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Updated Deploying Direct Push Email with Exchange 2003 SP2 Whitepaper

The guide I previously posted has been updated to correct a few typo's :) Here is the updated version. Read More...
Posted Friday, March 31, 2006 12:50 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Attachment(s): MSFPDeploymentGuide2.doc

NewMobile discover details of MDA Vario II

NewMobile have published details on their site of the upcoming T-Mobile MDA Vario II. The device is based on the HTC Hermes product and in simple terms is a thinner Wizard device with 3G http://www.newmobile.nl/eur/en/photos.php?phone_id=18fc907 Read More...
Posted Friday, March 31, 2006 12:40 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Developing Line of Business applications for Windows Mobile

Developing Line of Business Applications on Windows Mobile 5.0 • Published: 03/13/06 Overview describing how Microsoft IT created a Windows Mobile device application on the Windows Mobile 5.0 platform that decreases response times in critical customer Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 30, 2006 7:35 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Program Memory/Storage Memory in Windows Mobile 5.0

One of our partners asked me yesterday - In Windows Mobile 2003 you had the slider bar to select how much memory was Program Memory and how much was Storage Memory... Can you do that in Windows Mobile 5.0? Unfortunately you can't change it anymore. The Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 30, 2006 12:09 PM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

Avantgo Beta now available for Smartphone!

Avantgo have released a Beta for Windows Mobile Smartphone - you can download it (after you've registered) from here: http://www.avantgo.com/download Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 29, 2006 10:48 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Stop sending yourself emails with Exchange Activesync

Ed Hansberry has just produced a great article detailing how to prevent you getting copies of emails when you reply/reply all. It seems some people are having problems getting this working - you have to use your primary SMTP address. Check it out at: Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 28, 2006 1:52 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Orange M600 has Direct Push inside!

I wanted to confirm a follow up to my post on the release of the Orange M600. The device has Direct Push enabled in the ROM straight out of the box as it comes with AKU 2.0! Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 28, 2006 7:10 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Orange M600 now available!

The Orange M600 is now available. Essentially it's an updated M500 or HTC Prophet device with Windows Mobile 5.0, Wifi and a 2 megapixel camera! You can find more details at: http://www.business.orange.co.uk/servlet/Satellite?pagename=Business%2FDevices&c=PaDDevice&cid=104413082803 Read More...
Posted Monday, March 27, 2006 6:54 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Trend Micro releases Beta for Windows Mobile 5.0

Trend Micro Mobile Security 2.0 provides handset security including antivirus and SMS spam detection for mobile phones and PDA devices. Service providers, enterprises with mission critical mobile infrastructures, as well as consumers requiring security Read More...
Posted Monday, March 27, 2006 3:08 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Adobe Reader for Pocket PC 2.0

I'm always amazed so few people know this software exists... so I thought I'd blog it! If you want to open or read PDF documents on your Pocket PC you can download the FREE reader from Adobe's site! http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readerforppc.html Read More...
Posted Monday, March 27, 2006 11:57 AM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Motorola USA says Q in April

Motorola's website for the USA states the Q will arrive April 2006! More details are at: http://promo.motorola.com/q/index.html Read More...
Posted Sunday, March 26, 2006 7:07 AM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Imate Jammin upgrade to AKU 2.0 ?

One of my colleagues spotted that the Imate Jammin upgrade to AKU 2.0 seems to have crept onto the imate FTP site... http://blogs.flaphead.dns2go.com/archive/2006/03/23/3336.aspx You can download it direct from here: JAMin_WWE_2130923_21309112_020720_ship.zi Read More...
Posted Saturday, March 25, 2006 6:47 AM by jasonlan | 5 Comments

Have you seen the Mini on the road?

As described in my previous blog post - http://blogs.msdn.com/jasonlan/archive/2006/03/22/557123.aspx we have some very cool Mini's driving round the UK fully branded with Windows Mobile! If you see one on the road please take a picture and email to me Read More...
Posted Friday, March 24, 2006 3:38 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

WiMax arrives in London

UrbanWiMax has announced services for London for WiMax in the City! http://www.urbanwimax.co.uk/ Read More...
Posted Friday, March 24, 2006 8:41 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

T-Mobile Unlimited GPRS

Credit to the guys over at Modaco who spotted this ! http://www.modaco.com/index.php?showtopic=238415 T-Mobile have now made available a tarrif of £7.50 per month for unlimited Web Browsing and E-mail! The T-Mobile press release is available here http://www.t-mobilepressoffice.co.uk/press/uk/2006/23-03-06-webnwalk.ht Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 23, 2006 4:55 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Dyson clean up with Windows Mobile!

Dyson vacuum cleaners are maintained and serviced by 177 field engineers in the United Kingdom Until recently, the engineers relied on paper schedules and forms, which required administration each evening. Dyson worked with Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 23, 2006 10:11 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

i-mate release update to SP5/SP5m for MSFP

The update to MSFP is now available on www.clubimate.com for the SP5 and SP5M from i-mate. This update joins the updates now released for the JasJar and K-Jam! To get it - Download the Operating System 2.6.331.2 directly from ftp://ftp.clubimate.com/ Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 22, 2006 11:39 AM by jasonlan | 5 Comments

Windows Mobile pimped my ride!

Hopefully you've seen our Marketing campaign that's hit the UK! As part of this we had some Mini's customised to be moving advertisements for Windows Mobile. This is the one I'm currently driving! Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 22, 2006 10:08 AM by jasonlan | 15 Comments

Activesync 4.1 Troubleshooting Document

In Activesync 4.1 we changed the sync model from a serial type sync to an RNDIS model for synchronisation. This change whilst very positive for most customers has caused some issues with those companies using Personal Firewalls as the device appears like Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 22, 2006 8:52 AM by jasonlan | 5 Comments

Attachment(s): ActiveSync 4.1 Connection Troubleshooter.doc

Pocket Access

We had an internal discussion at Microsoft about Pocket Access and the fact that it was never really supported on Pocket PC even though it could/would run. Pocket Access was a product that was created for Handheld PC devices a long time ago (in a galaxy Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 21, 2006 8:46 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

The Mobile Opportunity - are you missing it? Event in London 29th March

Our upcoming Mobile event in the UK is still available for registration! But do it fast as we are approaching the max number of attendees! The event is being held at the Cavendish Conference Centre in London and is free to sign up! Details of the event Read More...
Posted Monday, March 20, 2006 10:01 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Exchange "12" Overview Webcast

I was out of the office the majority of last week so missed this however our Exchange team gave a great webcast on the next version of Exchange - Exchange "12" You can replay the webcast to get an insight into the future.... Just go here Read More...
Posted Sunday, March 19, 2006 7:23 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Windows Mobile Email from Vodafone

Vodafone UK's website now carries details of their service for Windows Mobile Email Check out details here Read More...
Posted Saturday, March 18, 2006 7:41 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

HTC Hermes pictures and details

The team over at Mobinaute.com have got some great pictures comparing the HTC Wizard and Hermes as well as a whole host of pictures and details about the Hermes product! The Hermes is similar in form factor to the Wizard however is HSDPA and 3G! The article Read More...
Posted Saturday, March 18, 2006 6:47 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Deploying Mobile Messaging with the Messaging and Security Feature Pack (MSFP) and Exchange 2003 SP2 Whitepaper

Attached to this blog entry is the 'hot' of the press document that describes how to deploy Mobile Messaging with Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2 and the Messaging and Security Feature Pack (MSFP) The current record for getting this up and running is 1hr Read More...
Posted Friday, March 17, 2006 7:30 PM by jasonlan | 29 Comments

Attachment(s): Deploying_Mobile_Messaging_MSFP.doc

Orange make available the AKU 2 Push Email upgrade for the M5000

One week after Orange released the upgrade for the Orange SPV C600 - they follow up with the Orange SPV M5000 upgrade to AKU 2 providing Push Email and the Messaging and Security Feature Pack. It can be downloaded from here: http://www.business.orange.co.uk/servlet/Satellite?pagename=Business%2FDevices&c=PaDPage&cid=1044130840493&mid=107053443536 Read More...
Posted Friday, March 17, 2006 7:26 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Revolution Vodka Bar Case Study

It seems every bar I go into now is taking orders on Pocket PC devices being relayed back to the bar to save the bar staff fighting their way through the crowds! This is a unique perspective on the hospitality industry where Revolution Vodka Bar managers Read More...
Posted Friday, March 17, 2006 5:16 AM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Sprint PPC-6700 Rom Update Info

It looks like the team over at PdaPhoneHome.com are running the official testing of the Sprint PPC 6700 ROM Update to AKU 2 to provide Push Email. Details of the update and how to obtain it are at: http://www.pdaphonehome.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6861 Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 16, 2006 7:01 AM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Technet Mobility Solution Center refreshed

The Technet team have just updated the Mobility Solution Center at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/mobile/default.mspx It contains information on MSFP as well as the Enterprise Resource Kit for Windows Mobile. Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 16, 2006 6:56 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

3rd party certificates compatible with Windows Mobile devices

If you are about to implement Exchange 2003 Mobile Messaging one item you will require is an SSL certificate. The table below and listed at https://partner.microsoft.com/global/partner/40027352 provides details of known third-party Secure Sockets Layer Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 14, 2006 10:22 AM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Mitac Mio A701 now at Expansys!

Well this is one device I'm interested to get my hands on.... The Mitac Mio A701 has a 520 MHz Processor and an inbuilt GPS. It's running Windows Mobile 5.0 too! It's available on Expansys! http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=129999 Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 14, 2006 7:57 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

i-mate release AKU2 update for JasJar

i-mate today released the AKU 2 update for the JasJar device (HTC Universal) This joins the update they released already for the i-mate K-JAM. The update for the JasJar is available in English, Arabic and Italian. You need to register on club i-mate and Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 14, 2006 7:18 AM by jasonlan | 10 Comments

Demo'ing Mobile Devices!

As per my previous post - I spend a lot of time demo'ing our technology to customers! Seeing is believing! One thing that looks really cool is this device that enables you to demo a phone without needing a big visualiser (what I normally use) The company Read More...
Posted Monday, March 13, 2006 7:58 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Cool stuff....to demo!

I'm presenting at the Gartner Wireless and Mobile Summit in April and currently building my demos and presentation for that event. http://www.gartner.com/2_events/conferences/emob6i.jsp We (Microsoft) are a Premier sponsor and I'm looking to make my session Read More...
Posted Monday, March 13, 2006 7:55 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Help - Projector for Windows Mobile devices

I need some help.. I'm trying to find a small projector that will allow me to project presentations from my Windows Mobile device over WiFi to a projector. I'd also like it allow me to demos from a device and display it on the projector... Anyone recommend Read More...
Posted Monday, March 13, 2006 7:53 PM by jasonlan | 6 Comments

Origami - Ultra Mobile PC announced

Well after all the speculation our Origami project has been announced. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2006/mar06/03-09Mobile.mspx The device fits neatly between Windows Mobile and the Tablet PC as a smaller form factor PC The devices will Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 09, 2006 4:06 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Orange release AKU2 upgrade for the C600 - Push Email now available!

Orange today released the update for Push Email on your Windows Mobile Device If you have an Orange C600 you can download the update from here: http://www.business.orange.co.uk/servlet/Satellite?pagename=Business%2FDevices&c=PaDPage&cid=1044130727244&mid=1044129765401 Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 09, 2006 2:18 PM by jasonlan | 6 Comments

Samsung i310 details appear on Engadget

Whilst not specifically an Enteprise device - check out this amazing device from Samsung that has an 8GB hard Drive, 2 megapixel camera, TV out and best of all Windows Mobile 5.0! More details are at Engadget! http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/06/samsungs-sgh-i310-8gb-windows-mobile-5-0-musicphone Read More...
Posted Monday, March 06, 2006 8:11 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

More details on the i-mate AKU 2 update for the K-Jam

I-mate have published more details about what is contained in the update for the K-Jam http://www.clubimate.com/t-DEVICE_KJAM_UPD.aspx The main new features of the AKU2 build are: Microsoft™ Messaging and Security Feature Pack (MSFP): • Addition of the Read More...
Posted Saturday, March 04, 2006 8:54 AM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

i-mate release Messaging and Security Feature Pack for K-JAM via AKU 2 update!

i-mate have just relased the first updates to their devices for AKU 2.0 - you have to be a registered club i-mate user to download the update. So far the updates are available for K-JAM WWE and Arabic. Go to www.imate.com and you can download if you are Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 02, 2006 6:20 PM by jasonlan | 12 Comments

Intrinsically safe Windows Mobile devices

Some customers have demands for intrinsically safe Mobile devices that can be used in hazardous environments. If you haven't come across them before Ecom provide a number of these devices that meet many of the stringent requirements for dust/gas and allow Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 01, 2006 11:41 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments
 
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