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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

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

Outlook Contact Photos

Since I’ve been playing with Xobni more one question I’ve come across is why doesn’t Xobni use Outlook’s own contact photo information?
That was somewhat of a rhetorical question because I didn’t really need an answer and it wasn’t worth completely pursuing for an answer.
What it did do though was make me wonder where Outlook […]

By Jason Bean -- 4 comments

September 8th, 2006

Vista w/ ActiveSync

Thanks to Mark, I’m now downloading Vista RC1. However, I’ve also been reading that ActiveSync isn’t working with Vista and I’m using ActiveSync 4.2 with my PPC-6700 Pocket PC phone.
Is anyone using ActiveSync and running the Vista beta or RC1? Did you have problems? Is it working? What’s been your experience.
Tags: ActiveSync, beta, PPC-6700, RC1, […]

By Jason Bean -- 15 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 30th, 2006

ActiveSync 4.2 Beta

Not sure if it’s related or not, but after installing the Office 2007 beta preview, I began getting the Error Support Code: 85010014 again. However, I just visited the Microsoft Mobile website again and noticed they’ve got ActiveSync 4.2 beta available.
I installed it and everything synch’d right up again with no errors, so that’s definitely […]

By Jason Bean -- 2 comments