Using a Nokia e61i, and MfE (Mail for Exchange), we were trying to find a way of showing the number of unread emails on the home screen. After some digging around we found this option buried under: Menu Tools Settings Phone Standby Mode Active standby plug-ins On the Active standby plug-ins screen check the option [read more...]

There is no doubt Netbook computers are taking off in popularity. The traditional bulk of laptops and bloated operating systems, poor battery life, over complication of use and features, together with the availability of mobile Internet are leading us all to review how we use our technology. Sometimes a PDA is just not enough, it [read more...]

Have you ever been somewhere interesting and later couldn’t remember exactly where it was? Perhaps you know someone who might find a particular place interesting but they don’t know where it is? Looking for ideas of interesting places to go? Or simply want to know where your friends hang out? Wouldn’t it be great if [read more...]

Recently a colleague kindly loaned me his new Nokia N96 so I could have a look at it – these are my initial impressions compared to my Nokia N95 8GB. The phone I saw was S60 3rd edition, N96-1 running Java Me MIDP 2.1 with CLDC 1.1. The software version was 10.065 (22-8-2008). The phone, [read more...]

Mobile phones may have changed the world but they also introduced the mobile phone salute as signal strength problems challenge even the calmest of people. Waving the phone around in the air trying to increase the number of bars indicating signal strength is a familiar sight and trying to access web based mobile services can [read more...]

It is quite possible that the near future will bring complete wireless access and capabilities for technology users. We could be able to access mail, chat with friends and even work from anywhere and at anytime. And it is Mobile Broadband technology that is bringing us closer to this future. Mobile broadband provides wireless Internet [read more...]

Further to my previous posts Mobile ActiveSync and Microsoft Exchange 2007 and SSL Certificates for Exchange Server 2007 continued… I am happy to report that I’m finally making progress on the ongoing SSL certificate/ActiveSync debacle. I dug out my Blackberry 8820 to test the certificate problem and of all things the Blackberry gave the clearest [read more...]

Mobile ActiveSync and Microsoft Exchange 2007 Trying to install certificates on mobile devices to support ActiveSync over Exchange 2007 is proving to be a hit and miss affair. We obtained a UCC certificate from GoDaddy and eventually, with some help from Microsoft Support Services, installed it on our Exchange 2007 Server. Now, at least, Outlook [read more...]