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August 2006 - Posts

give me a scroll wheel/one handed navigation

Over on the Windows Mobile Team Blog they have started a discussion about One Handed Navigation ... It was very timely as I was about to post a similar article as now we have Push Email lots of customers have been asking me for a scroll wheel like a Blackberry.... Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 31, 2006 1:40 PM by jasonlan | 18 Comments

Happy birthday to my blog!

Whilst I was on Vacation my Blog celebrated it's first birthday..... it started on August 10th 2005. Since that day I've been amazed by the great feedback I always get from people as well as just how many people read it.. in that single year over 3 million Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 31, 2006 1:27 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

LOVING THE TASTE of Dogfood!

After returning from vacation I just installed the latest and greatest Vista and Office 2007 builds!!! Wow! The difference compared to Beta 2 is like Night and Day! With my appetite for Dogfood... I'm also on Exchange 2007. Everything seems to be working Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 31, 2006 1:18 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

TOMTOM release details of navigator 6

Today TomTom released details of their TomTom Navigator 6 release. TomTom NAVIGATOR 6 will be available from September 2006. It is available as a stand alone software product or bundled together with a mobile phone or PDA through retailers. TomTom NAVIGATOR Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 30, 2006 6:31 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

With $100 what features would you build into windows Mobile?

One of the activities our Product Planning team often use in brainstorming is to consider what features you would invest resource into around the analogy of having $100 to spend on features and allocating those to certain areas.... well the Windows Mobile Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 30, 2006 6:25 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Mobile Downloads now available on Windows Marketplace

Our Windows Marketplace site has just been updated not only to support digital downloads but it now also includes Windows Mobile applications! You can head straight over to the Windows Mobile applications via this link http://www.windowsmarketplace.com/category.aspx?bcatid=881&tabid=1 Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 29, 2006 7:43 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Slingplayer mobile v1.1 released for pocket pc

Just after I post how great Slingbox is... they release an update to the Mobile Player! http://www.slingmedia.com/us/support/ppc-beta-dl.p... SlingPlayer Mobile for Pocket PC v. 1.1 BETA What’s New in SlingPlayer Mobile for Pocket PC v 1.1 BETA Enhanced Read More...
Posted Monday, August 28, 2006 9:05 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Ubiqui0 501 now available for pre-order on Expansys

This device looks remarkably like the Samsung i320..... however it is a Pocket PC Phone Edition device rather than Smartphone. The i320 is 111 x 59 x 11.5 mm Whilst the Ubiquio 501 is 122 x 65 x 13.5 mm So it's a little bigger plus has a touch screen. Read More...
Posted Sunday, August 27, 2006 8:14 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

i-mate release spjas and jasjam

Details of both the SPJAS and JASJAM have now officially appeared on i-mate's web site. The SPJAS is the HTC Breeze 3G Windows Mobile Smartphone, the JASJAM is the HTC Hermes 3G Pocket PC Phone Edition device. The SPJAS details are available at: http://www.imate.com/t-DETAILS_SPJAS.aspx Read More...
Posted Sunday, August 27, 2006 7:59 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Sportsdo release v2.0 for all you runners and skiers

One of our partners SportsDo has released version 2.0 of their Sports products for Windows Mobile. Using GPS technology , SportsDo can track your sporting activity directly on your Windows Mobile device. SportsDo has many features including tracking your Read More...
Posted Saturday, August 26, 2006 6:43 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

SLINGMEDIA to GIVE AWAY MOBILE CLIENT FOR SLINGBOX

I have to admit - the Slingbox is one of the most useful gadgets I've purchased in a long while. It allows you to access your home TV content either through the integrated Freeview tuner or as I do - access Sky. The latest PC software which is v1.3 even Read More...
Posted Saturday, August 26, 2006 6:32 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

START ME UP!

Following my post yesterday around Bluetooth Hannes Preishuber posted a comment which I had to share the picture of. Our Windows Automotive team is working with car manufacturers to provide Windows capabilities in many vehicles ! One such manufacturer Read More...
Posted Saturday, August 26, 2006 5:39 AM by jasonlan | 9 Comments

Bluetooth Car Kit support (BMW and others...)

One of the posts I made a while back I still get lots of questions about and that is in relation to Bluetooth Car Kit support of Windows Mobile. ( http://blogs.msdn.com/jasonlan/archive/2005/11/23/496368.aspx ) The challenge is that differing car kits Read More...
Posted Friday, August 25, 2006 9:08 AM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

SMS Device management feature pack support for windows mobile 5.0

Our SMS team recently released an update to the Device Management Feature Pack which provides support for Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC devices. It seems some people are struggling to find this download on Microsoft.com so I've listed the direct download Read More...
Posted Friday, August 25, 2006 6:06 AM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Windows Mobile 'Prodcast'

One of my colleagues Brian Holt just published a new productivity broadcast ("prodcast") about Windows Mobile 5.0. You can listen to it in either WMA or MP3 format over the internet, or download the file and play on your Windows Mobile device! The 21-minute Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 24, 2006 5:39 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

DEVICE SECURITY MANAGER POWERTOY

This powertoy has been published to microsoft.com. The Device Security Manager helps developers test various security policies for Windows Mobile devices. It is designed as a desktop application that ships with a preset list of “security configurations”. Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 24, 2006 5:35 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

ADAPT YOUR APP

With the huge number of new devices coming to market with differing screen sizes this website and webcast series is incredibly useful for developers who are looking to ensure their applications work on any device! http://msdn.microsoft.com/mobility/windowsmobile/h.. Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 24, 2006 5:33 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Tesco.com looks to integrated handhelds to cut costs

There is a great article over at Computing's site talking about how Tesco.com are using Windows Mobile devices to deliver an enhanced customer experience. I've worked with Tesco for a number of years now. Initially they had a handheld delivery scheduling Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 23, 2006 7:34 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

REview of t-Mobile MDA VaRIO II

Steve Butcher of Avanade has posted a great review of the T-Mobile MDA Vario II. I've got quite a few friends who have purchased the original MDA Vario from T-Mobile mainly because of the great Web 'n' Walk Tarrif that T-Mobile offers which provides unlimited Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 23, 2006 6:00 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Mobile line of business solution accelerator

The Mobile Line of Business Accelerator showcases a mobile application written in Visual C# using Visual Studio 2005. This .NET Compact Framework 2.0 application performs different functions based upon specific user roles. In this application, there are Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 23, 2006 7:28 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

HOW TO Sign up for WINDOWS MOBILE Microsoft CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL BETA!

I posted yesterday about the MCP exams we are creating for Windows Mobile Want to become a Windows Mobile Certified Professional- Well Loke Uei has just posted more details on the exam and how to sign up for the Beta exam itself! http://blogs.msdn.com/lokeuei/archive/2006/08/21/7... Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 22, 2006 5:25 AM by jasonlan | 6 Comments

Windows Live Writer Blogging Tool released in beta

I discovered this while reading Steve Claytons blog ( http://blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/default.aspx) Windows Live Writer is a desktop application that makes it easier to compose blog posts using Windows Live Spaces or your current blog service. It's not Read More...
Posted Monday, August 21, 2006 8:53 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Ultimate Theft Alert v3

This is a cool idea - it's an application that monitors what SIM card is in your device and if it isn't the SIM card it expects then it sends an SMS message to a pre-defined number. So if someone were to steal your phone and place their SIM card in it Read More...
Posted Monday, August 21, 2006 8:43 AM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Want to become a Windows Mobile Certified Professional?

We've just released preliminary details of the Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 - Application Development certified professional exam. This exam is currently in development. It is expected to be released in its beta version in August 2006. To get a headstart Read More...
Posted Monday, August 21, 2006 8:35 AM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

How do you deal with all that email?

With Windows Mobile offering excellent access to email I started to think about how long I've used email for and how I use it... I've had an email address since 1989. My first email account was on our Texas Instruments MSG system which was a mainframe Read More...
Posted Sunday, August 20, 2006 9:56 PM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

How to disable 3G...

Why would you want to do this.. well on many devices the battery life is negatively impacted by using 3G. If you are mainly using applications that don't need 3G then you can extend your battery life by defaulting to GPRS rather than UMTS for connectivity! Read More...
Posted Sunday, August 20, 2006 11:06 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Inaugural meetings of Microsoft Messaging and Mobility User Groups in the UK

The Microsoft Messaging and Mobility User Group in the UK ( www.mmmug.co.uk ) holds it's inaugural meetings in September! The first meeting will be on the 13th September 2006 and will be at Microsoft's UK HQ in Thames Valley Park in Reading. The second Read More...
Posted Saturday, August 19, 2006 10:56 AM by jasonlan | 7 Comments

Microsoft Project Viewers/Editors

Well it had to start.. after we delivered Powerpoint Mobile in Windows Mobile 5.0 many customers are now asking me for ... Microsoft Project, Microsoft Visio and Infopath mobile versions... A couple of my friends are project managers and they both use Read More...
Posted Friday, August 18, 2006 10:27 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Trivia - Why is OOF - OOF?

OOF is a term which is used a lot inside Microsoft, meaning ‘Out Of Office’ – but the reason it is OOF and not OOO is that the command to set your out of office status in the old Xenix mail system, was OOF – or Out Of Facility… Now you know! :) Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 17, 2006 2:32 PM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

Who's going to IT Forum (Europe)

I've just had my attendance confirmed and I'll be speaking at IT Forum in Barcelona in November (13th-17th) I've got two sessions right now. The first will be around Exchange 2007 and Windows Mobile Messaging futures, the second is how Microsoft IT deploy Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 16, 2006 10:57 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Getting Support for Exchange 2003 and Windows Mobile

Much of the contact I get from my blog is customers who need help or have hit issues with setting up Exchange 2003 with Windows Mobile. The setup process is very straightforward as documented here in the step by step guide: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/mobile/deploy/msfpdepguide.mspx Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 16, 2006 10:26 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Setting up/provisioning Windows Mobile devices using CAB files

One of the constant questions I receive is how to setup a Windows Mobile device specifically for an organisation so that a new device can automatically be setup with applications, configurations ready for a user to utilise. The process of doing this is Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 16, 2006 10:23 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

T-Mobile launch the MDA Vario II in Europe

T-Mobile have launched the HTC Hermes device as the MDA Vario II with HSDPA, EDGE,GPRS and WLAN built in it's one of the most connected devices. Combining that with T-Mobile's web'n'walk tarrif in the UK means that for £7.50 a month you can have unlimited Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 15, 2006 7:01 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Orange M3100 review at Modaco.com

Paul at Modaco has just posted an excellent in-depth review of the Orange M3100 - he beat me to it... I was just about to post one myself and having seen his review I thought I may as well not bother... :) The only thing for me that's dissapointing is Read More...
Posted Monday, August 14, 2006 8:41 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

SafeBoot Launches Data Encryption and Secure Access Control for Microsoft® Windows Mobile® Devices

Safeboot have released a data encryption solution for Windows Mobile 5.0 devices. There are more details located at: http://www.safeboot.com/press/press_winmobile.asp Read More...
Posted Friday, August 11, 2006 2:23 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Who makes this stuff!

Over at justanothermobilemonday.com they have written some great articles about the developers who write some of the leading applications for Windows Mobile - definately worth a read! http://justanothermobilemonday.com/Wordpress/category/who-makes-this-stuff Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 10, 2006 3:08 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

HTC Oxygen review

Guido of Solopalmari.com has posted an excellent indepth review of the HTC Oxygen smartphone. This device is intended to be a low cost Smartphone device and the good news is although the price point is low it certainly doesn't feel cheap! Check out the Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 09, 2006 10:31 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Wireless providers push PDA shipments to new high

The PDA market continues to grow albeit slowly according to a recent article published by Computerworld. Whilst everyone has been predicting the death of the pda - The GPS and Satellite Navigation market appears to be the major catalyst to this continued Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 09, 2006 8:42 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Damn those Blog Spammers...

Well over the past few days I've had those nasty blog spammers post a couple of nonsense articles on how to become a multi-trillionaire by sending emails to 6 people in a chain (blah..blah...blah..) I've kept the posting of comments completely open up Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 08, 2006 9:18 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

What are the applications you must have on your device? Mine are...

I've been changing device recently and testing some new ROM images which is causing me to have to rebuild my device each time. I'd also changed laptop so it caused me to think... what are the applications I always install on my device - the one's I can't Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 08, 2006 8:28 AM by jasonlan | 15 Comments

"3" in the UK to offer QTEK 9000

With Vodafone, Orange, O2 and T-Mobile all supporting Windows Mobile devices in the UK. It's interesting to see "3" joining the fold and releasing the QTEK 9000 http://www.three.co.uk/handsets/handsetoverview.omp?subleft=2&header=PAYMON&cid=115167776885 Read More...
Posted Monday, August 07, 2006 8:27 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Saturn SP90 device breaks cover in Asia

The Saturn SP90 device reminds me a little of the Sidekick - not sure if it has the swivel/spin screen to get access to the keyboard though ? The specification looks pretty solid though Processor – Freescale i.MX21 350 MHz (Embedded MP4 HW Decoder) Memory Read More...
Posted Monday, August 07, 2006 8:22 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Using the QTEK 8500 as a Music Player

At twoinchview.com they've written a great review of using the QTEK 8500 (StarTrek) as a music player. Most of the frustration seems to be around storage and also the headphones... I've been using my QTEK 8500 as a music player but with Bluetooth Headphones Read More...
Posted Saturday, August 05, 2006 10:23 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Sprint to add Motorola Q to it's lineup..?

Reuters has an article claiming that Sprint will add Motorola handsets to it's portfolio. http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?view=CN&storyID=2006-08-03T123612Z_01_N03411745_RTRIDST_0_TELECOMS-SPRINT-MOTOROLA-URGENT.XML&rpc=66&type=qcn Read More...
Posted Friday, August 04, 2006 8:25 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Users rate Smartphones higher than PDAs or laptops

VNUNet have just published an article on some research by In-stat that shows that users rate their Smartphone devices higher than a PDA or Laptop for usage. http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2161471/users-rate-smartphones-higher Read More...
Posted Friday, August 04, 2006 10:06 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

[OFFTOPIC] Free Microsoft Software!

No this isn't the usual Spam of unlicensed pirated software... but actually a very useful list of the Free Software and utilities that is available from Microsoft. http://bhandler.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!70F64BC910C9F7F3!1231.entry Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 02, 2006 1:58 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Sandisk release 2GB MicroSD cards!

Yesterday Sandisk released details of their 2GB MicroSD's! I thought my 1GB MicroSD was impressive but Sandisk have now doubled the capacity of these cards which are used in some of the latest Windows Mobile devices! Thankfully they come with an SD Card Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 01, 2006 7:11 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments
 
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