A lot of apps out there for Windows Phones and Windows Mobile 6.x require users to install the Microsoft .Net Compact Framework redistributable in order for it to work. The .Net CF redistributable is just a group of common files you need to install in order for programs written in Microsoft’s .Net framework to work properly.
Installation is simple.
Connect your Windows Phone or Windows Mobile 6.x device and ensure the ActiveSync connection is made
Many Windows Mobile Pocket PC Phones and Windows Mobile Smartphones can be connected to a Windows PC via Bluetooth for use as a wireless dial-up modem. If your Windows Mobile device supports Bluetooth Dial-Up Networking, or Bluetooth DUN, and your Windows PC Bluetooth-enabled, you have everything you need.
In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to use Windows Mobile Pocket PC Phones or Smartphones as Bluetooth modems for Windows XP PCs.
NOTE: Your Windows Mobile Device must support BluetoothDUN in order for the following procedure to result in an Internet connection.
Want your phone to suggest words when entering text? Want your phone to help correct your spelling and grammar? Sure, this may seem like a no-brainer to you, but I know for a fact that there are plenty of you out there that have never even seen these settings on your phone let alone have them enabled! (Or, if you’re like me and HATE when your phone changes your ‘hehe’ to ‘here’, have them disabled).
Check out some instructions after the jump on how to get your phone set up to do these things and more. more…
Today I will be doing just as the title suggests — unlocking and upgrading an HTC Apache to run Windows Mobile 6.1. Or at least that’s what I’m aiming to do. Everyone I’ve told this to seems to snicker and wish me luck. Is it impossible? From a brief bit of internet sleuthing, I’d say it’s possible. Is it practical? Maybe not.
The hardware in the HTC Apache is less than snappy. The Apache runs Windows Mobile 5 originally, has a miniSD slot, 128 MB of internal memory, a 416 MHz PXA270 CPU, 64k-colour TFT, 1.3 MP camera, Bluetooth, WiFi, USB, IR, and has a QWERTY keyboard and a touchscreen.
I’m excited to get this show on the road — so let’s see if I can’t find myself a good, stable ROM to start. Stay tuned for Part 2!
In the meantime, tell me — what’s the craziest upgrade/unlock you’ve done?
Windows Mobile’s email application might not be perfect, but one thing it really has going for it is how simple it is to switch from one email account to another very quickly.
If you’re like me, you have a handful of emails that you check on a regular basis — your work email, your personal email, the email address you use when you sign up for something that could potentially spam you with Viagra ads… etc.
MobileJaw has just posted a fantastic guide to removing the Application Lock on your HTC s740 smartphone.
Application Lock limits the amount of access an application has to certain parts of the phone – without it, applications can do and access pretty much anything. To the other extreme, full Application Lock means that no applications can even be installed. HTC’s latest non-touch screen device, the s740, falls somewhere in the middle.
Overall, this is a good thing because it protects the average user from installing harmful applications. But for those of us that want more, it’s a pain. With the s740, it appears to be a little more restrictive than in the past. I’ve had problems installing some of my everyday applications that normally have not caused me any problems.
Are you like me – lots of friends still living in the dumb-phone dark ages? There you are, sitting in front of your computer sending out a few emails to all your smartphone buddies when POW! – you run into the old this-buddy-doesn’t-have-email-on-his-phone problem!
Well, don’t panic. If you know your friends’ phone number, and you know what carrier they’re with… you can send emails to right to their cell phones right from your email program! And it arrives to their phone as an SMS!
Here’s another video from the Windows Mobile team featuring some things you can do with your Windows Mobile device that you may not already know. Definitely worth a watch!
I’ve scoured and found sixteen of the coolest and most useful tweaks for the HTC Touch Diamond. Want to know how to boost the TouchFLO 3D performance? Want to know how to enable GPS photos?
Looks like the previously rumoured T-Mobile Dash II was nothing more than the regular Dash with a new black makeover. But hey, that’s something right? Now you can get the popular T-Mobile Dash in black!
The lovely folks over at Pocketables have posted a great list of things that first time Xperia X1 owners should do to get the most out of their devices as quickly and as easily as possible!
All kinds of neat tips, tricks, tweaks, and recommendations so be sure to check it out!
With the year drawing to a close, it’s time to pull out the best that WindowsMobile Cool had to offer our readers this year in the way of comprehensive guides on everything from personalizing your WinMo phone to using your phone as a wireless modem.
Let’s take a look at WindowsMobile Cool’s most popular how-to guides of 2008:
So you just bought a brand new WinMo phone. Does the idea of some thief getting their grubby little hands on your new baby and all its private information (text messages, contacts, credit card numbers, private emails) make you absolutely sick?
This walk-through will help you protect yourself against information theft by showing you how to turn your Windows Mobile device into a self-destructing data safe.
Windows Mobile has a nasty little habit of hiding things in plain sight.
Want your clock to appear in analog mode as seen above? Try this. Tap and hold the digital clock in the top system bar on your phone. You’ll see the option to change from digital to analog there. This will display in all programs, assuming you have this setting enabled.
Want to enable this setting? Just as easy! Tap on Start then Settings then System then Clock & Alarms – select the ‘More’ tab and put a check in the box that says “Display clock on the title bar in all programs.” Presto!
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Being a history graduate (go on, make your nerd jokes now), I pride myself as being the Queen of Trivial Knowledge – but even I need a refresher now and again. If I’m lucky enough to be sitting by a computer (which I’ll admit is quite often) the internet has almost every answer I could possibly need in seconds thanks to Wikipedia. But what if I’m not in front of my computer?
Here’s the perfect solution: Wikipedia… on your Windows Mobilephone! I know what you’re thinking. Data. Data is expensive! And Wikipedia is full of images and links and then you have to worry about having the right browser to view it in properly… grah! So here it is… How-to: Get Wikipedia on your phone (without an internet connection!)
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Want your phone to suggest words when entering text? Want your phone to help correct your spelling and grammar? Sure, this may seem like a no-brainer to you, but I know for a fact that there are plenty of you out there that have never even seen these settings on your phone let alone have them enabled! (Or, if you’re like me and HATE when your phone changes your ‘hehe’ to ‘here’, have them disabled).
Today I will be doing just as the title suggests — unlocking and upgrading an HTC Apache to run Windows Mobile 6.1. Or at least that’s what I’m aiming to do. Everyone I’ve told this to seems to snicker and wish me luck. Is it impossible? From a brief bit of internet sleuthing, I’d say it’s possible. Is it practical? Maybe not.
