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April 2007 - Posts

MEDC 2007 Pre-Conference starts today!

I'm over in Las Vegas at the Mobile and Embedded Developer Conference 2007 ! The pre-conference starts today with the main conference starting tomorrow! I'll be blogging from the conference but there is an MEDC blog HERE too. I've got 3 sessions to deliver Read More...
Posted Monday, April 30, 2007 3:44 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Orange launch Windows Mobile 5.0 AKU 3 for their M3100 Device

Orange have just released the AKU3 download for Windows Mobile 5.0 for their popular Orange M3100 device. One of the great features this update offers is Internet Sharing! Check out my blog post on that You can read more details about the update and download Read More...
Posted Monday, April 30, 2007 3:10 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Gumball 3000 2007

This year the Gumball Rally is again being sponsored by ALK and also HTC. Each driver will be using a T-Mobile MDA Compact for finding their way across Europe and several thousand miles in just 7 days! You can check out how the Photo Gallery as well as Read More...
Posted Sunday, April 29, 2007 6:50 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

At Last SLingplayer Mobile for the UK!

I've been exchanging email with the folks at SlingMedia for a while about why there isn't a Slingplayer Mobile Client available in the UK.... Strangely the US Version works perfectly (as long as you can convince a US Colleague to buy it for you) Well Read More...
Posted Saturday, April 28, 2007 6:18 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Want a way of syncing notes to your windows Mobile device

One of the questions I often get is a method of synchronising the Notes inside Exchange. I personally don't use Notes as I use OneNote Mobile 2007 but it seems many people do. (Plus OneNote Mobile doesn't support sync over the air) Adam contacted me about Read More...
Posted Friday, April 27, 2007 2:21 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Your device doesn't have GPS.. how about GPS in a SIM Card?

BlueSky Positioning have announced a solution for devices that will allow you to add GPS to your device by having the GPS capability on the SIM card. They claim there are no software or hardware changes needed for legacy handsets and the solution even Read More...
Posted Friday, April 27, 2007 9:44 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

MEDC Video - Worst practice of presentations

Ahead of next week's Mobile Developer Conference Loke, Mike, James and Rob Tiffany have been having some fun showcasing the worst practices of presentations... It's hilarious! :) Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 26, 2007 7:26 PM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

Don't Forget - tonight - Want to Know how Microsoft uses Windows Mobile Webcast

If you haven't registered yet for this webcast there is still time to do so! You can get more details on the webcast that shares our how Microsoft internally deploy, manage and support Windows Mobile HERE Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 26, 2007 3:56 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Text Messaging making kids stupid?

Reuters recently reported that Text Messaging on Mobile Phones is having a damaging effect on grammar and punctuation. This was following a review by the State Examination Commission in Ireland. WTHDTM ? CIO If you are having trouble talking to the younger Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 26, 2007 9:44 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Mobile Internet usage - do you browse the web from your device?

I recently found this interesting press release from M:Metrics which outlines Internet Web usage from Mobile devices. What's really interesting is that it highlights some really key differences between Web Browsing usage in the US and UK. In both countries Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 26, 2007 9:30 AM by jasonlan | 5 Comments

Palm Windows Mobile Developer Challenge

Palm have announced a Developer Contest to search for the hottest new Windows Mobile applications that run on their Treo devices. Rules of Participation Develop a hot new software solution OR Port an exciting software solution to the Windows Mobile platform Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 25, 2007 6:53 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Blackberry users get $2.50 refund for outage

In an interesting move - Cingular is offering customers a $2.50 refund for the inconvenience caused by the 11hr outage on the Blackberry service. If I were a customer I'm not sure I'd see that as an insult or an apology? I'm also intrigued that it must Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 24, 2007 4:08 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Microsoft Launches the People Moving Business Awards 2007 –Apply Now!

In an era of change for global working habits, mobile working is a top priority for British industry. Employers are looking for ways to introduce efficiencies to working processes and improve productivity while employees want a healthy work and life balance. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 24, 2007 11:24 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

HTC S710 available at expansys too!

If you aren't an Orange customer you can still get your hands on the HTC Vox device as the S710. This is the first Windows Mobile 6 device available and there are 251 available on Expansys UK site (well there were when I blogged this!) You can order one Read More...
Posted Monday, April 23, 2007 7:16 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Orange SPV E650 now available!

If you are an Orange customer you can now order the first Windows Mobile 6 device from them! The SPV E650! Check out the details HERE Read More...
Posted Monday, April 23, 2007 7:14 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

13 year old Girl crowned US Texting Champion

I saw this story as one of my customers keeps claiming he could beat me on Suretype vs T9 or a Windows Mobile QWERTY.... A 13 year old girl won the National Texting Championship in America a after texting Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious without any Read More...
Posted Monday, April 23, 2007 7:05 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

RIM announce Blackberry Suite for Windows Mobile

In an interesting move Research in Motion (RIM) have announced a new software application suite that enables Windows Mobile users to get the Blackberry experience. The new BlackBerry application will appear as an icon on the screen in the same manner Read More...
Posted Monday, April 23, 2007 8:02 AM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

HTC to Provide FREE Upgrade to Windows Mobile 6

HTC have released their plans to provide FREE upgrades to Windows Mobile 6 for their messaging focussed devices. This includes the the HTC Advantage, the HTC TyTN, the HTC S620 and the HTC P4350 as well as the HTC P3300. The updates will be released starting Read More...
Posted Sunday, April 22, 2007 6:17 AM by jasonlan | 7 Comments

CNetX release free zip extraction utility

Those kind people at CNetX have released a utility to allow you to UnZip files on your Pocket PC (Professional) device for FREE :) You can download it from HERE Read More...
Posted Sunday, April 22, 2007 6:11 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

So why did the Blackberry Service go down?

RIM has finally released their official statement on why the entire North American Blackberry Network went down. The outage was triggered by "the introduction of a new, non-critical system routine" designed to optimize the cache, or temporary memory, Read More...
Posted Friday, April 20, 2007 7:56 PM by jasonlan | 9 Comments

Windows Mobile helps Drive assist reduce their Carbon Footprint

With all the focus on the environment currently - it's great to see an article on how DriveAssist is using Windows Mobile technology to reduce their emissions and paper waste. The solution was built by one of our Partners TBS and I just love the debate Read More...
Posted Friday, April 20, 2007 7:37 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Windows Mobile 6 Standard - can't create new documents?

I've had a few customers recently getting their HTC S710 devices (the HTC Vox) and they are very confused that they cannot create new documents on the device but they can open and edit existing documents or attachments. On a Windows Mobile 6 Professional Read More...
Posted Friday, April 20, 2007 7:29 PM by jasonlan | 8 Comments

See how people are doing at the London Marathon with SportsDo

This Sunday is the London Marathon... . I'm not running it myself but many people will be raising money for charity! SportsDo are tracking a number of runners along the 26 mile route! You can check out their progress on Sunday here Read More...
Posted Friday, April 20, 2007 7:23 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Blackberry Humour

My final post on this... A quick bit of humour to cheer up those Blackberry users in the US impacted by today's outage... NOC NOC Who's there? ...... Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 18, 2007 8:51 PM by jasonlan | 6 Comments

More Information on Blackberry outage...

Following my earlier blog post this morning - Business and trade press including Bloomberg, WNBC and PC Advisor have reported all day on the disruption caused to millions of BlackBerry users when a system failure disabled push email for eleven hours last Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 18, 2007 7:27 PM by jasonlan | 10 Comments

Blackberry network down

There are reports emerging that the Blackberry Network has suffered a massive system failure and has been down since 8pm US time affecting all Blackberry Users in the western hemisphere. RIM has said its infrastructure failed around 8 p.m. Tuesday and Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 18, 2007 7:57 AM by jasonlan | 5 Comments

BT launch BT Office Anywhere on Windows Mobile - VOIP and Email combined

Yesterday BT in the UK launched BT Office Anywhere. This offering provides Unlimited Hour Long calls to UK landlines using Mobile VOIP and a data plan for utilising Microsoft Direct Push Email. The solution uses the HTC S620 Windows Mobile device with: Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 17, 2007 7:09 AM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Gartner Wireless Conference in London next week 17/18 april

If you are attending the Gartner Wireless conference in London next week make sure you stop by and say Hello! We (Microsoft) are sponsoring the conference and we'll be there for the whole event. The event details are here : Read More...
Posted Saturday, April 14, 2007 6:51 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Friday Thoughts - iPhone - creating smartphones is hard!

Through the week I've been thinking about the iPhone. I was in the Windows Mobile team when we launched the first Windows Mobile Smartphone many years ago... When I look at the iPhone I'm really intrigued - what they are doing is interesting from a design Read More...
Posted Friday, April 13, 2007 4:40 PM by jasonlan | 10 Comments

Career Education case study

We recently published this case study which I though was interesting as it's another take on education use of Windows Mobile, it also supports one of my personal views on the reason people investigate Windows Mobile compared to other solutions. Career Read More...
Posted Friday, April 13, 2007 1:10 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

What are the best Windows Mobile applications? What would you demo?

On Monday we've got a press day around Windows Mobile. I'm due to give a presentation on both Windows Mobile 6 as well as an application showcase. I want to show case the coolest/greatest Windows Mobile applications that exist! So far I've got a short(long)list Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 12, 2007 7:54 PM by jasonlan | 19 Comments

Palm Finally get a Blog!

I've been talking with the Palm team for sometime telling them they should have a Blog! They were also highlighted by Scoble in Naked Conversations as someone very absent from the Blogosphere... Well last night I finally got an email stating their blog Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 12, 2007 7:41 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Visually Impaired use of Windows Mobile

Last week I spent some time talking with one of my colleagues who has just joined Microsoft. He is blind and I was really interested to know how he used his Windows Mobile device. The secret to his success of using his device seemed to be a solution from Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 12, 2007 7:20 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Orange announce the SPV E650 - Windows Mobile 6 device!

Orange today announced the SPV E650 Windows Mobile device which is the first Windows Mobile 6 device in Market! The E650 is the HTC Vox Smartphone device. I've been using one of these for the past few months and it's a great device which produces a 'Wow' Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 11, 2007 10:24 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Windows Mobile 6 Product Reference Guide Now Available!

We've been releasing a number of documents and whitepapers that cover the enhancements in Windows Mobile 6. The Windows Mobile 6 Product Reference Guide however is the one place where all the enhancements are documented in detail. The document is big Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 11, 2007 6:24 PM by jasonlan | 5 Comments

Death by Powerpoint/PPT/PPTX

Over the past few weeks I've been attending a number of presentations and events. I often joke that Powerpoint is Microsoft's most demonstrated product and often it is used too much. We are fortunate in Microsoft to have some great speaker coaches to Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 10, 2007 8:16 AM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

[OFFTOPIC] XBOX 360 gets messenger and chatpad!

As it was the Bank Holiday in the UK we had a long weekend (Friday and Monday off). I did spend a bit of time playing XBOX 360 and probably played too much Guitar Hero! (Sad I know) This weekend saw a couple of key announcements in the Xbox camp , firstly Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 10, 2007 7:41 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

SPB Kiosk v4.0

From a line of business perspective one of the common requests from customers is to be able to lock down the device so that only one or a small number of applications can be used on the device itself. SPB Kiosk is a solution to enable that and they lock Read More...
Posted Saturday, April 07, 2007 8:40 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Want to attend our #1 conference for Mobile and save $500 - Tell 'em derek sent you!

The Mobile and Embedded Developer Conference (MEDC) is the premiere developer, IT Pro, and business decision maker conference for Windows Mobile and Embedded Technologies kicking off on April 30 in Las Vegas. If you want to attend we've come up with a Read More...
Posted Friday, April 06, 2007 7:27 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

O2 Ireland launch the XDA Orbit

I was over in Dublin last week and there was certainly a lot of interest in Windows Mobile. It's great to see O2 have launched the XDA Orbit in Ireland! That device has been flying off the shelves in O2 stores across England since it's launch and there Read More...
Posted Friday, April 06, 2007 7:22 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

HTC Census - counting Americans

Pocket PC thoughts carried an article about the HTC Census device which unsuprisingly will be used as part of the US Census which will take place in 2010. The device will be used for this Census by the 500,000 census staff. Now what astounds me is that Read More...
Posted Friday, April 06, 2007 7:19 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

HTC release a ROM update to the P3600 (which enables GPS)

HTC have released an update for their P3600 device which enables the GPS on the device.... quite why you would ship a piece of hardware with GPS without software support is beyond my comprehension but that's irrelevant now... The update can be downloaded Read More...
Posted Friday, April 06, 2007 7:13 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

ZDnet publish review on Glofish X500

Although only running Windows Mobile 5.0 the X500 is a really thin Pocket PC Phone Edition device that also has integrated Wifi and GPS for Satellite Navigation. ZDNet have just published a review of the Glofish HERE Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 05, 2007 7:52 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

FCC Halt plans to allow in-flight calling

A relief to me and probably many other people that the FCC will not move forward to investigate the use of Mobile Devices in flight. So as a Mobile fanatic - why is this a relief... well the last thing I want when crammed into my economy seat is someone Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 04, 2007 8:43 PM by jasonlan | 9 Comments

April UK Microsoft Messaging and Mobility User Group Meeting

I presented at the March MMMUG Meeting on Mobility and it looks like Nathan has a great session lined up for April focussing on migrating to Exchange and having a guest speaker from Quest to discuss how best to do this... You can sign up for the event Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 03, 2007 8:37 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

TeamCalendar now in Beta!

I blogged last month about this solution for viewing multiple calendars on your Windows Mobile device from a company called Handstep. Well their product is now in Beta - you can get all the details from their site HERE Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 03, 2007 8:00 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

What devices will run Windows Mobile 6?

One of the frequent questions I get from customers is - what devices will run Windows Mobile 6? Well over the weekend I found this great site PDADB.NET which lists devices by capabilities such as GPS, VGA or Wifi. It also lists devices by operating system. Read More...
Posted Monday, April 02, 2007 7:31 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

SPB looking for Beta Testers of their Smartphone products

I got a little newsletter from SPB software who are looking for beta testers of their upcoming port to Smartphone from Pocket PC of their RSS Reader SPB Insight and their game Brain Evolution. You can sign up to receive further details HERE Read More...
Posted Monday, April 02, 2007 7:21 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Nokia N95 vs HTC P3300 Artemis review

Normally when I trackback on other sites reviews they are predominantly Windows Mobile sites. This review is actually from my-symbian.com and talks about the Nokia N95 compared to the HTC P330 device. Both devices have inbuilt Satellite navigation and Read More...
Posted Monday, April 02, 2007 7:19 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Expansys floating on AIM

I was looking over on Steve's Blog and noticed that the guys over at Expansys are about to float on AIM! Like Steve - I've known the guys at Expansys for some time. They do a fantastic job of providing customer service and the coolest devices very fast! Read More...
Posted Monday, April 02, 2007 7:09 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments
 
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