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June 2008 - Posts

HTC Touch Diamond Extended Battery

Modaco just spotted that Expansys have listed an extended battery for the HTC Touch Diamond.  The new Cover and Battery come in a single pack for £41. Read More...
Posted Friday, June 27, 2008 8:42 PM by jasonlan | 6 Comments
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Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine 8th Annual Software Awards

Smartphone and Pocket PC Magazine have just announced the preliminary nominees for the 2008 Best Software Awards.  If you have other applications and software you think should be included they will accept suggestions from now until July 16. Nominations Read More...
Posted Friday, June 27, 2008 1:39 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

30 days of .NET Mobile Applications

Chris Craft is helping new Windows Mobile developers by publishing a new Windows Mobile application every single day! It's day 25 of 30 and he's already published some great applications such as Weather, SMS Logger, Speedometer and even a flashlight. Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 26, 2008 7:01 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Mobile Device Manager Integration Guides

Our teams are producing some fantastic documentation for Mobile Device Manager and have just added 4 Integration guides giving guidance on how to integrate Mobile Device Manager with Firewalls, Sharepoint, Exchange and Office Communication Server (OCS).  Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 26, 2008 1:19 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Nokia buys Symbian

I've been reflecting on Nokia's move to buy out Symbian earlier this week.  If you missed the news Nokia plans to purchase the remaining 52 percent of Britain's Symbian Ltd. for $410 million and to establish the Symbian Foundation. The Symbian Foundation Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 26, 2008 10:18 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Vodafone release Windows Mobile 6.1 upgrade for V1615 (TyTn 2)

If you have a Vodafone V1615 device then they have just released the upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.1 on their Help/Support site! You can download the upgrade from HERE Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:28 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments
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iPhone Browser vs Opera 9.5

WMpoweruser.com have produced a great video which compares the Opera 9.5 Browser and the Iphone Safari Browser.  Opera 9.5 is available on devices such as the HTC Touch Diamond along with many future devices such as the HTC Advantage II and the Samsung Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:02 AM by jasonlan | 4 Comments
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Windows Mobile OZ Blog

Don down in Australia has just setup the Australian Windows Mobile Blog (or OZ BLOG) It's light on content right now but I'd keep up to date with it as these guys are very passionate about Windows Mobile and obviously spend way too much time in the Sun Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 24, 2008 9:39 AM by jasonlan | 3 Comments
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Vodafone announce the HTC Touch Diamond

The HTC Touch Diamond continues to gather momentum now with Vodafone listing the device on the Business Shop . Interesting swipe at the iPhone in the Summary of the device... "The Diamond surpasses the iPhone in all aspects, the key differentiator Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 24, 2008 6:04 AM by jasonlan | 5 Comments
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Windows Mobile Developer WebCasts now Available on Demand

Prior to and during Tech-Ed US 2008 a series of 5 webcasts was recorded to help developers start to develop for Windows Mobile. The series is now available on-demand so if you missed them first time round - now you have no excuse :) · Developing Read More...
Posted Monday, June 23, 2008 3:00 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Tech-ED EMEA - Windows Mobile Track - Give me your ideas!

This year I've got the great honour of running the Tech-Ed EMEA Windows Mobile Track!  This is the first time Windows Mobile has had it's own track at Tech-Ed so I want to make sure it is the best track at the whole conference! To do that I need Read More...
Posted Friday, June 20, 2008 9:18 AM by jasonlan | 10 Comments
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.NET the preferred choice for wireless applications

Infoworld has just published article highlighting the recent results of a developer survey run by Evans Data where they looked at which platforms were being targetted for development. The great news was that the .NET Compact Framework came up #1 with Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 19, 2008 10:13 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Tiny Twitter - have you tried it?

I've been playing around for the past week with Tiny Twitter and I really do like it.   It's a Twitter client that allows you to keep up to date with your friends you are following as well as tweet directly from your device.   I used Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 19, 2008 8:07 PM by jasonlan | 8 Comments

Yahoo GO 3.0 Beta now available for more devices

A good catch by Paul over at Modaco who has spotted that the Yahoo Go 3.0 beta has now been extended to support Windows Mobile Professional (Pocket PC) devices.  I blogged previously about the release of Yahoo Go 3.0 which has great support for Ebay Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 18, 2008 2:09 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Tech-Ed EMEA Super Early Bird Registration now Open

Tech-Ed EMEA has just opened it's super early bird registration! The conference will return to Barcelona this year on the 3rd to 7th November.  There is going to be a big track of Windows Mobile sessions this year (as I'm organising it) so if you Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 18, 2008 6:01 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments
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Samsung i200 now available on Orange Website

I've been using this device for a few weeks now and I really like it!  It's the candy bar 12 key Samsung i200.  It comes equipped with Windows Mobile 6.1 and 3G+ all contained with a tiny 11.8mm thick device! Orange Business now have this device Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 17, 2008 6:43 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments
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Samsung i900 Video Review

  PPCSG have released a great video review of the Samsung Omnia SGH-i900.  You can check out the GUI and other features in the review! Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 17, 2008 10:48 AM by jasonlan | 4 Comments
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Retro Gaming - Commodore 64 on your Windows Mobile Device

I remember the days - Load "*",8,1 as well as those wonderfully named chips in each computer.  Remember SID and FAT AGNUS, all those classic games like Wizball, Commando, Leaderboard and Winter Games.  What am I talking about - my Read More...
Posted Monday, June 16, 2008 5:52 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments
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Installing and running Windows Mobile Emulators

Ethan has just updated his article on how to install the Windows Mobile 5, 6 and 6.1 emulators.  There are a number of tips and tricks which could prove very useful.  The blog article can be found HERE Read More...
Posted Monday, June 16, 2008 10:05 AM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

HTC Touch Diamond Cradle

Expansys are taking pre-orders for the HTC Touch Diamond Desktop Cradle . You can charge your device in the cradle as well as plugging the cradle into a home stereo system with a line in or AUX connector via the cradle’s 3.5mm line out connection Read More...
Posted Monday, June 16, 2008 7:36 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments
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Exchange Activesync Reporting for Exchange 2003/2007

I regularly get asked this and I've blogged before on this topic but thought I'd just provide a new article on this topic as we had an internal email debate on this and there were some great resources identified! I get asked by lots of customers how they Read More...
Posted Friday, June 13, 2008 8:55 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments
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Windows Mobile Smackdown @ Tech-Ed

Each year at our internal technical conferences (Dangerous) Dan Arildson and myself have delivered a session called the Windows Mobile Smackdown.  We even recorded a video through Channel 8 of our antics at last one which got published earlier this Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 12, 2008 1:09 PM by jasonlan | 8 Comments

HP Announce the HP Ipaq 900 Business Messenger

I had the chance to play around with one of these last night and it's a really nice device.  The HP Ipaq 900 is a Windows Mobile 6.1 device with tri-band UMTS/HSDPA and quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE.  It has built in GPS and a 3 Mega-Pixel Camera.  Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 11, 2008 11:48 PM by jasonlan | 5 Comments
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Mobile Football Euro 2008 - stay up to date with EURO 2008

  NoShape have created an application to allow you to stay up to date with the games taking place at Euro 2008. It is free and available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese . Of course being English I thought the competition Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 10, 2008 3:51 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Changing your Active Directory Password from a Windows Mobile Device

I've had a number of customers ask how a user can change their Active Directory password.  This is typically for users that don't have a PC and may be using Exchange Activesync for messaging.  There are a couple of ways you can do this (the Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 10, 2008 1:14 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Tech-Ed Blogger Lounge - Come and Say Hi! Wednesday 10th 3 to 4pM

One thing that always is frustrating after you've given a talk at a conference is that there is normally only a short gap before someone else is due to present which makes it difficult to take questions and have discussions. This year the Tech-Ed team Read More...
Posted Monday, June 09, 2008 9:37 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments
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Samsung Omnia SGH i-900 announced

Omnia is the latin plural of the word 'ALL'.  Today Samsung have announced the SGH I-900 Omnia device which really does have 'ALL' the functions you could want! It comes equipped with a 3.2" Haptic Touch Screen, either 8GB or 16GB of storage, Read More...
Posted Monday, June 09, 2008 1:34 PM by jasonlan | 10 Comments

People Moving Business Awards - Nominations being accepted now!

We've just launched the 2008 People Moving Business Awards and we are accepting nominations NOW! The awards are open to all organisations large and small, from both public and private sector and we are looking for organisations that are really making Read More...
Posted Monday, June 09, 2008 5:54 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments
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Tech-Ed US 2008 - I'm Here - are you?

I arrived late last night for Tech-Ed US 2008 and have spent today familiarising myself with the surroundings and getting ready for TechEd! I always love to stay close to the Convention Centre wherever I am so the picture above taken from my hotel room Read More...
Posted Sunday, June 08, 2008 9:30 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments
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Customising the sliding panel Home Screen

Jorge from our Windows Mobile Developer team has written an excellent article on the Windows Mobile Team blog on how to customise the Sliding Panel Home Screen that we shipped as part of Windows Mobile 6.1 If you want more information you can read the Read More...
Posted Friday, June 06, 2008 3:12 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Windows Live Writer Technical Preview now available

Windows Live Writer is FANTASTIC! I use Live Writer to maintain this blog and I've tried a huge number of blogging clients but Live Writer is simply the best I've ever used.  Like Steve I wish there were a Mac client so my friends with Macs could Read More...
Posted Friday, June 06, 2008 12:16 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments
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Andy Lees letter to partners

Yesterday our new Senior Vice President Andy Lees posted an open letter to our Partners.  It was Andy's 100th day in his job and his letter is a great reflection on his experiences so far in his role. Andy is a Brit and ex-Microsoft UK guy so it's Read More...
Posted Friday, June 06, 2008 9:54 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Want to get Second Life on your mobile?

  If you are a Second Life fan then you will be pleased to hear that you can now live out your second life on your mobile device! Vollee have now provided a free, open beta version of Second Life for 40 Wi-Fi-enabled and 3G devices (including the Read More...
Posted Friday, June 06, 2008 5:51 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments
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Zumobi announces updates

Today Zumobi announced updates to their widget platform for Windows Mobile. The new capabilities include: Make-Your-Own Tile Wizard On-Phone Tile Gallery New Content and Advertising Opportunities The coolest feature certainly sounds like the tile wizard, Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 05, 2008 11:59 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Windows Sideshow for Windows Mobile Preview now available

Windows SideShow for Windows Mobile is an application for Windows Mobile 5 and 6 PocketPCs and Smartphones that allows you to use your Windows Mobile device as a Bluetooth SideShow device. This enables you to use your phone as an extra window into your Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 05, 2008 10:56 PM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

Enterprise Mobile release free Windows Mobile tools

One of our partners Enterprise Mobile has released a couple of really useful tools for IT Professionals. Windows Mobile IP Utility The Enterprise Mobile IP Utility for Windows Mobile Devices allows you to troubleshoot IP connections using functions such Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 05, 2008 1:48 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

HTC Announce the Touch Pro

This device broke cover as the HTC 'Raphael' however it's now been officially announced by HTC as the Touch Pro.  The Touch Pro is essentially the HTC Diamond with a Keyboard so it retains the wonderful 2.8" VGA screen, HSDPA,GPS and WiFi but Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 04, 2008 10:13 AM by jasonlan | 4 Comments
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Snap2Face - Facebook photo application for Windows Mobile

Mobigasmic and our own Channel 10 have blogged about this application for Windows Mobile which allows you to access your Friends Facebook Photo Albums as well as upload Photos to your own Facebook profile from your Windows Mobile device. Snap2Face is Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 03, 2008 5:31 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Ilium Software 11 year anniversary and software sale

Ilium Software are celebrating their 11 Year Anniversary this week with a Week Long celebration, a huge software sale and a contest every day!   You can get details of their contests on their blog which is http://blog.iliumsoft.com . All this Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 03, 2008 5:09 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments
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SSD - No longer a compromise

Samsung last week announced they will have 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drives (SSD) in market by September.   As the price point comes down this will mean no longer having to compromise on drive space vs performance when considering a traditional Read More...
Posted Monday, June 02, 2008 1:44 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

The first 10 applications you install on your phone

I was reading my feeds and spotted this in my S60 feeds on All About Symbian and thought it was a cool idea. Basically the question was asked - 'What are the First 10 applications you install on your phone' a number of S60 bloggers have commented on their Read More...
Posted Monday, June 02, 2008 6:54 AM by jasonlan | 14 Comments

HTC Touch DIamond - is this the perfect device for you?

The HTC Touch Diamond is currently getting lots of focus and attention in the Blogosphere.  If you haven't yet had a chance to see this device in the flesh then you will be surprised when you do get to see it. The first thing that struck me was that Read More...
Posted Sunday, June 01, 2008 9:30 AM by jasonlan | 6 Comments
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