 'Smart' phone
PostPosted: Sat May 29, 2010 6:48 am 
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Atomic Taco wrote:
or find some workaround for WinMo.


http://cellphoneforums.net/htc/t303953-htc-touch-pro2-tether-wireless-router.html


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 Post subject: Re: 'Smart' phone
PostPosted: Sat May 29, 2010 7:17 am 
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The tethering is included in the plan, that was one of the selling features.
Windows Mobile 6.1.
It has google maps and stand alone gps. Satellite view on a phone is kinda cool.
I'm still learning what all it does. Last night I put an SD card in it and now it's my mp3 player too.

Atomic Taco wrote:
Don't they rip you an extra fee for tethering? You can do it for free, but you'd have to exchange your phone or find some workaround for WinMo.

BTW, which version of WinMo are you running? 7?

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 Post subject: Re: 'Smart' phone
PostPosted: Sat May 29, 2010 3:28 pm 
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So, what exactly is a tether? I envisioned it as some sort of wristband so as not to drop your phone, but the way you guys are talking, I gather it's something electronic?

Please you small words or I will have to have my wife translate.

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 Post subject: Re: 'Smart' phone
PostPosted: Sat May 29, 2010 3:54 pm 
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Think of it this way. Your cellphone has internet but your laptop doesn't. Now what if you could connect your laptop to the internet via your cellphone. The laptop connects to the cellphone with a usb cable, wifi, or bluetooth.


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 Post subject: Re: 'Smart' phone
PostPosted: Sat May 29, 2010 8:00 pm 
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Example: today on Fauntleroy-Southworth I plugged my phone into my laptop and surfed the net all the way across without having to pay WSF whatever they charge for it (it's at least 3 bucks).


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 Post subject: Re: 'Smart' phone
PostPosted: Sun May 30, 2010 8:37 am 
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I've seen people doing that for years though. Run a cable from the phone's data port or charging/data port to the USB on the computer. Hell, even my old Next-Hell phone could do it. You paid out the rear for the data usage though.

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 Post subject: Re: 'Smart' phone
PostPosted: Sun May 30, 2010 9:57 am 
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Nowadays most carriers put you on an all you can eat data plan so it's not a bug deal. Some do have caps, but they're in the gigabyte range.


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 Post subject: Re: 'Smart' phone
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I'm thinking there must be an app to get the live stream to work.
I tried the windows link for snopac/snocom, error message.

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 Post subject: Re: 'Smart' phone
PostPosted: Sun May 30, 2010 6:00 pm 
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There's a better media player app. I forget what it was called. The Core maybe? TCMP sounds right.


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 Post subject: Re: 'Smart' phone
PostPosted: Mon May 31, 2010 7:46 am 
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The media player included with Windows Mobile doesn't properly handle mp3 audio streams.

For your HTC cellphone, download this:

http://www.interceptradio.com/files/misc/TCPMP-0.72RC1-ARM-PPC-recomp-03.CAB.zip

Then download the TCPMP .cab to the storage card via your USB cable. Double-click to open the zip, double-click again to run the cab.

Install it to the phones main memory.

Now you can run TCPMP and open the streaming audio URL.


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 Post subject: Re: 'Smart' phone
PostPosted: Mon May 31, 2010 5:16 pm 
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It said I didn't have enough storage.?.
I'll try grabbing it from the tcpmp site.

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 Post subject: Re: 'Smart' phone
PostPosted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 5:54 am 
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I've searched for this;
A stand alone GPS app that doesn't need cell service to operate.
I was in backwoods Idaho last weekend, no cell service, no GPS because, it said, 'no cell service'. (Google maps).
An app with Lat/Long would be cool.
Is there such a thing?

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