Jason Langridge's WebLog - MR Mobile!

This looks like a pretty cool solution for SQL DBA's! You can use it to monitor your SQL Servers alerting you of any issues or problems that may be happening inside your infrastructure! Check out the details at: http://www.compactdba.com/

South West Water provides water and sewerage services to Cornwall , Devon, and areas of Dorset and Somerset in the United Kingdom . It serves a population of 1.6 million and has numerous large-scale projects in place. Craft workers spent much time traveling...

This is the final piece in the jigsaw of suriving only with the HTC Universal device... The one major thing I still can't do is project from the device! Well it looks like Spectec have come up with an answer - an SDIO VGA Card that according to their...

I haven't yet got my hands on the X version of the i300 but it seems that the i300 has increased it's hardrive capacity from 3GB to 4GB in the i300X. The i300X also claims to be Windows Mobile 5.0 - however until I get one in my hands I can't confirm...

Well it looks like Steve Ballmer likes his NBA games and Bill managed to get some Project Gotham Racing 3 in over Christmas! http://news.com.com/Gates+and+Ballmer+Whats+on+their+Xboxes/2100-1043_3-6022081.html?tag=nl

One of my colleagues David Goon in our developer team has a webcast next week entitled: "Connecting to the Enterprise with Windows Mobile" Having just reviewed his slides he'll be covering how to enable Windows Mobile to connect to systems using...

There's a great article over at CNN Money which talks about the Treo700w and how Bill loves it :) http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/12/technology/palmtreo_fortune/index.htm

Symbol are most commonly known in the Retail space for the barcode scanning devices however they have recently announced a number of new devices. The MC9097 pictured below is a Windows Mobile 5.0 device with Phone and data capabilities integrated!...

I recently blogged about the upcoming EMEA Mobile and Embedded DevCon. http://blogs.msdn.com/jasonlan/archive/2006/01/10/511157.aspx Well my colleague John Wyer who runs this event asked me to speak at MEDC. So rather than just my own views on what...

Adam of Msmobiles.com has written a great piece on his hands on experience with the Motorola Q at CES! One thing he mentions which the Blackberry fans amongst you have always been nagging me about is the ThumbWheel.... the Q has a thumbwheel! ...

I always thought this was pretty cool however I wasn't too interested until I just discovered that Traffic Vizzion have added support for 11 UK Cities! Berkshire: Reading area Glamorgan: Cardiff, Swansea areas Greater London: 9 London areas ...

Check out all the details at: http://www.microsoft.com/europe/medc/default.asp

Well if you work in Government or Emergency services then this device will be of great interest! http://www.motorola.com/mediacenter/news/detail/0,,6174_6132_23,00.html The device uses the encrypted Tetra network (hence the big antenna) It...

Apart from my Pocket PC Phone/Smartphone - The other Windows Mobile device I carry everywhere with me is my Portable Media Center. It's essential for my travelling as it allows me to take all my unwatched TV and Videos with me wherever I go! As a new...

Socket Communications have just announced their 802.11g CF Card which will work with both Windows Mobile 2003 and 5.0 devices! According to their press release the P500 card is: Compatible with IEEE 802.11b and 802.11g standards Wi-Fi Companion...

Well I'm back to work tomorrow after a lovely 3 weeks off over Christmas! Looking forward to getting back into the swing of things!

Over at Mobility Today - they have a great review of the Otterbox for the HP 65xx device! http://mobilitytoday.com/articles/mobility_OtterBox_iPAQ_ruggedized_protection_6515.html So what is an Otterbox? Well - it's a case for your Pocket PC that...

http://pocketnow.com/index.php?a=portal_detail&t=reviews&id=758&p=1 Well the reviews continue to proliferate across the Internet. Here is another review - this time by Pocketnow.com of the Treo 700w. With all the great reviews this device...

New Year's Resolutions 640 × 480 800 × 600 1024 × 768 Get into jazz http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/6TeddyWayneandGregWayne.html Made me smile anyway :)

http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=129252 The update to the Imate JAM is now available for pre-order on Expansys for £449.95. The device has dual Wifi Support (802.11b and g), a 2 Mega Pixel camera and is Quadband! Check it out at the link...

Mike Nash is Microsoft's Corporate Vice President of the Security and Tools Business Unit. He does a monthly webcast he calls “Security 360”. He discusses various security issues and recommendations. On January 17th, Mike will be discussing Mobile...

I came across this interesting report from Forrester Research about the Future of Blackberry. http://www.forrester.com/Teleconference/Previous/Overview/0,5158,1277,00.html It was produced by Ellen Daley and covers some interesting areas - specifically...

Well over the Christmas period I had an idea to test which devices were the fastest for keyboard entry. As the number of Windows Mobile based QWERTY based devices continues to increase I thought it would be interesting to see how each device compared...

Hot of the heels of it's official announcement Palm have already announced 25 accessories for the Treo 700w! Everything from cases to BT Headsets to Screen protectors! Check out all of them at: http://web.palm.com/products/accessories/treo700w_accessories...

Since the launch by Verizon yesterday I've had lots of emails from customers confused as to whether the Treo 700w contains the Messaging and Security Feature Pack. From Palm's specification on their site: http://www.palm.com/us/products/smartphones...