HTC Announce details of new Windows Vista portable device

The HTC Shift announced at the CTIA Wireless show.

This 7 inch screen, very portable pc operates under Windows Vista and offers 3G connectivity.

Similar to the HTC Advantage (which uses Windows Mobile OS) - this could be the answer for those looking for a more portable PC.

Key Features

* 7-inch widescreen display
* 30-gigabyte hard drive
* QWERTY keyboard
* Microsoft Vista Business OS
* Windows Media Player 11
* Tri-Band UMTS/HSDPA
* Quad-Band GSM/GPRS/EDGE
* WiFi and Bluetooth 2.0

Launch details not yet available - detailed specifications to follow.

Labels: HTC, vista, windows

Windows Mobile 6 devices to arrive soon

Working mobile is about to take a leap forward with Windows Mobile 6 - bringing great enhancements to familiar Microsoft® mobile applications like Outlook® Mobile, Office Mobile, and now Windows Live™ for Windows Mobile. Plus with security, scalability and manageability improvements, you will find it easier than ever to make your mobile workforce productive.

With Windows Mobile 6 mobile workers can:

• Access the company address list and add contacts via Outlook, have mail sent directly by Microsoft Direct Push Technology, and manage multiple e-mail accounts and mail folders - just like Outlook on the PC.
• View and edit Office attachments and now get access to files on your corporate file shares and Sharepoint sites.
• Enjoy the advantages of Windows Live, including single sign-on to Windows Live services, Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Mail, Hotmail, and Windows Live Search.
• Get increased control, security, and greater interoperability with Exchange Server and other IT infrastructure that helps businesses efficiently deploy, manage and secure Windows Mobile devices.

Labels: Microsoft, mobile, mobile 6, pda, pocketpc, windows

Blackberry 8800 Policy Imports

A series of new IT policies have been developed to make managing the features and functionality of the newest BlackBerry® smartphones within your organization easy and intuitive.

Expandable Memory

Administrators can set IT policies to disable the smartphone's expandable memory capability and/or its ability to function as a USB mass storage device.Further, an IT policy allows administrators to control data encryption on the expandable memory card: they can disable encryption entirely or encrypt the content to the user password, the device key or both the user password and the device key.

Camera (8100 - Pearl)

An IT policy exists that allows the administrator to disable the BlackBerry® Pearl camera. Like all BlackBerry® Enterprise Server IT policies, this can be applied at an individual level, a group level or across the entire BlackBerry® smartphone deployment.

Link

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i-mate to release 5 new handsets

Ultimate is a new and exciting range of devices from i-mate™, the specialists in Windows Mobile® devices. The devices are designed with the latest in mobile technology to help you get the most from Windows Mobile® and i-mate™ solutions. Innovation by Design The i-mate™ philosophy of Innovation by Design has been used in every sense to create a product range of devices that aims to re-define the category of Windows Mobile® devices. From the 520MHz Intel processor, to the XGA direct video out, from HSDPA connectivity to the 262k colour VGA LCD touch screen, every component of every device provides the latest and best in mobile phone and PDA technology. Besides having the assurance of superior technical specifications, customers also have the comfort of choice with five distinctive form factors available.
This means all Ultimate devices support the full range of benefits provided by the latest version of Windows Mobile®.

For example:
• Enhanced mobile messaging and time management solution
• Secure and simple corporate access
• Faster connections to contacts
• Faster and easier application development and distribution

• Ultimate 5150
  
• Ultimate 6150
• Ultimate 7150
• Ultimate 8150
• Ultimate 9150

Labels: i-mate, pda, pocketpc