As I've just started to work for TimeBi as a tester, I decided to create this internal blog to write down my experiences as a regular user. I will also post my ideas and my whish-list for cool stuff I'd like to see developed.
After our lunch-meeting (a very nice invitation), Miguel and Andre gave me (lended) an HTC p3300 pda. Nice!
The deal was: I get to use the pda as long as I:
- use time2me (fine with me),
- keep providing feedback and write all the good, the bad and the ugly things about time2me aka wizi;
So here are my impressions of my first day:
I live in Portugal and I've got a carrier ontract with Optimus. I pre-pay an extra monthly 7.5 euros for 100 MB of GPRS data.
As a complete noob in smartphones and PDA, the first thing I must say is that configuring the pda to connect to the web through GPRS isn't that straightforward. Ok, so the htc p3300 came with windows mobile 6 or WM6. And that's fine.
I have basically two needs with a pda:
i - Access internet (quickly enough),
ii - make phone calls and send sms,
But this htc p3300 also came with a GPS, so I also require to use it as a GPS (which comes in handy for the time2me main app).
Ok, connecting to my wep protected wifi home network was easy. First shot, got through. Nice.
Let's see if I can easily customize the apps for my pda: google maps. Yes. Opera mobile. No. Got some certificate error message. Opera mini. No. Both versions get stuck for some certificate error message. Right.
Let's see if I can access my google apps (gmail, calendar, reader, picasaweb and mymaps). Apparently yes. Sent 1 email to a friend.
The next day, at work. Connecting local wifi. Error, need certificate. Hmmm, how do I import a certificate? Then I try a usb connection with a win XP 64. Can't plugandplay. Hmmm, how do I transfer files? Bluetooth? Got a bluetooth dongle at home. Will try that tonight.
Ok, so let's try gprs instead of wifi. Hmm, got stuck first. Then I went to Optimus site and it helped. I finally managed to activate the gprs web. I put the complete walkthrough in this wiki.
You'll notice I still haven't talked about the time2me service;) That's because the new device learning overhead is rather heavy.
P.S: Oh, and BTW, I did make one phone call to my wife. So the phone works as well. But i miss the hark keyboard just to make a phone call. Also, I'd love to synchronize my gmail contacts with the pda. Can I do that? I guess I'll discover all that in the next weeks. Have a nice week-end...
