Jason Langridge's WebLog - MR Mobile!

Wow!  Have I been busy this week.... System Center Mobile Device Manager seems to be going down a storm with customers!   I think I've spoken to pretty much every Police Force, Government body and commercial organisation this week who have...

Zagat To Go is one of my favourite applications for when I'm visiting another country either on business or vacation.  It gives you quick access to restaurant information and location.   You can quickly find a mexican restaurant if that...

Expansys have just dropped the price of the Samsung i600 to just under 206 pounds in the UK! Best of all, you can now upgrade to the latest version of Windows Mobile 6 for free!

  Since Google announced their IMAP service in October last year a number of people have had problems with HTML emails and other problems when using a Windows Mobile device. If you use Gmail for your email then you will be pleased to know that your...

I spotted this over on the Channel 10 blog and installed this yesterday!  Chirpscreen is a screensaver that integrates with social networks such as Facebook and Flickr and then floats the information across the screen.  The cool thing is that...

  After my post yesterday about the Samsung Jack being launched in Canada - the team over at MobileinCanada.com contacted me to highlight that Bell in Canada have also launched the HTC Touch in a rather attractive White! You can get more details...

Rogers have launched the Samsung Jack in Canada! This device is the equivalent of the Blackjack II so has GPS, HSDPA and is Quadband for Voice! It also has Windows Mobile 6. More details can be found HERE

This looks interesting... a browser for Windows Mobile devices that also supports full audio, video, images, dynamic Flash content, advanced Ajax, Java and more Skyfire are just about to launch a private beta which you can sign up for. If you are in the...

We've literally just released a guide to implementing Windows Mobile 6 with Small Business Server 2003! If you are already using or plan to use Small Business Server (or you are a partner who implements SBS) then this will be a great resource for you...

Now sooner do I get my hands on a Samsung Blackjack 2 than this baby comes along to tease me further! The i780 is a GPS, HSDPA touting Smartphone! My EMEA director had one of these on friday and we were comparing it in size to the Blackjack 2 and they...

  It's been a long time coming but you can now upgrade your Samsung Blackjack to Windows Mobile 6. You can download the upgrade from HERE

Earlier in the week Zumobi announced their partnership with Microsoft to deliver their Zooming UI interface onto Windows Mobile devices. You can read their press release HERE If you haven't seen their UI in action see the YouTube video below:

Thankfully a car battery isn't the answer! Stanford University has discovered a method using silicon nanowires that can give a conventional laptop battery 40 hours of battery instead of the traditional 4 hours. The new batteries were developed by assistant...

ZDNet have produced a review of the ASUS P750 - it's an interesting device with a 12 key keypad and 3G/HSDPA connectivity, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS. You can read more about ZDNet's review HERE

Over the past few years a large majority of Windows Mobile Devices have been released with QWERTY keyboards, this has primarily been due to the demand for mobile messaging.  Strangely though if you look into Smartphone device sales across EMEA in...

John Starkweather is one of my colleagues and based in Singapore - he is very knowledgeable about Windows Mobile and all things mobile! The Gadgeteer managed to grab a few moments with John to interview him. You can read more about the interview HERE...

There has been pictures and details circulating the web for some time now but yesterday Toshiba officially announced the G710 and G910 devices. The G710 is a QWERTY keyboarded device with integrated GPS and is QuadBand.  It isn't 3G but does have...

Just saw Steve's posting about Mobile Phone Usage citing that: 95% of cell phone owners never leave home without carrying their phone 3 billion people are always 'connected', twice the number of connected PCs 54% of 14-24 year olds use their cell phone...

A great spot my Modaco on this news from Yahoo that HTC announced they have sold 2 million HTC Touch devices! The Touch has certainly been very well received by customers and it's success has certainly been bigger than it's 'ELF' codename!

The HTC Touch Cruise is a device that is gathering a lot of interest.  It is very well specified with 128MB Memory, 400MHz Processor, HSDPA and a 3 megapixel camera! Tracy and Matt have created an unboxing video which I've embedded below. Expansys...

Monday mornings are difficult enough but today is the most depressing day of the year according to happiness and motivation expert, Cliff Arnall, formerly of Cardiff University.  To help people beat the blues on Blue Monday, GREEN Communications...

Our EMEA team is continuing their Mobile Briefings around Europe and on March 6th they will be in Madrid. If you want to attend we have two briefings - an Enterprise briefing and a Partner briefing! You can register using the links below! Windows Mobile...

Over on Tracy and Matt's Blog they have posted a detailed review of the HTC Touch Dual. This device seems to becoming more and more a favourite of Windows Mobile Users. You can read the review HERE

T-Mobile Germany have announced the MDA Touch Plus as well as a 16GB version of the T-Mobile Ameo.  The MDA Touch Plus is the T-Mobile version of the HTC Touch Dual.  The Ameo enhancements move the internal drive from 8GB to 16GB and also includes...

Tube was the first application I ever had on my Windows Mobile Smartphone and is still one of my favourites.  Despite spending plenty of time in London I still need this application to help me find my way round. The latest version now includes a...