Jason Langridge's WebLog - MR Mobile!

Following my webcast I know a lot of people had questions around if/when a Backup solution existed for Windows Mobile 5 devices. Well it looks like the folks over at Sprite Software (famous for their Ghost product) have released a public Beta of their...

I announced last week the availability of the Samsung i300 Smartphone through O2 - it's £49.99 with a contract! It's the fantastic device with the 3GB Hard Drive in it which will store over 1,000 songs!! As I'm on leave and finally got my XBOX 360...

The Unwired.NET has some great pictures of the HTC Prophet device - this device is the successor to the HTC Magician or Imate JAM. Enhancements over the IMate JAM are that it has Windows Mobile 5.0, built in WiFi and 2 Megapixel camera! http...

Some sites have been incorrectly claiming there are delays in AKU 2 availability (which is complete nonsense) - to prove there aren't any delays.... Here is the first AKU 2 device - the Gigabyte G-Smart! AKU 2 contains the Messaging and...

Over at MSMobilenews.com they've reviewed the Orange SPV C600 - great device running Windows Mobile 5.0 really aimed at corporates as it lacks the music buttons unlike the C550. The C500 is still one of my favourite every phones. It's been my trusty...

The HTC Wizard is now available through Vodafone Germany. It's a slightly different variant to the one ranged by T-Mobile as the MDA Vario and has a slightly different keyboard to the T-Mobile device too. Check out the details over at: http:...

It isn't a podcast yet but my webcast is available for online replay at: http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032285635%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d...

During my webcast - lots of people asked for copy of the Q&A that occured during the webcast. We ran out of time during the webcast to take too many questions however I have responded to every question where someone left their email address. I complied...

Whilst we eagerly await devices with the Messaging and Security Feature Pack for Email - our Exchange team has released some 'preview' information for Exchange 12 our release after Exchange 2003. http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/preview/default.mspx

As it's nearly Christmas - forget buying a new memory stick and an Ipod - why not treat yourself to the Samsung i300 - available from today on O2! For £49.99 with a monthly contract it's a fabulous device that has a 3GB hard drive integrated that can...

You can now order the Cingular 2125 device from Cingular's website at www.cingular.com (if you are in the US!) This device is similar to the Orange C600 but has the 'power bulge' at the top. It's running Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone and is quad...

After posting the details about the Mag Stripe Reader from Socket I had a number of emails from folks asking if we had chip and pin support within Windows Mobile. One of our UK partners - Card Merchant has a solution for processing payments using Chip...

I used to love this service and was a big fan of www.atomiclava.net which I used for posting pictures from my Smartphone. They've always been really responsive in fixing issues and also adding functionality! Shame to see it's being shutdown - so grab...

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/0,39029453,39194630,00.htm CNet.co.uk has a good overview of the O2 XDA Mini S which is based on the HTC Wizard device. Check out the details on the link above!

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e6851d23-d145-4dbf-a2cc-e0b4c6301453&DisplayLang=en The Microsoft Exchange Server ActiveSync Web Administration tool allows administrators to manage the process of remotely erasing lost,...

Well this webcast should be *fun* - I'm going to tackle the Top 10 Myths of Windows Mobile! I've added the details on how to register and attend. Debunking the Top 10 Myths About Windows Mobile The term "myth" can be defined as "a widely...

No thanks to Amazon - I've got an XBOX 360 now :) Amazon is now quoting February for the one I ordered on 24th August! I auction sniped one of EBay as some of them are going for over £800 pounds on EBay! Don't worry - I didn't pay that much! I have...

I had a partner ask me how they could potentially read credit cards using a Windows Mobile Pocket PC device - whilst there are some great purpose built devices for doing this - I also noticed that Socket recently announced a Compact Flash Mag Stripe Reader...

Over the christmas period I do pretty much all my shopping online as I hate queuing and similarly don't have a great deal of time to go shopping :( We should all be careful shopping online and follow some good principles. Those defined at http://www...

I got to touch and feel one of these new Pocket PC's at our Exchange Unplugged event in Southampton last week... unfortunately the Fujitsu guy wouldn't let me keep it :( The device itself is based around 312 MHz Intel Xscale PXA270 processors. Both...

With Christmas so close (scarily) - I wonder how many people will be treating themself to a new Windows Mobile device? Which one is it to be.... right now - so much choice..... 1) Want a great business phone - IMate SP5, Orange SPV C600 etc.......

During our Exchange Unplugged Tour I've been explaining how the Direct Push technology works in Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2. The Exchange team wrote a great blog on this which few people seem to have seen - http://blogs.technet.com/exchange/archive...

After my posting sharing the fact that we will support the A2DP profile in Windows Mobile 5.0 in AKU 2.0 - Unwired.Net have done a really great preview with screenshots about it. Check it out at http://www.theunwired.net/?itemid=2779#article

I've been on tour all week with Eileen Brown http://blogs.technet.com/eileen_brown so I thought I'd check out her blog and found this! You can add Encarta to your MSN Messenger buddy list and ask it questions. 1. Sign into MSN Messenger 2...

Well I did everything a good consumer could do... I preordered my XBOX 3600 on August 24th as soon as it was available on Amazon.co.uk Today was launch day - not a sign of my 360 - Amazon have just emailed me to apologise for the fact they don't know...