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July 2007 - Posts

Think You Might Be Addicted to Email? You're Not Alone

AOL last week published an article on a survey they recently concluded looking at how Americans are using Portable Devices to check email from virtually anywhere.... in the Bathroom, While Driving and Even in Church! From the somewhat scary results it Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 31, 2007 3:42 AM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 now available

Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 is available for download now and introduces several new features for mobile developers. New Features for Mobile Developers Unit testing is now available to mobile developers Developers have told us that testing mobile applications Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 31, 2007 3:13 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Samsung release Windows Mobile 6 upgrade for i600

Samsung have delighted their Netherlands and Russian customers by releasing the i600 upgrade to Windows Mobile 6! You can download the upgrade from HERE Read More...
Posted Monday, July 30, 2007 7:09 PM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

HP IPAQ 514 'Business' Review

Like the HTC Panda/XDA Argon, the HP Ipaq 514 is getting some tough press due to it's unimaginative specification and it's bland nature. The reality is that both devices aren't targeting the early adopter/techies but more the majority of business users Read More...
Posted Monday, July 30, 2007 7:05 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Sprite Backup version 6 beta 2

Sprite Software just released their Beta 2 of their Backup solution for Windows Mobile devices. What’s new in Version 6? Support for backup to FTP servers for additional off-device data protection Support for WM 6 storage card encryption – recover after Read More...
Posted Monday, July 30, 2007 7:00 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Orange France provide the HTC Touch as P3450

Ludovic posted a comment on my blog after the T-Mobile article I published highlighting that T-Mobile Germany had launched the HTC Touch. It seems Orange France have also now launched the device as the Orange P4350 You can get more details (translated) Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 26, 2007 5:18 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Windows Mobile Owners circle - sign up now

If you haven't already signed up to the Windows Mobile Owners Circle then you should definitely take a look today! It's free to join and you get immediate access to an extensive (and ever-growing, ever-changing) selection of benefits including free ringtones, Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 26, 2007 4:26 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

T-Mobile Germany make the HTC Touch available

T-Mobile Germany have just made the HTC Touch Available on their website to purchase! This device is proving very popular due to its minute size and touch screen interface. T-Mobile (like HTC) are also including a 1GB MicroSD card. You can get more details Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 26, 2007 4:09 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Facebook FoneBook

This is what I love about the Blogosphere! I wrote a blog article about how cool it is that people are uploading their profile pictures on Facebook meaning that you can then use them in your Outlook Contacts. Well - literally the same day Ross Dargan Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 24, 2007 11:25 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

:-) 15th bday txtN

Today is the 15th Birthday of the Short Message Service Centre (SMSC) the principle component behind the application of SMS Texting. The first SMS Centre was conceived in 1992 and could cope with 10 messages per second, the latest solutions can cope with Read More...
Posted Monday, July 23, 2007 6:03 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

BlackBerrys and PDAs bad for work/life balance?

On Silicon.com in the past week there was an interesting article about the impact of Blackberry and PDA devices on Work/Life Balance. All of silicon.com's 12-strong CIO Jury IT user panel agreed BlackBerrys and smart phones have improved their productivity Read More...
Posted Monday, July 23, 2007 8:20 AM by jasonlan | 11 Comments

Tech-Ed IT Forum Super Early Bird Discount

Tech-Ed IT Forum EMEA takes place this year in November and the Tech-Ed team have just published details of a Super Early Bird discount if you register for the event before 31st July! Save €300 and qualify for exclusive value adds by registering before Read More...
Posted Monday, July 23, 2007 6:48 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Sprint Mogul - special pricing

The Sprint Mogul - is a slim QWERTY slider with a 416Mhz processor, 256Mb ROM/64MB RAM, CDMA EVDO (upgradeable to Rev A), and comes with Windows Mobile 6, .NET Compact Framework 2.0 and SQL Server Compact Edition preloaded in ROM. Our Microsoft Sprint Read More...
Posted Saturday, July 21, 2007 1:44 PM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

Pocket Controller Professional review

SOTI Pocket Controller Professional is a great tool for controlling Pocket PC and Smartphone devices as well as using it to present/demonstrate mobile devices. I tend to use it a lot for the latter reason mainly due to it's great skin support so it shows Read More...
Posted Friday, July 20, 2007 3:56 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

A del.icio.us plugin for Windows Mobile

If you use Del.icio.us then this plugin could be useful as it allows you to post directly to Del.icio.us from Internet Explorer Mobile. You can read more HERE Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 18, 2007 2:14 PM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

Vodafone UK to range Samsung i620

I really want one of these devices as I loved the i600 and having had a chance to play with one of these a couple of weeks ago I want one even more.... The Samsung i620 is a tiny Windows Mobile 6 device with a very neat QWERTY keyboard that slides out Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 17, 2007 12:07 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

i-mate Momento Picture frame

Over the weekend I was playing with one of the i-mate Momento picture frames. I-mate is known primarily for their Windows Mobile devices but this picture frame is a very cool piece of consumer electronics. The picture frame does not use Windows Mobile Read More...
Posted Monday, July 16, 2007 11:10 PM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

UK Microsoft Messaging and Mobility User group August Meeting

The UK Microsoft Messaging and Mobility User Group Meeting for August is taking place at Microsoft's new London offices in Victoria! On the Agenda is Richard Jones talking about Line of Business applications on Windows Mobile as well as a session about Read More...
Posted Sunday, July 15, 2007 7:30 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Windows Mobile demos from World Wide Partner Conference

Last week was our World Wide Partner Conference in Denver. Steve blogged a whole set of links to the demos that were shown there including the Windows Mobile demos delivered by my colleague Dave Karle (Great Demos - Bad Shirt!) Read More...
Posted Saturday, July 14, 2007 8:21 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Windows Live Mobile Search v2 released

We just released Windows Live Mobile Search v2 at http://wls.live.com v1 provided the ability to find locations and view standard and also aerial map views on your device. It also had the ability to search for addresses, restaurants, cinemas and many Read More...
Posted Saturday, July 14, 2007 6:55 AM by jasonlan | 14 Comments

Technet article on Windows Mobile 6 security

The latest edition of Technet Online has a great article on Windows Mobile 6 Security. You can check it out HERE Read More...
Posted Friday, July 13, 2007 9:31 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Facebook - a good by-product

I've been using Facebook for a while now and I've just noticed an interesting by-product of using Facebook that can benefit Windows Mobile 6 users. That is that it's a really easy way of collecting pictures for your contacts in your phone! I simply save Read More...
Posted Friday, July 13, 2007 9:43 AM by jasonlan | 16 Comments

E-TEN X500+ Review

The E-Ten X500+ device is the first Windows Mobile 6 Professional device to have 640x480 and also have GPS! Check out the review over at Trusted Reviews! Read More...
Posted Friday, July 13, 2007 8:39 AM by jasonlan | 5 Comments

Comm-etiquette?

I've blogged on this topic before but Mark Deakin has just blogged on the subject of communications etiquette . The basis of his blog was a guide that The Finishing Academy and Microsoft have produced to outline business communications in today’s technologically Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 12, 2007 7:38 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Nokia copying HTC???

There have been quite a few iPhone Lookalikes being sold on Ebay and rumoured by various device manufacturers. Engadget is carrying some spy shots of the Nokia N800 Internet Tablet.... Now is just me or does this distinctly look like the HTC Hermes or Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 11, 2007 8:36 PM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

Hands on with the T-Mobile MDA Vario III - HTC Kaiser

Arne over at the unwired has been lucky enough to get hands on with the HTC Kaiser at a T-Mobile Press Event in Munich. The device will be known as the T-Mobile MDA Vario III. Having had a chance to play with one of these I must admit it is a very nice Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 11, 2007 8:09 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Blogging - how to keep it going.....

We just went through our financial year transition (for some strange reason Microsoft financial year end is 30th June). With the end of financial year comes review time and I wanted to include some metrics and information on my blog in my review. I noticed Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 11, 2007 8:05 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

iPhone - will it blend?

These crazy guys check out everything to see if it will blend.... the latest installment - the iPhone! Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 11, 2007 7:57 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

View/Control your mobile device from your PC

There are a number of solutions out there that provide the capability to view/control your mobile device from your PC but this is the first Free one I've seen. My Mobiler allows you to: View your mobile screen on your desktop. Control your mobile by using Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 10, 2007 9:03 AM by jasonlan | 7 Comments

Toshiba G900 beats 35 other devices!

The Toshiba G900 (the first WVGA Windows Mobile device) seems to be getting great reviews. The team over at Solopalmari.com just benchmarked the G900 and the G900 just beat 35 other devices in their benchmark testing! You can check it out in Italian or Read More...
Posted Monday, July 09, 2007 8:03 PM by jasonlan | 6 Comments

UBiQUiO 503G Video Demonstration

The team over at Expansys have just published a video demo of the Ubiquio 503G. The 503G is a pretty well specified device with HSDPA (3.6Mbps), 520MHz Intel processor, 96MB RAM and Windows Mobile 6 professional. I've yet to get my hands on a physical Read More...
Posted Monday, July 09, 2007 11:40 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Oops I'm Late!

Now this is a cool use of GPS in a device! This application uses your GPS location information from your Windows Mobile Device and then notifies the people you are due to meet if you are running late automatically! With the current traffic problems in Read More...
Posted Saturday, July 07, 2007 6:15 AM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

Live Earth

Yesterday was our Microsoft company conference at Wembley Stadium. At the same time the Live Earth concern was being setup. During our actual conference one of the sessions discussed the threat of Climate Change and it was a real eye opener! Tomorrow Read More...
Posted Friday, July 06, 2007 8:41 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

IT chiefs predict boom for mobile VoIP

This article from Computerworld fascinated me as it shows the very keen interest that customers have in adopting Voice Over IP (VoIP). The survey of executives revealed that 27% already used mobile VoIP phones and 70% said they expected their companies Read More...
Posted Friday, July 06, 2007 8:38 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

RIM Blackberry and Windows Mobile TCO Comparitive Document

A few people have emailed me complaining that they can't view our RIM/Windows Mobile TCO document because it was uploaded in Office 2007 format. I've talked with our web team who are changing it to another format but in the interim there are two options. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 04, 2007 10:04 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Attachment(s): TCO_Comparison_Enterprise_Mobile_Solutions_Windows_Mobile_and_RIM.doc

Unboxing the Toshiba Portege G900

The Toshiba Portege G900 device is a unique Windows Mobile 6 device with an 800 x 480 resolution screen on it! I had a chance to play with one of these a few months back but Engadget has posted a great unboxing article on the G900 device.... If you are Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 03, 2007 9:37 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Students to use mobile phones for e-learning

I've blogged a number of times about the use of Mobile Devices for E-Learning and IT week have just published an article sharing the fact that 900 students will now be using T-Mobile MDA Vario's for assessment and learning. The Assessment and Learning Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 03, 2007 9:28 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Gartner says - Keep The iPhone Out Of The Corporate Enterprise

Following the iPhone launch on Friday - Gartner has issued recommendations that Corporate organisations should say 'No' when asked to support the iPhone . Gartner's reasoning for this is due to the following: Lack of support from major mobile device management Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 03, 2007 9:22 PM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

Windows Mobile vs RIM Blackberry Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) New Whitepaper

Back in 2006 we produced a Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Whitepaper focusing on the total cost of ownership of a Mobile Messaging solution using RIM Blackberry or Exchange and Windows Mobile. We have just published a new version of that study which now Read More...
Posted Monday, July 02, 2007 7:20 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Stress Testing Exchange for Mobile Access

I had a colleague ask last week how you can stress test Exchange to validate if it can support the number of users you may be looking to deploy. Exchange will scale to many tens of thousands of users per server however there is always a level of comfort Read More...
Posted Monday, July 02, 2007 4:00 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments
 
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