Comments on: Windows Mobile Standard Edition Wireless File Transfers? http://www.mobileviews.com/blog/2007/07/23/windows-mobile-standard-edition-wireless-file-transfers/ All Things Mobile and Wireless Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:08:07 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Can a smartphone access files via network? - Pocket PC Addict Forums http://www.mobileviews.com/blog/2007/07/23/windows-mobile-standard-edition-wireless-file-transfers/comment-page-1/#comment-378942 Can a smartphone access files via network? - Pocket PC Addict Forums Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:33:30 +0000 http://www.mobileviews.com/blog/2007/07/23/windows-mobile-standard-edition-wireless-file-transfers/#comment-378942 [...] However, here I find a mention that negates what the Microsoft website claims: MobileViews Blog :: Windows Mobile Standard Edition Wireless File Transfers? [...] [...] However, here I find a mention that negates what the Microsoft website claims: MobileViews Blog :: Windows Mobile Standard Edition Wireless File Transfers? [...]

]]> By: Frank McPherson http://www.mobileviews.com/blog/2007/07/23/windows-mobile-standard-edition-wireless-file-transfers/comment-page-1/#comment-62437 Frank McPherson Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:02:13 +0000 http://www.mobileviews.com/blog/2007/07/23/windows-mobile-standard-edition-wireless-file-transfers/#comment-62437 You could go old school and get a infrared receiver for the PC and then beam the files using IR. Not as fast as Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, but to my knowledge all Pocket PCs and many Smartphones have an IR port, and IR seems to work. Another approach if you have to frequently transfer files is to install a FTP server on the PC and then get a FTP client for the Windows Mobile device. If the file is small enough you probably are best off using Todd's suggestion of sending an email. I use Gmail to do this, utilizing a feature of Gmail where you can create aliases. For example, I email copies of my eWallet file to emailaddy+backup at gmail.com. I then have a filter in Gmail that puts that email in the Backup category and archives the file, so I never see it in my inbox. You could go old school and get a infrared receiver for the PC and then beam the files using IR. Not as fast as Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, but to my knowledge all Pocket PCs and many Smartphones have an IR port, and IR seems to work.

Another approach if you have to frequently transfer files is to install a FTP server on the PC and then get a FTP client for the Windows Mobile device.

If the file is small enough you probably are best off using Todd’s suggestion of sending an email. I use Gmail to do this, utilizing a feature of Gmail where you can create aliases. For example, I email copies of my eWallet file to emailaddy+backup at gmail.com. I then have a filter in Gmail that puts that email in the Backup category and archives the file, so I never see it in my inbox.

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