TOPIC: New Home Inspector Pro Mobile questions

Hi Casey,
In a pinch, I have used the phone. I have it setup to automatically upload to a special folder
on my PhotoBucket account. When I get to the office, I can grab the pics from there.

Normally, I use a regular point and shoot digital. Actually a waterproof one since they seem to last longer and don't get borked by the dust etc. Due to he constraints of size, the cameras in the phones are not good enough yet to compete.  The lenses are not good enough, the flash is weak and there is rarely a usable (as in optical) zoom feature.

Dan,
PDA Net is workable but a geeky solution that most users could not figure out. I'm a geek and had problems getting it to work.
Thankfully, the "tether" ability is now baked in to the OS of most android phones. It is on my Bionic. Of course the carriers
want to charge you an extra $20-$30 a month to use it but that can easily be gotten around. Simply "root" or "jailbreak" in the case of Apple and you can do what ever the hell you want, including killing all the useless bloatware they pile on. There are many apps available on the "Play Store" to use tethering via WiFi, Bluetooth or USB cable.

Dana, rooting my phone is an idea I've toyed with...but I also don't need a $250 brick!  ;D

Hi Casey,
It is really stupid simple these days.  It really depends on the phone. Most are pretty hard to brick these days.
If you have an Android, there are tons of forums etc available with instructions and the needed application to do it "one-click".
I rooted my Bionic with no problems.  Check droidforums.net, droidlessons.com, androidcentral.com for more info.

Caution; rooting voids your warranty.  Fortunately, these days, you can un-root just as easily as you rooted so no problem.

One nice thing about rooting is that you can FULLY backup your system. Stock will not allow you do do this since
the carrier wants to pay extra for the service.  I use TitaniumBackup. This app also allows you to "freeze" the bloatware
that the carrier stuffs the phone with like Amazon, NFL, and other crap ware that is designed to make them money and just takes up space on the phone. They all have sweetheart deals to pile this junk on the phone. Best not to remove it entirely or the phone won't update with the OTA updates. The system I use allows me to temporarily "unfreeze" the bloatware and unroot the phone to get the OTA (over the air) updates.  Then just root again and freeze the crap.
PM or call me if you need more info.