Jason Langridge's WebLog - MR Mobile!

Celio recently announced support for their REDFLY Mobile Companion for 12 new Windows Mobile devices include leading Windows Mobile devices such as the Motorola Q and Samsung Blackjack II.  They also announced support for Windows Mobile 6.1.

If you haven't seen or heard of the device - The REDFLY Mobile Companion is a clamshell laptop style device that includes an 8" display, a full function keyboard, and a touchpad mouse. It is 1x6x9 inches in size and only 2 pounds, but still offers over 8 hours of battery life and boots instantly! It also adds three new features - instant VGA output, access to USB flash drives, and the ability to charge your smartphone via USB.

A full list of compatible smartphones is available at www.celiocorp.com/smartphone.

Pre-orders for the REDFLY begin immediately and companies interested in purchasing REDFLY can order evaluation units for demo or testing at www.getredfly.com.

On10 and Loke reminded me about this great little utility that allows you to control your Windows Mobile device from your PC.  

You can also use it for grabbing device screenshots and it even supports dragging/dropping files to the device from your PC!

You can download it from HERE

Last week I recorded an interview with Eric over on Technet Radio.  It was all about Security and Mobile Device Manager so if you are interested you can listen or download it using the links at the bottom of this post.

Get More Security and Control with Mobile Device Manager

In this TechNet Radio session, learn how you can improve secure access to corporate data and line-of-business (LOB) applications and simplify management of Windows Mobile powered devices with Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager. We explain how System Center Mobile Device Manager provides integration into Active Directory, rich inventory and reporting tools, secure virtual private network (VPN) access, and more.

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This weekend was the BBC Radio 1 - One Big Weekend which is Europe's biggest free festival.  It took place in Maidstone in Kent.

Radio 1's Army of photographers created a patchwork photo album using Silverlight that allows you to zoom in/around all the pictures.

You will need to have Silverlight installed but check it out HERE - it's very cool!

On Friday Verizon Wireless launched the Motorola Q9c device.  The device is a personal favourite of mine with it's fantastic adaptive screen which makes reading the screen outdoors fantastic.

The device will be available for $249.99.

You can get more details HERE

At the start of this month Vodafone announced they were providing Unlimited Internet Access to their customers.  Previously you had to pay £7.50 for a measly 120MB. 

This announcement now provides any customer who pays £25 per month with 500MB of Internet Access which isn't 'unlimited' - but should be sufficient for most people! 

If you pay £40 a month then you can get a choice of unlimited texts, unlimited landline or unlimited Vodafone to Vodafone calls!

Will this have an impact on Mobile Internet Usage?  I think so.... most of my friends outside of the industry don't dare use the Internet on their device due to concerns over what the potential charges could be... by adding in the 500MB bundle, Vodafone have made it very easy for people to start to consume the Internet on their device.

What are your thoughts?

The 3G Candy Bar Samsung i200 has now appeared on the Orange Business Website.

I was using one of these devices for a few weeks and I have to say it was fantastic!   I've always liked 12 key devices and with Windows Mobile 6.1 on it I was gutted when I had to give it back :(

You can see it HERE

Windows Mobile 6.1 includes threaded SMS but if you have an older device then SMS Chat may be of interest.

It provides a threaded SMS interface for your SMS conversations and a whole bunch of other cool features such as the ability to switch onscreen alerts. hiding the onscreen SMS notification, the ability to create and use your own templates for quick answers so that you can send answers immediately and dial phone numbers right from the message.

SMS-Chat is available for $14.95 at http://iwindowsmobile.com. SMS-Chat supports English, German, French, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, and Hebrew.

If you look at their screen shots they have some very interesting people in their address book ;)

The Yahoo! Go 3.0 beta is now available for Windows Mobile Standard (non Touch Screen) devices.

If you want to get it from your device just go to HERE

A word of warning though - if you have a Professional device  (Touch Screen) then you will get Yahoo Go 2.0 instead....

Nice to see some post purchase withdrawal love for Windows Mobile from Yahoo :)

I got a demo from a colleague of the Skyfire Mobile Browser which is now in Beta 2.  It's very impressive!   

Unfortunately as I'm outside of the US I can't sign up for the beta :(

But if you are in the US you can sign up for the Beta Here.

Today HTC announced the HTC Touch Diamond.    The video below shows the announcement!

The specification of the Diamond looks really interesting with:

• Qualcomm® MSM7201A™ 528 MHz
• Windows Mobile 6.1
• 7.2MB HSDPA Band
• VGA Screen
• 3.2 Mega Pixel Camera
• 4GB Flash Memory onboard
• Accelerometer and orientation sensor
• GPS
• FM Radio
• WiFi

It also includes HTC Touch Flo 3D interface too!

The Diamond will be available through all five UK operators, the Touch Diamond will be released in Europe and Asia in June too.

You can get lots more detail on HTC's website

If you haven't had a chance yet to try Xobni - I'd strongly suggest you head on over to their Download site now!

Xobni (inbox backwards) is an application that sits in Outlook and enables you to see your past conversations with people, emails they've sent you and even do some analysis to see how fast people respond.

It's been in a Private Beta for about 7 months but you can now get it on open download!

Nominate me in Wireless and Mobile

Well I had a very nice suprise today... Ian Moulster one of colleagues forwarded the IT Blog Awards for 2008 and my blog was mentioned in the Wireless and Mobility Category!

Our Moof.Mobi blog also got a mention as well as some great blogs such as Disruptive Wireless, coverage of mobile working gadgets and more from The UK mobile report and David Bicknell's Tune into RFID.

As well as the Wireless and Mobile Category there are a bunch of other categories too.

I'm not sure who nominated me but their site said to place the badge above and ask readers to nominate your blog.  So if anyone wants to you can second my nomination by clicking HERE

We've just launched our System Center Mobile Device Manager Forums on the Technet site. 

They are monitored by our Technical Teams so a great source of answer and information.

You can access the Forum HERE

Today we launched the Windows Mobile Connection, a new forum destination for anyone who sells mobile phones or works in the mobile industry.

The connection is designed for everyone who sells or supports Windows Mobile Phones.  It's a place to help mobile-industry professionals connect with each other, find answers, and talk.

Any and all mobile-industry professionals are invited to visit the site, sign up, and give it a try. It's completely free, and all you have to do to sign up is provide a Windows Live™ ID. Visit www.windowsmobileconnection.com to get started.