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  • Turn your WiFi-enabled Windows Mobile smartphone into a GPRS/UMTS/HSPA wireless router

    If you’re paying for unlimited data through your carrier’s data network, shouldn’t you be able to use that data package on more than one phone? Why get an unlimited data package for each and every Windows Mobile smartphone in your collection? WMWifiRouter is a new application for Windows Mobile 6 (possibly 5) that lets you share your WiFi-enabled smartphone’s data GPRS/UMTS/HSPA data connection over that delicious WiFi connection. As long as your other smartphones have WiFi connectivity, you can essentially use WMWifiRouter to turn one handset into a wireless router, and then log into that handset via WiFi to surf the unlimited data network to your heart’s content. Grab WMWifiRouter here . [Via: Smartphone Thoughts ] ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:Deal: Free La Fonera WiFi router - no taxes and FREE shippingBlackBerry Curve 8320 with WiFi set to hit T-Mobile on September 24thNew T-mobile HotSpot @Home Router outed by FCCBrowse network-shared Windows files with Pocket Internet ExplorerCTIA: Sprint Announces Cisco Enzo 3G Router

  • GPS location data on your iPhone - kinda, sorta

    Why wait for the next-gen iPhone to get your GPS fix ? With Navizon’s new natively-installed iPhone application, Navizon, your iPhone can serve up location-data right through your Google Maps app. The iPhone doesn’t have a GPS module, you say? Well, Navizon uses WiFi hotspot information and Cellular triangulation to get a fix on your position. It’s not the most accurate way to get location data, but if you’re completely lost and have no idea where you are, just fire up your car’s navigation system look at street signs ask somebody hit up the Navizon application on your iPhone. The Navizon app will pinpoint (we use the term loosely here) your location on your Google Maps screen. But, don’t be surprised if you can’t get a location-fix because of a lack of known WiFi or Cellular signals. Navizon is a pay service - about $25 for the software (but you get a free 15-day trial when you register on Navizon’s webpage). Check it out. As much as it might sound as if we don’t like the less-than-accurate service, it’s actually pretty cool - we just don’t like having to pay for third-party software that could quite easily be broken with the next iPhone update. Where can you find Navizon? Through Installer.app , of course. ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:iPhone to get a GPS in 2008Sidekick to get a GPSSprint GPS/Data Bundle - FinallyBlue Sky Positioning announces their GPS enabled SIM cardAT&T / Cingular improving EDGE speeds for Apple iPhone launch!

  • Sprint and Microsoft announce new Live Search application that knows your location

    Mobile search applications like Microsoft’s Live Search sure are handy, aren’t they? Well, they’re about to get a lot handier. Microsoft has teamed up with Sprint to roll out a new Live Search client that uses location-based information to help you find the nearest pizzeria or nail salon (for that emergency mani-pedi that you might find yourself needing). The trick thing about the new Live Search is the way location information is calculated. Sprint and Microsoft have extended the Live Search functionality to use cell-tower triangulation for calculating a user’s position. Without the need for GPS modules, cell-tower triangulation opens up the world of location-based mobile search to a wider array of mobile phones. Starting today, all Live Search mobile searches on Sprint’s network will incorporate location information. Users of Sprint’s five high-end mobile phones will also be able to use the new Microsoft Live Search client by speaking their search terms into the phone’s microphone - no more endless tapping away at the RAZR’s numeric keypad. The lineup of voice-compatible phones includes the Samsung a900 and a920, the Motorola RAZR, the Sanyo 840, and the LG 550. We’re expecting the location-based Microsoft Live Search to hit other carriers soon, so keep an eye out. Cell-tower triangulation really is the best way to get positional information without a cumbersome GPS module - it isn’t the most accurate way to get location data, but it’s close enough for mobile searches. Not to mention that location information can even be calculated in dense-urban environments where high-rise building can hinder GPS performance. We like it. [Via: SearchEngineLand ] ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:Microsoft Live Search on Nokia smartphonesIndependence Day is coming; Get ready for Sprint's "wireless evolution"Nokia Mobile Search further expands with more local search providersNokia Mobile Search can now...
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