So what will 2006 bring for Windows Mobile? Mobile Email Well firstly there will be a huge number of Push Email enabled devices! With AKU 2.0 now in the hands of the OEMs and the first device now in Market from Gigabyte ( http://www.msn.com.tw...

This device seems to have slipped under the radar for many people. It's a Windows Mobile 5.0 device that has a 400 MHZ Processor, WLAN, BT, SDIO, a 2.8" 65k TFT Screen, 1.3Megapixel camera and is Quadband. The E-Ten site gives more details but...

The team over at PocketNow.com swapped devices and compared the Imate SP5 vs the SP5m - check out which they think is best..... http://www.pocketnow.com/index.php?a=portal_detail&t=news&id=3423

Not directly Window Mobile but our Embedded team is looking for an Embedded Developer Product Manager in the UK. Take a look at the following link if you are looking for an exciting opportunity: http://members.microsoft.com/careers/international...

Smartphonethoughts.com is having a poll to see which is the best Smartphone of the year! You can vote here: http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/index.php?action=expand,9976&sid=d376b5c0a6ecd7577df3612f90811819 They are considering the following...

Readers of Total Mobile, the UK's top mobile phone mag, will have seen the excellent results for Microsoft Windows Mobile devices in five categories of the Total Mobile 2006 Awards. Windows Mobile devices won: Best GSM Mobile with the Samsung...

Phatware - makers of great software like Calligrapher and PhatNotes are having a sale for 3 days from 12:01 on January 1st. All their software is on sale for $12.95 which is a bargain considering Calligrapher is normally $39.95 http://www.phatware...

If you don't know who Ray Ozzie is then shame on you :) Ray is the guy who originally created Lotus Notes and then Groove and now works for Microsoft :) His blog of 24th December talks about his views on 2006 and specifically calls out his views...

http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2005/12/gotive_h42_wide.html Ubergizmo shows the new Gotive H42 device which declares itself as a Windows Mobile 5.0 device (even though the device image says Windows CE?) It supports number of networks (WiFi...

When people find information on your blog and then don't link back to your blog... One thing I learnt from many bloggers when I first starting blogging was to be very gratious with credit to others... It's great to drive traffic to everyone's blogs...

The latest report from Strategy Analytics is discussed here : http://www.telecom.paper.nl/news/article.aspx?Id=109443&type=full&yr=&yr=2005 It talks about SA's findings that PDA Users generate more revenue for Mobile Operators than traditional...

The team over at Pocket PC thoughts have done a great job summarising the latest offers available for many of the top Windows Mobile applications. If you want some discounted applications for your new device then check out their list: http://www...

If you don't already have an RSS Reader installed on your Pocket PC - shame on you! It's a great way to stay up to date with what's going on in the world. Doppler have just released a Beta of their RSS Reader which also supports podcasts. It grabbed...

The HTC Prophet is the successor the HTC Magician more familiarly known as the Imate JAM, MDA Compact and Orange M500. Enhancements over the previous device include the addition of WLAN, a 2 Mega-Pixel camera and EDGE support. It's available...

Clearvue have released an update to their very popular Suite of Office applications. Even though Windows Mobile 5.0 now includes Powerpoint Clearvue extends their application suites by adding Printing to Pocket PC as well as the ability to Edit Powerpoint...

An interesting article appeared just before Christmas with British 25 to 44 year olds stating they'd like to be able to text transfers and have more mobile access to their Bank. http://www.fairinvestment.co.uk/banking-news-Brits-want-more-mobile-banking...

Well I hope Father Christmas brings you all the Windows Mobile devices that you asked him for... obviously I assume you've all been good this year :) I wanted to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!! Jason

An interesting artice appeared on WiFi Planet http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/news/article.php/3572001 regarding the use of WiFi and Cellular technology in P2P positioning. The article relates to technology available by Navizon http://www.navizon.com/ which...

I haven't tried one of these yet but it looks like a great solution for your Windows Mobile Smartphone or Pocket PC where you want a keyboard the size of a credit card! It needs 2 x AAA batteries but looks like a viable input device! http://www...

Erick has been in mobile devices for 10 years and in our Mobile team for since the dawn of Smartphone! Check out Mike's podcast here: http://blogs.msdn.com/mikehall/archive/2005/12/20/505920.aspx

This cool t-shirt allows you to route your headphones through it and also hold your device on your sleeve! www.muzikwear.com

A new security article has been posted to microsoft.com about protecting devices. Written by Tyson Greer who isis CEO of Ambient Insight LLC , a research and development firm that specializes in wireless productivity products and mobile learning technology...

My developer colleagues have created a 13 part webcast that helps developers create applications for Windows Mobile 5.0 with SQL Server 2005 Mobile, Web Services, Visual Studio and the .NET Compact Framework. Knowing some of the presenters - This should...

Completely offtopic but whilst on leave I found this amusing video - As an old Mortal Kombat fan - I wish our meetings were this much fun! The video has now been banned http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4547680.stm But it's a viral advertising campaign...

We recently published the Windows Mobile Enterprise Resource Kit which is designed to: Walk through a demo of Office Outlook Mobile Read information-packed white papers Access security and system management information Read...