No Wlan Connection

[69reichertm]

Hello - I just got my Shift yesterday. German Edition.
It works well. The only Thing is I do not get the WLAN to work.
I have 2 WLAN stations with G and N standard activated but I do not get a
connection. Certainly I enabled the WLAN in Vista with the THC Tool.
I also tried to do settings in the device driver.
But Windows Vista still does not find any network ( WLAN ).
EDGE is working when tunred on.
PLEASE HELP - OTHERWISE I SEND IT BACK.
Thank you in advance
Marcus

[thaihugo]

Send it back (sorry, couldn't help myself:D)

[Settembrini]

Hi Markus,

I had the "same" problem. I could not get a connection with my Netgear Router. Then I tried another one from t-mobile, what is its name? Speedport or something and everything works nicely.
So go somewhere and try a different router. Maybe it helps.

S.

[FOOFTR]

I'm using a cheap old modem/router and it works 100%...I would try and different router too borrowed from a friend. You need to keep the Shift :)

[69reichertm]

Hello

So I decided to send the Shift back.

I am not willing gaming around with wlan. I spent about 6 hours.
WLAN ist a standard for years and my routers are absolutly standrd.
Why should I buy a new router while I am having some of the best on the market which work with all notebooks and computer and also iphone + htc kaiser ?

I Think they used a very damn wlan crad. Why not using a intel wlan ?

All in all the testing of the shift was funny. A nice UMPC with a very lack of having a Display showing 1024x600 Pixel. The 800x480 are useless.

So here I end my writing.

Much more fun - I wait for the next revision with Intel ATOM CPU.

[FOOFTR]

Hard to know if it was your wlan or the Shift, or you? What is clear is the Shift isn't for you, because experience tells me if you had the issue above and you liked your Shift then you would have invested the time in finding a solution...

1024 x 600 is fine if you have microscopes for eyes...I have connected with about 7 wlans so far, without issue....Intel Atom CPU, might be good, who knows, but might the same too - we are talking low voltage here so there will still be limitations - Intel does not mean perfect by any means.

What we really need for this market is a more suitable OS, not beefed up hardward.

[69reichertm]

Hello - sorry you are wrong with me

I own even 2 more Samsung UMPCs and are familiar with a lot of mobile phones and devices ( it is my job).

We live in the 2008 and WLAN is a world wide standard.

A device with wlan has just to work.
Also I invested about 8 hours testing with drivers.

I am also windows certified on vista.

Even with this knowledge I did only get a connection to a neigbors wlan.

I own an apple aitport express configured as g+n

and an AVM 7270 with B+G configured.

The last 12 month I tested about 87 notebooks and about 40 mobile phones. All did work at once. Also many HTC devices.

The Shift did now.

Also I own a Sony mini Computer with a 5 Zoll Display and it is just better than the HTC - 800x480 is not made for vista.
Even the Shift startup Windows are not displayed correctly.
Sorry - it is very easy to read on a 1024x768 Display.
I think you just did not see a good one yet.
Vista also can configure the fonts so that is very good to read.

About the CPU - if you once see an AMTOM CPU you will never post something like you did. It is just amazin. I had one to test here.

I think the Shift is a good beta device - last year it woud have been a wow, but it was just released in germany and it is dissapointing.
Sorry !

Best reagrds

As I told you - I wait for Release 2 in some month

[FOOFTR]

Hey man, I'm not upset or anything by your post, hope you aren't with mine, because I didn't intend that :)

I don't have access to the wonderful things that you do by the sounds of it, so if I have a device that has a error with something I tend to stick with it until I find a solution - I don't really have any other choice. So, when my Shift didn't pick up 3G properly I stuck by and tweaked it until it did. Sorry if I sounded insensitive - I know what it's like for something to not work...very frustrating.

Re the screen - I have seen the hi def wonders out there, and I've seen the blunders like OQO01 (dim and sorta blurry)...I actually like the Shift resolution for day to day use, but I guess if it had the option to support true 1024*768 then it would be better suited to everyone. I think you're right, the next version will most likely have better resolution...

OK, I will keep an open mind about the Atom...maybe it can answer our performance issues for these UMPC's (it's clear Via isn't up to the task either at present), although I will stick with my preference for the OS manufacturers to provide a better option than Vista, or at least a different "type" of Vista. XP is perfectly adequate and would probably fly on this thing esp with a gig of RAM....

I didn't realise until recently the Shift had been announced for so long...so even with relatively new eyes on it, it answered many of my needs - especially the pocket PC side...I paid $1400 for a Jornada 720 when they first came out, and so this device with a PC side, and connectivity at $2000 seems like a fair price. It's all dependant on ones points of relativity I guess.

Anyways, all the best, and I hope you find the right device for you...cheers