Jason Langridge's WebLog - MR Mobile!

Announced this week at PDC was the Windows Mobile Live Mesh client.  If you aren’t familiar with Live Mesh then you are probably missing out on one of the coolest pieces of Microsoft technology in a long long time! Live Mesh is a software as a service...

Many customers have been using the P6500 device for their Line of Business applications but have been wanting an upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.1 so they could use it with System Centre Mobile Device Manager 2008.  Great news!  Today Orange released...

So it looks like the Touch HD will be coming via Orange as it’s just appeared on their website ! The Touch HD is in a similar form factor to the iPhone but comes packing a 5 megapixel camera!

Are you going to be at Tech-Ed IT Pro in Barcelona next week? If you are – be sure to drop me an email or drop by our Windows Mobile and System Center Mobile Device Manager booth that we have at the event! It should be a great event!

One of my colleagues discovered his great comparison of the 3 major backup solutions for Windows Mobile available.  The article on MyTodayScreen.com   compares Resco, SPB and Sprite Backup outlining their key features and benefits. I won’t ruin...

At a recent event I handed out a number of System Center Mobile Device Manager Product Reference Guides which is a really detailed overview of what SCMDM can provide. I ran out of copies at the event and the guide is 43 pages long so in thinking more...

I’ve blogged about this before, hinting at this new mobile application for social networking.  Bluehoo was officially launched yesterday at PDC in LA! Bluehoo is a mobile app that helps you make new social connections with the people around you ...

I’ve presenting tomorrow at the Managing Innovative Devices and Services (MIDAS) conference tomorrow in London. This new event organised by the Device Management Forum is a three-day conference and exhibition focusing on innovation in devices as well...

I’m a big fan of the Celio Redfly device as it’s a great way of extending your Windows Mobile device and turning it into a sub-laptop.  The Redfly has no OS on it and basically allows you to use your Windows Mobile device with an 8 inch screen and...

It’s great to see the Samsung i200 appear on the Vodafone Portfolio!  This device was previously limited to Orange but if you are a Vodafone customer you can now buy this Windows Mobile 6.1 device! You can get more details HERE

The Samsung Epix has been available in Europe for a while now as the Samsung i780. It is now available in the US as the Samsung Epix device. It's different to the Samsung Blackjack as this device has a touchscreen and uses Windows Mobile Professional...

Whilst I was on holiday HP launched two new Windows Mobile Devices. The HP Ipaq Voice Messenger and Data Messenger are both Windows Mobile 6.1 devices with GPS, WiFi, 3G and even a 3.1 megapixel camera. I've had the chance to play around with the HP...

If you use a Windows Mobile device and own an Apple Mac then you might want to take a look at SyncMate.  It allows you to synchronize Favorites, Contacts, Calendar, Notes in mobile device with their the Mac equivalents Bookmarks, Address Book, iCal...

In previous years I’ve been involved in the Exchange Unplugged Tours where we visit a whole host of locations up and down the UK to talk about Microsoft Technology.   The Virtualisation team has stolen our idea leveraged the best practice and...

I often get lots of questions asking about the huge variety of mobile data tariffs and how they compare.  It is an almost impossible task trying to track all of them however for the UK – Mobile MEG is a free source that provides details of all data...

I recently published the list of Windows Mobile 6.1 upgrades available for Windows Mobile devices however it’s an every increasing list! Keeping track of them is quite difficult! The easiest way to find all the available upgrades is actually to...

PocketNow produced this great Keyboard comparison which compares the time it takes to input a common phrase on 9 common devices: HTC Touch Pro, AT&T Tilt, HTC Touch, Samsung Omnia, Apple iPhone, Motorola Q9h, Palm Treo Pro and 700w, and BlackJack...

This is a pretty cool idea championed by Chris Leckness of Mobilitysite fame.  Device Diary is a multiple author blog where Microsoft Mobile Device MVPs and Mobius Members can share with everyone what they are rolling with. With most of us changing...

In this time of financial chaos it may be difficult to justify investing in an expensive device.  I spotted whilst surfing the Expansys site over the weekend this absolute bargain! It’s the MWg Zinc II device which is an incredibly powerful well...

Do you have questions regarding Windows Mobile application development that you need answers to? Our Developer team have setup a number of Windows Mobile Developer Chats where you can spend an hour with Microsoft employees and MVPs who are experts in...

My colleague Rob Tiffany recently did an interview with .NET Rocks .  Rob is a Development Guru for Windows Mobile and the interview is definitely worth a listen! You can check out the interview HERE Rob has a great blog HERE

Here comes another Windows Mobile 6.1 upgrade – this time from O2. This is from the XDA Orbit 2 and can be found HERE

Wow – these upgrades are coming thick and fast this week! HTC have just released an upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.1 for the HTC Touch Dual. You can get the download from HERE

Samsung have released an update for the Canadian Rogers Samsung Jack to Windows Mobile 6.1.  You can download the update from HERE

If you have a Pantech Duo device then you can now get this updated to Windows Mobile 6.1 The update is now available on the Pantech Website HERE