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February 2008 - Posts

Touch Dual Fixes released

Coolsmartphone.com discovered that HTC have released a hot fix for the HTC Touch Dual. It fixes the problem where for some strange reason icons vanish and words overlap.  I've spoken to a few people that have had this issue so if you are seeing this Read More...
Posted Friday, February 29, 2008 1:46 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Presentation from System Center Mobile Device Manager events

| View | Upload your own Over the last couple of weeks I've delivered a number of System Center Mobile Device Manager sessions at our Technet London and Manchester events. I've uploaded the presentation to Slideshare.net where you can view and download Read More...
Posted Friday, February 29, 2008 7:32 AM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

LED Alerts - update for Professional/Pocket PC devices

Following up on my post about LED Alerts - Fernando contacted me to remind folks that if the device is a Professional device you can actually tell it to flash the led directly from the OS, under Sounds & Notifications when an email comes in for example. Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 28, 2008 12:19 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

LED Alerts

I had a customer recently ask me for a way of having the LED only flash on a device when new email came in (the customer was migrating from Blackberry which does this) Well I spotted this solution called LED Alerts over on Smartphone Thoughts which provides Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 28, 2008 8:00 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

VGA vs QVGA screens

Jason Dunn over at Pocket PC Thoughts found this great article on VGA vs QVGA screens on Mobil Yazilar Blog The article has some fantastic screenshots of devices with VGA and QVGA screens.  What most people don't realise is that the increase in pixels Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 26, 2008 7:51 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

[OFFTOPIC] The Coolest Desk EVER?

With a new addition to the family coming later this year I was hunting around the Internet this weekend for a new desk as I'll be moving my study around in the house! Lo and behold I find possibly the coolest desk EVER! Check out Han Solo in Carbonite Read More...
Posted Monday, February 25, 2008 7:39 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Samsung i640 now available on Vodafone UK

The guys over at Coolsmartphone discovered that the Samsung i640 is now available on Vodafone UK. It's not yet appeared on the business site but if you are a personal customer you can get more details HERE Read More...
Posted Monday, February 25, 2008 7:36 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Windows Mobile Developer Center Completely Overhauled!

When you visit our Windows Mobile Developer Center you will probably notice that we’ve done a complete overhaul of the site.  For years, the Developer Center has been responsible for delivering you content on Smart Device Development which Read More...
Posted Saturday, February 23, 2008 8:50 AM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

12GB Micro SD Cards coming soon!

I was feeling all pleased with myself when I got my 8GB MicroSD card - it looks like a 12GB MicroSD card is just around the corner - $179 You can get more details HERE Read More...
Posted Friday, February 22, 2008 2:59 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Modaco TOuch Dual C to A Fix

  I've been using a Touch Dual for the past few weeks and it's a great device!  The problem I have found is that if you use the T9 input  then when you press 1 you get a 'C' not an 'A' - I have sent a few strange messages :) Thankfully Read More...
Posted Friday, February 22, 2008 6:47 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Expansys MWG Atom Life - Bargain!

I just spotted on the Expansys Blog an absolute bargain!  The Atom Life is uber powerful with a 624Mhz Processor and 64MB RAM but 1GB Flash ROM! It supports HSDPA and has built in Wifi! The bargain is that they are listed at 199 UK Pounds SIM Free! Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 21, 2008 5:10 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Blackberry down again...

BGR is covering the details of another RIM Blackberry Outage affecting about 80% of North America users.  It looks like it's just come back up again but the outage started at 3am US time.  In reading a lot of the reports it looks like it was Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 20, 2008 4:56 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

What Profiles do you use on your Windows Mobile device?

Our development teams are currently looking at what profiles people use most frequently on their Mobile device and it sparked some interesting internal discussions which I thought I'd open up to a much broader audience! Which 3 profiles do you use most Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 20, 2008 7:22 AM by jasonlan | 34 Comments

Zumobi updated

According to the Unwired - Zumobi just got updated with some new features.  I haven't had a chance to check out the enhancements but Arne is always reliable for this information :) Zumobi if you haven't seen it is a cool interface for Windows Mobile Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 20, 2008 5:42 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

AT&T Tilt Software Upgrade

AT&T have just released an upgrade to the Tilt Device (HTC TyTN II or Kaiser) The upgrade provides a number of fixes/enhancements: Enhanced Bluetooth performance. Enables DTMF tones for the slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Improves overall device performance Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 19, 2008 9:51 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Orange announce the HTC Shift

This has been rumored for some time but Orange officially announced that they will range the HTC Shift device. The HTC Shift combines both Vista with a Mobile interface giving you a combined device in a single form factor. It has a 30GB drive integrated Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 19, 2008 7:38 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Noise Reduction solution for Windows Mobile

I've blogged many times about the challenges of background noise with mobile devices.  It's one of my personal hates when people join conference calls from really noisy environments and don't mute their phone.... My personal favourite solution to Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 19, 2008 2:05 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Personalise your incoming calls - spoon ring

If you want a simple way to set a personalised ringtone to an incoming call then Gill over at Spoontools has written a FREE application called Spoon Ring. With a couple of clicks—you can set a different ringtone to your friends, family, co-workers Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 19, 2008 12:52 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

UC08 - are you going?

If you haven't been before UC08 is a conference for Unified Communications in the UK.  It used to be called IP07 and IP06 but has changed name to UC08 this year!  The conference takes place on the 9th and 10th of April this year and our UC and Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 19, 2008 6:14 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Stuck in a boring meeting? Need an excuse to escape?

Ever been stuck in a boring meeting just hoping for a reason to escape?  Well Call Jockey might be the solution you have been looking for! Call Jockey allows you to fake and incoming call at a predefined time.  You can even choose who the call Read More...
Posted Monday, February 18, 2008 4:00 PM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

PowerMonkey

Over the years I've owned a number of power extender devices but I've never really used them because more often than not they have always been a big heavy slab of battery.  A few weeks ago I bought one of these Power Monkey devices originally because Read More...
Posted Monday, February 18, 2008 1:28 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

The new HTC Advantage x7510

Matt Miller has written an excellent overview of the updated HTC Advantage which now sports 16GB of Flash Memory (instead of a Hard Drive) as well as an improved Keyboard and updated VueFLO.  The new keyboard which is incredibly flat has a vibrate Read More...
Posted Friday, February 15, 2008 7:07 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Pieter Knook leaving Microsoft

After five years leading Microsoft’s Mobile business, our current leader Pieter Knook will be transferring this responsibility to Andy Lees who will assume the position of Senior Vice President, Mobile Communications Business.  After 17 years Read More...
Posted Friday, February 15, 2008 4:02 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Merge replication Test Application

Keni Barwick is a really smart Windows Mobile Developer who up till recently was working for one of our partners.  Between jobs he took the time to (re)start his blog. The first thing he has done is to create a test application for Merge Replication.  Read More...
Posted Friday, February 15, 2008 3:54 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Palm Smartphones = no middleware

Following on from today's New York Times article it seems Palm is going all out trying to maximise on the recent RIM outage. The diagram on their site (below) did make me smile: Read More...
Posted Friday, February 15, 2008 3:51 AM by jasonlan | 7 Comments

Palm advert in New York Times

I've been in Seattle the past couple of weeks and this morning I opened up my copy of the New York Times which had been kindly delivered to my hotel room.  Page A21 - what do I find.... a huge advert that Palm has taken out talking about the recent Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 14, 2008 4:04 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Windows Mobile 6 wins Best Mobile Enterprise Product or Service

  At the GSMA Global Mobile Awards in Barcelona Windows Mobile 6 won the Best Mobile Enterprise Product or Service! This is fantastic news!! You can see all the award winners HERE Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 14, 2008 2:00 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Give your Windows Mobile device some valentine's day love

It's Valentine's Day today so give your Windows Mobile device some love too with free Valentine's Day Ringtones and Wallpapers from the Windows Mobile Owners Circle. You can sign up and download them from HERE Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 14, 2008 1:41 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Technet Radio - more Windows Mobile broadcasts

As part of the Technet Radio broadcasts we've just released part 2 of our Windows Mobile series which you can download from the links below.  I've also added Part 1 for those who missed it! February 12, 2008 Windows Mobile Part Two of Three Discover Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 14, 2008 12:11 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

CNBC - Are you tired of problems with your Blackberry

I was reading an article on CNBC about the outage RIM experienced earlier in the week. This is the 3rd outage RIM has had in the past year, the others being in April and September 2007.  Since that outage I've had lots of customers contacting me Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 13, 2008 7:48 PM by jasonlan | 6 Comments

MSN Direct now available on your Windows Mobile device

Our MSN Direct team just released a Technology Preview of MSN Direct for Windows Mobile devices! It is a Windows Mobile Standard (Smartphone) application that connects to the MSN Direct information service and delivers the information that you care about Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 12, 2008 7:31 AM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Blackberry network down (again)

Following major outages in April and September last year it looks like the Blackberry Network has been down again. There are reports that show the network outage started at 3:20pm EST and is affecting "users of the Americas network". By about Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 12, 2008 1:27 AM by jasonlan | 9 Comments

Microsoft to acquire Danger

Today we announced that we will enter into an agreement to acquire Danger Inc.  If you aren't familiar with Danger - they are the company behind the very popular T-Mobile sidekick.  The video below shows some of the cool things you can do with Read More...
Posted Monday, February 11, 2008 8:56 PM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

want to watch the Mobile World Congress Microsoft press conference?

If you aren't at Mobile World Congress (MWC) but want to see the Microsoft Press Conference you will be able to watch it either in the embedded video below or at the site HERE The Press Conference starts at 3PM Central European Time! (so nothing will Read More...
Posted Monday, February 11, 2008 6:00 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Engadget video showing Sony Ericsson Windows Mobile device with very cool ui!

Sony Ericsson have put a very cool UI into their new Xperia X1 Windows Mobile Device.  The folks over at Engadget have published a video showing it!  Check it out below! Read More...
Posted Sunday, February 10, 2008 10:54 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Sony Ericsson - announce a Windows Mobile device!

At last it's public!  Sony Ericsson have just announced their first Windows Mobile device the XPERIA™ X1 . This a very exciting announcement for Windows Mobile and Sony Ericsson! The Xperia X1 is a QuadBand GSM/EDGE device with UMTS/HSDPA and Read More...
Posted Sunday, February 10, 2008 10:50 PM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

Mobile World Congress - the calm before the storm

Mobile World Congress kicks off next week with some early press briefings today! The Newswires have been fairly quiet over the past few days, Facebook profiles are all being updated with 'at MWC in Barcelona' and the frenzy will commence soon! I'm not Read More...
Posted Sunday, February 10, 2008 5:46 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Co-Pilot integrates with Live Search

ALK have announced that they have integrated their Co-Pilot Satellite Navigation solution with our Live Search API. Rather than navigating through a complex set of menu structures to find points of interest you simply key-in a search query into a free-text Read More...
Posted Saturday, February 09, 2008 1:07 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

T-Mobile release an update to the Shadow

If you are using a T-Mobile Shadow then you can now get an update from T-Mobile that will give you: Five free ring tones from popular movies and musicians. Two free full length songs. An assortment of free phone wall paper images. Audio Postcard, a fun Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 07, 2008 4:54 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Sprite Archie Released

I blogged about the BETA sometime ago but Sprite have now released the final version of their solution Sprite Archie. Sprite Archie backs up your SMS and call data into email so you can archive it all. You can get all the details HERE Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 07, 2008 6:51 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Windows Mobile on Technet Radio

Our team just published a great Technet Radio broadcast on the Windows Mobile Top 10 features for Business! You can download the recording in WMA or MP3 using the links below! WMA http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/3/c/d3c8bba3-2037-4e40-bfc4-e78a99897342/TechNetRadio02052008-web.wma Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 06, 2008 8:43 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Samsung Blackjack II vs Motorola q9

  The Samsung Blackjack II and Motorola Q9 are two great Windows Mobile devices!  If you are having trouble deciding which one to buy/use then PocketNow have written a really good indepth article comparing the two devices! You can check it out Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 06, 2008 8:41 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Opera 9.5 announced for Windows Mobile

Opera Mobile 9.5 Uploaded by operasoftware Opera just announced version 9.5 of their Opera Mobile Web Browser .  As well as faster rendering version 9.5 provides the following new capabilities:   Intuitive user interface Tabbed browsing Improved Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 05, 2008 5:52 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

March Microsoft Messaging and Mobility User Group Meeting (MMMUG)

The March meeting of the MMMUG will be held in Warwick at the office of Berica Ltd. Nathan and the team are trying an event outside of London for the first time with the event focusing on both Exchange 2007 SP1 and Identity Management. The meeting will Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 05, 2008 1:57 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Vito release SMS Chat for Windows Mobile

Vito Technology have released their new application for Windows Mobile - SMS Chat. SMS-Chat is a Windows Mobile SMS messenger that organizes your SMS text messages into threaded SMS conversations.  SMS-Chat also provides the ability to send multiple Read More...
Posted Monday, February 04, 2008 10:28 AM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Get an m700 for 129.99!

The guys over at Modaco spotted a great deal on Orange's website - a reconditioned Orange SPV M700 for 129.99 It's a great deal and one surely that won't last very long so go to this page at Orange Accessories if you want to order one! Read More...
Posted Monday, February 04, 2008 9:05 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Vodafone reduces data costs

Vodafone last week took a decision to reduce it's monthly data tariff for datacards from 30 pounds to 15 pounds a month which brings it in line with other UK mobile operators. It is too late to help this poor guy out who managed to rack up a 27,000 pound Read More...
Posted Monday, February 04, 2008 9:02 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Eye-Fi Card - wirelessly send your pictures to Live, Flickr and other sites

For Christmas my Wife did an amazing thing!  She managed to find a gadget that I hadn't yet heard of!  The Eye-Fi Card. She tracked one down whilst we were in New York and presented it to me on Christmas Day! If you haven't seen these cards Read More...
Posted Saturday, February 02, 2008 5:39 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

O2 XDA Orbit 2 now available online

After blogging about the XDA Orbit 2 review yesterday it's now available to buy online from the O2 Business Shop. You can find it HERE Read More...
Posted Saturday, February 02, 2008 5:29 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

PCMobilizr - Connect to your PC from Anywhere with your Windows Mobile Device

I've been pulling together some good demos over the last few days and I stumbled across this solution for accessing your PC from your Windows Mobile device. It's incredibly straight forward - you basically load a client on your PC and Mobile device and Read More...
Posted Friday, February 01, 2008 4:04 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

O2 XDA Orbit 2 review published

Daron over at 4winmobile.com has produced an extensive review of the O2 XDA Orbit 2.  This device has been much anticipated as the HTC Polaris so check out the extensive review HERE Read More...
Posted Friday, February 01, 2008 2:26 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Wireless Charging to become a reality?

Mobile & Wireless Group (MWg) and Splashpower have announced they are collaborating on mobile devices that will support the Splashpower inductive charging solution. Under terms of the agreement, MWg devices will be equipped by mid year with Splashpower’s Read More...
Posted Friday, February 01, 2008 1:12 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

HTC S710 ROM Update released

If you have an HTC S710 then HTC have just released a ROM update.  HTC's site says - "New features and improvements are available with this operating software update, including the Connection Setup application which has been added to allow easy Read More...
Posted Friday, February 01, 2008 12:29 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Want to develop for Windows Mobile?

There are some great resources available for developers that if you aren't aware of yet - they could be of great help! First off there are the Windows Mobile Starter Kits which are complete, fully-functional sample applications. Each one contains its Read More...
Posted Friday, February 01, 2008 11:49 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments
 
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