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March 2007 - Posts

Internet Sharing - the most underutilised/unknown feature of Windows Mobile

I've been over in Dublin today at a customer event on Exchange and Unified Communications. (straight back again this afternoon so not a chance to sample the wonderful Guinness). Sat in the Costa Coffee in Heathrow at silly o'clock this morning I looked Read More...
Posted Friday, March 30, 2007 6:55 PM by jasonlan | 29 Comments

Zoomit - great tool for presentations

I've been using ZoomIt for sometime now for customer presentations and events so that you can zoom in to a certain point in a slide or show configuration options on a server console. It's particular useful if you are presenting in long and thin meetings/events Read More...
Posted Friday, March 30, 2007 10:18 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

DeepFish - Revolutionary new Browser for Windows Mobile

As well as our announcement around ZenZui - we also yesterday announced the Deepfish technology from our Live Labs team. This is an incredible new browser technology for Windows Mobile that allows you to browse real PC designed websites from your mobile Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 29, 2007 1:27 PM by jasonlan | 10 Comments

Backup/Restore of Windows Mobile devices

Over the weekend I had to swap my Wife's very broken QTEK8500 (as she'd dropped it repeatedly) for a new one I'd got her. Normally I'd use Jeyo Mobile to copy contacts and all the other information off however this time I decided to try Sprite Backup Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 29, 2007 8:32 AM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

ZenZui - Stop Surfing - Start Zooming!

Steve was gloating that he beat me to blogging about this (now if only my BT Broadband was working last night grrr...) but ... ZenZui is a new interface that Microsoft announced yesterday that allows you to zoom between 36 different tiles on a Mobile Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 28, 2007 4:56 PM by jasonlan | 5 Comments

Symbol/Motorola Announce the MC35

Symbol who historically have been most recognised for their industrial/rugged devices have announced their MC35 Windows Mobile device. It's part of Symbol's journey into the Enterprise grade devices and extends their portfolio from Rugged devices through Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 28, 2007 7:58 AM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Orneta announce Scissors Mobile 2007

One of the differences between Smartphone/Pocket PC or Standard/Professional devices is the lack of Cut/Paste functionality. Well Scissors Mobile have just updated their popular Scissors application to support Windows Mobile 6. This gives the following Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 27, 2007 10:41 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Palm Announces Update to Windows Mobile 6 Coming for Treo 750 Smartphone

Palm have just literally announced that they will provide an upgrade to their Treo 750v to Windows Mobile 6! The update will also enable HSDPA too! You can read more details about the upgrade HERE Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 27, 2007 5:38 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

HTC announce the Shift - a UMPC and Windows Mobile 6 Advantage!

Even before CTIA really got started HTC was announcing new devices! The HTC Shift is a 'shift' (excuse the pun) from HTC into the Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC) market. Available later this year in the US the Shift is a Vista Ready device that has a 7-inch widescreen Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 27, 2007 7:56 AM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Google Phone?

There is a whole host of rumours circulating the Internet and Blogosphere right now about a potential Google Phone emerging.... So what's going on? I've been following this with interest (like the iPhone from Apple) The rumours go from everything from Read More...
Posted Monday, March 26, 2007 7:42 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Samsung release ROM Update for Blackjack

Samsung have just released a ROM Update to their Blackjack device. The update is available here and before you get too excited - it's just an update to the existing Windows Mobile 5.0 OS not an upgrade to Windows Mobile 6. According to their support page Read More...
Posted Monday, March 26, 2007 7:24 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Mobile RSS Readers

Web Worker Daily has published an article about the different web-based Mobile Aggregators and their thoughts on each different solution from Google Reader, Bloglines, Newsgator and others... Personally I never ever use an online RSS Reader on my mobile Read More...
Posted Monday, March 26, 2007 6:17 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

So what do you think are the Top 10 Enterprise features of Windows Mobile 6?

At MEDC in May one of the other sessions I've got to present (apart from the security session I've already gathered your great feedback on) is a session around the Top 10 Features for Enterprise customers of Windows Mobile 6. Now I know many of you won't Read More...
Posted Friday, March 23, 2007 9:26 PM by jasonlan | 13 Comments

New release of Bluetooth should provide enhanced security and data rates

Last week the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announced a new release of the Bluetooth standard that will provide enhanced security and also ease the pain/challenge of pairing devices. The demonstrations showed that pairing took 2-3 steps rather Read More...
Posted Friday, March 23, 2007 9:12 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Anagram update for Vista

I blogged a while back about the Anagram solution for creating meeting requests, calendar entries and contact details simply from email. It's very cool! The team responsible for it have just released a test version of Anagram that works with Vista and Read More...
Posted Friday, March 23, 2007 9:07 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

[OFF TOPIC] Whats the difference between XBOX 360 and PS3

Well about £146... and our Marketing team sent a number of journalists that difference in Beer to welcome Sony to the next generation of gaming! I love this kind of Marketing - made me laugh out loud when I saw the article on C&VG's site Read More...
Posted Friday, March 23, 2007 6:37 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Samsung Blackjack vs RIM Blackberry 8800

CNET's review team did a prizefight review of the Samsung Blackjack vs the RIM Blackberry 8800... As a spoiler - the Blackjack won! To quote CNET - Ouch. The RIM BlackBerry 8800 almost took out the Samsung BlackJack in the first two rounds, but it really Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 21, 2007 8:24 PM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

Chinese student has changed his phone 500 times in 9 years - really?

According to this article 24 year old Zhang Yi has had 500 Mobile Phones in the past 9 years. I get a lot of mobile devices and I don't think I've had anywhere near that kind of churn of devices! Supposedly (like me) he's still searching for the perfect Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 21, 2007 8:03 AM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Parrot release new Bluetooth car Kit that also supports A2DP

I blogged back in September last year about the Parrot Bluetooth kit that supported A2DP. Well it looks like they are releasing a new version of this that also has a wireless remote for controlling audio tracks for your device if you are streaming music. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 21, 2007 7:52 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Markthisdate.com - getting outlook calendar entries for Formula 1 season and other important events

This weekend saw the first race of the new Formula 1 season! I almost missed it as March seems to have come round very fast! I used to use www.calendar-updates.com for getting the race dates into my Outlook (and onto my device) however they don't seem Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 21, 2007 7:48 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Want to know how Microsoft uses Windows Mobile? Webcast 26th April

About 75% of Microsoft employees have a Windows Mobile device. I think we are also the #1 user of Mobile email worldwide now. How do we deploy, manage and use Windows Mobile inside Microsoft... well Justin Emch and John Albertson have a webcast on exactly Read More...
Posted Monday, March 19, 2007 10:58 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

MEDC Europe June 25th/26th - Berlin! Early Bird registration now open!

The dates for the Mobile and Embedded Developer Conference (MEDC) for Europe have no been finalised as well as Early Bird Registration being opened up where you can save 200 Euros on the attendee price. (Which means its only 375 euros + vat to register) Read More...
Posted Monday, March 19, 2007 9:49 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Windows Mobile 5.0 vs Windows Mobile 6 comparison document

Since we announced Windows Mobile 6 at 3GSM the most common question I get from customers and partners is how the product compares to Windows Mobile 5.0 and what the incremental capabilities are. The second most popular question is - what features require Read More...
Posted Sunday, March 18, 2007 6:39 AM by jasonlan | 20 Comments

Attachment(s): WM6 - WM5.0 Comparison.pdf

Storage card wipe and encryption - What's the deal?

In Windows Mobile 6 we added the ability to encrypt the storage card of a Windows Mobile device as well as wipe it remotely. The encryption can either be enabled by the user or enforced through an Exchange 2007 policy. The encryption of the storage card Read More...
Posted Friday, March 16, 2007 7:01 PM by jasonlan | 19 Comments

Pocket Outlook tops Mobile email client setup benchmark

A study by Strategy Analytics benchmarked 4 email clients in terms of configuration for POP3 and found that 100% of users could setup the Windows Mobile device. Overall Ratings: Email Setup (Source: Strategy Analytics) In particular, users praised Pocket Read More...
Posted Friday, March 16, 2007 6:40 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

T-Mobile AMEO appears on UK Site for purchase!

The T-Mobile Ameo device is now available on their UK site for purchase. I presume this also means that it's also available for corporate purchase too! This Windows Mobile 'Hummer' of a device has everything - HSDPA, WiFi, GPS, VGA out.... You can check Read More...
Posted Friday, March 16, 2007 6:30 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

O2 Germany announce 2 Windows Mobile 6 devices!

The unwired.net published details that O2 Germany have announced 2 New devices both which will be running Windows Mobile 6! The XDA Terra (HTC Herald) and XDA Nova (HTC Elf) are going to be made available through O2. I've always liked the Herald even Read More...
Posted Friday, March 16, 2007 9:16 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

E-Ten launch X800 with Windows Mobile 6

E-Ten have provided details of their X800 device at CeBit. The device has HSDPA, Windows Mobile 6 GPS and a VGA display! You can check out more details at E-Ten press site HERE Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 15, 2007 8:44 AM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

[Offtopic] Windows Vista - shortcut keys!

One thing I love about working for Microsoft is that I get to learn something new every day! I've been using Vista since early Alpha version and Beta for a long while now. One thing I could never figure out was how you brought back the sidebar gadgets Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 14, 2007 11:00 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Windows Mobile Monday

Well if you wondered why my blog was quiet yesterday... well we had an internal event for Microsoft staff around Windows Mobile and Mobility! Foolishly I had booked this the first day back after a weeks vacation (note to self don't do that again) but Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 14, 2007 6:30 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

New Whitepaper - Security for Windows Mobile Messaging in the Enterprise

We just completed this whitepaper and it'll be available on Technet soon... but I thought I'd share it on my blog as well (and first!) The document covers both Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2 and Exchange 2007 as well as both Windows Mobile 5.0 and 6! It Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 13, 2007 5:02 PM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

Attachment(s): SecEntMessaging.doc

New Whitepaper - Security Model for Windows Mobile 5.0 and Windows Mobile 6

We've been working on a number of new whitepapers and this latest white paper provides deeper technical information to use as a resource for provisioning and managing Windows Mobile powered devices. It'll be available on Technet soon but I thought I'd Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 13, 2007 5:00 PM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

Attachment(s): SecModel.doc

What File System does Windows Mobile use?

I got asked a question by 3 customers recently which I honestly did not know the answer to .... What File System Does Windows Mobile use? Now I'm not sure *why* they wanted to know this but I was intrigued so I asked Mike Calligaro who regularly blogs Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 13, 2007 8:55 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Microsoft device emulator v2.0 released

Yesterday our team released the Device Emulator v2.0. This version of the Emulator has upgraded performance and some new features. The Device Emulator V2.0 is required for application development targeting Windows Mobile 6 and Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 13, 2007 8:33 AM by jasonlan | 6 Comments

SwitchProfile - change profiles on your smartphone automatically

This is a neat little utility that allows you to setup times/days where your Smartphone will change profile - for example turning to silent mode after 10pm at night and then turning back on to loud in the morning! You can check it out HERE Read More...
Posted Saturday, March 10, 2007 10:45 AM by jasonlan | 5 Comments

Orange Launch SPV E600 - HTC Excalibur

Orange Business now have available the Orange SPV E600 which is the Orange Branded HTC Excalibur/S620. Thankfully unlike the T-Mobile variant this device does have Wireless LAN enabled! You can get more details HERE Read More...
Posted Saturday, March 10, 2007 10:40 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

T-Mobile MDA Mail now available

One of my Friends IM'd me tonight who was really excited that the T-Mobile MDA Mail now appeared on their site for purchase! It's the same device as the HTC S620 Excalibur device but doesn't seem to contain WiFi which is very strange considering T-Mobile Read More...
Posted Friday, March 09, 2007 11:20 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Windows Mobile IT Pro exam is now live!

I blogged recently about the Windows Mobile Developer Exam but we now also have gone LIVE with the Windows Mobile Designing, Implementing and Managing exam. (70-500)- Microsoft® Windows® Mobile Designing, Implementing, and Managing Preparation Guide can Read More...
Posted Friday, March 09, 2007 3:26 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Windows Mobile 6 flash demo now available for download

If you want to demonstrate the key features of Windows Mobile 6 this Flash Demo could be a real help! THe demo is a download from Microsoft.com and runs on your PC allowing you to showcase the key new capabilities in Windows Mobile 6! Download it from Read More...
Posted Friday, March 09, 2007 2:42 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

O2 Launch the XDA Graphite

O2 Today launched the XDA Graphite Smartphone! This device has been rumoured on the 'net for quite some time now but it's great to see an Excellent CandyBar Smartphone being released with the huge number of QWERTY devices that seem to be swamping the Read More...
Posted Friday, March 09, 2007 12:57 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Traveling With Windows Mobile 6 and Live Search GPS

One of my colleagues recently wrote a great blog post about how he used Live Search and a GPS recently on his travels. If you haven't tried Live Search it's definately worth a go! It's a superb application for demo'ing the power of Windows Mobile.. ... Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 08, 2007 7:36 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

25 Common Email Security Mistakes

Someone recently pointed me to this article which describes the 25 Common Email Security mistakes people make.... It's an interesting read and one section really did make me smile! About making people aware that when they receive email from unknown sources... Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 07, 2007 7:31 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Bluetooth Stereo Headphones

My never ending quest for the perfect set of Bluetooth Stereo Headphones has taken a brief stop at WiRevo's HSH 200L product. I picked them up at Frys Electronics in the US and have been using them the past few weeks... they are superb! Why - well they Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 06, 2007 7:16 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Want to view others calendars and diaries from your Windows Mobile device?

I often have customers ask whether it is possible to view colleagues diaries from their Windows Mobile device. Right now - this isn't possible from your Windows Mobile device however Handstep have built a solution called Team Calendar which will do exactly Read More...
Posted Monday, March 05, 2007 9:05 AM by jasonlan | 7 Comments

CoolSmartphone.com reviews Slingbox and Slingplayer

One of my best investments and coolest consumer products I've bought in a long while is the Slingbox! I've raved about it regularly on my blog (despite it being consumer). I first bought it to watch the World Cup when I was in the US....now I use it all Read More...
Posted Monday, March 05, 2007 7:45 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Windows Mobile 6 Review Roundup

Engadget have published a summary of the Reviews of Windows Mobile 6. You can check it out HERE Read More...
Posted Saturday, March 03, 2007 9:20 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

SoloPalmari produce a 30 device comparison!

The folks over at SoloPalmari have produced a massive comparison of over 30 Windows Mobile devices comparing specifications and performance in some detail! The site is in Italian however you can read the translated version via Babelfish HERE Read More...
Posted Friday, March 02, 2007 8:33 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Windows Mobile 6 SDK now available for download

The Windows Mobile 6 SDK is now available for download! You can download it from HERE Read More...
Posted Friday, March 02, 2007 7:59 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Windows Mobile developer exam is Live!

Late last year I published details of the Beta Exam but it's now LIVE!!! (70-540)- Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 - Application Development Certifies that a candidate is an expert in developing smart client applications for the Microsoft Windows Mobile Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 01, 2007 3:55 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

New Developer Content produced in February

Our Developer team has been REALLY busy in February producing a lot of new content! The summary is outlined below: Architectures of the Today Screen Plug-in and the Home Screen Plug-in http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb278109.aspx What's New Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 01, 2007 11:20 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Bluetooth Remote Control for WIndows Mobile

Jérôme LABAN has built an application for Windows Mobile which you can use to remotely control via bluetooth applications like Winamp, the Windows Mixer, the Windows Media Player, PowerPoint, Media Player Classic, PowerDVD, with more coming... such as Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 01, 2007 9:24 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments
 
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