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August 2007 - Posts

HTC have also released the Windows Mobile 6 upgrade for the x7500 (Advantage)

It looks like HTC have also released the Windows Mobile 6 Upgrade for the X7500 (HTC Advantage) too. You need to register your product in HTC e-club to get to the download! Read More...
Posted Friday, August 31, 2007 4:50 PM by jasonlan | 5 Comments

HTC release Windows Mobile 6 upgrade for the S620 (Excalibur) - Quietly...

Well after endlessly checking HTC website for the past few weeks Gwyn and Ferjan both simultaneously pinged me emails saying you can now download the Windows Mobile 6 upgrade for the HTC S620 from the HTC E-club. No word on the announcement page but you Read More...
Posted Friday, August 31, 2007 3:36 PM by jasonlan | 9 Comments

Windows Mobile 6 released for the Palm Treo 750v

If you have a Palm Treo 750v then Windows Mobile 6 Professional Updates have gone live today for the UK & Ireland at www.palm.com/uk/750update and for the Netherlands at www.palm.com/nl/750update . Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 29, 2007 3:24 PM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

HTC Launch the TyTN II in Europe

The device which was codenamed HTC Kaiser has now been officially announced as the HTC TyTN II! The TyTN II builds on the huge success of the Origianl TyTN device adding a tilting screen and GPS! It will be launched in partnership with leading operators Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 28, 2007 4:29 PM by jasonlan | 6 Comments

Exchange/Unified Communications Server Unplugged 2007 - Monday 17th September

As I've previously blogged, during the end of October and November a whole team of us will be touring the UK as part of the Exchange 2007/Unified Communication Server Unplugged Tour! I'll post the links to those events as soon as I have them but I'm pleased Read More...
Posted Monday, August 27, 2007 2:14 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Office Communication Server 2007 - Launch - Oct 16th!

This week we announced the release date of Office Communication Server 2007 - October 16th! I've been on the Internal Microsoft Beta of this for quite some time and the Communicator Mobile enhancements along with the Voice Over IP capabilities are phenomenal! Read More...
Posted Saturday, August 25, 2007 9:47 AM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

Tafiti and SkyDrive

Over the past couple of weeks whilst I've been on vacation we've released two very cool new technologies. The first is 'Tafiti' which integrates Silverlight technology with Windows Live Search and allows you to store and share search results by placing Read More...
Posted Saturday, August 25, 2007 9:45 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

MobiPocket Back up and running!

After my earlier post about MobiPocket being down - I thought I'd just give an update that it is now back up and running again! (phew!) Seems (from reading their blog) that they had some issues with their DRM servers. Read More...
Posted Saturday, August 25, 2007 9:03 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Australia gets p3600i with Windows Mobile 6

I had an email from an old UK Colleague that had moved to Australia this week asking for what new devices running Windows Mobile 6 were coming! Well HTC have just released the P3600i with 3 'Down Under' This Professional device has a 2 megapixel camera, Read More...
Posted Saturday, August 25, 2007 8:56 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Accessing Sharepoint from a Mobile device?

I've had a couple of customers come to me with questions around accessing Sharepoint from a Mobile Device. Firstly there are two different types of access: 1) Mobile Document Access - this is where you use Exchange 2007 to pass through your request for Read More...
Posted Friday, August 24, 2007 10:20 AM by jasonlan | 8 Comments

Engadget and Palm - an interesting exchange

Whilst catching up on my feeds I read Engadget and noticed their article entitled - Dear Palm: It's time for an intervention . It's a fascinating article where Engadget are offering Palm some guidance on how to move forward with their product line. I Read More...
Posted Friday, August 24, 2007 8:41 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Man arrested for leeching wireless...

After my article about using Pocket WiFi Rader Ewan forwarded me Steve's article from the Guardian about a guy in the UK getting arrested for dishonestly using an unsecured wireless connection while sitting on a wall outside a house in Chiswick, West Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 23, 2007 8:29 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Verizon Wireless launch the Motorola Q9m

When I was at Tech Ed in the US pretty much every other customer I spoke with asked me - "When are Verizon going to bring out a new Windows Mobile 6 device" Obviously I couldn't disclose those details at Tech Ed but finally it's great to see Verizon Wireless Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 23, 2007 8:12 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

For the Man/Woman who has everything

Already have the Ferrari, the Villa, the Helicopter and the expensive watch then maybe you are in the Market for a very expensive Mobile Phone! There is obviously the Vertu range but if you are a Windows Mobile addict this could be the answer... The Gresso Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 23, 2007 7:20 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Ordering Pizza via SMS in the UK

Whilst reading Tech Digest I just discovered that Domino Pizza in the UK has just announced a service where you can order Pizza via SMS/TXT message! You basically either TXT your pizza name from their menu or create your favourite Pizza on their site Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 22, 2007 8:20 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

HTC release Windows Mobile 6 upgrade for p4350/HTC Herald

HTC P4350 users can download the Windows Mobile 6 upgrade from the “My Downloads” section of HTC eClub. You need to register your device to get access but you can then download the ROM image and upgrade! More details Here : http://www.europe.htc.com/en/press/latestnews.htm Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 22, 2007 6:19 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Leeching free Wi-Fi on your Pocket PC!

The folks over at Makayama.com have created some excellent Windows Mobile applications! Pocket WiFi Radar continues that trend with a great tool for frequent travellers that want to locate and use Wireless Networks. Pocket WiFi Radar will connect to open Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 22, 2007 5:20 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Could you survive without your phone or any connectivity for a week?

In the US Sprint challenged several of their employees to give up their phone, handheld device and broadband card for a week... Could you survive? (I'm not sure I could) During the week the employees blogged their experiences and it makes for some interesting Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 21, 2007 8:20 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Even more Samsung Windows Mobile 6 i600 builds

I'm really struggling to to get to grips with which i600 builds are being released and the priority that Samsung has been taken but I guess some of the smaller European countries must feel very pleased to be so well supported! Samsung now has builds for Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 21, 2007 6:20 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

O2 XDA Graphite Windows Mobile 6 now available!

If you have an O2 XDA Graphite device you can now upgrade this to Windows Mobile 6! The download is available from HERE Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 21, 2007 5:28 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Gear diary - Smartphone keyboard shootout

Jenneth over on Gear Diary did some great testing on which Smartphone Keyboard is fastest for entering 'The Quick Brown Fox jumped over the lazy old dog' I did my own testing back in January 2006 on a number of devices and even included a T9 device. Jenneth Read More...
Posted Monday, August 20, 2007 3:31 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

What's going on at mobipocket?

MobiPocket is my source for Ebooks for reading on my device/laptop when on vacation or travelling. I just finished the excellent Michael Crichton book - Next and went up to their site to check out what other books I could get... but it's be down for about Read More...
Posted Monday, August 20, 2007 10:37 AM by jasonlan | 5 Comments

My Favourite Holiday applications for Windows Mobile

Holiday season is in full effect right now and I know many people travel with their Windows Mobile device. When I go on vacation I tend to have some key applications that I always carry on my Windows Mobile device! My Top 5 are: 1) Live Search for Mobile Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 16, 2007 9:27 AM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

Windows Mobile Devices with GPS and Phone keypad

I had a really interesting request from a customer that caused me to have to do some research that I thought might be useful to share. They were looking for a list of upcoming Windows Mobile devices that had GPS but also had a Phone 12 key keypad as they Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 15, 2007 9:27 AM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Windows Mobile Spain Briefing

Our EMEA Windows Mobile team is hosting a Windows Mobile Briefing in Barcelona on the 20th September. The briefing will be for Developers, Partners and Enterprise customers. You can sign up to the different briefings using the links below: Windows Mobile Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 14, 2007 8:27 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Want to Speed Test your Mobile connection?

I've had a few customers recently asking about speed testing the mobile connections to see what kind of throughput they get from their mobile devices (and normally to compare different operators networks) This site has been around for a while now and Read More...
Posted Monday, August 13, 2007 3:20 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Motorola MC35 Review

The Motorola MC35 device is getting a lot of interest within my customers as it fits nicely into the semi-rugged space providing enough protection from the casual drop but still providing a smaller form factor than the traditional rugged/IP rated devices. Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 09, 2007 9:23 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Welcome STeve Reynolds to the Blogosphere!

Finally - (probably after a lot of abuse from myself and Steve ) - Steve Reynolds has joined the Blogosphere. He is MD of a Microsoft Partner Technological Business Solutions (TBS) and also Vice Chairman of the Mobile Data Association (as well as a good Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 08, 2007 6:03 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

More Windows Mobile 6 goodness - UBiQUiO 501

For 200 pounds on Expansys the UBiQUiO 501 is a Bargain ! Especially when it has WiFi, QWERTY, Bluetooth and a 2 mega pixel camera! Even better now you can get an upgrade to Windows Mobile 6 for it for free! You can download it from the Expansys website Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 08, 2007 5:50 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Palm officially announces their Windows Mobile 6 upgrade

At TechEd Australia today Palm officially announced the upgrade to Windows Mobile 6 for the Palm Treo 750. The istartedsomething site carried details of the announcement: MEDIA ALERT: Palm Announces Availability of Windows Mobile 6 for Treo 750 Smartphone Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 08, 2007 5:38 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Sprite backup v6 now released

Following my post about the Beta of Sprite Backup - Version 6 has now been released! This software allows you to backup your Windows Mobile device and now includes support for Windows Mobile 6! The key features and NEW features are highlighted below: Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 07, 2007 7:48 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

More Samsung i600 builds appear

Following the initial releases of device builds - Samsung has now provided Windows Mobile 6 builds for Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia and Sweden. So if you have an i600 and are from one of the countries mentioned above head on over HERE to Read More...
Posted Monday, August 06, 2007 8:56 PM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

Shock - iPhone runs Windows XP!

Some Monday morning humour for you from Fake Steve's blog ! Read More...
Posted Monday, August 06, 2007 3:26 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Got a MAC? Missing Sync now works with Windows Mobile 6

If you are an Apple Mac user but want to sync your Windows Mobile device you should take a look at the Missing Sync product. The latest release now also supports Windows Mobile 6 devices too! Read More...
Posted Friday, August 03, 2007 8:38 AM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

O2 UK release upgrades to Windows Mobile 6 for the XDA Orbit and Trion

Hot on the heels of HTC - O2 have announced upgrades to Windows Mobile 6 for the very popular XDA Orbit device as well as the XDA Trion (HTC Hermes) You can now also open Office 2007 documents too!! The download for the Orbit is HERE For the Trion it's Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 02, 2007 4:38 PM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

HTC release Windows Mobile 6 upgrade for the TyTn device!

HTC have released the upgrade to Windows Mobile 6 for the TyTn device on the HTC E Club. To download it you need to register the Serial Number of your device on the HTC site and you can then download it! You can get more details HERE Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 02, 2007 4:32 PM by jasonlan | 7 Comments

HTC Kaiser - more video teasers

Tracy and Matt's blog has published another Video Teaser of the HTC Kaiser device. This device is definitely my next primary device... just need to get my hands on a permanent one.... Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 01, 2007 8:59 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Italian writes a novel on his phone!

In a fascinating move an Italian move an Italian Robert Bernocco has written his first novel on his Phone using predictive text . Supposedly it took him 17 weeks to write the novel which he wrote whilst commuting on the train. The book - "Fellow Travellers" Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 01, 2007 8:55 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Want to download the new Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 even faster (and help us test some new stuff)

Following my post about the new Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 - I got contacted by our Microsoft Research Cambridge team who is partnering with the Visual Studio team in a trial to provide a new method for downloading VS 2008 Beta 2. The Microsoft Secure Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 01, 2007 8:49 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments
 
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