Mac Wireless Connectivity
I recently downloaded Counterpath’s free VoIP client called X-Lite (version 3.0). You can get it here.
It is very practical as I found out the hard way on my last trip to Montreal that just carrying a WIP330 is not enough to guarantee access to VoIP over WiFi. Hey LinkSys, get your act together and upgrade the firmware of that beautiful phone to support WPA2.
On another wireless node, I bought a NSeries NOKIA N95 that among other things, supports WiFi. Hope that unlike Microsoft Word, I will use more than 10% of this phone’s capacities. It already is pretty close to “one device to rule them all” à la Tolkien. It is a 3.5G phone, supporting HSDPA.
Don’t know about you, but the first thing I do (aside from wondering why batteries are still delivered not fully charged) is take a picture (5 Mega Pixels). Then I configure WiFi access and my Gmail account to feel at home. One note on configuring your Gmail account as IMAP over an HTTPS connection— specify the ports. I then picked a nice ringtone (until I actually download and install a Led Zep one).
The WiFi access is nice and configures itself almost automatically (hey you have to enter the key!). Also, the screen switches from landscape to portrait as you rotate the phone. Most interestingly, the device has a growing community developing hacks and applications for it. Almost a social network. We’re getting there. There is so much to say about this power house. You can configure Skype. Use the phone to monitor your home. Use it as a GPS, record 640×480 video on 8 Gigs of storage, record memos, incidently make or receive a call, etc. Thanks Steve for pushing the boundaries. Others have to follow and the N95 is the next best thing to an iPhone.
Here is our url that you can capture with your phone to store this address. We’ve gone full circle to hieroglyphs…
