BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd has just announced a software application that will run on Windows Mobile 6.0, allowing it to work like a BlackBerry. Basically, a user would be able to toggle back and forth between the two platforms if they want, for example, to use the Windows Media Player to listen […]

I can’t believe I almost missed out on this. The Windows Mobile 6.0 Reference Guide is now out and available for download from Microsoft courtesy of Jason Langridge.
Jason is working in Microsoft as a senior marketing manager of the Mobile And Embedded Devices Division. In short, he’s one of the key person who […]

I know, I know, unless one has been hiding under a rock for the last 2 months, "everyone" knows that.  But just in case you don’t, yes Windows Mobile 6.0 has been officially released since the 1st of March 2007.  It will probably be April or even May before we start seeing the new WM […]

Looks like Windows Mobile 6.0 aka ‘Crossbow’ will be officially announced at 3GSM next week.  In the meantime, Jason Dunn of Pocket PC Thoughts have the following information for us pertaining to its features:
• Full support for HTML e-mail
• Set "Out of Office" function directly on the device (with an Exchange server)
• New streamlined functioning […]

A new version of Google Maps has just been launched with native support for the Pocket PC and Palm OS.  That’s right, you can now download either the CAB or the PRC for your respective data-guzzling handheld devices.
Much like other versions of Google Maps for mobile, there are lots of fun things you can do […]

Palm has just released an update that allows the Palm Treo line of smartphones to support Microsoft’s Direct Push technology.  This marks a significant milestone on two counts.
For quite a while now, the only way to get push mail onto a non-Windows Mobile Treo smartphone was via various third-party add-on applications.  The convenience of finally […]

You might want to check out this presentation of push mail by Jason Langridge at an IT Forum in Barcelona in November 2006 on Microsoft’s own experiences in supporting a giant scale rollout consisting of over 40,000 internal users connecting via Windows Mobile to Exchange 2003.
This session will give guidance on how to successfully implement […]

There are two ways of setting up Direct Push. You can either configure it directly from your mobile handheld Pocket PC wirelessly, or when tethered to your desktop PC.  The following walk-through describes setting up Direct Push via the desktop option where no prior pairing has been done.