It’s ‘Ask the Audience’ time on my blog 
I had a customer ask a question which I couldn’t answer…. (compliance, security and human rights aside) – Anyone know of a solution to record phone calls on a Pocket PC Phone edition device?
I’m aware of solutions on Smartphone but haven’t seen anything on Pocket PC….
Can someone drop me a note using the contact link or post a comment if you do know of one
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The french site Mobinaute has done a great indepth review of the Fujitsu Siemens Pocket Loox T830 device.
This is an interesting device that combines 3G connectivity with a keyboard and GPS.
The babelfish translation can be read here:
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=fr_en&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mobinaute.com%2Fmobinaute%2Farticle.php%3Fid%3D20060725151000
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T-Mobile USA have released an updated ROM for the T-Mobile MDA.
This update is intended to resolve some connectivity issues as well as adding A2DP (Bluetooth Stereo Audio Profile)
http://www.t-mobileapps.com/downloadcenter/software_detail.cfm?id=80
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One of my colleagues Martin Kearn has written a great blog post on how Sharepoint is going to support mobile devices in Sharepoint 2007!
This is one of the top questions I always get from customers so it’s a really good insight!
http://blogs.msdn.com/martinkearn/archive/2006/04/21/580806.aspx
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One of our partners KTS have launched a service for Market Data access through a Windows Mobile device.
You can actually get an HP 69xx device from T-Mobile with an all you can eat data plan and market data all bundled together!
There are more details at:
http://www.ktsplc.com/pda/index.php
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In case any of you missed it – on Monday we provided the customer public Beta of Exchange Server 2007 Beta 2.
It can be downloaded or a DVD ordered from http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/2007/downloads/beta.mspx
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Our CIO – Ron Markezich recently talked about Microsoft’s new policy of providing Mobile devices to employees everywhere! Historically each country has either allowed employees to expense back their device or provide a device to the employee.
Now every employee who is eligible will carry a Windows Mobile device!
We’ve been doing this for a few years in the UK (my subsidiary) however for our other regions – this is great news!
You can read the full article at:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/07/24/business/wireless25.php
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This is a really interesting device for those of you who love Pocket PC but want a phone keypad… (which is one of the biggest criticisms I hear from Phone lovers)
The Asus P525 is reviewed on the mobinaute site (in French) however the screen shots show what is a really good looking device which also has integrated WiFi!
http://www.mobinaute.com/mobinaute/article.php?id=20060726170716
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I have to apologise that my blog was a little quiet last week. It was caused by two reasons:
1) It’s generally quiet right now as many people take leave for the summer.
2) I was out at our Microsoft Global Exchange (MGX) conference which is the time where we align for our new financial year and celebrate the success of the previous year.
MGX is attended by around 15,000 Microsoft people and this year we descended on Orlando.
The reason I was quiet was I had to focus on my two main deliverables for the event. Firstly I had to deliver with two colleagues our Competitive session in the Mobile industry and secondly I presented as part of our Divisions keynote presentation. Each division gets 1hr to present to the entire audience (15,000) and our Mobile and Embedded Division presented celebrating our huge success in our previous financial year.
I had to present some of the new devices and solutions we are working on in Microsoft. It was really exciting to present to such a massive audience. Luckily I don’t suffer from nerves too much as the demos I delivered were all shown on the massive screens using a HD camera rather than a visualiser so I had to hold the devices in my hand!
This coming year for our division should be even more exciting as we see the arrival of some amazing new devices such as the Samsung range, GSM Palm Treo and a huge portfolio of other devices I’m not allowed to talk about from our OEM partners
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In this hands-on webcast, we show how easy it is to use your existing .NET development skills to create powerful, professional mobile solutions. Learn managed development techniques for Windows Mobile powered devices like the Pocket PC and smartphone. Find out how to use the device emulators and the new Windows Mobile 5.0 APIs, and see how to share common code between devices. This webcast provides the opportunity to perform the tasks yourself in a virtual lab environment with step-by-step guidance, giving you experience-based knowledge of Windows Mobile 5.0.
You can sign up for the webcast here:
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032304344&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
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