What is Dashwire?
Dashwire automatically mirrors the content on your phone to the web, helping you access, manage, and share your mobile experiences
How does it work?
Once you sign-up for your FREE account, you’ll be prompted to install a small application on your phone that will keep your phone constantly connected and in-sync with your private, web-based Dashwire account.
What you do on the phone will instantly update on the web, what you do on the web will update your on phone. No cables or effort required. Easy.
What does Dashwire bring to the web?
Contacts
Text Messages (SMS)
Photos
Videos
Call logs
Voicemail
Phone settings - Ringtones, Web Bookmarks, Speed Dials
You control which items sync and when it happens. Dashwire connects across wireless data, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and USB.
FEATURES :
PHOTO SHARING
Easy sharing of photos captured on your phone to friends via SMS, E-Mail or Social networks (Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, Bebo)
INSTANT STATUS UPDATES
Update your Facebook and Twitter status from Dashwire.com or (coming soon) the Dashwire Mobile client on your phone.
INSTANT MESSAGING-STYLE THREADED SMS ON THE WEB
Improved SMS experience through conversation threading by contact
PHONE-TO-PHONE TRANSFER
Automatic transfer of contacts and phone settings (bookmarks, speed dials) when Dashwire Mobile is added to your new phone
Currently only supports transfers from one Windows Mobile phone to another, but will enable WM to S60 transfers when we launch our Symbian client.
IMPROVED PHOTO VIEWING
Easier and faster to browse and title photos on Dashwire.com
OVERALL PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS
Load time and usability improvements on the web and mobile client
IE7 usability improvements
IMPROVED NAVIGATION AND ACCESS TO FEATURES
Context specific menus when hovering over messages, calls, or contacts, allowing actions like reply via SMS, call via Skype, or share photo
CONTENT SEARCH
Spotlight-style account search
Improved tile search
VISUAL VOICEMAIL
Visual voicemail and voice to text transcription via CallWave iFrame (for US Customers only). Exploring additional voicemail solutions for customer choice and global coverage.
MOBILE CLIENT IMPROVEMENTS –build 299 on http://m.dashwire.com
Added progress bar
Added sync on/off for roaming
Added ability to select items that are synced
Support of phone-to-phone transfer
Manual or automatic sync, though manual sync doesn’t currently support sending SMS from Dashwire.com
Improved sync messaging
Faster performance
If you don’t yet have a Dashwire account, head on over to http://www.dashwire.com to sign up for FREE, or if you’re an existing user, point your device at http://m.dashwire.com to get the latest client. Dashwire supports Windows Mobile 5 and 6 both in Standard (Smartphone) and Professional (Pocket PC).
Source : http://www.1800pocketpc.com/2008/04/09/dashwire-public-beta.html
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Just signed up to be a member of this site. Great to see our presence is already here! Love the write-up. Did a great job of explaining the uses and features.
We're always updating and debuting features. Here's a couple of new ones we recently came out with:
• Single click video sharing via e-mail and social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter, Bebo)
• Photo and video sharing to FriendFeed
• Photo search and slideshow view
• Catalogue of mobile optimized bookmarks
• Threaded text messaging tile view
• Improved Dashwire search
We'll be on the site regularly so let us if you have any feeback or questions. It's always greatly appreciated.
Dashwire Mobile 2.0
Some users might have already broken the news, but we just want to follow-up and give some more information.
Today we released our Dashwire Mobile 2.0 client update (much of which was a result of feedback we’ve gotten on forums). The new Mobile Client is available now at http://m.dashwire.com from your mobile phone browser.
Up to this point Dashwire has mainly been focused on helping users bring their mobile phone’s content to the web. We make it easy to sync, manage, and back-up what’s on your phone. Starting with today’s release, we’ll increasingly be rolling out functionality that enables users to bring their content & experiences from the web instantly down to their phones. Here are the main components of our updated Mobile Client:
• Graphical UI experience featuring user avatar, status updates, & media gallery
• Mobile access to photos & videos stored online in your Dashwire account – even if the actual media files aren’t on your phone
• Photo uploads from your computer to your Dashwire web account – which then automatically appear on your phone
• Media editing, blogging and sharing with friends – on the go
• Direct mobile status updates to Facebook & Twitter
• Privacy controls & media publishing
Check out a video at: http://dashwire.com/tour/video-mobile.
For those of you who haven’t seen one of our million forum posts: our FREE service helps users sync the contacts, text messages, calls, photos, videos, and settings from their phones to the web, where they can backup their stuff, search & interact with their information, and share their experiences with friends and social sites.
Big thanks to all of our existing users for the attention and feedback you’ve given to our Dashwire solution. We hope our updated Mobile Client allows you to integrate your phone with the web in new and exciting ways. As always, you know where to find us.
I can't see Phone Model in the site:
HTC Touch HD
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This is the OTA sync solution (files, calendar, contacts) Microsoft has developed for WinMo6 phones. The website is here:
https://www.getskybox.com
It does not replace Windows Live, but acts as a supplement to it.
For some reason the certificate is invalid accoridng to Firefox, so I did a screencapture of the information page here:
Edit: Sod it, here is the text off the website.
More information about Microsoft® My Phone
* Back up phone information to a password-protected web site Microsoft My Phone syncs information on your mobile phone to a storage space on a web site hosted by Microsoft. If your phone is lost or stolen, or if you upgrade to a new phone, you can easily restore the contacts, calendar appointments, photos, and other information that you stored on My Phone to a compatible new or replacement phone. Most phones that run the Windows Mobile 6 operating system are compatible with My Phone service.
* Access and update your contacts and appointments on the web Microsoft My Phone enables you to view and manage phone information by using a web browser. In your web account, you can add, edit, and delete contacts and calendar appointments, and the changes will appear on your phone the next time that you sync.
* Share photos with friends and family Microsoft My Phone makes it easy to view photos on your computer that were taken with your camera phone. From your web account, you can save photos to your computer or can e-mail them to family and friends.
* How much does the Microsoft My Phone service cost? Microsoft does not charge a fee for the My Phone service at this time. But the data plan you have with your mobile operator may require you to pay data-transfer charges when you use the service. If you are unsure of your plan coverage, please contact your mobile operator.
* How do I create a Microsoft My Phone account? You can download the Microsoft My Phone application by browsing to http://www.getskybox.com/install on your mobile phone. When you browse to this site from select countries, you will be asked for your phone number to receive a text message which will contain the link for downloading the application. The first time that you run the Microsoft My Phone application on your phone after downloading it, you will be asked to sign in using your Windows Live™ ID (or sign up for a Windows Live ID if you do not already have one).
* What information can I back up on Microsoft My Phone? The first time that you run the My Phone application on your mobile phone, you will be asked to accept or change the recommended settings. Recommended settings will synchronize contacts, calendar appointments, tasks, photos, videos, text messages, music, and documents between your phone and your My Phone web account. However:
o If you have an active connection with Microsoft Exchange server (which is frequently used for corporate e-mail), My Phone will not synchronize your contacts, calendar appointments, or tasks.
o If you have Windows Live installed on your phone, it will synchronize your Windows Live contacts with the Windows Live web site, and My Phone will synchronize your other contacts to your account on the My Phone web site.
o If you have an external memory card and selected My Phone's recommended settings, information on the external memory card will not be synchronized.
o If you store contacts on the SIM card provided by your mobile operator, My Phone will not synchronize these contacts.
o If you have any documents stored outside the My Documents folder on your phone, My Phone will not synchronize these documents.
* How much data can I back up? Your Microsoft My Phone account gives you 200 MB of free storage on the Microsoft My Phone web site. If a synchronization would result in exceeding this limit, you will receive an error message on your phone and your account on the My Phone web site will only include information received prior to reaching this limit. Any files in excess of this limit will not be saved.
* Does Microsoft My Phone back up my phone information automatically? If you accept the recommended settings, Microsoft My Phone will automatically synchronize information between your mobile phone and your Microsoft My Phone web account once per day between 11:00 P.M. and 5:00 A.M., except when your phone cannot connect to your default data network - for example, when your phone is turned off, out of range, or roaming. You can also back up your data manually at any time by selecting Sync in the Microsoft My Phone application on your phone.
* Will Microsoft My Phone work on my mobile phone? Currently, Microsoft My Phone works only on phones that run the Windows Mobile 6+ operating system. This includes phones from many different manufacturers and mobile operators. To check which version of Windows Mobile your phone is using, click Start > Settings > About on your phone.
* What if I've already lost my mobile phone? If you lost your mobile phone before you began using the Microsoft My Phone service (for instance, if you installed the software but did not perform a sync operation), you cannot use Microsoft My Phone to restore the information that you lost. But if you used My Phone on your old mobile phone, download and install Microsoft My Phone on your new mobile phone (as described in How do I create a Microsoft My Phone account?) and sign in to the Microsoft My Phone application on your phone using the same Windows Live ID that you previously used. Then, by synchronizing manually or waiting for the next automatic synchronization, all information that you backed up to your Microsoft My Phone web account will be restored to the new phone.
Disclaimer: Use of Microsoft My Phone is subject to the terms of use provided with the service, including limitations on liability and no guarantee of error free operation. Although this web page is intended to provide additional general information about the service, Microsoft expressly disclaims provision of any additional user right or Microsoft obligation. A copy of the Terms of Use can be found here.
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Cert was invaild in PIE as well. clicking on the install link returns a 404 error
The cert is invalid period (for all browsers)
The security certificate doesn't match the domain.
Furthermore, the website seems to be experiencing technical difficulties.
I definetly want in on the beta.
I have no problems with this site
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/myphone/myphone.aspx
not working for me
here @ work
Silentd said:
I have no problems with this site
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/myphone/myphone.aspx
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and it turns out that you just give away your privacy once again .... and that of your contacts
Dirk
Soo...how is Skybox much different than Dashwire so far?
I was really hoping to see some true Live Calendar sync, but it looks like the WL suite is still separate.
http://www.dashwire.com/
whats wrong with just using an Exchange server?
Monty,
Not everyone has Exchange unfortunately....
Why? There are free servers available.
Because you can only have 1 activesync connection at the same time.
I already sync my mail & calendar with my work exchange server and would like to sync my contacts & calendar with myphone or another comparable service.
I prefer exchange activesync in combination with livemesh - the only thing I don't get back-ups of are my sms messages (shrug).
Livemesh is just so more useful to me.
i just want to grumble a little about Microsoft's rather piecemeal way of sorting out OTA sync data. I use Windows Live Mobile, but this does not allow calendar sync, so I am forced to use Google Sync and Google calendar. I use Live Mesh to sync all my other files. Now MyPhone comes along, and I am finding it very hard to imagine why I would ever want to use this program at all. The only thing it may be useful for is putting the cabs for WLM, Google Sync and Live Mesh on it so that new phones which come with MyPhone preinstalled will be able to download and run the programs.
Why can't Windows Live Mobile come preinstalled with all phones and be a more full-featured service?
Star-Lite said:
Because you can only have 1 activesync connection at the same time.
I already sync my mail & calendar with my work exchange server and would like to sync my contacts & calendar with myphone or another comparable service.
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I must correct myself here, myphone is useless if you already have an activesync connection in place.
If you do, myphone cannot sync your calendar, tasks and contacts (even if your not syncing them via activesync at all).
It is not really direct-push like sync as well. The smallest possible automatic sync interval is once per day.
I cannot really find any use to sync my phones images, music etc with myphone. It's waaay faster to just put them on the sd-card directly via a card reader...
ZSX said:
The only thing it may be useful for is putting the cabs for WLM, Google Sync and Live Mesh
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Yeah, but Live Mesh could do this anyway, as long as you install after a hard reset/new phone.
ZSX said:
Why can't Windows Live Mobile come preinstalled with all phones and be a more full-featured service?
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Here here, but I'm sure it's to do with the Anti-Trust lawsuit from a decade ago. If only they could have a default link to it within WinMob.
ZSX said:
i just want to grumble a little about Microsoft's rather piecemeal way of sorting out OTA sync data. I use Windows Live Mobile, but this does not allow calendar sync, so I am forced to use Google Sync and Google calendar. I use Live Mesh to sync all my other files. Now MyPhone comes along, and I am finding it very hard to imagine why I would ever want to use this program at all. The only thing it may be useful for is putting the cabs for WLM, Google Sync and Live Mesh on it so that new phones which come with MyPhone preinstalled will be able to download and run the programs.
Why can't Windows Live Mobile come preinstalled with all phones and be a more full-featured service?
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Indeed, moreover, you can select individual folders with live mesh to sync, mymobile only allows to select the the whole storage card! which puts you straight over the 200mb limit.
Microsoft needs to get a grip, there is a whole range of products that overlap in functionality but don't work together....
Skybox - My Phone - Windows Live
Well, with all our grumbling, it looks like Microsoft is listening and is hoping to more tightly integrate My Phone with Windows Live. I just wonder how long it will take and whether it will be ready by the time 7 rolls round.
Tighter integration with Windows Live services: Window Live suite of services provides a fantastic user experience around Contacts, Calendar, Photos and other user needs. We too are big fans and ardent users of these services and it is natural for you all to ask for tighter integration so that all of your personal data is consolidated in one single view. The initial goal for My Phone service was to test the concept and validate that we are solving a real problem for the users. Now that we have a resounding vote of confidence for the service our future plans are moving in this direction.
Support synchronizing additional data: Your phone is a very personal device for lot of us. For some of us it is akin to having all of life in your hands and it is not fun thinking about losing all of this information. We have tried to support syncing the most frequently used data types keeping in mind the current and future trends but at the same time we have room for growth in this area for syncing additional information. There has also been active discussion around providing flexibility to select folders and files from the phone for syncing it with the service and also providing the option to sync Contacts, Calendar and Tasks even though they are managed by Exchange/ActiveSync.
Suggestions on improving the experience on the My Phone Web Site: There have also been number of suggestions on further improving the overall usability of the web site along with the phone application. These are being evaluated on case by case basis and we will be taking those into account for future updates.
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More here:
http://myphoneteam.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!500D40C76E07BE24!184.entry
Because smartphones are PDA/cell phone combinations, they can receive and send phone calls; manage user information through their to-do list, calendar/organizer and notes; create or establish networks as well as synchronize data with the devices in the network; send and receive emails; and download and play media files. The operating system that most smartphones use is SymbianOS. This operating system enables the owners to use multiple applications at the same time. A user can check the phonebook in his or her smartphone while taking a call, receive a call while watching a video without interrupting the media player application, check the calendar or to-do list while composing an email. Moreover, smartphones can be synchronized with other devices like a personal computer or laptop to keep files updated. Third party applications enable the smartphones to support other systems such as Java, SyncML, Bluetooth and GPRS.
reading from http://www.amsphone.com/ams_3g_android_forum_uses of smartphone.aspx
Crono is a productivity app that allows the user to sync mobile notifications and reply to them through the computer. Crono helps maintain the focus on work by letting the user interact with relevant notifications directly from the desktop; hence, reducing the urge to check their phone. Crono also allows user to keep track of online meetings and appointments.
What unique features help a user increase efficiency at work?
Sync important apps: Syncing only relevant notifications tunes out distractions and allows to reply to the necessary messages quickly.
Taking action on notifications: Archiving an email, Saving a youtube video to watch later or tracking Amazon deliveries or replying to someone on Whatsapp is possible through Crono.
Calendar events: Crono keeps track of the calendar and keeps users updated with upcoming appointments or online meetings all the time.
Bank OTP: Crono brings the one-time password directly to the PC allowing the user to maintain the workflow at their desk.
With this, Crono also supports 2 way file transfer, clipboard sharing, android battery status on desktop.
Download Links
Play Store
Crono Desktop Clients
Chrome Extension
Firefox Addon
Edge Extension
MacOS App
Windows Store
We use web browsers often to login to our accounts, instead of using native apps if they are available.
Examples would be emails, cloud accounts, WhatsApp Web, shipment tracking, travel bookings, etc.
Can the browsers (and it's makers) access these personal information?
Can anyone answer this question?
Web browsers may save login credentials and account settings to help you log in faster, but reputable browser makers have strict privacy policies in place to protect personal information. Modern web browsers use encryption and secure communication protocols to safeguard data when it is transmitted over the internet. However, there is always a risk of data breaches and cyberattacks, so it's important to use strong passwords, enable two-factor authentication, and keep software up to date to minimize this risk.
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Web browsers may save login credentials and account settings to help you log in faster, but reputable browser makers have strict privacy policies in place to protect personal information. Modern web browsers use encryption and secure communication protocols to safeguard data when it is transmitted over the internet. However, there is always a risk of data breaches and cyberattacks, so it's important to use strong passwords, enable two-factor authentication, and keep software up to date to minimize this risk.
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Does it mean that all browsers can see the data that we type in on websites, as well as data that the site has?
For example, if I log in to my email account on a web browser, can the browser see the password of my email account as well as read all my emails?