Parrot have announced their MK6000 Car Kit which incorporates A2DP Bluetooth Audio streaming.
I was looking for a BT Car Kit when I bought my new car but ended up getting an integrated phone module instead – this unit is seriously tempting !
I’d love to be able to stream the audio from my Windows Mobile device to the car!
You can see more details at:
Nathan has just posted that the next meeting of the Microsoft Messaging and Mobility User Group in the UK is going to take place on 19th October in London.
The agenda for the meeting will be as follows:
18:00 – 18:30 Arrival
18:30 – 18:35 Introduction to speakers and the aims of the group
18:35 – 19:30 1st discussion; lead by Greg Taylor, MCS and Brett Johnson, MS Exch TS
Designing an Exchange environment, from one to a thousand servers!
19:30 – 19:50 Food!
19:50 - 20:45 2nd discussion; lead by Greg Taylor, MCS and Brett Johnson, MS Exch TS
Archiving and Compliance for Exchange (including Exch 2007 feature check)
20:45 – 21:00 Questions and Answers and suggestions for future meetings.
21:00 The End!
To sign up for the meeting please see here:
Orange are running a whole series of events across the UK in the next couple of months around integrated communications.
Microsoft are involved in them so if you want to come along and learn more about Windows Mobile it’ll be a great opportunity to do so!
You can get more details and register at:
In the space of 1 day I’ve had two different customers approach me about a problem they have with Windows Mobile in use in a Line of Business environment. Essentially they want to stop the ‘Cannot Connect’ notification/bubble. The problem is that it is not suppressible through a registry modification and can only be achieved through some custom coding to effectively hide the window.
This isn’t very elegant and isn’t supported by Microsoft however it does work. 
To suppress the notification you need to use the following code:
HWND hwnd = ::FindWindow(L”Dialog”,L”Cannot Connect”);
if ( hwnd != NULL )
::DestroyWindow(hwnd);
This basically hides the Cannot Connect Window.
I’ve had a few customers trying to understand the format of the Exchange Activesync logs and how they are constructed.
I found out there are two great articles available covering the formats of both Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2007.
Exchange 2003 SP2 http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2005/03/28/403047.aspx
E12 http://www.exchangeninjas.com/ExchangeActiveSyncProtocolLogging
Each year the IT Regatta takes place (now called Silicon Cup) which is a sailing event in Cowes where not only do we get to race big yachts but we also raise a huge amount of money for charity!
This year we had a whole fleet (well a few) Windows Mobile branded boats as well as a Windows Mobile branded Speedboat!
Jonathan Greenstead over at SportsDo used their solution to log our races and even his trip to and from the race!
You can check out his activity blog at: http://www.sportsdo.net/jonathan/ActivityBlog.aspx
Nearly 3 years ago Microsoft, Nokia and Vodafone started an initiative called the Mobile Top Level Domain. Since then a huge number of partners and what are traditionally competitors have joined this initiative.
The Mobile Top Level Domain has now become .Mobi (or dotmobi) and launches today so you can register your domain name with a .mobi extension.
So why is this exciting ? Well how many times have you tried to surf the Internet from your device only to find that all the sites have been designed for a 17″ 1024×768 screen? How many times have you waited for a complex site to download and then given up?
.mobi defines site construction to eliminates the use of frames, heavy graphics, pop-ups and auto-refresh to ensure you can access the internet quickly and cheaply from a mobile device.
So if you access a .mobi site you’ll know that it will work on a mobile device!
Another WAP I hear you cry? Well not so… with the hugely powerful devices now available you don’t have to distill the experience down to just text!
Over 12,000 companies have already registered their brands online for their .mobi site and some sites are even launched…
For example:
info services: weather.mobi, msn.mobi
sport & leisure: kicker.mobi
entertainment: Tipp24.mobi
retail: neckermann.mobi
cars: bmw.mobi
My favourite so far – of course live.mobi – you can now access your hotmail/live mail, spaces and even mobile search!
I’ve already registered langridge.mobi with Hostway
If you want to check out a really cool service for creating for first .mobi site – go to Zinadoo.com and create your own mobile site right in the browser!
Paul over at Modaco.com has made available the CamerAware application for Windows Mobile that alerts you when you are approaching a ’safety camera’… it uses a GPS and a Windows Mobile device to acheive this so you can use it either with an integrated GPS or a paired Bluetooth GPS.
By checking your position every second against a database of known cameras, CamerAware can help you be a safer driver.
* What do I need to run CamerAware? *
The follow platforms are suitable for use with MoDaCo CamerAware:
- Windows Mobile 5 Pocket PC 320×240 (Portrait or Landscape)
- Windows Mobile 5 Pocket PC 640×480 (Portrait or Landscape)
- Windows Mobile 5 Pocket PC 240×240 (Square Screen)
- Windows Mobile 5 Smartphone 320×240 (Portrait or Landscape)
- Windows Mobile 2003 / SE Pocket PC 320×240 (Portrait or Landscape)
- Windows Mobile 2003 / SE Smartphone 320×240 (Portrait or Landscape)
In addition to a supported device, you will require GPS hardware, either integrated, wired or Bluetooth.
* That sounds very cool, how do I find out more and get started? *
To get started with MoDaCo CamerAware or for more information, visit the following pages:
- About CamerAware – http://www.modaco.com/START-HERE-About-CamerAware-t246087.html
- CamerAware Requirements – http://www.modaco.com/START-HERE-CamerAware-Requirements-t246300.html
- The Complete getting started with CamerAware guide – http://www.modaco.com/START-HERE-The-complete-getting-started-with-CamerAware-guide-t246301.html
- CamerAware Screenshots – http://www.modaco.com/CamerAware-screenshots-t245914.html
Mike Hall has posted a great blog article about where the codenames for Windows CE come from! Yamazaki is the codename for CE 6.0.
The original code names were tree related and then all of a sudden they switched to…. well – I’ll let you read the rest HERE
