If you haven’t had a chance to try Kinoma Play yet I’d really encourage you to do so! It’s a Media player/browser that gives you access not only to all the content on your phone but also to online services such as YouTube, Live365, Flickr, Orb and many others!
WMExperts have written an excellent review and also pulled together the video above!
Kinoma Play is free to try and $29.99 to buy!
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Our EMEA team is holding another of our Windows Mobile Briefings – but this time in Barcelona on the 18th September.
So if you are a customer or partner and want to learn more about Windows Mobile, System Center Mobile Device Manager and Dynamics then come along!
It’s free to attend – you can get more details and register using the links below:
Customer Session:
Partner Session:
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Adobe have just announced they will have a beta from September for Windows Mobile. The Photoshop Mobile beta will allow you to upload, view and share your photos online. You can store up to 5GB for Free and up to 20GB with a fee.
You can get more details HERE
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I blogged about this previously but the upgrade got pulled – it’s now back again!
You can download it HERE
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If you’ve got an XV6800 then Windows Mobile 6.1 is just a ROM flash away for you!
You can download the ROM from HERE
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HTC today announced the S740 Windows Mobile device – this device is the next generation of CandyBar Smartphone from HTC. It combines a 12 key keyboard with a full QWERTY keyboard that slides out.
The device doesn’t have touch screen but it has a comprehensive specification:
You can get more details on the device HERE
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I often get asked – what are the 130+ policies and settings that are available through System Center Mobile Device Manager?
Well our MDM team has created two great articles that list all the policies available:
Security Policies – http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc135661.aspx
Messaging Policies – http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc135680.aspx
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This is a cool application spotted by 4WinMobile that allows you to keep up to date with the Formula 1 results and standings!
You can download it for FREE from HERE
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On the 23rd September we are holding a Windows Mobile Briefing in Gothenburg.
The morning session is for Customers and Partners – in the afternoon there is a Developer/Partner session too.
Agenda – Customer and Partners:
08:30 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 09:15 Introduction and Local Welcome – Elin Hyltner Microsoft Sweden (session in Swedish)
09:15 – 10:00 Windows Mobile Update
Discover the latest news and releases on Windows Mobile. In this session you will hear how the latest version of Windows Mobile can help your business to generate more revenue and increase satisfaction levels for you and your customers/employees. In addition, you will hear how Windows Mobile can provide extra reason to upgrade Exchange or Small Business Server (SBS).
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 11:15 Introducing System Center Mobile Device
Manager 2008
Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 (SCMDM) is a comprehensive mobile device management solution that provides greater reliability, reduces maintenance costs, simplifies manageability, and easily scales to support thousands of Windows Mobile users. With security-enhanced mobile VPN, on-device encryption, remote device wipe, and more, Mobile Device Manager gives users more secure access to the corporate data they need to stay productive virtually anytime and anywhere, including line-of-business applications, SharePoint servers, document libraries, and file shares. In this session you will hear about SCMDM and the opportunity it presents for Partners.
11:15 -11:45 Partner Speaking Slot
11:45 – 12:00 Summary, Q&A, Prize Draw and Close
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
Afternoon – Developer Session:
Agenda:
11:00 – 12:00 Registration/Lunch
12:00 – 12:30 Introduction and Local Welcome – Per Ahlberg, DPE, Microsoft Sweden
(session in Swedish)
12:30 – 13:45 Windows Mobile in Practice
This session sets the scene around Windows Mobile and kicks off with a look at and demos of Visual Studio 2008 development environment which promises even better integration and powerful new features for device developers. The session then takes a realistic scenario and shows how Windows Mobile 6.1 and.NET Compact Framework 3.5 can be leveraged to provide a compelling Proof-of-Concept in very few lines of code. See a wide variety of features being demonstrated, from location awareness to making phone calls programmatically. The session will provide an understanding of how everything can be tied together in an end-to-end solution.
13:45 – 14:00 Windows Mobile LOB Application Showcase
AppStars is a new program designed to highlight best in class applications on Windows Mobile devices. This session will take you through this new development and will offer some potential ideas on how to sell applications in areas such as Sales and Field Force enablement, GPS Navigation and the Utility Industry.
14:00 – 14:15 Break
14:15 – 15:30 It’s the Business
Enterprise solutions are increasingly being mobilized for the new technically-savvy workforce. However, these solutions need industry-strength quality and features that will support the complex requirements these organizations have. This session will begin by looking at SQL Server Compact Edition, the sophisticated data storage solution that allows data synchronization with back-end databases. We then show how you can leverage industry design patterns and application blocks to provide a lower-risk, tested approach to solve common problems. Finally, a quick review of the Microsoft Dynamics mobile offerings will round off the options available for enterprise use.
15:30 – 16:00 Partner Speaking Slot
16:00 – 16:15 Break
16:15 – 17:30 Performance Tools
In all solutions, having the required features in the program is only part of the final delivery. For a great user experience, the application’s performance must also meet usually high expectations. This session will take a tour of tools that are available to the Windows Mobile developer to help fine-tune your killer app!
17:30 – 17:45 Summary, Q&A, Prize Draw & Close
You can register for the event here:
Customer/Partners – http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032385098&Culture=sv-SE
Partners/Developers -http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032385101&Culture=sv-SE
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By switching their dispatching system from outdated laptops to Windows Mobile devices, BT Payphones’ 400 roving engineers were able to achieve a 20% increase in productivity – and a 10% decrease in time to fix broken payphones.
The key to their success is a powerful mobile application, developed using the .NET Compact Framework, which gives engineers a detailed, real-time view of the open jobs in their area, along with GPS navigation to help them reach broken equipment more easily.
We’ve just published a great Video Case Study which you can watch HERE
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