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Want to Waterproof your windows Mobile device?

The only time I’ve ever lost or killed a mobile device was when I dropped a Windows Mobile device overboard from a boat :( Well Golden Shellback have come up with a unique coating for protecting electronic devices from exposure to weather and moisture. Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 31, 2008 2:39 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

T-Mobile AMEO 16GB now available

T-Mobile now have the Ameo 16GB available.  The successor to the Original Ameo this device has the upgraded 16GB flash (as opposed to 8GB HDD) as well as Windows Mobile 6.1 and integrated Co-Pilot satellite navigation! You can get more details HER Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 31, 2008 11:46 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments
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WebKit based Browser now available on Windows Mobile via TorchMobile

A day doesn’t seem to go by without a new browser showdown or release but Vik pinged me about this development from TorchMobile and their Iris Browser which was really interesting.  The Iris Browser is based on the Webkit rendering engine which if Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 31, 2008 5:29 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments
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HTC Touch Diamond now available on Vodafone UK

I previously blogged about the announcement of this device on Vodafone but it’s now available to order! You can get it from HERE Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 30, 2008 8:43 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments
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Windows Mobile MVP Spotlight – Maarten Struys

Constanze has started interviewing some of the Windows Mobile MVP’s and publishing them.  First up is Maarten Struys from the Netherlands! Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 30, 2008 8:20 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments
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NFL Games to be streamed live on the internet

Completely offtopic but I just read this on JKOntheRun and got very excited!  NFL.COM will be streaming 1 live NFL game every Sunday as Sunday Night Football Extra. I won’t get my hopes up too much just yet as the announcement doesn’t confirm whether Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 30, 2008 7:55 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Sony Reader now available for pre-order in the UK

With my daughter just a few days old I’ve slipped into the scary world of late night online purchases like I did with my son. Sleep depravation and the ease of online access do nothing for your bank balance when you are continually confronted with gadgets Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 30, 2008 6:36 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments
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RIP Mobile Middleware?

I was reading an interesting post by MobileToday about Nokia’s move to remove the Blackberry Connect Client from their latest E Series of Devices.    Nokia plan NOT to ship the Blackberry client on their E71 and E66 devices but utilise Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 29, 2008 11:28 AM by jasonlan | 11 Comments
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The Next Version of Windows - 'Mojave'

What do people think about Vista when they don't know it's Vista?  Well 120 people in San Francisco were shown the next version of Windows codenamed Mojave when it was actually Windows Vista! Some fascinating results from this! You can check them Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 29, 2008 10:00 AM by jasonlan | 4 Comments

Samsung Omnia i900 review

Arne over at the Unwired has written an excellent review of the Samsung i900.  I’ve personally been using this device myself for the past few weeks and I really like it!  Most people think I’m using an iPhone but are impressed when I give them Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 29, 2008 5:57 AM by jasonlan | 4 Comments
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Touch Diamond Extended Battery

Over on Tracy and Matt’s blog they’ve got a great overview of the Touch Diamond Extended Battery that I blogged about a while ago. When I first saw the spec of the diamond I was reading it thinking wow…wow…wow… then…uh-oh when I saw the battery at 900mAh.  Read More...
Posted Monday, July 28, 2008 10:06 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments
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Welcome Grace Elizabeth....

A few folks had commented that I had been a little quiet on my blog/twitter/facebook/friend feed over the past few days so I thought I'd explain :) Very early Friday morning my wife gave birth to our baby daughter Grace Elizabeth Langridge.  With Read More...
Posted Saturday, July 26, 2008 3:23 PM by jasonlan | 13 Comments

MobileMe is far too flawed

  Walt Mossberg doesn’t pull any punches on his review of Apple’s MobileMe service. Ouch :( Check it out HERE Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:35 PM by jasonlan | 5 Comments

Windows Mobile Executive Guide for Technical Decision Makers

Rick was kind enough to point out to me that we’ve just released this great guide for Executive Technical Decision Makers.  It outlines the reasons why Windows Mobile is a great platform for Organisations to deploy. It’s available in PDF format to Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 24, 2008 8:42 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments
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Windows Live for Windows Mobile Download available

If your Windows Mobile device came without Windows Live services you can now download the Windows Live for Windows Mobile client.  It doesn’t include Windows Live Messenger but does give you the ability to synchronise your Live Contacts, Hotmail/MSN/Live Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 23, 2008 5:46 PM by jasonlan | 6 Comments

MSDN Webcast: Unit Testing for Mobile Devices

Constanze Roman and Maarten Struys are delivering a web cast for developers today which covers the subject of Unit Testing within Visual Studio 2008. If you are a developer then this webcast could be very useful.  You can sign up to the webcast HERE Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 23, 2008 11:37 AM by jasonlan | 4 Comments
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Samsung Blackjack 2 - now available in pink and Blue

So I used to think I was 'cool' when I had the 'Red Wine' version of the Blackjack 2.... now I can fully embrace my metro-sexuality with the new colours from Samsung.  The Blackjack 2 is now available in both Blue and Pink . Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 22, 2008 8:43 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments
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Sprint Mogul Windows Mobile 6.1 update released

Following my blog about the Sprint Touch getting 6.1 I thought I would also let everyone know that Sprint also released an upgrade for the Sprint Mogul to Windows Mobile 6.1. You can download it from HERE Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 22, 2008 3:54 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments
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QIK Enters Public Beta

Yesterday Qik entered Public Beta. Qik allows you to record/stream live video from your Windows Mobile device straight to the web. Right now the Motorola Q9c, Motorola Q9h, Samsung SGH-I600 and Samsung Blackjack II is supported. Support is coming soon Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 22, 2008 1:49 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Blackberry PDF Security Issue

ZDNet has details of a recent Blackberry Security Vulnerability that allows an attacker to compromise the PDF attachment viewer service and allow that attacker using a specially crafted email to cause memory corruption or even execute code remotely on Read More...
Posted Saturday, July 19, 2008 7:56 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments
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iPhone 2.0 & Windows Mobile for Push Email

As you are probably aware we have licensed the Exchange Activesync Protocol to Apple which is great news as it extends the family of potential devices for connecting to Exchange!  With the iPhone 2.0 being available for over a week now I’m starting Read More...
Posted Friday, July 18, 2008 4:52 PM by jasonlan | 21 Comments
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AstraSync – Activesync for Blackberry

This is an interesting development that my colleague Jeff forwarded to me… In their own words… AstraSync™ is a new software plug-in for BlackBerry® Smartphones that performs two-way over-the-air synchronization of email, calendar and contact data with Read More...
Posted Friday, July 18, 2008 2:30 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments
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Live Mesh – Now Mobile too!

The Live Mesh team have just opened up the beta to anyone in the US (plus if you change your Windows region to EN-US anyone in the World). Live Mesh is a seriously exciting piece of technology that allows you to connect your devices and information!  Read More...
Posted Friday, July 18, 2008 1:53 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Avanade launches Avanade Mobile Solutions for SAP Access

Our partner Avanade, the global joint venture between Microsoft and Accenture, has launched Avanade Mobile Solutions – for SAP® applications, a solution platform providing offline remote access to select SAP solutions on Windows Mobile devices. The solution Read More...
Posted Friday, July 18, 2008 1:22 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

Opera 9.5 Beta Now available for Download

Opera have just released into Beta their 9.5 browser.  This browser comes pre-installed on the HTC Touch Diamond. I blogged a while back about how it compares to the iPhone Browser so if you want to try out the Beta go HERE to download it. Read More...
Posted Friday, July 18, 2008 8:33 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

BT PayPhones case study

We’ve recently published a great case study for BT Payphones.  BT Payphones, a division within BT Retail, has approximately 400 maintenance engineers who are now equipped with a Windows Mobile device and a solution they developed themselves using Read More...
Posted Friday, July 18, 2008 7:22 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

SportsDo Case Study

We’ve just published a great case study of the SportsDo solution that is a sports tracking system using real-time data on Windows Mobile. The solution combines XML web services and GPS data to allow you to track your performance. You can get more information Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 17, 2008 10:41 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Dasur SlideIT Touchscreen Keyboard

With SlideIt, instead of tapping each letter, just point to the first letter of a word and slide the stylus to the subsequent letters. Space is automatically added at the word’s end when you lift the stylus.  SlideIt claim you can get a typing Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 16, 2008 1:26 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

WMExperts review on HP Ipaq910c

Eric - One of the readers of WMExperts.com took it upon himself to write a great review of the HP IPAQ 910c device.  The folks that I know that have been testing this device are all waxing lyrical about how great the battery life is on the device Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 16, 2008 8:53 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments
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Windows Mobile EMEA Applications portal launched

We’ve just launched a very cool Silverlight based Portal for Windows Mobile applications.  The initial focus of this site is on business applications.  Take a look at the site and if you think there are applications we should add – let me know Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 16, 2008 6:38 AM by jasonlan | 6 Comments

Palm Treo 800w released by Sprint

Sprint in the US yesterday announced the Treo 800w device.  This is a Windows Mobile 6.1 device and the next innovation in the Treo range adding GPS satellite navigation and WiFi capability over the previous Treo 750 and 500 devices. Mobility Today Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 15, 2008 3:24 PM by jasonlan | 0 Comments
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iPhone 2.0 isn’t the big news…. iPod Touch 2.0 is?

With the launch of iPhone 2.0 on Friday I think that many people have missed one major component of this launch and that is that the Ipod Touch also contains the same software but without the mobile operator fees. Why is this important – well I personally Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 15, 2008 12:10 PM by jasonlan | 9 Comments

iPhone 3G Parody Video

With the iPhone 2.0 being launched on Friday I had a number of customers sent me this video which I thought I’d share. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 15, 2008 11:21 AM by jasonlan | 10 Comments
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Windows Mobile 6.1 upgrade released for Samsung SCH-i760

Samsung have just released the Windows Mobile 6.1 upgrade to their SCH-i760 device. You can download the upgrade from HERE Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 15, 2008 10:54 AM by jasonlan | 4 Comments
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System Center Mobile Device Manager Blog launched

Our System Center Mobile Device Manager product team have just launched a blog to provide updates and insight into System Center Mobile Device Manager so add it to your RSS feeds now - http://blogs.technet.com/scmdm/ Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 15, 2008 10:48 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments
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HTC Touch Diamond now listed on Orange WebSite

The HTC Touch Diamond is now listed on the Orange UK Website!  So if you are an Orange customer and have been waiting for this great device head on over to their website HERE Read More...
Posted Monday, July 14, 2008 9:41 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments
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Breathe new life into your Mobile Devices Battery

Jmengel has come up with a very ingenious device that allows you to charge any USB connected device using your breathing! The device is built from an Old CD Rom drive and some rubber bands! Step by Step instructions on how to build this solution are HER Read More...
Posted Monday, July 14, 2008 8:37 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Royal Mail to roll out 30,000 Windows Mobile Devices

Some great news from the UK in that our Postal Service the Royal Mail will roll out 30,000 Windows Mobile devices to their Postal Workers. The Royal Mail has chosen devices from Intermec to equip it's Postal Workers with! You can read this article from Read More...
Posted Monday, July 14, 2008 8:32 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments
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So what are these guys up to? Bluehoos?

Jonathan one of the guys behind SportsDo forwarded me details of something they are working on…. He pointed me towards - www.bluehoo.com and www.twitter.com/bluehoo When I go there all I get is…. 19,450 hoos found So what are they up to ? Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 10, 2008 6:21 PM by jasonlan | 3 Comments

View the Windows Mobile Keynote from the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference

This week over in Houston is our Microsoft World Wide Partner Conference (WWPC).  This year each Keynote session is available to stream from the WWPC Website.  The Windows Mobile Keynote led by our Senior Vice President Andy Lees is available Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 10, 2008 9:34 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Small Business Server 2008 to launch on November 12th

If you are a Small Business (or a Partner selling into Small Business customers) – this is great news! Why?  Well because it gives you access to Exchange 2007 and all the great capabilities then for Windows Mobile! Small Business Server 2008 (previously Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 09, 2008 5:11 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Snap2Face – Facebook Application for Windows Mobile updated

I blogged about Snap2Face a few weeks ago and they have just updated their application. The new version can be download from http://www.magnifoca.com/download_snap2face.html Some of the new capabilities are: Set your status while on-the-go View friends' Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 08, 2008 11:33 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Will you vote for me (Please)

Much to my (pleasant) surprise I’ve been shortlisted in the ComputerWeekly.com IT Blog awards. The final stage is for people to cast their votes at the ComputerWeekly.Com site. So if you do read my blog I’d really appreciate you taking a few moments to Read More...
Posted Monday, July 07, 2008 1:21 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments
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NetFront Browser Widgets

NetFront have just released their NetFront Browser Widgets which provide access to frequently viewed or personalized web content like news, weather reports, stocks, sports and more. The Widgets support both Windows Mobile 5.0 and 6.0 You can get access Read More...
Posted Monday, July 07, 2008 11:21 AM by jasonlan | 2 Comments

Windows Mobile devices that are hearing aid compatible

One of my colleagues Bill asked a question recently regarding which Windows Mobile devices were hearing aid compatible (T3 and T4). Vik provided a great answer using Phonescoop to identify those devices that do support it! Phonescoop has some great functionality Read More...
Posted Monday, July 07, 2008 7:39 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments
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Samsung Omnia i900

I’ve been showing a few customers the Samsung i900 I’ve had the pleasure and opportunity to use over the past week or so.  It’s interesting that people immediately think it’s an iPhone but then realise it’s much more ;) If you haven’t had a chance Read More...
Posted Friday, July 04, 2008 4:22 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments
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FriendMobilizer – Facebook App for Windows Mobile

FaceofMobile have just released their FriendMobilizer application for Windows Mobile.  It allows you to get notifications sent straight to your home screen. You’ll be able to approve friend requests, view group/event invites, find out about new wall Read More...
Posted Friday, July 04, 2008 1:52 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

How does the i900, Xperia X1 and HTC Touch Diamond/Touch Pro compare for Photography?

Arne over at the Unwired has written an excellent article comparing the camera capabilities of the Samsung i900, Sony Ericsson X1 and HTC Touch Diamond/Touch Pro. You would think the i900 would win easily with it’s 5 megapixel camera however I’ll leave Read More...
Posted Friday, July 04, 2008 10:45 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Celebrate 4th of July with Astraware

Astraware Fireworks is a simple FREE application, showing sequences of fireworks flying and exploding into the air. As 4th July is traditionally a time for fireworks and celebrations in the USA. You can download it from HERE Read More...
Posted Friday, July 04, 2008 9:20 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

O2 Release Upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.1 for XDA Stellar

O2 have just released the upgrade for their XDA Stellar device to Windows Mobile 6.1! If you have this device you can get the upgrade from HERE Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 03, 2008 8:25 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments
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Tech-ED US Windows Mobile 6.1 presentation

At Tech-Ed US I presented a session on Windows Mobile 6.1 and the enhancements within it provides.  I’ve had quite a few requests from customers wanting to get access to the deck so I’ve uploaded it to Slideshare and embedded it below.  | View Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 03, 2008 8:18 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments
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How quickly do you expect a response on email?

Vodafone today released some research that showed that 1/3rd of UK Businesses expect a response to a new business inquiry via email within 2hrs.  Scarily 11% of businesses now expect a response within 30 minutes! The headline is ‘30 Minutes And Counting…The Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 02, 2008 8:00 PM by jasonlan | 6 Comments

BT Tower and Windows Live Photo Gallery

I had the opportunity to go to the top of the BT Tower in London on Friday last week.   I took some photos of the view from the BT Tower – I was really lucky it was such a great day with a great weather! I then stitched the photos together using Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 01, 2008 6:49 PM by jasonlan | 2 Comments
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Dashwire launches v2.0

  A couple of my ex-colleagues are involved in the Dashwire solution which is a web service for connecting your Mobile with your PC and other services.  They have just launched v2.0 with has some great new features: Graphical phone experience Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 01, 2008 2:37 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Deploying Mobile Device Manager in a Global Enterprise Environment

Our Mobile Device Manager team continues to excel itself releasing great documentation.  The Global deployment document gives guidance on how to implement Mobile Device Manager in a global environment. The document is available HERE Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 01, 2008 1:47 PM by jasonlan | 1 Comments

Windows Mobile Owners Circle becomes Total Access

Owners Circle is now Total Access – a new name, a new look, and even more exclusive content, offers, and extras. You can sign up and get more details HERE Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 01, 2008 11:24 AM by jasonlan | 1 Comments
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