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February 2007 - Posts

Top 10 Security concerns of Deploying Windows Mobile (and How to overcome them)

One of my sessions at our Mobile and Embedded Developer Conference (MEDC) is entitled the Top 10 Security Objections to Deploying Windows Mobile (and how to overcome them). I'm pulling together my content for this session and wondered if people had comments Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 28, 2007 6:21 PM by jasonlan | 14 Comments

Vista Gadgets running on Windows Mobile

On10 has a great video blog posting where Mel Sampat is showing Vista Gadgets running on a Windows Mobile device!! Mel may suck on Xbox Live but taking Gadgets from a Vista Desktop straight onto your device is very cool!! Check it out HERE... Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 27, 2007 5:58 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

IPhone vs Windows Mobile

This video up on YouTube shows the IPhone features vs a Windows Mobile device. It's annotated in German but is fairly obvious to understand from the Video. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 27, 2007 4:55 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

MEDC International dates announced

The dates for MEDC 2007 across the world have now been announced on the MEDC 2007 site. Las Vegas - May 1-3 India - May 10-12 Australia - May 16 Taiwan - May 29 Korea - May 30 Japan - June 6 Singapore - June 8 China – June 21 Berlin - June 25-26 Check Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 27, 2007 4:11 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

[HUMOUR] Hi I’m an iPhone. And I’m a Smartphone.

Mike Hall sent me this - made me laugh :) Click HERE to check out the whole cartoon Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 27, 2007 4:06 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

i-mate release details of their Ultimate range

i-mate have just released details of their Ultimate Range. All the devices are incredibly well specified... 520MHz Intel processor, XGA direct video out, HSDPA connectivity, 262k screens! You can check out more details HERE Read More...
Posted Monday, February 26, 2007 5:50 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

What's new for Developers in Windows Mobile 6?

Windows Mobile 6 provides excellent compatibility with Windows Mobile 5.0 applications. Windows Mobile 5.0 compatibility was an explicit goal of Windows Mobile 6 and has been heavily tested throughout the Windows Mobile 6 development process. The overwhelming Read More...
Posted Sunday, February 25, 2007 8:40 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Windows Vista on a Smartphone!

Just upgraded to Vista? Want your Smartphone to have the same look as your new OS? The folks over at JGUI have released a Free Vista Home Screen/Theme for Windows Mobile! It's pretty cool and you can download it from HERE Read More...
Posted Saturday, February 24, 2007 7:40 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Vista Gadget - Mobile phone voice mail

CallWave.com have made available a really cool Vista Gadget which allows you to see your voicemail on your Vista PC! To use it - you have setup an account with them (they support most of the US operators). After setting up an account you get an email Read More...
Posted Saturday, February 24, 2007 6:36 AM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

T-Mobile Germany launch the MDA Mail (Dash)

T-Mobile in Germany have now launched the MDA Mail which is the HTC Excalibur/S620 Windows Mobile device. It's the same device that's been incredibly successful in the US as the T-Mobile Dash! More details of the device (in german) can be found HERE Read More...
Posted Saturday, February 24, 2007 6:30 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Even More Windows Mobile 6 questions....

Well the questions/comments are still coming in thick and fast! I had bunch of new questions posted on the blog articles so let me try and answer them as well :) Q. Does WM6 support 320x320 resolution? A. Yes it does support 320x320 Q. Where can I download Read More...
Posted Friday, February 23, 2007 8:01 PM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

Windows Mobile 6 - what's the difference between the versions?

Two things happened when we announced Windows Mobile 6, firstly we changed the naming conventions of the various products and we also brought into line the a lot of the differences between Smartphone and Pocket PC. Product name Windows Mobile 6 has no Read More...
Posted Friday, February 23, 2007 10:47 AM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

Tech-Ed 2007 - Windows Mobile Extravaganza!

Are you going be there? I am! We are planning some amazing Windows Mobile 6 sessions as well as the : "Windows Mobile Extravaganza" Internally in Microsoft we run a cccraaaazzzyyy session called the Mobility Smackdown and we are bringing that to Tech-Ed Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 22, 2007 8:20 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Modaco discovers what Orange NL is up to...

Modaco posted the Orange Netherlands handset portfolio which looks comprehensive to say the least!! SPV C100 (HTC S310 in UK), SPV C600, SPV F600 (HTC StrTrk), SPV M600, SPV M650 and SPV M700 One interesting addition was the soon to be coming Orange SPV Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 22, 2007 8:05 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

SlingPlayer Coming to Windows Mobile 6!

Our application compatibility story between Windows Mobile 5.0 and 6 is something I'm very proud of! Every Windows Mobile 5.0 application I've used works perfectly on Windows Mobile 6...... except for one :( One of my favourites - Slingplayer... Thankfully Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 22, 2007 8:00 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Blackjack or htc s620/Dash

I have a dilemma... I just got hold of a Samsung Blackjack and as you may have read I'm loving the HTC S620. So which one should I use as my primary device? After using the Blackjack for the past day or so... here is my brief summary... The Voice Quality Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 22, 2007 7:55 PM by jasonlan | 8 Comments

Exchange 2007 and exchange 2003 co-existence and migration for mobile

One of my colleague's Vik has written an excellent blog post of the approach you should take when migrating your mobile service to Exchange 2007. It also discusses the features/benefits you will find when you make this change. You can check it out HER Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 21, 2007 6:01 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Want to Experience Exchange 2007?

Are you an IT Pro who wants to check out Exchange 2007 but your boss won't give you any budget to setup an environment? Are you a user who needs to check with the resident glaciologist to check the progress of your IT teams Exchange deployment..... Well Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 20, 2007 9:07 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Windows Vista - moving laptop - easy peasy!

Wow! I was totally blown away today..... I've been running Vista on my Toshiba M400 and found it great... one problem though... I had some thunderflys caught under the screen which was really annoying. My colleague offered to loan me an IBM Thinkpad T60 Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 20, 2007 7:16 PM by jasonlan | 6 Comments

Richard Jones starts his blog (at long last)

Richard Jones who recently won a developer of the year award is a fantastic developer who specialises in Line of Business Applications on Windows Mobile. He has (at last) started his blog which you can check out HERE Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 20, 2007 7:12 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Blackberry golf

Fore! Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 20, 2007 9:10 AM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Windows Mobile Mini Photo's

I blogged a while back about the cool new Windows Mobile Mini we had! So far I've had about 10 pictures of the car sent to me... all of it sat outside our HQ in Reading.... so I feel I need to refine the rules of my goodie payout! If you see the Windows Read More...
Posted Monday, February 19, 2007 5:38 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

March MMMUG meeting in the UK

MM&M UG UK Nathan has just posted the signup post for the March Microsoft Messaging and Mobility User Group. I'm actually going to be there and present around Windows Mobile 6. You can sign up by posting on the forum thread HERE Read More...
Posted Monday, February 19, 2007 4:04 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

ALK announce Co-Pilot 7

Last week ALK announced the latest release of their satellite navigation solution Co-Pilot 7. As well as a wealth of new features - it has support for Windows Mobile 6! You can read more details HERE Read More...
Posted Monday, February 19, 2007 3:59 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

MEDC 2007 - Vista Countdown Gadget

Well MEDC 2007 in Las Vegas is 72 days away (According to my newly installed Vista Gadget) The MEDC Team has developed a gadget so you can see how long it is till MEDC. You can download it from this article! If you haven't already signed up or registered Read More...
Posted Saturday, February 17, 2007 6:34 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Attachment(s): MEDCCountdown.gadget

MEDC 2007 draws nearer

I was busily preparing my slides for MEDC 2007 over the past couple of days. Derek Snyder who is the Content owner for MEDC 2007 went on a 'tour' of our Redmond campus seeking out MEDC speakers to see where they were in preparing their sessions! Lucky Read More...
Posted Saturday, February 17, 2007 6:31 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Windows Mobile Live Search released for the UK and us!

I'm still trying desperately to catch up with all the news from 3GSM! Our Windows Mobile Live Search team released v1.0 of their Windows Mobile client application for Live Search! This is one of the coolest apps I've seen on Windows Mobile for a long Read More...
Posted Friday, February 16, 2007 10:49 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Activesync 4.5 released

Microsoft ActiveSync 4.5 is the latest sync software release for Windows Mobile-powered devices. ActiveSync provides a synchronisation for Windows Mobile devices with Windows XP PCs. You can download it from HERE Read More...
Posted Friday, February 16, 2007 10:48 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

VITO release Copy/paste for Smartphone!

If you've got a Smartphone then one thing you might miss from a Pocket PC device is the ability to copy/paste items from one application to another. Well you don't have to miss it anymore... Vito have just released Copy/Paste for the Smartphone! It will Read More...
Posted Friday, February 16, 2007 10:45 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Let me try and answer all those questions about Windows Mobile 6...

Wow! After my blog post on Windows Mobile 6 I had over 35 comments placed on the article with questions about Windows Mobile 6. I thought it'd be worth blogging the questions and answers in a separate article so you could see them all! If you have other Read More...
Posted Friday, February 16, 2007 10:26 PM by jasonlan | 15 Comments

Windows Mobile Demo presentation from 3GSM

MSMobiles.com have published a video of the demo my colleague Dave Karle was giving at 3GSM this past week. The demo shows the new features of Windows Mobile 6 as an introduction to the new version of Windows Mobile! You can check out details of the video Read More...
Posted Friday, February 16, 2007 3:07 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

More WIndows Mobile 6 videos

After Loke and my Windows Mobile 6 video - Chris Leckness of Aximsite dropped me an email to share the video he had created which is embedded below and available HERE Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 15, 2007 8:33 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Nokia Support Windows Mobile (for GPS)

In an interesting twist Nokia have relased their Smart2Go Mapping and Navigation solution for Windows Mobile 5.0 devices! It's available as a free download from HERE The initial release is for selected Nokia S60 and Windows Mobile 5.0 devices initially... Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 15, 2007 8:26 PM by jasonlan | 6 Comments

Dataviz release Documents To Go for Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphones

I blogged recently about the beta of the Dataviz Documents to Go product for Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone devices.... well it's been released at 3GSM this week! Their solution gives you Word, Excel, Powerpoint and PDF capabilities for your Smartphone. Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 15, 2007 8:22 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Windows Mobile 6 Video/screencast/blogcast of new features

Loke and I recorded a Video on Friday last week of the new features for business users in Windows Mobile 6. We've uploaded this to YouTube and also to Soapbox . Technorati tags: Windows Mobile 6 Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 14, 2007 11:57 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

3GSM a plethora of new Windows Mobile devices!

3GSM is going crazy with new Windows Mobile devices being announced almost every hour! I was able to play with most of these devices last week when I was in Redmond. It's great to see them finally announced! First of up - the Toshiba G900 Windows Mobile Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 13, 2007 5:07 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Daylight Saving time Update for Windows Mobile now released!

I've blogged a number of times about the Daylight Saving Time changes. Well we (Microsoft) have just released updates for WIndows Mobile devices. The following devices can be updated: Windows Mobile 2003 Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition; or Windows Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 13, 2007 8:11 AM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

3GSM Windows Mobile 6 announcements begin!

Today at 3GSM the Windows Mobile 6 announcements began! Firstly we (Microsoft) published the official press release for Windows Mobile 6 We started publishing details of Windows Mobile 6 last week, but what makes today special is that our partners have Read More...
Posted Monday, February 12, 2007 9:52 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Windows Mobile 6 - What's New and What's Cool?

I've been dying to write a blog post about Windows Mobile 6 for so long now that the anticipation has almost got the better of me! I've been using Windows Mobile 6 (what was codenamed Crossbow) for well over a year now as it's always a difficult balance Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 08, 2007 8:07 PM by jasonlan | 40 Comments

Windows Mobile 6 Partner webcast

Want to hear what's new in Windows Mobile 6? Chris Hill from our Product Team will be delivering a webcast outlining what's new in Windows Mobile 6 It takes place next Tuesday 13th Feb at 9am Pacific Time (GMT-8) It's 100 Level (which is very basic) but Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 08, 2007 6:57 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Windows Mobile 6 is a GO!

Wonder why my blog has been a little quiet - well I've been briefing our internal teams about the next release of Windows Mobile at Microsoft's internal technical conference called TechReady! There have been lots of rumours/discussion about what the next Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 08, 2007 3:14 AM by jasonlan | 5 Comments

Pocketinfo.nl review the T-Mobile AMEO

Pocketinfo.nl have got their hands on the new T-Mobile AMEO and have published some great information about it. The Babelfish translation is HERE I had my hands on one of these devices last week.... Nothing quite prepares you for how gorgeous that screen Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 07, 2007 7:15 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Vodafone release drivers for Vista for Mobile Connect cards!

I was really pleased to find today that Vodafone have produced a new release of their Connect Software with full support for Windows Vista! Now I can use my data card again !! You can download it from HERE Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 07, 2007 5:59 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

T-Mobile and Windows Vista Hotspot promotion!

If you are in the US and have upgraded to Vista - you can get free hotspot access till April 30 2007! I found this when I switched on my laptop in Starbucks and was expecting to have to pull out my credit card and pay :) More details are HERE Read More...
Posted Monday, February 05, 2007 11:20 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Samsung i730 PIN Policy update available

I blogged back in December about customers who were having issues with enforcing PIN passwords on the devices. Well Samsung have just released an update to address this issue. You can find more details and the update HERE Read More...
Posted Monday, February 05, 2007 6:36 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Palm make available the Treo 750 with HSDPA and SIM Free

The Palm Treo 750v was first launched with Vodafone and is soon available (according to Palm's website) SIM Free and also with HSDPA. The new device becomes the Treo 750 (no v) You can check out the specs here which show the only major difference from Read More...
Posted Monday, February 05, 2007 5:03 PM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

Windows Mobile Device Center RTM'd/RTW'd

The launch version of the Windows Mobile Device Center has been released to the web for download! You can download it from HERE Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 01, 2007 2:25 PM by jasonlan | 12 Comments
 
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