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September 2005 - Posts

iMATE K-JAM now in stock at Expansys

For those of you wanting to get hold of an I-Mate K-Jam - they are now on Expansys and they have (when I last checked) 395 left. http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=125518 Read More...
Posted Friday, September 30, 2005 1:59 PM by jasonlan | 5 Comments

Spinvox - convert voicemails to email or text

I've been using this service for a while now and it's incredibly useful and accurate. Essentially it will convert a voicemail to an email message or send you a text. I've found it really useful as I always struggle to transcribe voicemails - this service Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 28, 2005 8:06 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

PDF conversion solution

I came across an interesting solution for converting PDF files to JPG files. You just send the email with a PDF document attached to it to an email address and it will send back a series of JPG files converting the PDF to images. They offer a free 5 day Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 28, 2005 8:04 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

HP Upgrade to Windows Mobile 5 available now!

Upgrade for hx2000 available now - hx4700 is available Spring 2006!!! http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/pscmisc/vac/us/en/sm/pocketpc/MS5.0_upgrade.html Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 27, 2005 8:26 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

iMate KJAM details released!

i-mate have released details of the K-JAM device! Check them out at http://www.imate.com/DETAILS_KJAM.htm Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 27, 2005 7:50 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Mobile phone virus tries leaping to PCs

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Cell_phone_virus_tries_leaping_to_PCs/0,2000061744,39213966,00.htm Thankfully not a Windows Mobile virus but a Symbian POC virus was discovered last week that tries to leap from the Phone and install itself on Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 27, 2005 8:00 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

SP5 and SP5m details now on iMate's site

The folks over at Smartphonethoughts.com discovered that iMate has announced details of the SP5 and SP5m Smartphone devices. Check out their story at: http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/index.php?action=expand,9315&sid=8c34dff454c003570f874e0dafc7977 Read More...
Posted Monday, September 26, 2005 9:15 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

SMS/Text Voting Solution available for download

One of my colleagues down in Oz - (Actually an ex Microsoft UK guy) wrote this very cool application which for developers is a great example of using SMS intercept. For the less developer focussed people - it's a great app for SMS text voting on your Read More...
Posted Monday, September 26, 2005 9:09 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Bill Gates and Palm announce the Palm Smartphone with Windows Mobile!

http://www.palm.com/us/company/?intcmp=HmPg_Windows_20050926 press release event webcast 56k 100k 300k event podcast newsletter sign-up A great moment in Wiindows Mobile History!!! I've been sitting on this for so long it's great to see it's now public!!! Read More...
Posted Monday, September 26, 2005 5:40 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

The Internet and American Football

Today it suddenly struck me what a fantastic thing the Internet really is.... sometimes I think we forget how it's revolutionised our lives! I'm a huge American Football fan and in years gone by - myself and friends used to crowd round a radio listening Read More...
Posted Saturday, September 24, 2005 6:50 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Wizard uses Microsoft Bluetooth Stack

The majority of questions I've had about the Wizard device is - what bluetooth stack does it use? It's using the Microsoft Bluetooth stack. The other great news is that it appears the stack now works really well with the BMW Bluetooth Car Kit as it now Read More...
Posted Saturday, September 24, 2005 6:46 PM by jasonlan | 6 Comments

Orange Mobile Data Forums

Orange are hosting a series of Mobile Data Forums next month around the UK. We (Microsoft) are sponsoring them. It should be a great event to attend... even though Blackberry are also there :( (sorry my competitive streak is kicking in) Go along to see Read More...
Posted Friday, September 23, 2005 1:07 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Wizard... more wizard...

Day 2 with my Wizard and I wanted to respond to some of the questions I've had on email. Firstly - what device do I have... well it's a QTEK 9100 device - one of the very early devices. 2nd - Can I load skype - will do - not had a chance yet 3rd - How Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 22, 2005 5:02 PM by jasonlan | 13 Comments

Developer Security Webcast

One of my colleagues (Jeffrey Strasser) just highlighted this great webcast for developers that's available next week. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032279925&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 22, 2005 4:51 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Microsoft re-Org - Microsoft Entertainment and Devices Division

The recent announcement by Steve Ballmer has caused me to get lots of email with customers asking whether the re-org impacts our strategy? For those who haven't seen it yet Steve announced that our device division will be the new Microsoft Entertainment Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 21, 2005 6:23 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

I've got my Wizard!!!

A great day today! A package arrived with my HTC Wizard today! I haven't had much time to tinker with it today but I wanted to post my first thoughts. 1. Wow! This device is amazing - it is slightly thicker than the iMate JAM but is still pocketable. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 21, 2005 5:28 PM by jasonlan | 6 Comments

Vodafone and Windows Mobile

I get asked my lots of customers whether Vodafone has Windows Mobile devices available... it's great to see they are now featuring them in their portfolio... https://secure.vodafonebusiness.co.uk/join/devices.php Read More...
Posted Monday, September 19, 2005 10:05 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

CoolSmartphone release details of Orange SPV C600

http://www.coolsmartphone.com/article462.html The folks over at Coolsmartphone have released a really in-depth review of the Orange SPV C600. This device is running Windows Mobile 5.0 with a fabulous screen! Read More...
Posted Monday, September 19, 2005 3:48 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

First the JasJar .. then PPC 6700 - more to follow

Last week was a great week as we saw the first Windows Mobile 5.0 devices reach customers. In Europe the iMate JasJar become readily available and it looks like Expansys sold out the device (even at the near £700 price). In the US the PPC 6700 became Read More...
Posted Monday, September 19, 2005 8:04 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Slides from Professional Developers Conference Now Available

The Slides from last weeks Professional Developers Conference in the US are now available for download from: http://commnet.microsoftpdc.com/content/downloads.aspx So if you weren't lucky enough to go - you can download all the presentations :) Read More...
Posted Monday, September 19, 2005 8:01 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Sprint launches US first Windows Mobile 5.0 device!

Sprint have announced the PPC-6700 which is the HTC Apache device! http://www2.sprint.com/mr/news_dtl.do?id=8280 Sprint (NYSE: S) today announced the launch of the Sprint PCS Vision SM Smart Device (PPC-6700), the first PDA/phone-combination handset in Read More...
Posted Friday, September 16, 2005 10:04 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

HTC Wizard - Fingers crossed I'm getting mine next week

I don't have a monogamous relationship with my device as I seem to change them fairly frequently :) I'm hoping to pickup my Wizard next week... I loved the form factor of the JAM but could never quite get on with it as a Phone. I think the Wizard will Read More...
Posted Friday, September 16, 2005 6:30 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Pocket PC RSS Readers

On my Universal I've been trying a number of RSS Readers to keep myself up to date with what's happening in the world of Mobile. My previous favourite RSS reader was Newsbreak however I was having a few issues with it on Windows Mobile 5 so I decided Read More...
Posted Friday, September 16, 2005 6:26 PM by jasonlan | 7 Comments

Say Ah! to Windows Mobile

On our Windows Mobile site we recently added a new article that discusses how Medical Professionals are using Windows Mobile devices in their day to day activities. Whilst not 100% relevant to everyone - it's interesting to see how they are replacing Read More...
Posted Friday, September 16, 2005 10:52 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

My Windows Mobile site

https://www.mywindowsmobile.co.uk/?region=UK&pn=Region I'm not sure if many people have discovered this but my colleagues over at the Partner blog http://blogs.technet.com/windowsmobile4partners/ higlighted it and I thought I'd do the same. The site Read More...
Posted Friday, September 16, 2005 10:39 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Expansys - JasJar now on back order!

Wow - even at over 650 pounds it looks like Expansys have sold out of the HTC Universal... not sure how many they had but I think it was a lot! http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=119353 Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 14, 2005 3:52 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Casio launch a new device with 20hr battery life!!

Casio were one of the very early Pocket PC entrants back in the day. They recently announced a new device aimed at the rugged device market. The DT-5200 has a 3.7" VGA screen! And Wireless LAN b/g!!! AND a 1MP digital camera, Bluetooth, an extra-ordinary Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 14, 2005 5:08 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Samsung i300 pricing revealed

The folks over at Engadget have discovered the pricing for the amazing Samsung i300 device which is expected to hit the UK Market very shortly.... http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000023058411/ Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 14, 2005 5:04 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

PDC - Lucky developers get offer of JasJar for $149

At the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in Los Angeles yesterday Jim Alchin announced a great offer where developers could get an iMate JasJar for $149! It would also be worth the flight over considering the JasJar retails at Expansys Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 14, 2005 4:57 AM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Nokia announce their Business Centre solution for Push Email

http://today.reuters.com/business/newsArticle.aspx?type=ousiv&storyID=2005-09-13T095203Z_01_HO323768_RTRIDST_0_BUSINESSPRO-NOKIA-EMAIL-1-DC.XML Nokia announce their Push Email solution for Exchange 2003 today (with Lotus and Exchange 5.5 and 2000 Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 13, 2005 4:22 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

K-JAM vs JAM

The next great device it seems that will hit the Market is the iMate K-JAM also known as the HTC Wizard and under various different names for each Mobile Operator iteration. Comparing the K-JAM to it's predecessor the revolutionary iMate JAM brings out Read More...
Posted Monday, September 12, 2005 8:13 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Ebay to acquire Skype

Well my money was on either us (Microsoft) or Google buying them but interestingly... Ebay is going to acquire Skype! http://www2.ebay.com/aw/uk/200509.shtml Read More...
Posted Monday, September 12, 2005 12:29 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Marcus talks about Mobile Directions

My colleague Marcus has written a great blog on Mobile Directions http://blogs.msdn.com/marcpe/archive/2005/09/09/462835.aspx Read More...
Posted Monday, September 12, 2005 10:20 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Creating Autorun installation for Pocket PC and Smartphone devices.

A had a call from a customer last week that was trying to create an SD Card that they could give to their field people which contained a series of applications they could install on their Pocket PC Phone device they carried. My colleague Marcus Perryman Read More...
Posted Monday, September 12, 2005 9:00 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

What devices am I carrying - September Edition

As I've previously said I'm probably not typical of the average Windows Mobile user as I tend to carry a lot of devices simply because customers want to see the breadth of our Windows Mobile device portfolio! Right now I'm carrying: a) (NEW) HTC Typhoon Read More...
Posted Monday, September 12, 2005 8:00 AM by jasonlan | 5 Comments

NerdTV - Podcast from PBS coming soon....

Having just got into Podcasts on my mobile device in a big way.. I was intrigued to find that PBS in the US are going to be distributing a series called Nerd TV http://www.pbs.org/cringely/nerdtv/ Their schedule looks pretty interesting and you can download Read More...
Posted Monday, September 12, 2005 7:00 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Application Layer Firewall protection for Exchange Server 2003 with ISA Server 2004

The Technet team have published a great article on how to secure Exchange Server 2003 with ISA and utilise the rules inside ISA for securing Exchange Activesync, RPC over HTTP and Outlook Web Access. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/isa/2004/plan/firewall-exchange2003.mspx Read More...
Posted Sunday, September 11, 2005 8:21 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Teachers face Handheld Revolution

Teachers in the Midlands in the UK are using Handheld devices to elimate administration in the school! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4230832.stm Read More...
Posted Sunday, September 11, 2005 6:50 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

SyncToy released!

I've been using this tool for some time now to keep my devices, cameras and memory cards up to data and to sync data between the various PC's in my house. It's finally been released to the Web. Definately worth a look if you need to synchronise information Read More...
Posted Sunday, September 11, 2005 10:06 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

iMate SP5 and SP5m Windows Mobile 5 Smartphones with WiFi!!!

Expansys have released details of the iMate SP5 and SP5m devices. These are both Windows Mobile 5 devices with the 'm' signifying that the device has Music Buttons... (and will store more than 100 tracks ;) ) The 'm' version is the device on the left. Read More...
Posted Sunday, September 11, 2005 10:05 AM by jasonlan | 5 Comments

HandyEnt release RSS Feed resource for PDA's

HandyEnt have done a great job of collating the various RSS feeds available for PDA's into a single OPML file. http://www.handyent.com/rss/ Obviously I'm dissapointed they haven't included my blog :( Maybe next time... Read More...
Posted Sunday, September 11, 2005 8:53 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Orange launch Single Number

http://www.orange.co.uk/business/corporate/using/callmanagement/singlenumber.html One of the frustrations with using multiple devices is that you only ever have one number that you want people to call you on! Outside of switching SIMs in phones - this Read More...
Posted Sunday, September 11, 2005 12:02 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Securing Personal Devices with Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2

One of the additional benefits of the Security features in Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2 is the potential it can provide in supporting personal devices in an Enterprise. By personal devices I'm referring to the devices that are not supplied by the Organisation Read More...
Posted Saturday, September 10, 2005 6:02 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

My blog celebrates it's 1 month birthday

Well I've been blogging for 1 month now. I got convinced to start bloggingby my colleague Eileen Brown who has a great blog http://blogs.technet.com/eileen_brown and is considered Queen Blogger here in Microsoft. One month in I've: 1) Had some great emails Read More...
Posted Saturday, September 10, 2005 5:20 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

IT Forum 2005 - Mobility - What do you want me to talk about?

http://www.mseventseurope.com/msitforum/05/pre/content/default.aspx IT Forum 2005 is taking place this year in gorgeous Barcelona (my favourite city in Europe!) It's on 15-17th November this year and I've been asked to speak about Mobility - I've got Read More...
Posted Saturday, September 10, 2005 10:09 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Damp response to the iTunes phone

I've been watching the response to Apple's iTunes phone this week and it seems that it's really dissapointed lots of journalists and customers. A really interesting article appeared yesterday in Computing - http://www.computing.co.uk/vnunet/news/2142014/critics-thumb-itunes-phone Read More...
Posted Friday, September 09, 2005 10:02 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Bill Gates chats with Robert Scoble on Channel 9

http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=111598 This is a fascinating webcast that Robert Scoble did with Bill Gates.. It's a great insight into Bills thoughts on Software, the past, the future and also blogging! If you listen carefully.. I'm sure Read More...
Posted Friday, September 09, 2005 9:57 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Windows Mobile and Email data usage

I had a comment on my previous post relating to the fact they suspected that Activesync used about 20MB of data per month and Blackberry only used 3MB. The Blackberry numbers are correct but the Activesync numbers are waaaayyyy out! Let me explain..... Read More...
Posted Friday, September 09, 2005 9:33 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Nokia One Business Solution providing Push Email?

There are some rumours circulating that Nokia will release a Push Email solution for their devices to rival the Exchange SP2 and Blackberry solutions... http://geekswithblogs.net/wallabyfan/archive/2005/09/08/53162.aspx Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 08, 2005 9:38 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Corgi Gas Installers go Mobile!

My colleagues over at their Windows Mobile 4 Partners have highlighted a great solution one of our partners Infomill is now making available to Gas Engineers! Infomill, another great UK partner for Windows Mobile, has teamed up with Corgi to offer CORGIDirect Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 08, 2005 8:17 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

iMate JasJar - HTC Universal now in stock at Expansys

If you want to get your hands on an iMate JasJar then it looks like Expansys has them in stock. It could be at your house (in the UK) tomorrow :) i-mate JASJAR GSM/GPRS Pocket PC (Worldwide English) Home Page > Pocket PCs > i-mate JASJAR GSM/GPRS Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 08, 2005 8:16 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

WiFi in Smartphones.... Tornado to strike cellular Operators

A really interesting article appeared in ARC Chart http://www.arcchart.com/blueprint/show.asp?id=376 highlighting the HTC Tornado product which has WiFi integrated into the device. With the interest around VOIP it'll be intriguing to see how Mobile Operators Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 08, 2005 8:11 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Apple iTunes Phone - Motorola ROKR - A big letdown?

It's here at last - after all the speculation - Apple finally announced the Motorola ROKR phone... http://www.apple.com/itunes/mobile/ I may be missing something here but - I'm underwhelmed by this announcement. The ROKR is missing the great scroll wheel Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 07, 2005 9:08 PM by jasonlan | 9 Comments

Censorship on Microsoft Blogs - absolutely not!

MsMobiles.com published an article today ( http://msmobiles.com/news.php/4232.html ) claiming that myself and Mike Hall had our blogs censored removing articles linking to msmobiles.com. I'd like to be really clear that: 1) Our blogs are not censored Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 06, 2005 5:42 PM by jasonlan | 13 Comments

O2 Germany announce the HTC Tornado and Wizard as XDA Phone and XDA Mini S

Unwired.Net has discovered an O2 brochure in Germany that confirms O2's intention to launch the HTC Tornado and Wizard devices! http://www.theunwired.net/?itemid=2634 Read More...
Posted Monday, September 05, 2005 8:10 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

HTC Tornado begins to break cover... reviewed at Mobile Review.Com

The folks over at Mobile Review have done a fantastic review of the HTC Tornado... http://www.mobile-review.com/pda/review/htc-tornado-en.shtml Read More...
Posted Monday, September 05, 2005 8:09 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Want to extend Group Policy to Mobile Devices?

Many customers I talk with want to extend Group Policy to their Windows Mobile devices... right now this isn't supported in Windows Mobile however at our Mobile and Embedded Developer Conference I met up with the folks at Full Armor who provide a product Read More...
Posted Monday, September 05, 2005 7:59 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

CESG Security and Windows Mobile - Securing Windows Mobile.

At our Technet Event on Friday - I had many customers asking from Government organisations attend that were interested in deplouing Mobile Solutions. Most government organisations look to CESG for guidance on what approved solutions can/can't be deployed Read More...
Posted Monday, September 05, 2005 7:41 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

HTC Universal appears as O2 XDA Exec in their August/September Guide

The guys over at Cool Smartphone spotted that the Universal is going to be available from O2. It looks like O2 are also going make available the Sp3i as the Xphone II. The O2 XDA Exec also appeared in Stuff magazine this month so the sightings continue! Read More...
Posted Saturday, September 03, 2005 6:31 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Pocket Earth - MSN Virtual Earth on your Windows Mobile device... Google Earth doesn't have this ;)

One of the coolest apps I've seen in a long while has been released to give access to MSN Virtual Earth. You can use it as a client to access MSN Virtual Earth ! It's pretty amazing seeing the satellite images on your device and works well over WiFi and Read More...
Posted Saturday, September 03, 2005 6:25 PM by jasonlan | 8 Comments

What a week!

Well I have to apologise for my blog being VERY quiet this week... It's been a mad week in Microsoft Mobility for many reasons: 1) We have lots of great announcements this week and I've been doing Press Interviews. 2) We had a fabulous event yesterday Read More...
Posted Saturday, September 03, 2005 6:15 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments
 
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