Jason Langridge's WebLog - MR Mobile!

For those of you wanting to get hold of an I-Mate K-Jam - they are now on Expansys and they have (when I last checked) 395 left. http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=125518

I've been using this service for a while now and it's incredibly useful and accurate. Essentially it will convert a voicemail to an email message or send you a text. I've found it really useful as I always struggle to transcribe voicemails - this service...

I came across an interesting solution for converting PDF files to JPG files. You just send the email with a PDF document attached to it to an email address and it will send back a series of JPG files converting the PDF to images. They offer a free...

Upgrade for hx2000 available now - hx4700 is available Spring 2006!!! http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/pscmisc/vac/us/en/sm/pocketpc/MS5.0_upgrade.html

i-mate have released details of the K-JAM device! Check them out at http://www.imate.com/DETAILS_KJAM.htm

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Cell_phone_virus_tries_leaping_to_PCs/0,2000061744,39213966,00.htm Thankfully not a Windows Mobile virus but a Symbian POC virus was discovered last week that tries to leap from the Phone and install itself...

The folks over at Smartphonethoughts.com discovered that iMate has announced details of the SP5 and SP5m Smartphone devices. Check out their story at: http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/index.php?action=expand,9315&sid=8c34dff454c003570f874e0dafc79776

One of my colleagues down in Oz - (Actually an ex Microsoft UK guy) wrote this very cool application which for developers is a great example of using SMS intercept. For the less developer focussed people - it's a great app for SMS text voting on your...

http://www.palm.com/us/company/?intcmp=HmPg_Windows_20050926 press release event webcast 56k 100k 300k event podcast newsletter sign-up A great moment in Wiindows Mobile History!!! I've been sitting on this for so long it's great...

Today it suddenly struck me what a fantastic thing the Internet really is.... sometimes I think we forget how it's revolutionised our lives! I'm a huge American Football fan and in years gone by - myself and friends used to crowd round a radio listening...

The majority of questions I've had about the Wizard device is - what bluetooth stack does it use? It's using the Microsoft Bluetooth stack. The other great news is that it appears the stack now works really well with the BMW Bluetooth Car Kit as...

Orange are hosting a series of Mobile Data Forums next month around the UK. We (Microsoft) are sponsoring them. It should be a great event to attend... even though Blackberry are also there :( (sorry my competitive streak is kicking in) Go along...

Day 2 with my Wizard and I wanted to respond to some of the questions I've had on email. Firstly - what device do I have... well it's a QTEK 9100 device - one of the very early devices. 2nd - Can I load skype - will do - not had a chance yet ...

One of my colleagues (Jeffrey Strasser) just highlighted this great webcast for developers that's available next week. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032279925&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode...

The recent announcement by Steve Ballmer has caused me to get lots of email with customers asking whether the re-org impacts our strategy? For those who haven't seen it yet Steve announced that our device division will be the new Microsoft Entertainment...

A great day today! A package arrived with my HTC Wizard today! I haven't had much time to tinker with it today but I wanted to post my first thoughts. 1. Wow! This device is amazing - it is slightly thicker than the iMate JAM but is still pocketable...

I get asked my lots of customers whether Vodafone has Windows Mobile devices available... it's great to see they are now featuring them in their portfolio... https://secure.vodafonebusiness.co.uk/join/devices.php

http://www.coolsmartphone.com/article462.html The folks over at Coolsmartphone have released a really in-depth review of the Orange SPV C600. This device is running Windows Mobile 5.0 with a fabulous screen!

Last week was a great week as we saw the first Windows Mobile 5.0 devices reach customers. In Europe the iMate JasJar become readily available and it looks like Expansys sold out the device (even at the near £700 price). In the US the PPC 6700 became...

The Slides from last weeks Professional Developers Conference in the US are now available for download from: http://commnet.microsoftpdc.com/content/downloads.aspx So if you weren't lucky enough to go - you can download all the presentations :)

Sprint have announced the PPC-6700 which is the HTC Apache device! http://www2.sprint.com/mr/news_dtl.do?id=8280 Sprint (NYSE: S) today announced the launch of the Sprint PCS Vision SM Smart Device (PPC-6700), the first PDA/phone-combination...

I don't have a monogamous relationship with my device as I seem to change them fairly frequently :) I'm hoping to pickup my Wizard next week... I loved the form factor of the JAM but could never quite get on with it as a Phone. I think the Wizard will...

On my Universal I've been trying a number of RSS Readers to keep myself up to date with what's happening in the world of Mobile. My previous favourite RSS reader was Newsbreak however I was having a few issues with it on Windows Mobile 5 so I decided...

On our Windows Mobile site we recently added a new article that discusses how Medical Professionals are using Windows Mobile devices in their day to day activities. Whilst not 100% relevant to everyone - it's interesting to see how they are replacing...

https://www.mywindowsmobile.co.uk/?region=UK&pn=Region I'm not sure if many people have discovered this but my colleagues over at the Partner blog http://blogs.technet.com/windowsmobile4partners/ higlighted it and I thought I'd do the same. ...