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January 2007 - Posts

Vista launched

Windows Vista was officially launched by Bill Gates at Times Square yesterday. You can watch the webcast here Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 30, 2007 1:44 PM by jasonlan | 5 Comments

Size comparison of Windows Mobile devices

Over at Modaco they have published an interesting visual comparison of Windows Mobile devices using the Website Sizeasy.com Check out the article on Modaco Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 30, 2007 1:38 PM by jasonlan | 5 Comments

The Windows Mobile Mini is back!

Last year we had a couple of Windows Mobile Mini's that we used for Marketing Windows Mobile in the UK. Well we've got a new one!!! See it here in all it's green-ness! So look out for it at events and around the UK.... my deal still holds true - if you Read More...
Posted Friday, January 26, 2007 3:42 PM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

T-Mobile announce the Ameo device

T-Mobile today announced the AMEO device which is a large Windows Mobile device with a 5" screen, 3 mega pixel camera, GPS Module, HSDPA/UMTS and an 8GB Hard drive! This is the HTC Athena device that has been rumoured on the 'net for sometime now! You Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 25, 2007 2:43 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

What devices am I carrying? (Jan update)

I got reminded by a customer yesterday that I hadn't updated my - What devices am I carrying - post for sometime. If you've read my blog you will know that I was a huge fan of the Treo 750 (and still am) but something happened just before Christmas that Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 25, 2007 9:41 AM by jasonlan | 8 Comments

Ofcom publishes telecoms market data tables for Q2 2006

If you are interested in understanding the Mobile Operator and Fixed Telecoms market share and subscribers numbers (along with lots more information) you can review the OFCOM Market Data tables which have been published HERE Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 24, 2007 4:47 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Capturepro - Screen Capture solution for Windows Mobile

Teksoft have produced an application to help you capture screenshots from your Windows Mobile Pocket PC or Smartphone. It's called CapturePro So if you have a need to capture screenshots for training or documentation purposes this could be a really handy Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 23, 2007 7:55 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Check me out

Our Windows Mobile UK team recently video'd me and has published the videos. I hate watching myself but you might find it fun to put a face to a blog.... I got asked what I do and what our Enterprise strategy is.... plus there are some out-takes at the Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 23, 2007 7:44 PM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

Flying British Airways? Check out Windows Mobile in the inflight magazine!

If you've been on a British Airways flight recently hopefully you'll have seen the fantastic i-mate SPL device being advertised in the British Airways in-flight Highlife magazine! Not only is there a great 1/2 page article on it but you can even buy it Read More...
Posted Monday, January 22, 2007 7:41 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Education use of Windows Mobile devices

I've blogged about this a number of times previously but I also wanted to share this great video which was shown on the BBC News at Ten recently. The News at Ten video shows how school children in Wolverhampton are using Windows Mobile Pocket PC devices Read More...
Posted Monday, January 22, 2007 9:55 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Update to Windows Mobile and Exchange 2003 deployment guide published

If you missed this (I did :( ) we recently updated the Windows Mobile and Exchange 2003 Deployment Guide. The updates include: · Corrections/additions from customers and partners · A new section on Network Architecture Alternatives with overview table Read More...
Posted Friday, January 19, 2007 1:47 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Attachment(s): Guides to Deploying Windows Mobile 5.0 Devices and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 SP2.zip

Kingmax announces worlds first 4GB Microsd Card!

Kingmax have taken the storage capacity of MicroSD cards to new levels with their new 4GB card. Performance of the card has also improved. No specifics on availability as yet. I'm just blown away by how small and how much storage capacity these MicroSD Read More...
Posted Friday, January 19, 2007 9:40 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Dataviz Roadsync now available for Windows Mobile 2003 smartphone devices

If you have a Windows Mobile 2003 device and want Push Email and take advantage of the capabilities in Exchange 2003 SP2 and beyond then Dataviz Roadsync could be a great solution for you! DataViz, Inc., today announced that RoadSync is now available Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 18, 2007 5:11 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Work-Life Balance will be eclipsed by Work-Life Blending

Yesterday the The Future Laboratory and Microsoft Windows Mobile shared the work we've been doing around how mobile technologies are affecting people's work style is changing with the advances in technology. Today, according to Microsoft Windows Mobile Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 18, 2007 4:13 PM by jasonlan | 6 Comments

Attachment(s): Microsoft and futurelab report.pdf

Windows Mobile briefing - 'Winning with Windows Mobile'

My EMEA colleagues are about to hit the road (I mean sky) and go an a tour around to Russia, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Dubai, The Netherlands, France, Germany, South Africa, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Germany. Why - well they are delivering a Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 18, 2007 3:40 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

HP Ipaq rw6815 personal messenger review

There seems to be a review-fest going on right now. Trusted Reviews has a review of a device that I haven't seen a lot of noise about... the HP RW6815. I'm suprised that there isn't a lot of noise about this device as for those who don't need a keyboard Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 18, 2007 11:52 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

O2 XDA Orbit

I just got my hands on one of these devices and I have to admit I really like it! I tend to carry a number of devices in different categories for demos and customer meetings. Yesterday the O2 XDA Orbit became my official Pocket PC SatNav device. I loaded Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 18, 2007 11:35 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

i-mate JAQ3 in pictures

Arne over at the unwired has taken some great pictures of the JAQ3 he just received from i-mate. This is one of the only landscape Pocket PC Phone Edition devices that has been built by Tech Faith Wireless. Check out more details HERE Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 18, 2007 8:13 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Secure Mobile Applications - an Oxymoron?

One of my colleagues Marcus Perryman has written an excellent article about developing secure mobile applications which has been published on Technet . Like Marcus I'm always staggered at the differing views people have on securing mobile data. Most organisations Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 18, 2007 8:07 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Why don't certain sites link?

The thing that REALLY irritates me is when certain sites just copy/paste articles from my blog and then post them to their site without ever referencing my blog. Whenever I post an article I always try and reference the source I got it from as well as Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 17, 2007 7:03 PM by jasonlan | 7 Comments

HTC S620 Review ZDNet

I met up with Sandra Vogel last week, she does a lot of the the reviews for ZDNet and many other publications and online sites. She just alerted me today that her HTC S620 review was posted yesterday! It get's a VERY GOOD rating overall and it's definately Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 17, 2007 6:48 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition released to web!

I often get the question from customers of how to take data onto a mobile device and synchronise customer information, sales orders or other data. I'm always suprised how few people are aware of our Mobile SQL client which has now been renamed to SQL Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 17, 2007 9:10 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Daylight saving changes - 3rd party cab now available

I blogged late December about the Daylight Saving Changes that are being implemented as part of the Energy Policy Act. The details of how to change the registry to support this modification are located HERE It also seems that someone has taken the changes Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 17, 2007 9:02 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Vodafone Germany make the VDA IV available

Vodafone Germany have released the Vodafone VDA IV Smartphone device which is a 3G Windows Mobile Smartphone with 320x240 screen and a pretty healthy 312Mhz processor. I've been using one of these for a while now and it's a great Smartphone. Since the Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 17, 2007 8:45 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Next London Messaging and Mobility User Group Meeting 26th Feb

Eileen blogged yesterday that the MMMUG has just announced their next meeting which is due to take place on 26th February in London. This February Meeting is all about PowerShell and Forefront. To sign up for the London event see here . Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 16, 2007 7:10 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Emoze vs Blackberry Smackdown

The Coolsmartphone team have spotted that the Push Email Company Emoze have challenged Blackberry/RIM to a challenge of who has the simplest Mobile Push Email solution. They have challenged them to a showdown at 3GSM... Will they pick up the challenge... Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 16, 2007 7:04 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

SMS Voter 2.0 for the Smartphone and Pocket PC Phone Released

I've been using this application at a few presentations I've been giving as it's a great way to demonstrate SQL Mobile/Compact Edition and .NET Compact Framework. The SMS Voter application has just been updated by my colleague Dave Glover. You can download Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 16, 2007 7:00 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Orange SPV M700 to be offered in Black and White

Modaco have discovered that the forthcoming Orange SPV M700 will be available in Black and White! This device is the HTC Trinity device or now sold as the P3600 with 2 megapixel camera and 3G onboard :) Check out the article HERE Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 16, 2007 6:57 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

3 scraps roaming fees

In an interesting move the mobile operator 3 in the UK has scrapped roaming fees in 7 countries. Its users will no longer be charged extra for making or receiving calls or texts when visiting the countries. 3 said there would be no one-off fees, and that Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 16, 2007 3:34 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Allowing Exchange Activesync by Device ID in Exchange 2007

I've had a number of customers ask if this is possible and one of my colleagues Michael Higashi on the Exchange team wrote this excellent article for our Exchange 2007 customers about how to limit access to Exchange Activesync service to a specific device Read More...
Posted Monday, January 15, 2007 7:52 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Scottish Messaging and Mobility User group

Eileen posted a blog post that Nathan and Andy who run the MMMUG are setting up the first Scottish MMMUG Meeting on the 8th February! The Agenda is below: 18:00 - 18:30 Arrival 18:30 - 18:35 Introduction to speakers and the aims of the group 18:35 - 19:30 Read More...
Posted Monday, January 15, 2007 7:48 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

SoftMaker Office 2006

Clinton Fitch.com has produced an in-depth review of the Softmaker Office 2006 product which provides Textmaker and Planmaker 2006 into a suite. Textmaker provides similar functionality to Word Mobile however also adds the ability to support 'Track changes' Read More...
Posted Sunday, January 14, 2007 7:19 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Everything you wanted to know about SD

One of my colleagues (Mike Calligaro) over on the Windows Mobile Team Blog has written an excellent article about "SD" and storage. Definately worth a read HERE Read More...
Posted Saturday, January 13, 2007 7:55 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Verizon increases SMS rates

I'm always staggered how little use there is of SMS in the US however when I look at the pricing that's in place it's no real suprise.... As a European I struggle with coming to terms with the fact you have to pay for sending and RECEIVING SMS ! Now I Read More...
Posted Saturday, January 13, 2007 7:52 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

OQO Model 02

Although it doesn't run Windows Mobile - this is the World's Smallest Vista capable PC! The feature spec is pretty comprehensive: 1.5GHz VIA C7M ULV processor (also available with 1.2GHz) 60GB hard drive, shock-mounted with active drop detection (also Read More...
Posted Saturday, January 13, 2007 7:48 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

New Case study - Warwick, Wakefield and Newham councils

We recently (well last month) released a new case study that outlines how Windows Mobile, Exchange 2007 and Vista have helped our local councils in the UK. Warwick, Wakefield, and Newham councils in England oversee local government activities for more Read More...
Posted Friday, January 12, 2007 5:10 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Security and Device Management Webcast now available on demand

I delivered a webcast late on Wednesday evening (my time) entitled "Enterprise Device Management and Mobile Application Security" This was a level 200 session so a good overview on the topic. If you register online you can view the webcast and also download Read More...
Posted Friday, January 12, 2007 10:04 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Are you an Orange Partner? Free Developer Seminar

Are you an Orange Partner? If so Orange is delivering a Development Seminar next Wednesday. Details on the seminar and how to register are below: Developing for Windows Mobile 5.0 from Orange and Microsoft 14:00 (UK time), Wednesday 17th January 2007 Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 11, 2007 3:14 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Documents to go release preview for Windows Mobile Smartphone

Dataviz have released a preview of their Documents to Go product for Windows Mobile Smartphone which allows you to view and edit work, excel and powerpoint files on your Smartphone device such as the Motorola Q, HTC S620, Samsung BlackJack, T-Mobile Dash Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 11, 2007 3:07 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

SHIFT or Caps Lock indicator?

I got a really interesting question sent to me which I didn't know the answer to so I was hoping that someone on my blog might be able to help out that customer.... They were looking for an application that gave an indication on a QWERTY device when the Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 11, 2007 3:04 PM by jasonlan | 5 Comments

Symbol becomes Motorola

Yesterday Motorola completed it's $3.9Bn acquisition of Symbol who will become the core of Motorola's Enterprise Mobility strategy. This was originally announced in September last year but this announcement confirms the completion of the acquisition! Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 11, 2007 3:02 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Dutch Mobility Blog

My Dutch Colleague Maarten Sonneveld has an excellent blog on Windows Mobile in Dutch. I spent some time working in Holland many years ago and my Dutch isn't much use anymore (except for ordering beer and various profanities) however Maarten is covering Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 11, 2007 10:54 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Finally! Apple announces the iPhone!

Steve Jobs today finally announced the iPhone! The phone uses a touch screen technology that Apple is calling 'multi touch' It also syncs through ITunes.. The details released were that : it is less than half-an-inch thick has a 2 Megapixel camera headphone Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 09, 2007 7:19 PM by jasonlan | 10 Comments

Engadget and the Samsung i760

Engadget has got some great photos of the Samsung i760 that they got to play with at CES in Las Vegas. The device looks really interesting with both a QWERTY keyboard and phone dialing keys on the front of the device! Modaco carried some details of the Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 09, 2007 7:08 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Another USB Format - micro USB!

Just as I got all my devices and chargers aligned using Mini USB.... On January 4th... "The USB Implementers Forum, Inc. (USB-IF) today announced the completion of the Micro-USB specification, a new connector technology that will replace many of the Mini-series Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 09, 2007 12:26 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Motorola Q Pro Announced

Motorola have announced the Motorola Q Pro which includes enhanced features for Enterprise customers. These enhanced features include: Camera disablement if required Dedicated Enterprise Call Centre Documents To Go for Microsoft Word so you can edit documents Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 09, 2007 10:33 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Enterprise device management and Mobile application security webcast

Today is my first day physically back in the office since well before Christmas so the alarm clock this morning was a bit of a shock to the system! I'm just preparing the final touches to my slides for my webcast on Wednesday evening (European time) covering Read More...
Posted Monday, January 08, 2007 8:47 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Will Work for Bandwidth...

As it's Friday (and my first day back in the office after a nice long christmas break) I had to smile when I saw Steve's - "Will Blog for Food" cartoon .... I have a slightly different view in that I think this is my new work T-shirt ! Read More...
Posted Friday, January 05, 2007 7:52 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Integrating Mobile Applications with Live Services - new webcasts in January

We have four new webcasts for January that are focused on mobile applications integrate with the Live platform. Check them out: MSDN Webcast: Introducing Windows Live Services on Mobile Devices (Part 1 of 4): Using Web Services (Level 200) - Maarten Struys Read More...
Posted Friday, January 05, 2007 8:26 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Broadband in your Car?

Autonet Mobile Inc., a San Francisco start-up, yesterday shared details of the product they are planning to release that combines 3G and Wi-Fi to turn your car into a Hot-Spot for Internet access. You connect to this via Wi-Fi although the onward connectivity Read More...
Posted Friday, January 05, 2007 8:06 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Sprint Launch the Motorola Q

Today Sprint announced that they will offer the Motorola Q in their device portfolio. As well as Windows Mobile 5.0 - Sprint customers can also get Sprint Powerdeck (some optimized IE favourites), NFL Mobile and On-Demand (web-content) The press release Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 04, 2007 3:39 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Mobile & Embedded DevCon 2007 Early Bird Pricing and Registration now available (MEDC)

The US Mobile and Embedded Devcon (MEDC) takes place in Las Vegas at The Venetian Hotel between May 1st and 3rd 2007 with pre-conference tutorials on April 30th. You can register online now for Earlybird special pricing which is a discount of $400! MEDC Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 04, 2007 9:32 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Pharos announce GPS Phone

Pharos obviously spent a great deal of time coming up with the name of their GPS Phone... well it's called GPS Phone.... It's actually the Eten X500 Glofish device rebranded but includes Pharos Navigation software. It's due February and Engadget has more Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 03, 2007 6:56 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

New release of virtual earth mobile - v1.69

The first post over of the year over on the Windows Mobile Team Blog shares the latest release of Virtual Earth which has now been enhanced to: 1) Allow you to drag map with stylus. 2) Get directions in text form. 3) Resolved Add to Contacts Bug You can Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 03, 2007 6:43 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Calendar Updates gets you Sporting and other events in your Outlook!

I blogged this last year but for those of you who haven't seen this before Calendar Updates provides lots of Sporting Event calendaring information in .ics format so you can import it into Outlook and then sync it with your Windows Mobile device. As an Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 03, 2007 6:02 AM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Will Apple finally announce the iPhone at MacWorld? One for sale on ebay?

With all the speculation circulating the Blogosphere right now, will Apple finally put everyone out of their misery by finally announcing the iPhone. The hype has already started on Apple's site (see above) with MacWorld Expo starting Jan 8th in San Francisco. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 02, 2007 5:33 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Free Threaded SMS client Available

If you've not been using a Treo Windows Mobile device but have been envious of the threaded SMS client that was bundled with it... you can now use a 3rd party client to provide similar functionality on your Windows Mobile device. Ben Hirashima has released Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 02, 2007 8:56 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

HTC P3300 Review from PDAGold

PDA Gold have delivered an excellent in-depth review of the HTC P3300 device. So if you are looking for a Windows Mobile Device with integrated GPS then this may be a great review to help your decision. The review has lots of pictures and comparisons Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 02, 2007 8:49 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Happy New Year !

Whatever you got up to last night wherever you were - I hope you had fun last night! (and your hangover has worn off!) I'm still getting text messages from various people as the Mobile Networks recover from the SMS battering they take every New Year! Read More...
Posted Monday, January 01, 2007 3:25 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments
 
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