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How to install RealPlayer on Windows Mobile

I downloaded RealOne Player, but the installation failed because it said that my version of ActiveSync was incorrect. In order to get it working follow these steps: Start ActiveSync Double-click the RealPlayer installation file Get the error, but don't click 'Ok' on the error message Type %temp% in Run, i.e. Start->Run->Type '%temp' Open the folder named ~rnsetup Copy the realplayer.cab file in that folder onto the PDA In 'File Explorer' on the PDA double-click the .cab file to install. These steps were suggested on this forum . For a bit more information about installing .cab files read: http://pocketpccentral.net/help/tutorials/install_cab_file.htm

Using ActiveSync over a Bluetooth dongle with BlueSoleil

On the PDA: Click 'Start' -> 'Settings' -> 'Connections' -> 'Bluetooth' On the PDA: Ensure Bluetooth is turned on In BlueSoleil:Click 'My Bluetooth' -> 'Security' -> Set to High, Set a Default Passkey and click 'Enable Data Encryption' In BlueSoleil: Right-click on the PDA -> Click 'Pair' On the PDA: You will be asked to enter the pin code to pair with the computer. Enter the Default Passkey you typed and click Ok In BlueSoleil: Right-click on the PDA -> Click 'Connect' --> Click 'Bluetooth Serial Port Service' In BlueSoleil: Right-click on the PDA -> Click 'Status...' --> Note the COM port number On the PDA: Click 'Start' -> 'Settings' -> 'Connections' -> 'Bluetooth' --> 'Bluetooth Manager' On the PDA: Click 'New' -> 'ActiveSync via Bluetooth' -> Select the computer -> Click a serial port -&g

Communicating between a Windows laptop and the Windows Mobile PDA using sockets

Introduction Having successfully installed Python on my Windows Mobile PDA I wanted to investigate if I could communicate between my Windows XP machine and my PDA using sockets. I used Cygwin to act as a Linux emulator, although there are Windows-based Python solutions, such as Enthought's Pylab . Step One: Communication between processes on the same machine As a first step, try communication between processes on a single machine. I used the command ipconfig in a Windows command prompt to determine that my IP address is 192.168.1.64. To create the server, I used the following Python code, which is largely from http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Python/Sockets-in-Python/1/ . Create a file called server.py with the following contents: #! /usr/bin/env python import socket mySocket = socket.socket (socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) mySocket.bind (( '192.168.1.64', 1200 )) mySocket.listen (1) while True: channel, details = mySocket.accept() print 'Opened a connection with&

Python on a Windows Mobile PDA

I've been doing development work in Python and as an experiment I thought I'd have a go at getting Python installed on my Windows Mobile PDA . It's an HP iPaq running Windows Mobile 6 (CE OS 5.2.1.1616). The Python CE Wiki is located at: http://pythonce.sourceforge.net/Wikka/HomePage I installed PythonCE-2.5-20061219-setup.exe from sourceforget.net and amazingly it worked first time! After clicking Start -> Programs -> Python I was able to verify that it worked by typing >>> print 'Hello World' Hello World Using Ilium Software Screen Capture software I was able to get a screen shot very easily. It can be downloaded from http://www.mobiletopsoft.com/pocket-pc/download-ilium-software-screen-capture-free-1-1.html