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Special Discount for Mobile Connections, Fall 2007, Las Vegas

Mobile Connections takes place this year November 5th to the 8th in Las Vegas. If you want to attend you can use a special discount code that Loke has organised which gets you $100 discount. As well as the event itself attendees this year will be able Read More...
Posted Sunday, September 30, 2007 9:56 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Office Mobile Update

Yesterday I blogged about an Office Mobile upgrade and then had to remove the posting. This was because in the final preparation our Product team posted an internal site that was not intended for public consumption and it was then immediately removed. Read More...
Posted Friday, September 28, 2007 8:24 PM by jasonlan | 5 Comments

Jeyo Mobile Companion 2.0 released

Last week I was trying to use the previous version of Jeyo Mobile but unfortunately it wouldn't work with Vista :( I was really pleased to see they have just released version 2 which (as well as Vista Support) continues to provide enhanced functionality Read More...
Posted Friday, September 28, 2007 8:22 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Wi-Fi Friday - free access in all Starbucks thanks to T-Mobile

Today T-Mobile are offering free Wi-Fi Internet Access at all Starbucks in the UK. There are over 500 Starbucks in the UK so there should be one near you! You can get more details HERE Read More...
Posted Friday, September 28, 2007 6:18 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Stephen fry talks Windows Mobile

Stephen Fry is an English comedian, writer, actor, novelist, film maker and television personality with TV Shows like QI. He was fantastic as Lord Melchett in Blackadder II! He wrote a recent Blog article talking about all things mobile which was quite Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 27, 2007 11:18 PM by jasonlan | 5 Comments

Windows Mobile Briefing in Greece

Our EMEA team is hosting another Windows Mobile Briefing - this time in Greece on the 4th October! There are 3 tracks for developers, partners and customers and the event is FREE to attend. You can get more details and even register for the event HER Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 27, 2007 6:13 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Tech-Ed IT Forum - register before Friday and save 300 euros!

If you are planning to attend Tech-Ed IT Forum in Barcelona this year on 12-16 November then you have till Friday to register and save 300 Euros as the Early Bird deadline is this Friday 28 September 2007 . Don't miss out - secure your ticket today! Join Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 26, 2007 11:52 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Trusted reviews review the Palm Treo 500v

Trusted reviews have just published a review of the Treo 500v which they give a rave review of 9/10 Overall! You can check it out HERE Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 26, 2007 11:28 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Halo 3 is here

It's been a long time coming but today is the official launch day of Halo 3! I love the image above which is the IMAX theatre in London! Everyone is going Halo 3 crazy! Eileen spotted that even Tafiti has a Halo 3 Theme today! Good to see Major Nelson Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 26, 2007 6:26 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Changing the device Name on Windows Mobile 6 devices

I had a customer yesterday ask how they could change the device names of Windows Mobile 6 devices to align with their PC/Laptop naming conventions. On a Windows Mobile 6 Professional device you can change the device name in Start..Settings..About and Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 25, 2007 7:49 AM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Want to make Windows Mobile even better?

From the contact form on my blog I get a lot of email from customers and partners wanting to help improve Windows Mobile. Some of the suggestions have been excellent and I have always channeled them directly to our Product Planning team. On the Windows Read More...
Posted Monday, September 24, 2007 11:21 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

I Love My Phone - Facebook application

Mel Sampat has been busy creating another application for Facebook. The 'I Love my Phone' application allows you to pick your Mobile Phone and show it on your Profile in Facebook! You can add the application using the link HERE Read More...
Posted Friday, September 21, 2007 10:35 AM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

Am I stalking Steve Jobs?

Hilariously I've had a few customers and colleagues send the picture below to me asking me if I am stalking Steve Jobs? Honestly I'm not stalking him :) Read More...
Posted Friday, September 21, 2007 10:00 AM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

ZDNET HTC TyTN II Review

ZDNet have reviewed the HTC TyTN II device. This device seems to be getting rave reviews all across the Internet and is rapidly becoming a great option for customers looking for messaging or line of business devices. You can read the review HERE Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 20, 2007 7:50 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

IBM Announce support for Windows Mobile in Domino

Yesterday IBM announced IBM Lotus Notes Traveler, a new feature of Domino 8.0.1 to support push mail to Windows Mobile devices at no additional cost. This announcement was in addition to the existing partnerships with RIM, Nokia, Motorola's Good Technology, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 19, 2007 10:09 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

One week with the Palm Treo 500v

I've been using the Palm Treo 500v for a week now. This device is the first Vodafone device using the User Interface that we have jointly developed with them. I had a Palm Treo 500v as an Engineering sample but I always hate to give opinions on those Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 19, 2007 4:19 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Mobile Phones in Schools

I was forwarded an interesting link to a Video that discusses how young people today are using Mobile Phones in schools. Are Mobile Phones a bad thing there to cause distraction or are they a potential tool for learning? The video covers the differing Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 18, 2007 5:11 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Treonauts unboxing of the Treo 500v

Over at Treonauts Andrew has pulled together a great review and unboxing of the Treo 500v device! He has reviewed the 'Grey' Device but I much prefer the 'White' Treo 500v. Andrew makes some excellent points in that the Treo 500v is not a replacement Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 18, 2007 4:50 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

TheUnwired.net Palm Treo 500v Photoview

Over at unwired.net Arne has got some great photos of the Palm Treo 500v including some side by side comparisons with the S620 and Motorola Q9h. Check out the pictures HERE Read More...
Posted Sunday, September 16, 2007 11:54 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

DataViz release new Version of Documents to Go with Support for Office 2007 File Formats

DataViz have just released Documents To Go Premium Edition 3.0010 for Windows Mobile 5 Smartphone and 6 Standard Devices. This release means you can now open, view, edit, and create Word, Excel and PowerPoint 2007 files and attachments on those devices Read More...
Posted Saturday, September 15, 2007 10:31 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Pink QTEK 8500 only £99.95 on expansys!

Honest - I wasn't looking for me.... but if you want a QTEK 8500 you can now get the Pink QTEK 8500 Smartphone for under 100 Pounds! It may be running Windows Mobile 5.0 not 6 but it's a great device still! You can buy them on Expansys! Read More...
Posted Friday, September 14, 2007 4:46 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Mobile Messaging resources on Microsoft.com

I spotted a great summary of some of the webcasts and feature demos of the Exchange: White Paper: Mobile Messaging with Exchange ActiveSync Feature Demo: Mobile Productivity with Exchange ActiveSync in Exchange Server 2007 TechNet Webcast: Move Beyond Read More...
Posted Friday, September 14, 2007 10:00 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Palm Treo 500v

Yesterday was the launch of the Palm Treo 500v device! This device has been rumoured on the 'net for quite some time now and I've been lucky enough to use one for about the last 2 months! Before you get too excited - the picture above is of the Ice Sculpture Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 13, 2007 1:48 PM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

Outsync - sync your facebook contacts to Outlook

My colleague Mel Sampat has created a great application called OutSync. OutSync is a free Windows application that syncs photos of your Facebook friends with matching contacts in Microsoft Outlook. It will then sync them to your Windows Mobile device Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 13, 2007 9:35 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

The new Palm Smartphone.....

Want to know more about the new Treo Smartphone.... want to win one? Palm have just launched a Teaser site... HERE Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 11, 2007 6:05 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Handstep UK Seminar - 26th September

HandStep, the mobile solutions company that developed TeamCalendar which I blogged on a few months ago, are launching it at an event in London on the 26 th September where I too will be speaking. TeamCalendar allows you to: Access colleagues' calendars Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 11, 2007 2:08 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Windows Mobile Data Synchronization with SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server Compact 3.1 Book

My colleague Rob Tiffany has been writing a book on Windows Mobile Data Synchronization. The book talks about the options for synchronizing data to Windows Mobile devices from SQL Server, it also provides a number of scenarios that illustrate how mobile Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 11, 2007 7:36 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Blackberry outage (again!)

After the earlier outage this year ... the Blackberry Internet Service went down on Friday according to Yahoo News! There were no specifics on how many people were affected but e-mail backlogs were still clearing Friday night. You can read more about Read More...
Posted Monday, September 10, 2007 5:17 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Pantech C810 DUO SMartphone

When I was last with some of our OEM team I got a chance to try this device.... it's really nice!!! It's primarily a competitor to the HTC 'Vox' device as it has both a slide out QWERTY keyboard as well as a 12 key phone keypad. The engineering of it Read More...
Posted Monday, September 10, 2007 4:58 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Vodafone v1615 - HTC TyTN II appears

Vodafone have just added the HTC TyTN II to it's Coming Soon section of it's Business Shop. It's great to see the device being added to the Vodafone Windows Mobile Device portfolio as I believe it's going to be very popular! Read More...
Posted Saturday, September 08, 2007 4:27 AM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Mobile Operators - Innovators or inhibitors

Time for a question I think.... We've been interviewing within our UK team for people to look after our relationships with Mobile Operators. We call this role Mobile Solutions Managers. Looking at the history of Mobile Technology and the role of the Mobile Read More...
Posted Friday, September 07, 2007 6:11 PM by jasonlan | 6 Comments

Halo 3 Ringtone, themes and wallpapers

Later this year Halo 3 will be released.... you will find me in front of my XBOX 360 until it is completed.... :) To prepare yourself for this momentous occasion you can download a Halo Ringtone and Themes for your Windows Mobile device. You just have Read More...
Posted Friday, September 07, 2007 5:58 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

HTC TyTN II Review

Following on from Tracy and Matt's unboxing of the HTC TyTN II (Kaiser) they have produced an in-depth review of the device.... Check it out HERE Read More...
Posted Friday, September 07, 2007 5:34 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

i-Mate ultimate 8150

Some pictures and a review of the I-Mate Ultimate 8150 has emerged onto the web via a site in Arabic. You can check out a lot more pictures HERE and read the review (if you speak Arabic) Read More...
Posted Friday, September 07, 2007 5:19 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

September and October Microsoft Messaging and Mobility User Group Meetings

The September Microsoft Messaging and Mobility User Group - MMMUG meeting will be held in London at the new MS offices near Victoria. This month my colleague Ben Appleby from MCS is back, he helped lead a great session in July. The topics this time will Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 06, 2007 7:43 AM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Mobile Web Design

Over the past few weeks I've been approached by a number of customers looking to build Mobile web sites for customers to access their services. This has ranged from Airlines to Retailers. If you are looking to provide customer services this obviously Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 05, 2007 8:14 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Was I wrong?

I've been at Microsoft 9 years nearly and what continually surprises me is how rapidly technology changes.... When I joined we were in the throws of creating Windows 2000 and Windows 98! Before Microsoft I was actually involved in the Windows NT 3.1 Advanced Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 05, 2007 8:01 PM by jasonlan | 16 Comments

TyTN II Retail unboxing

Over on Tracy and Matt's blog they have pulled together a video showing the retail version of the TyTN II being unboxed..... You can view the video below or wander over to their blog Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 05, 2007 7:45 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Windows Mobile Russia Briefing - 27th September in St Petersburg

On the 27th September we have a Windows Mobile briefing in Russia in St Petersburg. There is no cost to attend and there are three sessions being run for developers, partners and customers. If you want to attend you need to register using the appropriate Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 04, 2007 6:52 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Free chapters of upcoming Windows Mobile data Synchronization book

Rob Tiffany (he of big rack of SQL Server fame) is writing a book about Windows Mobile Data Synchronization. He is also releasing the chapters for you to download from his blog. I'm always disappointed by how few customers actually know about SQL Compact Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 04, 2007 4:52 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments

Exchange and Unified Communications 'Unplugged' 2007 tour dates revealed!

I recently blogged our first 'gig' but we have now released all the dates for our Exchange and Unified Communications 'Unplugged' 2007 Tour! The tour is in association with a number of our Exchange partners in the UK and all of the session will include Read More...
Posted Monday, September 03, 2007 7:58 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

HTC Advantage as a GPS device

Over on PocketGPSWorld they've been reviewing the HTC Advantage (X7500, X7501) and it's suitability as a GPS Satellite Navigation device. The device would seem perfect with it 5 inch screen and 8GB drive for storing maps of the world. I won't ruin the Read More...
Posted Monday, September 03, 2007 11:13 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Ted Baker and HTC to make Windows Mobile devices

Following the trend of designer influenced mobile phones, Ted Baker is going to be bringing devices from Samsung and HTC into Carphone Warehouse this Christmas. The Ted Baker 'Tyrian' will be an HTC device with TouchFlo, Wifi and Windows Mobile 6! You Read More...
Posted Monday, September 03, 2007 11:12 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments
 
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