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Archive for the ‘Windows Mobile’ Category

June 27th, 2008

Windows Mobile Gets Overhaul and New Name

The Windows Mobile website has undertaken a little bit (well, more like quite a bit) of an overhaul. Along with looking different and a new name “TotalAccess” though I couldn’t find a lot of “new” features or offerings that weren’t there before.
I’m wondering if anything with “Access” in the name works for Microsoft though. […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

June 10th, 2008

MSN Mobile Zune Promo

Microsoft is promoting their MSN Mobile product and offering a chance to win a new Zune. Since my iPod mini is out-of-commission until I can get the opportunity to visit the Apple “Genius” bar, I’d love to win a Zune.
The website gives the ability to enter your mobile phone # and receive a text […]

By Jason Bean -- 3 comments

May 29th, 2008

Microsoft Live Labs: Deepfish

I was hanging out with a friend last night and he had a new mobile browser on his phone called Skyfire. It looked very similar to the functionality of the iPhone browser in allowing you to select an area on the page and then zoom into it as needed. That was in beta and […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

April 30th, 2008

An Update on Some Past Issues

I’ve been getting some activity in the comments about some of my previous posts and thought I’d share an update to announce how things are going and where we’re standing on a few different topics:

Xbox 360 - Xbox LIVE Connection Issues Follow-UpI was supposed to hear from Microsoft about my Xbox LIVE connection issue on […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

April 21st, 2008

Access Pocket PC (PPC-6700) From Laptop

One of the things that I cannot believe doesn’t exist yet, or at least I haven’t found it, is the ability to completely control my PPC-6700 (or any smart phone for that matter) from my laptop’s keyboard and mouse.
If I’m docked in my USB cradle and the cradle is attached to my laptop, why […]

By Jason Bean -- 6 comments

April 14th, 2008

Area Code Identification on Mobile Calls

I may be a weird one when it comes to my cell phone etiquette but here it goes.
Just because my phone rings doesn’t mean I’m going to answer it.
This could normally be because of two things:

I don’t have time to talk to you right now
I don’t recognize your number

In either of those events […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

March 25th, 2008

Can I Upgrade to Windows Mobile 6?

Okay, I’m getting a little frustrated with my cell phone right now. For some reason when I went to SXSW and changed the time on my phone it’s been screwed up ever since. Now it won’t remember the Daylight Savings Time setting and keeps resetting itself to an hour earlier than it really is […]

By Jason Bean -- 4 comments

January 7th, 2008

InsideMicrosoft Focuses on Windows Mobile 7

The InsideMicrosoft blog has some serious coverage of what may be what we’ll be using in our Windows powered mobile devices in the near future. Touch screen (a la iPhone or Microsoft Surface depending on your point of view) will be key, but how about motion gestures like you’d expect while playing the Nintendo […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

August 8th, 2007

ActiveSync Error Support Code: 80070008

I just received the error code below and not sure what it meant. Getting ready to Google it and see what I can find real quick. Already 1am though, so doubt I’m going to do any hardcore research this evening on it.
Here’s my Google search on the error, hopefully I can find something quick and […]

By Jason Bean -- 3 comments

July 31st, 2007

Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1 Available for Vista Users

Pocket PC Addict shares that the Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1 is now available for Vista users that have had problems managing their mobile devices since they upgraded to the new operating system.
Is this only available for Vista users? I’d like some updated features and management tools. I still get random synch problems on […]

By Jason Bean -- 3 comments