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Look ma! No wires, no software, no cell cards!
Simply turn on, log on and surf. No cellular data cards or special software required. And because Autonet mobile makes your car a Wi-Fi hotspot, you can pull off the road, go sit under a tree and stay connected outside your car.

Very promising technology. I’m sure someone will be taking this beyond Autonet and into places that want to provided an Internet Hotspot without having to pull cables. I look for big things from this technology. The market it ready and the price is right.

AutoNet Mobile

Last week I bought a copy of PdaNet and installed it on my laptop and Motorola Q. It works great!

PdaNet allows your Windows computer to connect to the Internet through your Windows Mobile Phone with your ActiveSync cable/dock, Bluetooth or InfraRed. If you own a Motorola Q or any other Windows Mobile phone with a data plan, PdaNet will make it your high speed wireless Internet Service for your laptop/desktop computer instantly - no extra hardware or setup necessary, no need to kill ActiveSync or perform any tricky hacking to your device whatsoever.

Click the image above to checkout their website. There you can download the 7 day demo and/or purchase the full version.

I searched high and low for a Windows Media Player Mobile skin that looks like the new Windows Media Player 11. Yesterday I finally found a really good one.

I had to tweak the time and volume locations on the landscape version down two pixels to make it look right for the “Motorola Q”. I also had to move the volume icon down and left a few pixels to make it line up better.

1. Just click on the image to download it.
2. Unzip the files and copy them to “Program Files\Windows Media Player” on your mobile phone.
3. Now you can select that skin in the options menu in Windows Media Player Mobile.

I admit it! I’m one of the 10 Million and most of the people I work with are too. It’s so sad. haha

No seriously, I find myself clicking away on my “Q” everywhere even when I don’t have new email. Anyway, here’s a funny video I ran across on Revver. Nalts, you are a funny guy.

I recently pickup a “Motorola Q” at my local Verizon Wireless store. The “Q” is one of the first smart phones running Windows Mobile 5. The device is very light weight at 4.05 oz and thin at 4.56 inches tall x 2.48 inches wide x 0.45 inches thick. The first thing I look for in a mobile device is its balance. By that I mean does its weight and size match up and fit in my hand. The “Q” meets both of my requirements.

I am syncing my desktops outlook 2003 (email, contacts, and tasks) to the mobile outlook on the device with Verizon’s wireless sync service. The sync is sometimes slow, taking up to 30 minutes during pick hours to notify me of new updates. Despite the sometimes slow updates, I think it’s still a good service. Browsing the web on its mobile IE is as good as any mobile device I have tested.

The only issue I have had so far is with battery life. Even with the extended battery, I have to plug it in for a quick charge in the evenings.

Here are a few links to other sites about the “Q”:

Verizon’s “Q” Site
Motorola’s “Q” Site

Here’s the Vista grass wallpaper reduced for the “Q”: