http://www.ppcw.net/?itemid=2704
A great in depth review of the Samsung i300 device. I just got my hands on one of these devices and I have to say it is superbly well built and even though its running Windows Mobile 2003 it’s got some great capabilities including the 3GB hard drive!
Check out the review for more information!
Cnet.COM has a video overview of the Motorola Q. Check it out
http://reviews.cnet.com/4505-6454_7-31473357.html
The old link I had to Virtual Earth seems to have gone down so I wanted to post another link… you can download it from here:
http://www.viavirtualearth.com/vve/Gallery/VEMobile.ashx
It’s a useful app (even if right now it only covers North America)
Have a cool application idea – for your business, for consumers, for students, for everyone? Our Developer team have created a great new competition where you can win awesome devices, developer tools and a commercial route to market! Check out more details at the site – or below!
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/windowsmobile/app-awards/default.mspx
Can you create an innovative and easy-to-use mobile application, with real commercial potential? Microsoft is offering a lot more than just cool mobile devices and free Visual Studio 2005 software as prizes for the best in each of our six mobile applications competition categories.
Winners will receive great prizes including; a Qtek 9100 Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 device; free version of Visual Studio 2005; tailored marketing services and support plus access to the globally recognised Mobile2Market programme; plus free distribution through www.handango.co.uk and www.expansys.co.uk to help you convert your idea into a sales success.
All applications entered in the competition must be developed for Windows Mobile 5.0 devices. Competition categories cover consumer and business applications, and there’s no limit to the number of applications you can enter.
A team of independent adjudicators will select winners based on a two-stage assessment process. Stage 1 will evaluate your initial idea in terms of originality and category fit. Stage 1 winners will then be invited to participate in Stage 2, where applicants will be invited to develop their applications using the new windows mobile developer resource kit which will be sent to you. Applicants at this stage will be judged on creativity, including the design and use of the latest tools, and on technology, such as .net compact Framework 2.0, as well as ease-of-use.
To give your idea legs, submit the competition registration form to register your interest. You will then be contacted shortly with further competition details.
MTV News has a transcript and video of a conversation he had with 80 – 16 to 24 year olds.
Listen/Read all about it at: http://www.mtv.com/thinkmtv/features/education/gates_forum/
This site – http://www.forbes.com/2005/10/20/cx_gd_1024featslide_comm05.html provides some interesting commentary on future communication devices and the changes we could see in the future.
The device I would love to see would be a phone (Orange C500 sized) that plugs into a bigget unit to use as a PDA with a larger (VGA) screen that could allow you to have a larger device when you needed it but a smaller phone when you wanted that form factor.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/10/27/44OPenterwin_1.html
One of my colleagues spotted this article on Infoworld around our Exchange 2003 SP2 solution.
The guys over at CoolSmartphone.com have overviewed the upcoming Orange C600 which has been announced on the Orange France site (haven’t seen it on the UK site yet…)
It’s running Windows Mobile 5.0 and has a gorgeous VGA screen!
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/technet/unplugged/default.mspx
For those of you in the UK we have just this second launched our Exchange 5.5 Unplugged Tour across the UK!
You can sign up online via the site above !
If you’re running Exchange 5.5 this is a great opportunity to see how far things have moved on, what the opportunity is and how easy it is to get to Exchange 2003!
I’m delivering the Mobility session at the event!
One of the problems of having lots of devices is that you need to carry lots of different cables. I’ve managed to get USB Charge and Sync cables for all my devices but it still means carrying lots of cables.
Gomadic seems to have come up with a pretty good solution – interchangeable tips for the devices!
