Jason Langridge's WebLog - MR Mobile!

Well I promised it… I've had lots of email on the theme of 'lucky devil' as I declared I'd got an HTC universal device. I wanted to share my initial thoughts on the device and my experiences over the last few days. I'll focus on the Universal as a Phone...

When I'm working with customers all of them have differing views on the potential risk that certain features and functions of mobile devices may pose. The challenge is that most manufacturers of Smart devices such as Smartphones and Pocket PC's want to...

One of the key areas of interest for customers at the moment is the Direct Push capabilities we are introducing shortly with Exchange 2003. I've had lots of questions from customers and wanted to disolve some of the confusion around this as well as...

I've had the question asked by a number of customers recently - what do you get if you have a WM 5.0 device with SP2, or a WM 2003 device with SP2 etc... The Matrix below might help explain! Feature Requires WM 5.0 Requires...

One device that I'm desperate to get hold of is the HTC Wizard. One of my colleagues had one of these recently and despite offering various body parts I couldn't tempt him to give me it. It seems one UK supplier is offering it for sale and available...

Since my post on the Universal I've had lots of questions through as comments and email - I thought I'd share the questions and answers with everyone. Q1. Who is going to launch the device? So far Vodafone, T-Mobile and Orange have announced the...

A couple of questions: Has the voice quality improved over the blue angel? what is the bluetooth range? is there voice dialing over bluetooth? The voice quality I've found is excellent - hard to compare against the Blue Angel but my personal view is...

Pictures have emerged over at PocketPC Club and Cool Smartphone ( www.coolsmartphone.com ) of the HTC Wizard alongside the QTEK 8300 and 8310 devices. All run Windows Mobile 5.0. It's the next generation of the HTC Magician known in the real world...

For those of you who missed this announcement... The Motorola Q is based on the innovative and successful Motorola RAZR design: thin and stylish in addition to a full QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth connectivity, and powerful software that easily integrates...

Orange has released details of the HTC Universal which will be known as the Orange M5000 http://shop.orange.co.uk/shop/show/handset/orange_spv_m5000/detail Coming Soon.... The Orange SPV M5000 is a 3G PDA that can be used to make and recieve...

http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=125518

One of my customers has raised an interesting point which I wanted to share with you. It lies in the fact that Global Contact Access uses Outlook Web Access commands to get the GAL information from the Exchange Server. They use 2 Factor Authentication...

Whilst searching Ebay today I noticed that there are lots of illegal copies of Windows Mobile 5.0 upgrades for sale. One example is http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Windows-mobile-2005-rom-upgrade-XDA2-XDAII_W0QQitemZ6427207884QQcategoryZ32242QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem...

The iMate JAM is a wonderful device and has been hugely successful in Europe! http://www.clubimate.com/t-DETAILS_JAM.aspx Interestingly in trying to discover what the new JASJAR acronym meant - I found out what the JAM meant :) Considering that...

My blogging has been a bit quiet today as I got my HTC Universal device and I've been testing that for most of the day (outside of meetings and a couple of press interviews) For those of you not familiar - it's the first Windows Mobile 3G device. It...

I was in London today for a series of meetings and venturing onto the Tube for the first time since the London Bombings I couldn't help but notice the number of people carrying Ipods and Phones. I then had a press interview with a gentlemen who reminded...

I'm probably not typical of the average Windows Mobile user as I tend to carry a lot of devices simply because customers want to see the breadth of our Windows Mobile device portfolio! Right now I'm carrying: a) Orange C500 - The Best Smartphone in...

http://www.t-mobile.de/presse/1,1807,13266-_,00.html T-Mobile Germany have announced availability from 1st September (Thursday!) of the HTC Universal device. It will be known as the T-Mobile MDA Pro (not IV like was rumoured) See all my other posts...

The HTC Tornado has been spotted on the FCC site by the folks over at Engadget. http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000367055805/ This device has been spotted as the QTEK 8310 and many mobile operators are also looking at it. It has Windows Mobile...

One of the most common questions I've had since we released Windows Mobile 5.0 is... 1) When can I get it for my (insert device name here) 2) When are new devices coming.....? So let me tackle them.... 1) HP, Dell, Fujitsu and other manufacturers...

I'm always staggered and disturbed that so few people know about our Device Management Feature Pack for SMS (probably because it's buried on Microsoft.com). Essentially this feature pack provides mobile device management of Windows CE (3.0 and later)...

I'm intrigued - what does JASJAR mean? Someone posted on my previous link that it means "The Perfect One"? Anyone have some inside track on this?

HP just recently updated their site to state that it looks like the HP 47xx upgrade has moved out to Spring 2006 but the hx 2000 upgrade should be here shortly..... It's a real shame as the 47xx will be an amazing device with Windows Mobile 5l0 thanks...

Scanning Expansys today I noticed that they have listed the HTC Universal as the iMATE JASJAR! http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=119353 So what does JasJar mean??? Answers on a postcard please :)

Anyone reading this going to the Modaco event being held at our London Offices tomorrow? http://www.modaco.com/index.php?act=portal Make sure you say Hi! Myself and my colleague David Goon (Developer God) will be at the event representing Microsoft...