Windows Mobile – a complete reshuffle
|Mobile technology has evolved and progressed at a rapid pace that time just has flown by. Even 5 years doesn’t seem to matter now. Few years back, Smartphones were supported by only the Symbian OS and Palm OS. Microsoft too joined the league and created the Windows mobile. Seeing Microsoft come into the market, Palm decided to change to the windows format. But, the recent launches of Apple’s iPhone and Android OS mobiles have changed the world of Smartphones completely.
Many young professionals till opt for the windows mobile as it carries a clear-cut to the overfilled milieu of the iPhone and android. Other than that, the windows mobile comes in with whole different set of phone configurations such as phones with physical button, those that combine both physical buttons and touch-screen and finally the full-fledged touch screen. This is one reason as to why windows mobiles have enjoyed greater success than the iPhone as the latter doesn’t have any physical buttons to work with. Many android devices don’t have these solid keys to work with. For people more susceptible to texting on the phone, windows mobile can be a boon to them. Windows phones are not just restricted to the keypad format. They also come in flip-flop models, slider phones, vertical and horizontal layout and many other different features.
Microsoft is also planning on launching the Windows 7 mobile by the end of this year, 2010. For the first time ever, Microsoft scraped off its previous versions and built the mobile’s software from scratch. And, according to early reports, the latest version has kept its name to every other OS in the market today. In this version, there is also the option of getting windows updated by live update.
Bluetooth:
Choosing the best Bluetooth headphone will depend on what you’re looking for as a customer. Cost of the device will definitely play in your mind. You should expect to pay anywhere from $30 to up to $300 or more. You should feel comfortable while wearing the device as well as feel the money’s worth when you’ve purchased the device. Battery life is also another factor that you must take into account. You must also consider options such as the offering of handsfree answering and ending calls, easy adjustment of the volume and the range it possess. If you do a lot of teleconferencing, you might want to opt for the Bluetooth headset as it can be randomly used with your PC or Laptop.
A VPN is a protected, concealed communication channel connecting two or more devices transversely across an open public network. The Internet is a perfect example for this. These VPN devices can either be a special device like a VPN facilitated router or a computer running VPN software. It allows two home computers in diverse settings to connect to each over the Internet or can allow your home computer to be connected to your office network. VPN utilization is very processor oriented and demanding and most broadband VPN routers have to some extent slow processors in them. Broadband router based VPN servers are time and again restricted in throughput because of their microprocessors. Most of microprocessors have an utmost VPN throughput of approximately 6Mbps or 600Kbps.
You can’t with Windows XP, you’ll need either a hardware solution (Linksys Routers have this capability) or install Windows Server 2003. Routing and Remote access does not exist on Windows XP.