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Parrot launch A2DP Bluetooth AUDIO Car Kit

Parrot have announced their MK6000 Car Kit which incorporates A2DP Bluetooth Audio streaming. I was looking for a BT Car Kit when I bought my new car but ended up getting an integrated phone module instead - this unit is seriously tempting ! I'd love Read More...
Posted Saturday, September 30, 2006 7:18 PM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

MMMUG Next meeting 19th october

Nathan has just posted that the next meeting of the Microsoft Messaging and Mobility User Group in the UK is going to take place on 19th October in London. The agenda for the meeting will be as follows: 18:00 - 18:30 Arrival 18:30 - 18:35 Introduction Read More...
Posted Friday, September 29, 2006 6:15 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

ORANGE AT WORK EVENTS IN THE UK

Orange are running a whole series of events across the UK in the next couple of months around integrated communications. Microsoft are involved in them so if you want to come along and learn more about Windows Mobile it'll be a great opportunity to do Read More...
Posted Friday, September 29, 2006 9:32 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Suppressing cannot connect messages

In the space of 1 day I've had two different customers approach me about a problem they have with Windows Mobile in use in a Line of Business environment. Essentially they want to stop the ‘Cannot Connect’ notification/bubble. The problem is that it is Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 28, 2006 6:53 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

READING exchange activesync log files

I've had a few customers trying to understand the format of the Exchange Activesync logs and how they are constructed. I found out there are two great articles available covering the formats of both Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2007. Exchange 2003 SP2 http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2005/03/28/403047.aspx Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 28, 2006 5:52 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

SILICON CUP

Each year the IT Regatta takes place (now called Silicon Cup ) which is a sailing event in Cowes where not only do we get to race big yachts but we also raise a huge amount of money for charity! This year we had a whole fleet (well a few) Windows Mobile Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 27, 2006 6:52 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Register your .MOBI address today!

Nearly 3 years ago Microsoft, Nokia and Vodafone started an initiative called the Mobile Top Level Domain. Since then a huge number of partners and what are traditionally competitors have joined this initiative. The Mobile Top Level Domain has now become Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 26, 2006 8:30 AM by jasonlan | 6 Comments

Cameraware now available from modaco!

Paul over at Modaco.com has made available the CamerAware application for Windows Mobile that alerts you when you are approaching a 'safety camera'... it uses a GPS and a Windows Mobile device to acheive this so you can use it either with an integrated Read More...
Posted Monday, September 25, 2006 11:44 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

where do the codenames for windows ce come from?

Mike Hall has posted a great blog article about where the codenames for Windows CE come from! Yamazaki is the codename for CE 6.0. The original code names were tree related and then all of a sudden they switched to.... well - I'll let you read the rest Read More...
Posted Monday, September 25, 2006 9:20 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

ActiveSync 4.5 Beta 2 released

A couple of days ago we released the updated Beta of Activesync 4.5. You can download it from HERE Read More...
Posted Friday, September 22, 2006 7:56 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

RIM's enterprise dominance comes to an end

The Register has posted an article about research they've performed into future Enterprise Mobile messaging strategies. It makes for very interesting reading.... You can see it HERE Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 21, 2006 9:21 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Orange Switzerland delivers hosted Direct push email to all mobile users

We've just published a case study on Microsoft.com about how Orange Switzerland is providing Direct Push email to their users! You can read it HERE Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 21, 2006 9:17 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

So what is in each WINDOWS MObile 5 AKU?

Before we released our Direct Push solution no one really knew or cared too much what an Adaptation Kit Update (AKU) was. Historically an AKU was used to enable an OEM to deliver a certain device as the core Windows Mobile platform may have required certain Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 21, 2006 8:22 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

HTC S620, P3300 and P3600 pictures and video

howardchui.com has a great video and pictures of the HTC S620, P3300 and P3600 devices! My favourite picture is the one of the Q next to the S620! (HTC Excalibur) You can check out the video and pictures HERE Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 20, 2006 9:17 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Pop up Windows and Internet Explorer Mobile

We had an interesting internal discussion around Internet Explorer Mobile and how it handles Pop Up Windows. I thought I'd share it as I simultaneously was approached by a customer who had similar questions/concerns. Pop ups are usually implemented using Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 20, 2006 7:59 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

More than 90 percent of british children have a Mobile phone!

I was staggered when I read this report created by Carphone Warehouse and the London School of Economics that states that 51 percent of all 10-year-olds have a mobile phone rising to 91 % of children by the time they hit 12! I knew it was high as I see Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 20, 2006 5:33 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

vista rc1

Well Vista RC1 is now available for download (woohoo!) I've been running it for about the past week or so and I have to say it is SOOOO much better than Beta 2! I'm now running it on my production laptop and haven't had a need to slip back to XP... infact Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 19, 2006 6:49 PM by jasonlan | 14 Comments

CONFIRMED - Yes the Palm Treo 750v is upgradeable to HSDPA!

There's been a lot of debate about whether/if the Treo 750v is going to support HSDPA.... I just spoke with the Head of Palm's Engineering team who confirmed that YES, the Treo is upgradeable to HSDPA. Palm and Vodafone will announce availability of the Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 19, 2006 2:21 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Motorola to acquire Symbol Technologies!

Wow! This came out of the blue. From the newswire today it looks like Motorola and Symbol have signed a definitive merger agreement. I hadn't seen this one coming but it looks like it makes sense as Motorola has a great legacy in Radio technology in many Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 19, 2006 12:51 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

SEARCH TODAY...

A lof of people who have seen the Palm Treo 750v have wanted the capability to Search from the Today screen like you can on the Treo. A smart developer has actually written something similar which you can download from here: http://www.cs.pitt.edu/~jmisurda/ppc Read More...
Posted Monday, September 18, 2006 8:54 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Sybase ianywhere release support for Windows Mobile Smartphone

Sybase subsidiary iAnywhere Solutions has now extended its support to include Microsoft Smartphone. Users can now develop Web-based apps for both Windows Mobile Smartphone and Pocket PC platforms. Also this week Sybase iAnywhere is unveiling version 6.2 Read More...
Posted Friday, September 15, 2006 8:00 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Details of zune emerge...

Today details of Zune started to emerge :) A press release issued this morning shared some of the capabilities that this multimedia device would have! 30gb device Ability to share music wirelessly over WiFi Play any shared song in full 3 times then if Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 14, 2006 8:12 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Speaker Idol @ Tech-Ed - IT Forum

14 - 17 November, Barcelona, Spain Microsoft is searching for talented presenters who can talk-the-talk, command the attention of IT professionals and develop a rapport with their audience. Is that you? Take to the Speaker Idol stage, demonstrate your Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 14, 2006 5:16 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Pocketinfo.nl provide in-depth Treo 750v

The team over at Pocketinfo in the Netherlands have produced an in-depth review of the Treo 750v (including pictures... ;) ) Check out the babelfish translated version HERE Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 14, 2006 3:42 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Intermec release details of CN3 Small Rugged Pocket PC Phone!

Intermec have published details of their CN3 Device which is running Windows Mobile 5.0 with Direct Push technology. The device is designed for a huge array of differing uses as it combines a whole host of different capabilities in a very small rugged Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 14, 2006 1:53 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

PALM TREO 750V REview

As a fanatical Windows Mobile supporter - I never thought I'd find myself writing an article about how great a Palm device was! My journey through devices did stop at the Palm stop one time in my past however. Just before I joined Microsoft I had a Palm Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 12, 2006 4:14 PM by jasonlan | 41 Comments

Windows Mobile Virtual Labs now available online!

Our Developer team has just made available 6 Windows Mobile Virtual Labs online! They are: Developing a SQL Mobile Application with Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 In this lab you will learn to: Synchronize data between a Windows Mobile®–based Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 12, 2006 9:39 AM by jasonlan | 5 Comments

Have Windows Mobile 2003 devices - want Direct Push/MSFP?

If you have Windows Mobile 2003 devices and can't/don't want to upgrade to Windows Mobile 5.0 but DO want Direct Push/MSFP functionality then Dataviz may be able to help :) Dataviz today announced that RoadSync is now available for mobile devices with Read More...
Posted Monday, September 11, 2006 10:00 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Sunday times article - Blackberry widen the net with pearl

I had to do a press interview on Friday for the Sunday Times and it's good I managed to get a little comment in it..... I was asked about RIM's new Pearl device..... here's what I said ... Read More...
Posted Monday, September 11, 2006 3:01 PM by jasonlan | 6 Comments

Windows mobile network analyzer powertoy

Network Analyzer for Windows Mobile runs network utilities, for example ping and ipconfig, on a Windows Mobile powered device. Network Analyzer for Windows Mobile facilitates the troubleshooting of network connectivity issues. You can extend the harness. Read More...
Posted Monday, September 11, 2006 9:16 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

GET Calendar and schedule information for holiday and sporting events

As a big American Football fan I always want to make sure I don't miss any of my team's games (Notre Dame and the St louis Rams!) Whilst I could sit and enter each game in my diary - I've found this site very useful as it contains PST files for Outlook Read More...
Posted Monday, September 11, 2006 9:02 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Review of htc trinity P3600

SoloPalmari.com an Italian Site has posted a review of the HTC Trinity (P3600) device. It's mainly in Italian however there are a number of items in English and some good photo's included. Check out the review HERE Read More...
Posted Monday, September 11, 2006 8:10 AM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

Forget 2.5g, 3g or even 3.5g Samsung reckon they've cracked 4g!

So whilst we all get excited about HSDPA on our Windows Mobile Devices. Samsung is demonstraing their high speed technology at the Samsung 4G Forum, which has been running this week. Using a specially adapted bus, Samsung promises wireless speeds of 100Mbps Read More...
Posted Friday, September 08, 2006 3:59 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Micro charts for Mobile devices

One of my colleagues sent me this link to one of our partners BonaVista Systems that provides micro charts for a number of applications including SQL, Excel and Mobile devices :) MicroCharts enables you to understand complex relationships in your data Read More...
Posted Friday, September 08, 2006 3:55 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

HTC Announce 4 new devices!

Today HTC announced 4 new Windows Mobile Devices! Click on each of the product numbers to see more details at HTC's site :) HTC S620 - HTC's new, super slim form factor device with integrated QWERTY keyboard. Primarily for email/messaging. This was the Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 07, 2006 10:11 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Blocking attachments to Mobile devices with exchange 2003

I've had a couple of customers recently asking if there is a way to block attachments from being sent to mobile devices. They are nervous that people could then download the attachment to a storage card and then distribute it or lose the storage card Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 07, 2006 7:14 PM by jasonlan | 7 Comments

WINDOWS MOBILE SUPPORT LIFECYCLE

Over the last few days I've had quite a few customers ask me for details around the support lifecycle of Windows Mobile 2003. Windows Mobile 2003 (both Pocket PC and Smartphone) move out of mainstream support on 14/7/2009 and Extended support will be Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 06, 2006 2:27 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

LIVEPVR For WINDOWS MOBILE 5 - record phone calls and meeting notes

This is a very cool application and one I'm finding infinitely useful!!! Basically LivePVR allows you to do a couple of cool things... Firstly you can record your phone calls! You can set it to record all phone calls or just the next call. Secondly you Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 05, 2006 7:15 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

SPRINT ANNOUNCE TREO 700WX

Over in the US - Sprint have announced the release of the Treo 700WX on their network! It appears to be exactly the same as the device which launched on Verizon's network and is now available to Sprint customers! More details can be found on Sprint's Read More...
Posted Monday, September 04, 2006 9:44 AM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

TOP 10 BEST Presentations ever

As part of my job I tend to give a lot of presentations and I'm always looking for ways to improve my presentations, make them fun, ensure I get my points across and really to continually improve. I came across this really interesting list of the Top Read More...
Posted Sunday, September 03, 2006 11:54 AM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

MOTOROLA Q PUSH EMAIL UPDATE NOW AVAILABLE

Over at QUsers.com they've announced that Motorola have released the update for the Motorola Q to enable Push Email with Exchange 2003. The Q software update is immediately available to current MOTO Q users at http://www.hellomoto.com/update The MOTO Read More...
Posted Saturday, September 02, 2006 10:13 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

YAHOO MOBILE on WINDOWS MOBILE

Yahoo have had this available for sometime on Series 60 but for those folks who use Yahoo - you can now get access from your Windows Mobile device! With their client you can use the following: Contacts — Stored phone numbers are automatically synched Read More...
Posted Friday, September 01, 2006 6:40 PM by jasonlan | 5 Comments
 
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