David Lemson's WebLog : Mobile

HELLOMOTO

dlemson — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 01:59:00 GMT

Today, our second Exchange ActiveSync licensee announced their upcoming device with direct Exchange Server connectivity: Motorola and their upcoming A780. Of course Motorola has several Windows Mobile devices (the now-shipping MPX 220 and upcoming MPx) which, like all Windows Mobile devices, can also connect directly to Exchange Server, but the A780 is remarkable because it is using a Motorola-customized OS and will have the ActiveSync capability.

Cryptophone

dlemson — Tue, 18 Nov 2003 22:30:00 GMT

I ran across a pretty neat new application for the Pocket PC Phone Edition, which I carry and really like. Cryptophone, a German company, has unveiled a "secure voice" application that runs on PPC Phones. From reading their brochure, it looks like it's a special app that places a data call to another phone (or a PC, using their software) and allows you to talk with another user. They claim to have their encryption algorithms totally open so that you can evaluate its strength yourself. Interesting idea. Also cool is that it comes in a spy-ready watertight case. I wonder what other kinds of spy gadgets are being developed on Windows Mobile platforms?

Sierra Wireless threatens the norms of Cell Phones

dlemson — Thu, 16 Oct 2003 20:07:00 GMT

BusinessWeek Online has a dispatch from the floor of ITU Telecom World (where High-Volume Exchange got a plug in Bill Gates' keynote) which includes this, which I thought was interesting:

But with a bit of help from Intel and Microsoft, Sierra Wireless is taking a big leap into handsets aimed at businesspeople.

Its new Voq phone, which will ship in the first quarter of next year in the U.S. and Europe for an expected price of $250 to $350, will be the first to use a new 200-megahertz version of Intel's powerful, energy-efficient Xscale microprocessor and the 2003 version of Microsoft's Windows Mobile software. As such, it represents the latest bid by the twin titans of PC technology to stake out a place in the booming mobile-phone arena. Creating mobile phones from building blocks such as Intel processors and Microsoft software is a direct challenge to the mobile industry's traditional model -- and threatens to introduce PC-like commoditization to the business' high-end "smartphone" segment.

I absolutely love my Pocket PC Phone Edition phone, and look forward to seeing the price for phones like this come down in part due to developments like this.