One of my colleagues pointed me to this solution for charging all your mobile devices without needed a Power Socket. It’s basically a big battery that you can plug in any device via a USB socket.
You can find more details HERE
You can now try the Windows Live Search Mobile Beta !
The Windows Live Search Beta for mobile application gives you fast access to local search and maps, driving directions, and even local traffic information. When you get your search results, you can click to call the phone number of the place you found, or even look at a satellite photo (on some phones) to find the best parking nearby!
I’ve been using this for the past few weeks and it’s a fantastic application… it’s been very handy whilst I’ve been in Seattle this week!
The team over at Mobility Today have also created a great video podcast where you can see them demo’ing the product!
Every time I come to Seattle I always find the weather very similar to the UK. It’s rainy and gray a lot….
There is a running joke that it only rains in Seattle twice a week – Monday to Thursday and Friday to Sunday!
Seattle also seems to have the same problem coping with even the tiniest sprinkling of snow (just like we do in the UK)
There was a snow dump on Sunday and now a lot of roads are covered in black ice and snow. Most people can’t make it into the office due to the road conditions..
So why am I telling you all this… well I got an interesting email from our Exchange 2007 team who had seen a huge spike in remote email usage through this period as people worked from home. At one point they had 175,000 incoming connections.
Exchange 2007 was just running like a dream…
O2 have just made available the HTC Artemis as the O2 XDA Orbit. It has a 2 mega pixel camera, integrated Wifi and GPS. It also comes pre-loaded with the ALK Co-Pilot Satellite Navigation Software.
You can get more details on the device HERE
I’m over in the US at the moment at our Headquarters in Redmond. Whilst struggling with my jetlag I saw this Cingular Samsung Blackjack Advert on TV. I was watching it thinking – wow that’s cool… and then I realised it’s a Windows Mobile device 
I managed to find the video on YouTube
If you haven’t seen these already – the new Windows Mobile ads can be seen at workwherever.com.
The videos centre around “Frank,” the world’s most dedicated Business Power User and a series of overwhelming situations Frank finds himself in, such as getting stuck in an elevator full of snakes
The outtakes are hilarious!
There are a huge number of threads circulating the blogosphere right now about how to extend the battery life of the Samsung Blackjack device.
Everyone seems to *love* the device but want the battery to last much longer…..
Now I got slammed by a few folks after my last post about doubling the i320 battery life… so let me be clear that mileage may vary on any of these recommendations..
Firstly Howard Forums have found a way to enable just Edge and GPRS and disable HSDPA which extends battery life (of course if you need HSDPA this is useless). The solution takes you to a secret administration screen that allows you to choose between HSDPA or EDGE/GPRS. You have to dial a long number string but I’m sure some smart developer will figure a way round this soon
Secondly there is now an option to buy a larger capacity battery. The standard battery is 1200mAh whereas the extended battery is 1800mAh. You can see the accessories HERE
The team over at Mobile Tech Review have written a great review of the T-Mobile Dash (also known as HTC S620 or code name excalibur)
You can check out the review HERE
One of my german colleagues forwarded this to me as a piece of Friday humour
It’s the Marziphone!
It’s available now at a discounted price of 9.95 euros. That’s pretty good value for a qwerty smartphone 
http://pocketland.de/product.php?prod_id=33776&SID=f2dd0be6c591dc4d4778b15a930624be
Checkpoint have recently launched an SSL VPN solution for Windows Mobile devices that provides some very interesting capabilities.
Firstly it supports seamless roaming between networks (3G, WiFi etc..) whilst maintaining session and caching credentials.
It means that you can have a mobile worker solution working irrespective of whether they are in the lift or underground. Connectivity will resume once it is available and you don’t have to reauthenticate/resume the session – all this is handled automatically!
You can read more details on the Checkpoint announcement HERE
