On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:28:33 -0400, "Bill Kearney"
<wkearney99@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Trouble is battery life. There have been a couple of hacks to do this.
>Most of what it takes to make it happen is already built into windows
>mobile.

I'll resist the temptation to rant about what I think of Windoze
Mobile 5. Maybe 6 is better, but 5 offers Wi-Fi *OR* 1xRTT/EVDO, but
not at the same time. The antennas and radios are totally seperate,
but some brilliant marketing type decided that it should be disabled.

>But even when you get it working you're still going to see battery life drop
>like an anvil once you start routing. Now, use a car adapter or a wall wart
>and cradle and it's a bit less useless.

How about a big get cell battery, 5V regulator, and a USB power cable?
That's what I do to charge or extend my battery life. I can go for
perhaps 3 days without a charge if I don't use Wi-Fi. 5-8 hours at
best if I run Wi-Fi all day.

>I've seen no tests yet as to throughput.
>
>Oh, and you're also up against the handset's tendency to put itself into
>standby mode.

WM5 and probably WM6 have some control over this. I can leave it in
permanently on, backlighting permanently on, Wi-Fi permanently on, and
run the battery down fairly quickly.

>Interesting in theory, a bit weak in actual practice.

The real application is installing it on someone elses cell phone. Why
pay for wireless data when you can get someone else to pay the bill?
(The surest sign of success is abuse and pollution. I'll wait).

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