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October 2005 - Posts

The Unwired reviews the Samsung i300

http://www.ppcw.net/?itemid=2704 A great in depth review of the Samsung i300 device. I just got my hands on one of these devices and I have to say it is superbly well built and even though its running Windows Mobile 2003 it's got some great capabilities Read More...
Posted Monday, October 31, 2005 12:45 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Motorola Q Video

Cnet.COM has a video overview of the Motorola Q. Check it out http://reviews.cnet.com/4505-6454_7-31473357.html Read More...
Posted Saturday, October 29, 2005 10:12 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Virtual Earth Mobile - new Link

The old link I had to Virtual Earth seems to have gone down so I wanted to post another link... you can download it from here: http://www.viavirtualearth.com/vve/Gallery/VEMobile.ashx It's a useful app (even if right now it only covers North America) Read More...
Posted Saturday, October 29, 2005 7:31 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Your Idea - Our Legs! Great Microsoft Developer Competition with fabulous prizes

Have a cool application idea - for your business, for consumers, for students, for everyone? Our Developer team have created a great new competition where you can win awesome devices, developer tools and a commercial route to market! Check out more details Read More...
Posted Saturday, October 29, 2005 7:26 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

The Notorious B.G.

MTV News has a transcript and video of a conversation he had with 80 - 16 to 24 year olds. Listen/Read all about it at: http://www.mtv.com/thinkmtv/features/education/gates_forum/ Read More...
Posted Saturday, October 29, 2005 7:22 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Forbes - Communication devices of the future

This site - http://www.forbes.com/2005/10/20/cx_gd_1024featslide_comm05.html provides some interesting commentary on future communication devices and the changes we could see in the future. The device I would love to see would be a phone (Orange C500 Read More...
Posted Saturday, October 29, 2005 7:19 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Infoworld - interesting article on Exchange 2003 SP2

http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/10/27/44OPenterwin_1.html One of my colleagues spotted this article on Infoworld around our Exchange 2003 SP2 solution. Read More...
Posted Friday, October 28, 2005 2:57 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Orange C600

The guys over at CoolSmartphone.com have overviewed the upcoming Orange C600 which has been announced on the Orange France site (haven't seen it on the UK site yet...) It's running Windows Mobile 5.0 and has a gorgeous VGA screen! http://www.coolsmartphone.com/news1836.htm Read More...
Posted Friday, October 28, 2005 9:03 AM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

Exchange 5.5 Unplugged

http://www.microsoft.com/uk/technet/unplugged/default.mspx For those of you in the UK we have just this second launched our Exchange 5.5 Unplugged Tour across the UK! You can sign up online via the site above ! If you're running Exchange 5.5 this is a Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 26, 2005 4:18 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Gomadic release Interchangeable tips for Mobile devices - no more multiple cables!

One of the problems of having lots of devices is that you need to carry lots of different cables. I've managed to get USB Charge and Sync cables for all my devices but it still means carrying lots of cables. Gomadic seems to have come up with a pretty Read More...
Posted Monday, October 24, 2005 8:33 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

More Pocket PC's with integrated GPS - Pocket Loox N520

Fujitsu Siemens have announced the Pocket Loox N520 device which has integrated GPS, Wifi and Windows Mobile 5. You can pre-order on Expansys - http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=126748 There is also a good preview on Mobile Review - http://www.mobile-review.com/pda/review/fs-loox-n520-en.shtm Read More...
Posted Monday, October 24, 2005 8:26 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

ALK announce Co-Pilot 6 - support for Windows Mobile 5 and VGA!

ALK on Friday announced the new release of their excellent Co-Pilot software. http://www.alk.eu.com/press/releases/pr_102105.asp I've been using their software for sometime and it's a superb product! I even have some of my non-technical friends using Read More...
Posted Monday, October 24, 2005 6:46 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Happy 3rd Birthday to Smartphone

3 years ago on October 22nd we launched the first Windows Smartphone! I was there! It was a fabulous event which marked the first step in to the phone arena for Microsoft. Looking back now 3 years seems a long time ago! We've had some incredible advances Read More...
Posted Monday, October 24, 2005 12:33 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

DisableCertChk.Exe - Disabling Certificate Verification on Windows Mobile 5

I've had a number of emails from customers asking where they can locate the DisableCertChk.Exe tool from for Windows Mobile 5. The Windows Mobile 2003 version is at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=D88753B8-8B3A-4F1D-8E94-530A67614DF1&displaylang=en Read More...
Posted Sunday, October 23, 2005 9:13 PM by jasonlan | 8 Comments

Healthcare use of Windows Mobile devices - X-ray's and other applications

The guys over at MsMobiles ( www.msmobiles.com ) spotted this announcement by UCLA Medical Center around their use of Windows Mobile devices to access patient records and even X-Rays. http://www.healthcare.ucla.edu/news/detail?rad_id=6532 The video recording Read More...
Posted Sunday, October 23, 2005 6:26 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

iAnywhere Mobility Seminar on 8th November

I'm presenting at the iAnywhere Mobility Seminar on 8th November in London - it looks like an excellent Seminar with McDonalds sharing their experiences in deploying Mobile Solutions! It's free and you can register at: www.ianywhere.com/sc Maybe see some Read More...
Posted Sunday, October 23, 2005 6:12 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Customers already using Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2 - case studies now online!

Through our Technical Adoption Program we've got a couple of customers who are already using Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2. The case studies from HP and Lifetime Products are now online ! Check them out at: http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/evaluation/casestudies/default.msp Read More...
Posted Friday, October 21, 2005 11:59 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Wolverhampton Local Education Authority win Award with Pocket PC's!

Wolverhampton Local Education Authority have been using Pocket PC devices in school for some time now! They have recently won the UK 2006 ICT in Practice 2006 award for Collaboration. The press release is at http://www.becta.org.uk/corporate/press_out.cfm?id=4939 Read More...
Posted Friday, October 21, 2005 10:00 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

The Benefits of Microsoft Mobile Messaging

IDC have produced a paper describing the benefits of Microsoft Mobile messaging The headlines were that companies implementing Microsoft Mobile based solutions: Paid back the cost of implementation in 4.3 months The one-year return on investment (ROI) Read More...
Posted Friday, October 21, 2005 8:54 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Orange SPV C600 and M3000 appear on Orange France Site

Interesting to see the Orange SPV C600 appear on Orange France's website as well as the Orange M3000 which looks like the HTC Wizard device. http://www.orange-entreprise.com/public/oev3/html/fr/newsletter/actualites/actu.php?aid=1225&chapid=38369 Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 20, 2005 11:50 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Activesync 4.0 issues and Troubleshooting Guide

We today provided some troubleshooting guides for customers who were experiencing any issues when using Activesync 4.0 on their PC. Essentially in Activesync 4.0 we changed the model to use RNDIS and this 'may' cause issues with some configurations of Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 20, 2005 11:40 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Good article on SP2 over at ComputerWorld

http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/software/groupware/story/0,10801,105563,00.html?source=NLT_PM&nid=105563 Stan Foster of HP comments on what SP2 means to HP internally and their own deployment. Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 20, 2005 8:10 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Intelligolf now available for Windows Mobile 5

http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.asp?Symbol=US:MSFT&Feed=BW&Date=20051019&ID=5204460 Intelligolf today announced that they have released version 7.7 of their excellent Golf Scoring software! This now supports Windows Mobile Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 19, 2005 10:02 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2 Released!

Well the Server side elements of 'push' email with Exchange 2003 are now available. The next major step is for devices to become available with the Messaging and Security Feature Pack integrated into ROM. This is dependant on how quickly the OEMs integrate Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 19, 2005 9:46 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Great review of I-Mate KJAM (HTC Wizard)

I'm still loving my Wizard device - the combination of the keyboard and the small form factor are almost perfect! The guys over at Pocket Now have written a really good indepth review. Check it out at: http://pocketnow.com/index.php?a=portal_detail&t=reviews&id=710&p= Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 18, 2005 1:11 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

This has to be the coolest promo for a Smartphone yet!?

While some of our competitors try and sell their devices when you buy pizzas or jeans... Check out this great offer from BuyMobilePhones.Net! Get a free MiniMoto bike with an Orange C500! http://www.buymobilephones.net/store/merchant-4-75-432-Phones.ihtml Read More...
Posted Monday, October 17, 2005 3:26 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

I'm back!

Well after what seems like a very short time :( I'm back from paternity leave! Expect normal blogging service to resume over the next week! Read More...
Posted Monday, October 17, 2005 3:23 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Think Outside Inc. Announces Bluetooth Support for Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0!

The Think Outside Bluetooth Keyboard and Mice are excellent peripherals for Windows Mobile devices... Think Outside have now announced support for Windows Mobile 5.0 But Jason - Windows Mobile 5.0 has support for the Bluetooth HID profile?? It does but... Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 13, 2005 11:33 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

New web casts available for Developers

There are a couple of good webcasts which are available in the next couple of weeks: Details are below: Migrating an eMbedded Visual C++ Application to Visual Studio 2005 (Level 300) -- (Oct. 19) -- This demonstration walks through the process of migrating Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 12, 2005 12:53 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Global Contact Access and GAL Lookup in Windows Mobile 5

I wanted to clear up some confusion over the differences in the two methods of getting access to the Global Address List with Windows Mobile. There are two different options: 1) Global Contact Access - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/downloads/global/default.mspx Read More...
Posted Monday, October 10, 2005 11:01 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Why can't I upgrade to Windows Mobile 5?

My colleague Mike Calligaro has written an excellent article on the challenges around upgrading and why you can/can't get upgrades for particular devices. http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/archive/2005/10/06/477999.aspx Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 06, 2005 11:47 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Luke - I am your father!

My blogs going to be a little quiet over the coming couple of weeks as my son Luke Thomas was born yesterday evening! Despite popular rumour - he was not born with Bluetooth integrated and he's still deciding which Windows Mobile device is the right device Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 05, 2005 5:28 PM by jasonlan | 12 Comments

Want to learn more about Windows Mobile - just released Windows Mobile Online Training!

If you are new to Windows Mobile or want a refresher - we've just released some online training for Windows Mobile! Level 1 has just been released covering fundamentals and Level 2 and 3 will be released in the future! Take a look at: http://www.windowsmobiletraining.com Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 04, 2005 1:34 PM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

Mobility Scientific and Research Blog... Kevin Kerr

My colleague over in the US - Kevin Kerr has just started his Blog. It's going to be centred around the Science and futures of Mobility and should be an interesting blog to read. Kevin's a great guy and has some real insight Check it out at: http://spaces.msn.com/members/jankity Read More...
Posted Monday, October 03, 2005 4:12 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

HTC Wizard Overview/Review - also known as QTEK 9100 and IMate K-JAM

The device that's currently #1 in Expansys Sales chart is the new I-Mate K-JAM http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=125518 I've been using a variant of the device for about the last week so I thought it was about time I shared my experiences so far. Read More...
Posted Monday, October 03, 2005 9:38 AM by jasonlan | 9 Comments
 
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