Windows Mobile Tutorials Category

Enabling MMS on the Alltel HTC 6800: The following tutorial explains how to get MMS to work on an Alltel PPC HTC 6800. This tutorial should work for enabling MMS on the HTC 6700 and possibly other HTC Pocket PC’s as well. By default from the factory, the HTC PPC 6800 (like many Pocket PC’s) does not include MMS software and your stuck text messaging via SMS. If you want to send picture or video in your text messages via your HTC to another phone, you must have MMS functionality. Luckily there is a MMS driver available to accomplish this.

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Connect to activesync using Bluetooth: The following tutorial covers the process of connecting your Windows Mobile Smartphone or Pocket PC via an existing Bluetooth connection on your Windows Desktop PC. There are some many good reasons to use the Bluetooth connection over the USB type connection. The most important reason of course being no wires to tie you down. The only real drawback is that your phone is not being charged (and the battery will drain quicker) while connected via Bluetooth.

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One of the most frustrating problems I have encountered with the activesync software is that it doesn’t always like to establish a connection (or sync up) with my computer. In some cases upon connecting my phone to the PC via the USB cable, the computer would even stop responding to other tasks, hang or lock up. Once the USB cable is removed from the phone, the computer would respond again.

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ClearType is a feature built into Windows Mobile that can smooth the edges of screen fonts for many programs. There is an option to enable ClearType in Windows Mobile 6. However, on most devices it is disabled by default. In the following quick ClearType tutorial, I’ll cover the process of enabling ClearType on your Windows Mobile device.

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The following are some common registry hacks that can be done to your Windows Mobile Registry to correct, fix or eliminate or address typical annoyances or functions that typically occur with a Windows Mobile operating environment. Please note that making modifications to your registry can have catastrophic effects. Proceed at your own risk as I am providing no warranty for this information.

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How to enable GPS on the Alltel HTC PPC6800. By default the HTC PPC6800 (otherwise known as the TITAN) has GPS capabilities via it’s chipset. However the wireless carrier Alltel has chosen not to include necessary drivers that enable the PPC6800 internal GPS chipset on their distributed products. The good news is that you can still install the necessary drivers and get the internal GPS chipset fully functional and working.

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