Always online with the iPod touch

Thanks to my mobile phone (HTC with Windows Mobile 6.0 for Smartphones), I already can go online when I am on the way. The iPod touch can use WiFi to connect to the internet, if there is a proper access point around. So turning my smartphone into a WiFi access point should do the trick, right?

Right, but how does it work. Searching the internet for a solution I found a few pages explaining a registry hack that fools Windows Mobile into using the internet sharing feature to serve as a WiFi access point. After trying it for 30 minutes I was quite frustrated, so I look for an alternative. There was one in the form of an application called WMWifiRouter. After 10 minutes I got my access point working and I could connect with my iPod and use Safari to surf the internet. So the program works great, but you have to pay for it (20 EUR). You can also use it to connect devices via USB cable (your laptop for example) and Bluetooth.

One disadvantage of this configuration is that using WiFi on the mobile phone drains the battery quite a bit, so it does not last very long. One way to work around this is to connect the phone to an external battery pack like I am doing.

The result of this undertaking is quite pleasing. I can surf the internet on my iPod touch with Safari, read and write emails and downloads programs from the AppStore while I am on my way to work. Doing this with my Windows Mobile phone was not so pleasing. So if you have a similar configuration, you should either try WMWifiRouter or the registry hack (search for "windows mobile wifi access point").