Jason Langridge’s Mr Mobile Blog

Windows Vista was officially launched by Bill Gates at Times Square yesterday.  You can watch the webcast here

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Over at Modaco they have published an interesting visual comparison of Windows Mobile devices using the Website Sizeasy.com

Check out the article on Modaco

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Last year we had a couple of Windows Mobile Mini’s that we used for Marketing Windows Mobile in the UK.

Well we’ve got a new one!!!  See it here in all it’s green-ness!

So look out for it at events and around the UK…. my deal still holds true – if you see it on the roads and send me a picture of it – I’ll send you something cool in return….

PS – Sending me this picture doesn’t count…

PPS – Last time my father in law also sent me a picture of the Mini sat on my drive!

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T-Mobile today announced the AMEO device which is a large Windows Mobile device with a 5″ screen, 3 mega pixel camera, GPS Module, HSDPA/UMTS and an 8GB Hard drive! 

This is the HTC Athena device that has been rumoured on the ‘net for sometime now!

You can read more details from the Press Release

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I got reminded by a customer yesterday that I hadn’t updated my – What devices am I carrying – post for sometime. 

If you’ve read my blog you will know that I was a huge fan of the Treo 750 (and still am) but something happened just before Christmas that caused me to change my device…

I had a customer who was having a problem with their Treo 750 battery (which actually turned out to be a broken charger) so I gave them my battery out of my phone.

I had just been sent an HTC Excalibur/S620 device by one of my US colleagues so I swapped my SIM to that device.  

Interestingly I’ve always been a Pocket PC guy as I preferred the stylus input and used it a lot to take notes on the device.  

I forced myself to use the HTC S620 just to see how I would fair with a Smartphone/Non-Touchscreen keyboarded device.  I have to admit for the first couple of days I would stab in vain at the screen to select the soft keys and certain options but following that short period of insanity I’ve adjusted to the Smartphone.

If you haven’t had a chance to get hands on with an S620 (T-Mobile Dash)  you will be amazed by how small it is.  

The two things I am most amazed by however were:

1) Battery life – I have never seen the battery low warning ever…. I do charge the device every night (as I also need to be recharged as my standby/talk time is only 16hrs) but it also runs for a whole weekend from Friday to Monday without issue either.   This is with Bluetooth turned on, Push Email enabled and Newsbreak pulling down my RSS Feeds regularly.

2) The JOGGR – If you haven’t tried the S620 or Dash – on the right of the device is a non-mechnical jog wheel for navigation. I thought this was a bit of gimmick to start with however I now use it frequently not to move up down in my mailbox but actually to help me speedread/find content in emails themselves.  The JOGGR operates by sliding your finger up/down the right side of the device.  The further down you are the faster it scrolls, the closer to the centre – the slower it scrolls.  It’s actually quite handy.

Now apart fron the S620 the other devices I’m carrying are:

• O2 XDA Orbit – this is a fantastic Pocket PC Phone device with integrated GPS.  I’m running ALK Co-Pilot on it for my Sat Nav
• Fujitsu Siemens Pocket Loox T830 – now this device isn’t the prettiest devices but it certainly shows off pretty much every technology/feature you can have in Windows Mobile – 3G, WiFi B&G, GPS integrated, QWERTY Keyboard etc….. It’s the Hummer of Windows Mobile devices
• i-mate SPL – This is the Windows Mobile Smartphone that has a lot in common with the Motorola SLVR… great Smartphone device!

There are a few other secret devices I’m carrying that I can’t share unfortunately…. more on those as they get announced

Oh.. and of course my Zune

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If you are interested in understanding the Mobile Operator and Fixed Telecoms market share and subscribers numbers (along with lots more information) you can review the OFCOM Market Data tables which have been published HERE

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Teksoft have produced an application to help you capture screenshots from your Windows Mobile Pocket PC or Smartphone.  It’s called CapturePro

So if you have a need to capture screenshots for training or documentation purposes this could be a really handy application.

It also offers the ability to capture screenshots at certain time intervals too!

Check out more details HERE

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Our Windows Mobile UK team recently video’d me and has published the videos. 

I hate watching myself but you might find it fun to put a face to a blog….

I got asked what I do and what our Enterprise strategy is…. plus there are some out-takes at the end

Watch here for low bandwidth (250kbps) or high bandwidth for faster connections (500kbps).

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If you’ve been on a British Airways flight recently hopefully you’ll have seen the fantastic i-mate SPL device being advertised in the British Airways in-flight Highlife magazine!

Not only is there a great 1/2 page article on it but you can even buy it onboard!!

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I’ve blogged about this a number of times previously but I also wanted to share this great video which was shown on the BBC News at Ten recently. 

The News at Ten video shows how school children in Wolverhampton are using Windows Mobile Pocket PC devices to enhance their learning.

There was also an interesting piece on the Childrens BBC (CBBC) Newsround

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