Recently I upgraded my Verizon Wireless mobile phone to Windows Mobile Smartphone XV6800. I like it very much because I can do a lot of things on it. The most useful function of this phone is accessing WiFi hotspot. Here I’d like to summarize how I configure it to connect to my home WLAN, access LAN resources, dial international calls through Skype and so on.
Connect your windows mobile phone to home WLAN
This section is from someone’s post. I googled the internet to search for solution. I came across this nice post and followed the instruction to get my phone works. Two bad I lost the web link.
In order to set-up a local area network between a computer and a PDA there are two phases to follow. I’ve tested the solution on a “server” laptop running both Vista and Windows XP, and on a PDA “client” under Windows Mobile 6.1. We can set-up as many clients as we want, whether PDAs or computers. In addition, this implementation is on WiFi without even using a WiFi router/access point.
Phase 1 – set-up network and its’ “server” (computer):
- Make sure the computer’s WiFi card is enabled.
- Do the WiFi network set-up as per http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndYUkSdCQ3Q&NR=1. The video shows a Windows XP case but I’ve also done it on Vista. You need to enter the network’s SSID and remember it. Also you need to write-down the computer’s name (Computer_name) from the System Tools/System Information.
- Choose/create a directory (Shared_directory) with property set to public access. If the directory is not right under C:\, then make sure the whole path tree has the access type property set to public.
- Go under network connections, right click on our network name and set the IPV4 address to 192.168.1.1. This computer will serve as hub for all the clients attached to this network.
Phase 2 – set-up the PDA client (under Windows Mobile 6.1):
- Make sure the WiFi card is enabled.
- Go under WiFi connections and choose to show “only access points” networks. You should see the network with the SSID you entered on the “server”.
- Go under network cards, choose “the right one” (that depends of the PDA manufacturer). In my case I had one marked “WLAN”. Set the IP address static (ex: 192.168.1.10), with gateway set to 192.168.1.1 and mask 255.255.255.0 (automatically filled-in). At this moment you’ll see on the computer the name of the PDA as part of the SSID-named network.
- Go under Explorer (always on the PDA), then Manu/Browse/Open a path/New location and in the field enter \\Computer_name\ Shared_directory.
Use SKYPE to call people worldwide
Visit http://skype.com once your home WLAN works. Download the right version of the skype to your cell phone. Usually select Skype for Windows Mobile, the current version is Skype 3.0 for Windows® Phones. You can switch to Chinese interface once Skype is successfully installed.
Read/Write Chinese characters in your Windows phone
There is a really good Windows Mobile App that provide Chinese support in your Windows Mobile devices: CE-Star for WM5 and WM6.x. The developer, Mobem Technologies Inc.(http://www.mobem.com), based in Beijing, claims that CE-Star for WM5/6 is the only true localizer for Windows Mobile 5.0/6.x devices in the world. It comes with our invention DynaNLS technology to enable your WM5/WM6 device to view and write Chinese and Japanese in all applications. The latest 2.8 R3c has better WM6.1 and Japanese support. And 2.8 R3c now has better support for high resolution devices.
PuTTY for Windows Mobile
There is a Windows Mobile port of famous PuTTY, a SSH client, available at http://www.pocketputty.net/. You can download the software directly to your Windows Phone and unzip the file. The execuatable is ready to use. You may have difficulty to get through the first screen because there is pupup dialog window to ask your permission to continue. Once you ge through this screen, everything goes smoothly. The only thing I do not like is that its font size is really small. I can barely see the text. But it is ok if you only do a little bit things on it.
