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October 2007 - Posts

Tracy and Matt Blog review the i620

Over on Tracy and Matt's blog they have done an indepth review of the Samsung i620. Interestingly it's not Tracy or Matt that did the review but Mark. I won't spoil the review but he certainly seems to like the device :) You can read the review HERE Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 31, 2007 7:07 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Windows Mobile 6 upgrade for the AT&T 8525.

AT&T have just made available the software upgrade to Windows Mobile 6 for their 8525 device. Remember when you upgrade your device it will kill ALL data on it! You can get access to it HERE Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 31, 2007 7:03 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Check out our new Windows Mobile site

We just launched our very cool new Windows Mobile site. It's very different to our usual websites but check it out HERE Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 31, 2007 1:09 PM by jasonlan | 7 Comments

Stephen Fry Guardian Column

Stephen Fry is a comedian/writer/actor/film director and many more things.... He is also a total Geek when it comes to Technology! He owned the second ever Mac and claims to have not ever been able to stop himself buying the latest Smartphones! (a man Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 30, 2007 8:50 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Treo 750 and Treo 750v Windows Mobile 6 Upgrade

Palm have just released the upgrade for both the Treo 750v and the generic Treo 750. Previously only the Vodafone Treo 750v upgrade was available. The upgrade will take your device from Windows Mobile 5.0 to Windows Mobile 6 Professional. It's definitely Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 30, 2007 8:41 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Pantech Duo Launched in the US

The Pantech Duo has finally been launched by AT&T in the US! Interestingly what you see above is not two separate phones but the SAME phone. It has both a slide out QWERTY and a 12 key phone keyboard! Not only that but it also HSDPA !!! There is lots Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 30, 2007 8:36 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Mobile Phones on planes - please no.....

It may sound a surprise but I'm actually against using Mobile Phones on planes... not because of safety concerns but really because I don't want to be sat next to some self-important idiot chatting away to their friends/colleagues for the benefit of those Read More...
Posted Monday, October 29, 2007 5:32 PM by jasonlan | 10 Comments

Co-Pilot Live wins Best Sat Nav Software

Co-Pilot Live version 7 has just won the PDA Essentials Best SatNav Software award! I've been a big fan of their solution for a long time as it's enabled me to find my way in the US, UK and Europe for the last few years! They've also got some great corporate Read More...
Posted Friday, October 26, 2007 7:09 PM by jasonlan | 5 Comments

JetCet Print 5.1 released

Westtek just released version 5.1 of their JetCet Print solution. You can print to Network Printers or printers equipped with Bluetooth. It supports Direct IP , Bluetooth, Internet Printing Protocol and Microsoft Shared Network (CIFS) printing. You can Read More...
Posted Friday, October 26, 2007 10:47 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

New i-Mate Range

Rob over on the Expansys Blog has posted a really good summary of the recently announced new i-Mate devices. There are essentially 4 new devices with differing specifications so hopefully you can find one that will fit your needs: JAMA 101 – small, compact Read More...
Posted Friday, October 26, 2007 6:29 AM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

Psion Teklogix launch the IKON Rugged PDA Phone

Ah... I remember the early days of the Psion Organiser.... writing applications on that device was my earliest experience of Mobile devices! Today Psion Teklogix launched their new IKON device. This rugged device has a 3.7 inch VGA display with built Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 25, 2007 7:38 PM by jasonlan | 5 Comments

System Center Mobile Device Manager Webcast replay

For those of you who weren't able to make it to the System Center Mobile Device Manager Webcast I delivered on Tuesday evening you can now review the webcast online. REGISTRATION URL: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032353688&Culture=en-US Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 25, 2007 5:10 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Presentation from System Center Windows Mobile Center 2008 Webcast

I've had a number of people ask for a copy of my slides from my System Center Mobile Device Manager Webcast last night. I've uploaded them to Slideshare.net so you can access them from there. | View | Upload your own Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 24, 2007 7:52 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Samsung release the UK Windows Mobile 6 Upgrade for the i600

At last Samsung have released the Windows Mobile 6 Upgrade for the i600 device! You can download it (with a valid Serial No) from their website HERE Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 24, 2007 6:10 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008

Today at CTIA Wireless we announced System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008. This is something I've been desperate to share broadly so it's great too see we've finally announced it! My webcast tonight covered this in some detail. So what is System Center Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 23, 2007 7:36 PM by jasonlan | 10 Comments

So when is 'unlimited' really unlimited

One of the confusing areas for anyone is what 'unlimited' data tarrifs really mean. I'm in the industry and it's confusing for me let alone any consumer or corporate who wants to minimise their risk and exposure to massive data bills through the use of Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 23, 2007 10:38 AM by jasonlan | 5 Comments

Samsung i620 unboxing video

The team over at PocketNow have published a great unboxing video of the Samsung i620 device. I've been using one of these for the past few days and it's a really nice device. It's slightly thicker than the i600 (Blackjack) device but the sliding mechanism Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 23, 2007 7:39 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

HTC TyTN II appears on Orange Website

For those of you who use Orange you can now register interest in the HTC TyTN II device. With it's 400 MHz Processor and inbuilt GPS this device is certainly getting lots of interest! The link to Orange's website is HERE Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 23, 2007 5:38 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Expansys and the HTC Shift

Expansys have just blogged a teaser about the HTC Shift . They just got one device in their office and are hoping to get the devices into stock on Tuesday 6th November . We had one of these devices at the recent Orange Evolution @ Work events and along Read More...
Posted Monday, October 22, 2007 7:57 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Having problems with a Calendar with lots of recurring meetings?

I've had a few customers recently experiencing problems where they have Calendar synchronisation issues normally resulting in errors 85010014. In talking with our support teams and some of my colleagues it seems these symptoms and scenarios all seem to Read More...
Posted Monday, October 22, 2007 6:08 PM by jasonlan | 5 Comments

Security and Management Webcast

I've been busy today putting the final touches to my webcast tomorrow evening (UK time) I've had a number of people ask for details on registration and also whether the webcast will be available afterwards.... The details are below: Microsoft Webcast: Read More...
Posted Monday, October 22, 2007 5:51 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Halloween ringtones and wallpapers

With Halloween next week our Windows Mobile Owners Circle is offering free Halloween Wallpapers and Ringtones to help you celebrate this scary day! Read More...
Posted Monday, October 22, 2007 8:14 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Don't forget my Security and Management webcast next Tuesday

Next Tuesday is my Webcast - Improve and Simplify Mobile Device Security and Management. If you are an IT Professional managing or planning a deployment of Windows Mobile devices this webcast should be very useful for you. The webcast takes place at 10:30am Read More...
Posted Friday, October 19, 2007 8:23 AM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Sprint Launch the HTC Touch

Sprint in the US have just launched the HTC Touch device. As well as Windows Mobile 6 Sprint have added some unique content and capabilities: Sprint Music Store, powered by Groove Mobile, which allows users to browse and wirelessly download full-length Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 18, 2007 1:59 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Live Search for Windows Mobile updated with Voice Search

Yesterday we announced the updated Live Search client for Windows Mobile devices and it will be available for download later today! The updated Live Search for Windows Mobile ® 5.0 and 6.0 now includes voice input (beta version), gas prices, and hours Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 16, 2007 7:53 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Touchpal on screen keyboard

A number of customers and colleagues I've been talking with recently really like some of the pure touchscreen devices and don't want a hardware QWERTY keyboard but they DO want the ability to enter text via the touchscreen quickly. A colleague pointed Read More...
Posted Monday, October 15, 2007 7:51 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Telus launch HTC Touch and HTC S640 in Canada

Rick Claus over in our Canadian Subsidiary is always giving me a hard time about there not being enough Windows Mobile devices in Canada! Well it's great to see that Telus Mobility in Canada has launched both the HTC Touch and the HTC S640 . We all know Read More...
Posted Monday, October 15, 2007 7:35 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

November Microsoft Messaging and Mobility User Group Meeting Details

Nathan has just organised the November date for the MMMUG event which will take place on Wednesday 28th November at the Microsoft London Offices. This month the session is being lead by our own Doug Gowans from MCS along with Nathan focusing on Command Read More...
Posted Monday, October 15, 2007 7:29 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Expansys showcase the Samsung i620 and Glofish x800

Expansys are showcasing 2 new Windows Mobile devices on You Tube.... The first is the Samsung i620 which they even have stock of! It's the successor to the Samsung i600 however this time has touch sensitive buttons and a hide/slide keyboard! The second Read More...
Posted Saturday, October 13, 2007 6:18 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

The Ultimate steal - Office Ultimate 2007 for students for 38.95!

I was chatting with Chantal today who is one of our Graduate Interns in the Windows Mobile team. She made me aware of an offer which I think is an unbelievable deal! Essentially if you are a student with a .ac.uk address you can get Office Ultimate for Read More...
Posted Friday, October 12, 2007 11:37 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Windows Home Server

Over the weekend I completed my Home project with one of the coolest products Microsoft has done for a long while (IMHO) - Windows Home Server. After I almost lost the family digital photo album when my hard drive crashed on my PC I begun looking for Read More...
Posted Friday, October 12, 2007 8:01 AM by jasonlan | 5 Comments

Hand Held Dolphin 7850

Hand Held Products have just announced their Dolphin 7850 device which has been designed predominantly for retail and warehousing applications and has the typical pistol grip mounting to make scanning simpler. I really like the tilted screen on the device Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 11, 2007 7:24 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Mobile Security isn't just about devices.....

I've had a couple of situations recently that I feel compelled to blog about... Normally when I talk with customers about the use of Mobile technology security is their immediate concern..... The situations I encountered over the past few weeks made me Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 10, 2007 8:19 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

HTC Release Windows Mobile 6 for the P3300

If you have an HTC P3300 then you are in luck! HTC have just released the upgrade to Windows Mobile 6 for this popular device. To get the upgrade you have to login to HTC eClub and register your device. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 10, 2007 6:35 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Samsung Innovation Quest

I discovered a very cool contest that Samsung has launched. The Samsung Innovation Quest is a contest to find cool/exciting applications for Mobile devices. There are two entries in the contest - Professional and Academic. The Professional contest is Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 09, 2007 5:12 PM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

Wi-Fi Detector Shirt

My previous favourite geek T-shirt was the 'Will Work for Bandwidth' T-Shirt..... it's now been superceded by this fabulous Wi-Fi Detector Shirt! Why bother searching for Wi-Fi hotspots when your T-Shirt can show you the presence of any 802.11b or 802.11g Read More...
Posted Monday, October 08, 2007 2:19 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Slaying the Virtual Memory monster

If you are developing for Windows Mobile hopefully you've never encountered issues around Virtual Memory. If you have encountered virtual memory issues then you will empathise with a couple of articles that Reed Robison has written around how to address Read More...
Posted Monday, October 08, 2007 9:30 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Windows Mobile Security and Management webcast

I spent the tail end of last week preparing my presentation for the Windows Mobile Security and Management Webcast I've got on the 23rd October. It will cover how to secure and manage deployments of Windows Mobile devices and address the key customer Read More...
Posted Monday, October 08, 2007 9:24 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

The Martini Synch

Ewan forwarded me this which seemed like a fascinating piece of work that Microsoft Research were investigating. Essentially they are looking at ways to ease the pairing process between devices. MSR-TR-2007-123 The Martini Synch Darko Kirovski; Mike Sinclair; Read More...
Posted Friday, October 05, 2007 7:41 PM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

AT&T launch the Tilt

Yesterday AT&T (formerly Cingular) launched the Tilt device which is a variant of the HTC Kaiser device! The AT&T Tilt features a 2.8-inch color screen that slides back to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard, then tilts up to position the screen perfectly Read More...
Posted Friday, October 05, 2007 7:31 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Motorola announce integrated GPS for Motorola MC70

On Tuesday Motorola announced they integrating GPS into the very popular Symbol/Motorola MC70 device (over a quarter of a million people already use the MC70!) You can get more details on the MC70 device HERE Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 04, 2007 9:32 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

HTC Touch Dual Demo by Expansys

Following on from the HTC Shift Video on YouTube. Expansys have produced a video overview of the HTC Touch Dual! Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 03, 2007 7:56 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

HTC Shift Hands on Video

At the HTC Launch on Monday lots of people were drooling over the HTC Shift device! This is a great video from the folks at UMPCPortal that shows the HTC Shift device in action. You can also access the Higher Quality Version on their website HERE Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 03, 2007 7:34 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Improve and Simplify Mobile Device Security and Management Webcast - Tuesday October 23rd

On Tuesday October 23rd I'm delivering a Webcast on Windows Mobile Security and Management. This session is an updated version of my original Top 10 Security Concerns session expanding to cover both the Security and Management challenges raised by customers Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 02, 2007 9:31 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

HTC Announce the Touch Dual, Shift, S730 and P6500

Today in London HTC announced an array of new devices . The first device was the Enterprise focused HTC P6500 device. This device has a 3.5” screen, 3 mega pixel camera with auto focus and barcode and fingerprint scanning capabilities. It also comes amply Read More...
Posted Monday, October 01, 2007 3:59 PM by jasonlan | 9 Comments
 
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