Wireless
Life-hacking the T-Mobile MDA
So for all you T-Mobile owners out there, I’ve found a few fun ways to give your device a new lease on life. It’s true that we are all getting tired of the lack of 3G service by T-Mobile, or maybe the “long in the tooth” look & feel of Windows Mobile 5 and [...]
Have I mentioned how much I love Bluetooth?
How did we ever live without Bluetooth? I mean, really? From wireless handsfree in the car to wireless mice, keyboards, headphones, device synchronization and much more.
Every time I sync my phone, or connect my pocketable keyboard & mouse, or make a call when driving - I just get very happy that it all [...]
Scary Wireless Stories
Are you a wireless communications carrier in the US? Then I have a very scary revelation to share with you.
You’re about to loose control. You will lose control of your network, its devices, and your customers.
Will you throw an infantile temper-tantrum like the RIAA and threaten/bully/sue your customers into compliance?
Or will you be a leader [...]
PC World - Frontline: iPhone Shows Need for New Wireless Network
A not-so-interesting complaint relating to the iPhone and AT&T’s EDGE data service. Yes, EDGE is slow for modern browsing tasks. AT&T has 3G and HSDPA networks available in many urban areas that Apple could have taken advantage of, relying on EDGE as a good fall-back in most rural areas. To be honest, most rural areas [...]
WiFi or Wireless WAN?
Kevin C. Tofel over at jkOnTheRun poses a very interesting question: Would you give up integrated WiFi for WWAN? Some UMPC devices only have one mini-PCI slot, and could accommodate either a WLAN or WWAN module. Or its possible that one may want on or the other, to keep weight in the computer down, [...]
The Borg are among us… Geeks with headsets
Well, one thing for sure. There is quite a bit of geek pride that is on parade here at the Vista launch. I’d wager a good 30% of the attendies are sporting their BT headsets for the day.
Of course there are still some “old school” types with their corded headsets as well. [...]
T-Mobile Ranks Highest in Customer Service. Again
Some question why I stick with T-Mobile when there are so many other choices. Many mobile service providers have better phone selections or provide faster mobile data services.
One of the reasons is that the service I get from their support teams is unmatched. The other big reason is the very competitive pricing compared to the other [...]
3 Month free T-Mobile WiFi for Vista Users
Ah, finally have the full skinny on the free T-Mobile WiFi Hotspot offer for new Windows Vista Users. The offer is for 3 months of service only starting this Friday. While the rumor of this news was spreading around the web this morning, there was no additional information on the length of the offer.
Even [...]
T-Mobile MDA (HTC Wizard) Call Dropping Issue Fixed
I’ve had the worst problem with my T-Mobile MDA dropping calls about 4 minutes into a call. While the exact time of the drop varied (sometimes up to 10 minutes into a call) it was consistent to the point that everyone I talked to knew about when it would happen.
I’ve been searching all over [...]
Cingular users: Welcome to AT&T
Starting today, Cingular will start to publicly become AT&T in print, radio and television ads. Though not all existing adds will be changed immediately, you may start seeing the transformation. Also watch for signage changes at the Cingular stores, and on the billing and communications from Cingular.
So if you were a former AT&T [...]
