Jason Langridge's WebLog - MR Mobile!

The details for the December Microsoft Messaging and Mobility User Group in the UK (MMMUG) have been made available! It's taking place on 7th December at Microsoft Campus In Reading! One of my colleagues Brett Johnson is one of the key speakers and he...

Want to download all previously recorded Webcasts that are available on-demand on MSDN? These cover Window Mobile development topics and technologies like Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC/smartphone , Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, the .NET Compact Framework...

Wow - Motorola is going on a shopping spree! The Wall Street Journal today had an article stating that Motorola had agreed to buy Good Technology Inc. Good Technology are a provider of push email who support both Windows Mobile and the Palm OS. You can...

I just got alerted to this deal so thought I would blog it :) It is US only but if you are based/live there then this could be of interest :) In partnership with T-Mobile we are offering up to $300 off a Windows-Mobile powered phone. - $ 99 for the T...

I had a few customers unhappy with the Samsung i320 battery life. One of my colleagues discovered that you can boost the battery life of the i320 by simply deactivating the IR port, which is always on 24/7 in the standard set-up out of the box. This should...

This years Tech-Ed IT Forum is completely sold out! It should be a great event! I'm going to be there for the entire week and I've got two sessions which I am delivering.. UCM317 How can you deliver Mobile E-mail to over 40,000 users with Exchange 2003...

My only 2 major complaints about the Palm Treo 750v are that 1) The connections are proprietary 2) You can't USB charge it.. Whilst I understand the legacy of ensuring the Palm accesories work with all devices and hence the proprietary connector rather...

Paul has again produced an excellent in-depth review of the Palm Treo 750v device on the Modaco site. You can check out the review HERE

I just got hold of one of these devices and was about to write a review when I saw that 4WinMobile had published a fantastic in-depth review. I have to agree with their conclusion in that when you first see the device you will think - 'OMG that thing...

Today Vodafone and Microsoft announced a strategic collaboration to standardise the use of the Windows Mobile platform in Vodafone's smartphone portfolio! This collaboration means that Vodafone is able to achieve more OS consistency across it's device...

Credant Technology recently commissioned a survey which the results have now been published and covered on SearchCio.com. The survey was looking into how many organisations used data encryption on their mobile devices. Credant surveyed 426 IT professionals...

In the past week Jack Gold Associates published a report entitled “Microsoft’s Direct Push Insecurity” This latest FUD (Fear Uncertainty and Doubt) centres around some security concerns over Windows Mobile. To get access to the report you do unfortunately...

Following up on his recent review of the i-mate SPL - Paul at Modaco has just published a review of the HTC P3300 device The P3300 is a Windows Mobile device in a growing category of Satellite Navigation equipped Windows Mobile Pocket PC Phones. Competing...

Orange have recently launched an Off-Board Satellite Navigation solution. Off-board means that none of the maps are stored on the device. This has obvious advantages and disadvantages: Pro's You always have up to date maps! No Storage Card required Con...

Windows Live Barcode got launched on live.com a couple of days ago... Windows Live Barcode website I've had a few people ask.... What is Windows Live Barcode Windows Live Barcode is a set of services that transfer information between various media (PCs...

On Nov 1st Craig Mundie announced the release of Windows CE 6.0! You can get lots of details about this release from the Microsoft.com site! Just to avoid any confusion... Windows CE 6.0 is NOT Windows Mobile 6.0 as I've had a few customers confused by...

With the upcoming Windows Vista release I thought I'd publish a blog article on the Windows Mobile Device Center (WMDC) I also managed to grab some screenshots when I was working with our PM - Prithvi so I thought I'd share those too! So what is the Windows...

The Register has just published an article relating to the demise of the SavaJe mobile platform. It looks like they have run out of capital to develop their Java based mobile phone OS which took many of the enhanced functionalities of devices and pushed...

I had a customer recently who wanted to install a different Language version of Voice Command and couldn't because the Voice Command he had installed on his device was in ROM. So thanks to the Voice Command team - we figured out a way of doing so.......

I blogged last week about looking for a solution to basically take a picture of a business card and have it convert it to my contacts on my device. Well I had some great suggestions from people so I thought I'd share the eventual solution I found.......

Over at modaco.com - Paul has done an excellent review of the i-mate SPL on the site! I'm still waiting for mine to arrive :( So I read it with much interest :) Paul I know is a big fan of candybar Smartphones so I was also intrigued on his final verdict...