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July 10th, 2008

Windows Live Writer Update Thoughts

I wrote about updating my installation of Windows Live Writer to the newest tech preview and now it’s time to share some thoughts and images.

Let’s work through the image above to see some updates and improvements:

Quick Color Formatting: Not sure if this is new or not but didn’t remember it in the old […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

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

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

October 20th, 2006

Crossbow Coming 2007

How many PocketPC users do we have out there? Are you hoping for some drastic improvements in the Windows Mobile OS? Rumor has it that we’ll be getting many needed improvements, at least that’s what the beta testers are saying that have gotten a little early Mobile OS love happening for themselves.
More important, Crossbow […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

July 11th, 2006

Building a Better Browser (for Pocket PC)

I’m really enjoying having the web on my PPC-6700. I’ve discovered that Gmail and Bloglines works great with the device.
The reason they work so great? Because both sites recognize I’m connecting with a mobile device and adjust their display to work with the smaller screen size and functionality of the device itself.
I’d still like to […]

By Jason Bean -- 2 comments

July 6th, 2006

ActiveSync 4.2

Microsoft has released a new version of ActiveSync. This one is 4.2 and should take care of many of the problems with the 85010014 errors many of us have been dealing with.
I’m currently looking at my ActiveSync 4.2.0 (Build 4855) BETA install for my PPC-6700. Looks like this is the final, non-beta version.
Thanks to Pocket […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

May 10th, 2006

ActiveSync 4.x Troubleshooting Guide

Just found this resource, the Pocket PC Addict, and noticed when I added them to Bloglines, the first post listed was about a tutorial for troubleshooting problems getting ActiveSync setup and working properly. Since I experienced this a little bit myself and noticed that it was a pretty common challenge, figured I’d throw this resource […]

By Jason Bean -- 3 comments

April 25th, 2006

This was posted from my new Pocket PC Phone

This was really a challenge due to the browser in the phone not rendering CSS correctly .
Does anyone out there view the site with their mobile phone?
How does it look for you?
Tags: cell, CSS, Mobile, phone, Pocket-PC

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