Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Hey Bluetooth Tetherers - AKU 3 Is Not Your Friend!
Posted by Jon Westfall in "ARTICLE" @ 05:13 AM
Recently I discovered a very annoying feature in Windows Mobile AKU 3, and I figured everyone here who has multiple devices or is used to using their devices in a certain unconverged way may be interested. In previous builds of Windows Mobile, the Microsoft Bluetooth Stack featured the Bluetooth Dialup Networking Profile. In AKU 3, this is gone, replaced with a new Internet Connection sharing program, and frustrations galore.
After contacting him, Werner "Menneisyys" Routsalainen wrote up an article describing the situation in complete detail. Basically, if you're using a computer that can establish a Bluetooth Personal Area Network (PAN) connection and you don't mind pressing buttons on your phone everytime you want to establish a connection, then you'll be fine.
If you're using a conventional Pocket PC or device that uses Bluetooth Dialup Networking for an internet connection (or you just don't want to have to touch your device when establishing a connection through it), you'll be annoyed with this situation. Read Menneisyys' write up, and join me in asking nicely: Please Microsoft - put Bluetooth DUN back in! Keep the current nice features, just add DUN back in for those of us who know it works best for them!
After contacting him, Werner "Menneisyys" Routsalainen wrote up an article describing the situation in complete detail. Basically, if you're using a computer that can establish a Bluetooth Personal Area Network (PAN) connection and you don't mind pressing buttons on your phone everytime you want to establish a connection, then you'll be fine.
If you're using a conventional Pocket PC or device that uses Bluetooth Dialup Networking for an internet connection (or you just don't want to have to touch your device when establishing a connection through it), you'll be annoyed with this situation. Read Menneisyys' write up, and join me in asking nicely: Please Microsoft - put Bluetooth DUN back in! Keep the current nice features, just add DUN back in for those of us who know it works best for them!
