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Playing with Microsoft Tag
31 July 09 09:45 AM | Ewan | 0 Comments   

I know it’s been around in some form for a little while now, but I’ve only started looking at Tag – a way of essentially representing URLs in a camera-phone friendly way, such that merely pointing the phone at the “tag” takes you there. Head over to http://tag.microsoft.com Read More...

Filed under: Consumer Tech, Mobile

Apple put the ‘Networks’ in their place
22 March 09 10:46 AM | Ewan | 1 Comments   

Having just read Andrew Orlowski’s article over on The Register , it chimes exactly with a belief I’ve had since the original iPhone came out and showed a clean pair of heels to pretty much every other single device: someone had to put the mobile operator Read More...

Filed under: Mobile, Business

HTC s740 – great phone, just one thing…
20 February 09 07:41 AM | Ewan | 1 Comments   

I got one of these things a couple of weeks ago… in essence, a great phone (I prefer the “smartphone” type device as opposed to the touch screen variety) – I’ve spent the last couple of years with the HTC s620 and it was time for a change. Key differences Read More...

Filed under: Consumer Tech, Mobile

What next for Windows Mobile?
24 December 08 12:06 PM | Ewan | 2 Comments   

I've been a big fan of Windows Mobile for years - ever since the original Orange SPV Smartphone , the ability to easily sync contacts & calendar onto the phone and the way Windows Mobile handles that data, is far more useful than email, IMHO. I even Read More...

Filed under: Mobile

The business case for Exchange 2007 - part IV
24 September 07 02:12 PM | Ewan | 1 Comments   

Another installment in a series of posts outlining the case for going to Exchange 2007. Previous articles can be found here . GOAL: Make flexible working easier "Flexible Working" might mean different things to differing organisations - some might think Read More...

Filed under: Exchange, Mobile, Outlook, Business

The Joy of Mapping
29 August 07 05:42 PM | Ewan | 0 Comments   

We all tend to take maps for granted. In the 17th/18th centuries and even beyond, there were decent sized areas of the world which were just being explored and mapped for the first time. Now, the ease of access to cartographical data means we don't much Read More...

Filed under: Consumer Tech, Mobile

The Campaign for Real Pedantry, erm, I mean numbers
27 June 07 08:00 AM | Ewan | 2 Comments   

Hats off to James O'Neill for a display of true, world-class pedantry to which I could only aspire. It drives me nuts to get emails with badly formatted phone numbers which can't be dialled on Smartphones without first editing them, and now that I've Read More...

Filed under: Mobile, Random Stuff, OCS

iPhone gets a date
04 June 07 03:07 PM | Ewan | 0 Comments   

Well I'm sure it'll have plenty of people courting it when it comes out, but Apple have announced that the iPhone will be available in the US at the end of June . At least when the phone actually ships, everyone will know what it's really like rather Read More...

Filed under: Consumer Tech, Mobile

Blackberry outage - worrying for mobile mail junkies
18 April 07 04:17 PM | Ewan | 1 Comments   

I just read news of an 11-hour outage in RIM's Blackberry infrastructure on ZDNet - ouch. Not only did email stop flowing to the devices during the outage, but the backlog of mail which built up is taking time to clear. Without wishing to gloat (really), Read More...

Filed under: Exchange, Mobile

The day I met Tony Blair, talked about online healthcare
12 April 07 02:58 PM | Ewan | 2 Comments   

I am feeling under the weather at the moment. Been off work for a couple of days with what seems to be some kind of chest infection. I finally decided to stop waiting for it to go away on its own, and went to see the doctor - starting by looking at the Read More...

Filed under: Mobile, Random Stuff

Remote control of Windows Mobile
19 February 07 05:43 PM | Ewan | 0 Comments   

The other day when I posted about VIrtual Earth Mobile, I was using some really great software to do remote control of my device and screen capture from the PC... SOTI Pocket Controller Professional . It's perfect for demoing Windows Mobile devices... Read More...

Filed under: Exchange, Mobile

Virtual Earth Mobile - mapping on the move
15 February 07 05:23 PM | Ewan | 0 Comments   

Microsoft's Virtual Earth technology continues to take strides forward - not just in the inevitable mash-ups, but in new ways of accessing the maps (as well as from http://local.live.com ... which I keep on trying to access as live.local.com... d'oh ). Read More...

Filed under: Consumer Tech, Mobile

Orange announces SPV E650 Smartphone
13 February 07 06:38 PM | Ewan | 0 Comments   

Now this looks interesting... as part of the slew of announcements surrounding Windows Mobile 6 which were made at the 3GSM conference in Barcelona, Orange have started talking about their SPV E650 Smartphone, which is based on the HTC Vox device. Details Read More...

Filed under: Mobile

Windows Mobile 6 - aka Crossbow
08 February 07 09:31 PM | Ewan | 1 Comments   

I've been in Seattle all week at a technical conference and have been largely living on Windows Mobile devices ... I have a QTek 8500 Smartphone (which is really nice and small Smartphone), a Palm Treo 750 (a Pocket PC with a smaller screen and built Read More...

Filed under: Mobile

iPhone over-the-air experience
17 January 07 03:42 PM | Ewan | 1 Comments   

Just read Jason O'Grady's blog over on ZDNet and it's quite eye-opening... one thing leapt out: "Wireless syncing . iPhone can only be synced with a cable and can't be synced via WiFi or Bluetooth. This is unacceptable. iPhone has three radios and should Read More...

Filed under: Consumer Tech, Mobile