Nokia Sports Tracker....Go race against yourself

Thanks to my recent interest in GPS software for my N95, I tried out Nokia Sports Tracker. Its a cool application that you can use to track your daily workouts (jogging/running/cycling) etc. It tracks your movements using GPS and then you have the option of uploading your workout on a dedicated nokia website. On this website you can see workouts from your friends or other users who have made their workout public. It shows where you traveled during your workout using Google maps.Now ain't that cool ! Here is the public page where you can see some workouts uploaded by folks across the world. In fact there is a feature where you can actually broadcast your workout using a 'Live' option where-in either your friends or the entire world can track your movements on Google maps as you go about your workout. That is real time information for you !!

Here is a your tube video which shows this cool app in detail.

Internet access using airtel gprs

I recently was evaluating ways to access the internet on a Pocket PC PDA. A quick call to Airtel customer care (121 from your postpaid phone) revealed that I would need to activate 'Mobile Office' on my cell phone. The basic plan started at 399/- a month for 100 MB download (this is airtel in karnataka rates). The same gets activated within a couple of hours and you should receive an sms from airtel about the same. Next follow the steps mentioned here to setup your Pocket PC device for internet access. For other devices (eg nokia and motorola) the settings get downloaded automatically on your phone (via sms) once the service is activated. This sms is a 'service message' and you need to just save this sms to have the settings take effect.

There are ways to access some basic sites like google and yahoo using another service called 'Airtel Live' .The charges for this are as per the amount of data downloaded.

So Happy surfing on your pocket pc !