05-02-2003, 04:17 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 29,160
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Wireless Application Scenarios: What Do You Do?
I was contacted by someone at T-Mobile who was interested in starting a discussion about the usage of wireless data services. Using a wireless device to check your email is an obvious use - but what else? I know that Pocket PC Thoughts readers are some of the most creative people around, so what are you using your wireless device for? The focus here should be more on GPRS-type scenarios than WiFi, but barring that, anything is fair game. Show me how creative you are! 
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05-02-2003, 04:27 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 3
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Terminal Server is my big GPRS app. A little poky over T-Mobile network, but fast enough to get a few things done.
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05-02-2003, 04:28 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 361
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When I get out of Wi-Fi range at my college campus, I like to sync up with Activesync using the WAN built into my phone. This works like this:
Bluetooth 3870 iPaq to Bluetooth Nokia 6310i to computer.
Works pretty well! Would be much better with an unlimited data plan. For T-Mobile customers, I guess the same scenario would work with a Nokia 3650.
-Jason
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05-02-2003, 04:28 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 193
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currently
I currently use:
e-mail
AIM
Wireless weblogging
Avanta Go updating
I have plans to use
Wireless games (chess and other likely to be other turn based games)
News Streams (XML feeds)
Other ways to automate website updating
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05-02-2003, 04:30 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 119
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I have t-mobile gprs, so at $20 for 5mb/month you can say I don't use it much.
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05-02-2003, 04:30 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: May 2002
Posts: 105
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The webcams on my WAP site are very popular, people just couldn't believe they could view so many in such detail.
One skiier from Austria was so made up that I posted a link to his favourite mountains webcam, which he could view on his PPC and Smartphone that he sent me 10 Euros!!
Checking your house security camera, downloading alarm status, even house temperatures, weather conditions, all very useful for people away from home.
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05-02-2003, 04:33 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 76
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Online gaming. The use I'm specifically interested in is with an online game called MinuteWar that uses GPS receivers and requires travelling around your local area to make moves in the game. Having connectivity from the PocketPC would make playing that game easier (rather than returning home to a computer). I'd be the one writing the software, but a prerequisite is cheap and available cellular internet access.
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05-02-2003, 04:49 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 75
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"I have t-mobile gprs, so at $20 for 5mb/month you can say I don't use it much."
Then you should go to TMobile and change your plan. $20 now gets you 10MB....
TM
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05-02-2003, 04:50 PM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 3,060
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I use it a lot for keeping in touch with my family using MSN Messenger when I'm in situations where I can't make a voice call. When I'm at conferences and sitting through session after session, it's indispensible.
I also use it a lot when we're out and spontaneously decide to do something like go to a movie. The Carmike Theaters Web site actually works fairly quickly on my Pocket PC Phone Edition.
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05-02-2003, 05:02 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 68
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If they are really interested, there are a few things that wouldn't cost too much that would work well.
1. Local, real time news. Partener up with a local news station (radio or TV... not newspaper. It needs to be with someone dealing with news real time), and offer a display of timely data.... traffic, weather, news alerts. You can get some of that seperately, but if you make it easier on the user to get to, you get a loyal user. You can also run a co-promotion of each other (the news mentions the service and phone company, the phone company mentions the news source).
2. e-mail service... as a service, not just pinging my pop3. I get tons of mail, and I would not want to deal with it on my phone. Offer a web based mail service that forward the mail that you WANT to deal with (based on sender, subject and such) to your phone, from any account. Also, that would allow an e-mail address tied to my phone that is NOT my phone number. I would hand out an e-mail address more than my phone number.
3. Find local blogs that comment on the area and news there and offer RSS feeds to the phones. I don't know if this would be a winner or not, but it couldn't be too expensive, and if you told the blogger about it, it would result in some free advertising. You could also get with a blog provider and offer blog updating from your phone, audio and text.
4. PIM data that can sync over the net, NOT though a cable. And no, not just reading it off the net, but syncing the phone up so when I'm not in a service area I can still see it. Of course, that would require a phone that was made to do that too.
5. REAL web browsing. Not just the sites you want us to see. Certianly offer us a list, so non-geeks can see what's out there without too much trouble, but let the people do what they want!
6. Give me web controls over everything. I hate typing in stuff on the phone, and if I can change my hotlist and such from my computer, I'll do it more often.
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