I haven't laughed as much for a long while till I saw this.... Facebook Gangsta from Facebook Gangsta on Vimeo .

I've had a number of customers ask what the System Center Mobile Device Manager VPN is built on and how it operates. The VPN technology itself is built on 2 industry standards - IKE and MOBIKE. There is a great article which has been published which describes...

Next week Information Week mobility expert, Eric Zeman, and my colleague Chip Vollers have a Webcast entitled 'The Smart, Safer Way to Mobile Enterprise Success' In this webcast they will share strategies, insights and tools for your enterprise needs...

Constanze has been working with a number of our great developers in the community to produce a series of webcasts on Developing for Windows Mobile.  The 5 part series concludes next week with the final webcast Live from TechEd US! You can access...

I'm often asked for what content or collateral we have on System Center Mobile Device Manager.  I've summarised the key content below so it may help get you up to speed quickly on this exciting new product! Watch the System Center Mobile Device Manager...

Over the Bank Holiday Weekend I was clearing out my study which is currently being converted into a nursery for our second arrival (RTW July). Over the years I've tried to keep hold of at least one of the many models of Windows Mobile devices that have...

This week in the UK is Half Term for a lot of schools and Alton Towers (a huge theme park in the UK) have made their venue a 'PDA Free' Zone. They are piloting a scheme where the use of PDA's and other devices will be banned to encourage parents to disconnect...

Over the Bank Holiday Weekend I upgraded my TyTn 2 with the HTC released Windows Mobile 6.1 build. I upgraded the device on my Vista laptop and it all was done in about 10-15 minutes. Of course I've been using Windows Mobile 6.1 for a long time now but...

Coolsmartphone have managed to snag an HTC Diamond for the week. Gears is going to post about the experience on a day by day basis. Head on over to the Coolsmartphone site to get more pictures and other details!

  I've been tidying up my study over the past few evenings as I'm moving all my technology to our spare room as the study will shortly become a nursery.... I found a TyTn 2 device which I thought I'd register on the HTC E-Club site .  I went...

I often get asked by customers for recommendations on solutions for their business requirements or guidance towards partners that could help them. If you haven't seen this before we have a great resource which is the Windows Mobile Partner Solutions portal...

Pocketnow have provided a really in-depth review of the i-mate Ultimate 9502 device. The device is very well specified with Windows Mobile 6 Professional, quadband GSM (850/900/1800/1900) phone with triband UMTS/HSDPA (850/1900/2100). It has a 400MHz...

My local paper last week was covering details of the removal of many Phone Boxes from villages in our surrounding area.  I'm really sad to see them being taken away as the British Telephone Box is a real icon. Obviously the huge growth in Mobile...

FreeCaddie is a completely free golf rangefinder. The software runs on your phone and uses its GPS capabilities combined with a Golf course file data to tell your distance to the front, center and back of the green. FreeCaddie requires a Windows Mobile...

Our Mobile Device Manager team is doing a great job released tools for MDM, they have just released an update to the Resource Kit for System Center Mobile Device Manager.  Phase 2 is a cumulative release, Besides phase 1 tools it includes tools like...

I blogged about it's impending arrival a while back but Aliph (the makers of the Jawbone headset) has now announced the new Jawbone headset. Scarily it is 50% the size of the original AND it eliminates 10 times more noise! I can't wait to get my hands...

Our Live Search team has just released a great update to Windows Live Search on Windows Mobile.  The updates have all been driven from user feedback which was added in the last release as a mechanism to really understand what people wanted! First...

I've blogged previously about some of Gil's great FREE applications. SpooNotes is a note taking application for quick handwritten notes. Different pen width and color Different notes colors Smart writing surface: Auto-expand option...

Celio recently announced support for their REDFLY Mobile Companion for 12 new Windows Mobile devices include leading Windows Mobile devices such as the Motorola Q and Samsung Blackjack II.  They also announced support for Windows Mobile 6.1. If you...

On10 and Loke reminded me about this great little utility that allows you to control your Windows Mobile device from your PC.   You can also use it for grabbing device screenshots and it even supports dragging/dropping files to the device from...

Last week I recorded an interview with Eric over on Technet Radio.  It was all about Security and Mobile Device Manager so if you are interested you can listen or download it using the links at the bottom of this post. Get More Security and Control...

  This weekend was the BBC Radio 1 - One Big Weekend which is Europe's biggest free festival.  It took place in Maidstone in Kent. Radio 1's Army of photographers created a patchwork photo album using Silverlight that allows you to zoom in/around...

On Friday Verizon Wireless launched the Motorola Q9c device.  The device is a personal favourite of mine with it's fantastic adaptive screen which makes reading the screen outdoors fantastic. The device will be available for $249.99. You can get...

At the start of this month Vodafone announced they were providing Unlimited Internet Access to their customers.  Previously you had to pay £7.50 for a measly 120MB.  This announcement now provides any customer who pays £25 per month...

The 3G Candy Bar Samsung i200 has now appeared on the Orange Business Website. I was using one of these devices for a few weeks and I have to say it was fantastic!   I've always liked 12 key devices and with Windows Mobile 6.1 on it I was gutted...