Netmotion wireless provide some innovative solutions for VPN from mobile devices. Their product Mobility XE allows organisations to provide seamless VPN access from mobile devices. Now it's available for Windows Mobile 5.0! Check out more details at:...

Nothing like the smell of FUD in the morning :) After my post about the Fear Uncertainty and Doubt (FUD) being spread by some competitors around incoming firewall ports - there is some new FUD to deal with. This is that some organisations are claiming...

Following on from the success of the Orange M500 (HTC Magician) - Orange have announced the Orange M600 which is their variant of the HTC Prophet device. I somehow missed this announcement but one of my colleagues pointed to it at CoolSmartphone. http...

A really interesting article has appeared citing the a Survey estimated that T9 Predicitive texting is causing up to 3.8 million UK citizens to be suffering from repetitive stress injury! The survey was done by Virgin Mobile and showed that in the...

If you haven't been to WindowsMobile.com ( www.windowsmobile.com ) lately you are missing out on the huge update that's taken place on the site! Check it out....

T-Mobile USA has released the SDA and MDA devices! Both are Windows Mobile 5.0 devices! Check out more details at: http://www.t-mobile.com/products/default.asp?class=pda

I've had a number of questions regarding my previous post and questioning whether ISA is a requirement for our Push Email solution. Let me clarify - it is NOT.... However.... there are some benefits of using ISA in that: 1) It'll pre-authenticate...

There seems to be some FUD (Fear Uncertainty and Doubt) being circulated by some of our competitors in the Mobile Email space. The FUD is really in two areas: 1) We require lots of firewall ports open 2) This is 'insecure' Both the areas are...

For Microsoft Partners we have the following FREE course which will give you the in-depth knowledge to setup, configure and support the Microsoft Direct Push Email solution! Courses are at Wokingham, Edinburgh, Wakefield and London run by our training...

Previously many customers had avoided using SecureID with Exchange Activeync because entering the credentials each push/sync would impact the users experience negatively. This has however recently become a much more viable alternative. SecureID...

I've been presenting at a few events over the past week and found a lot of customers who have been looking to get access to the Developer Kit for Windows Mobile so as a reminder I thought I'd post it on my blog. http://msdn.microsoft.com/mobility/windowsmobile...

It's amazing how many people have a Motorola RAZR... normally when asked why - they respond it's 'cool'... For those of you wanting as 'cool' a phone and something that's as small but still with the power of Windows Mobile - let me introduce your new...

The unwired.net has assembled the the latest Windows Mobile QWERTY devices (except Wizard) and compared them side by side. I can't wait to get my hands on the i320!!! :) http://www.theunwired.net/?itemid=2907

Spb Software House Releases Spb Backup - the Ultimate Tool for Saving Your Data Spb Backup creates a self-restoring image file that can be restored with or without installing the main Spb Backup application. The backup file can be compressed and password...

I always love new Customer stories as they really show the power and breadth of Windows Mobile! This new customer case study is for Drive Assist that demonstrates the integration of Windows Mobile, our partners job scheduling solution (TBS) and ALK...

I was presenting at an event up in Leeds this week and I was demo'ing our MSFP solution live. I needed access to our test Exchange 2003 server for the demonstration however and the Hotel the event was in did not have a free Wifi or fixed line Internet...

240x240, 320x240, 640x480, QVGA, VGA - confused? Well one of my colleagues Mike Calligaro has written an excellent article on where all these different screen sizes came from and why... Check it out at: http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/archive...

One of the big requests we've had from large deployments of Exchange Activesync is the ability to generate reporting either based on usage or device type. Our Exchange team has released two scripts to provide this capability by parsing the IIS logs...

Samsung have released details of the SGH-i320 - it's a Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone Edition, it offers tri-band GSM with EDGE support in a form factor a mere 11.5 mm thick, also incorporating a 2.2-inch, 262K colour screen with QVGA resolution and a...

Steve Ballmer today showed the i-mate Smartflip at 3GSM - check out how thin/small this device is!!

Well the momentum around Windows Direct Push Email has started at 3GSM. I know it's been frustrating for customers waiting for OEMs and Operators to announce dates for availability but 3GSM has seen a large number of partners announce their commitments...

Today at 3GSM Steve Ballmer announced the upcoming availability of the Live Communication Server Mobile Client. This allows access to secure enterprise instant messaging. This is my killer application on my device! I've been running it for some time...

If you haven't already done so you will need to update your Virtual Earth application as the service that the application accesses has moved: http://blogs.msdn.com/virtualearth/archive/2006/01/19/515162.aspx You can download Virtual Earth from here...

Last year, Steve Fossett made the first solo non-stop flight around the world. This year, he tries to go one better by attempting the longest flight ever made - targetting 26,000 miles, 3000 miles more than last year. The plane carries 18,000 lbs of fuel...

OK so my blog is about Enterprise but work/life balance is good :) I took some time off last week after visiting our Redmond HQ to go Snowboarding in Whistler. During that time I did take along a great application written by one of our UK partners...