Windows Mobile 5 Announced at MEDC 2005

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Very promising. I have a question though: on other Mobile OSs, the war is
raging between Flash Lite and SVG. What is going on with Windows Mobile?

Marc

"David Conger, MS-MVP/Mobile Devices" <dave at davespda.com> wrote in
message newsLIZTRYVFHA.2664@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Microsoft has announced Windows Mobile 5 (Mageneto) during the Bill Gates
> Keynote at MEDC 2005. WM5 includes a series of great new features
including
> PowerPoint Mobile and ActiveSync 4.0. The complete Press Release is
> available here:
>
>
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass [...] ile5PR.asp
>
>
>
> You can read more about some of the new features and see screenshots from
> Windows Mobile 5 (including ActiveSync 4.0, PowerPoint Mobile, Smartphone
> User Interface, One-Handed Interface for Pocket PC, Internet Explorer
> Mobile, Excel Mobile, Word Mobile, and Pocket MSN Client) here:
>
> http://www.davespda.com/special/wm5/
>
>
>
> And even if you can't read Dutch, take a look at the PocketPC-Club review,
> which has tons of screen shots:
>
> http://www.pocketpc-club.nl/content.php?id=3343
>
>
> --
> Dave
> www.davespda.com
> Microsoft MVP (Mobile Devices)
>
>
>

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On Tue, 10 May 2005 11:18:41 -0700, "David Conger, MS-MVP/Mobile
Devices" <dave at davespda.com> wrote:

>You can read more about some of the new features and see screenshots from
>Windows Mobile 5 (including ActiveSync 4.0, PowerPoint Mobile, Smartphone
>User Interface, One-Handed Interface for Pocket PC, Internet Explorer
>Mobile, Excel Mobile, Word Mobile, and Pocket MSN Client) here:
>
>http://www.davespda.com/special/wm5/

Did I read that right ? ActiveSync 4 DOES NOT SUPPORT WIFI SYNC ?

Surely that's a retrograde step, I know of a lot of people who really
really won't be happy with that. My suspicion is, it's to do with the
increased media player support - WMP never did do sync over Wifi, but
to blanket remove it as a feature I think needs some explanation.

Guys .... Clues ? Suggestions ? Rationales ?

Cheers - Neil

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Push E-mail will be a function of Exchange SP2 from what I hear

--
Gavin
http://sbscanada.blogspot.com
http://pocketpccanada.blogspot.com/


"Eric Baines" <EricBaines@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:30F4C259-4160-4107-AB55-EDB31F7E021F@microsoft.com...
> http://download.microsoft.com/down [...] _Sheet.doc
>
> I find it worrying that:-
> 1) quite a few of the headings say 'For Windows Mobile 5.0-based Pocket
> PCs'. I thought the distinction between Pocket PCs and Smartphones
> disappeared, and software that could run on one, could run on the other?
> 2) there is no mention of push e-mail. Has this died - will RIM live to
> fight another day?
>
> Sounds more like 2003 Third edition rather than anything exciting.
>
> That said, anyone know if i-mate will produce an upgrade for the SP3?
>
>
> "David Conger, MS-MVP/Mobile Devices" wrote:
>
>> Microsoft has announced Windows Mobile 5 (Mageneto) during the Bill Gates
>> Keynote at MEDC 2005. WM5 includes a series of great new features
>> including
>> PowerPoint Mobile and ActiveSync 4.0. The complete Press Release is
>> available here:
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/presspass [...] ile5PR.asp
>>
>>
>>
>> You can read more about some of the new features and see screenshots from
>> Windows Mobile 5 (including ActiveSync 4.0, PowerPoint Mobile, Smartphone
>> User Interface, One-Handed Interface for Pocket PC, Internet Explorer
>> Mobile, Excel Mobile, Word Mobile, and Pocket MSN Client) here:
>>
>> http://www.davespda.com/special/wm5/
>>
>>
>>
>> And even if you can't read Dutch, take a look at the PocketPC-Club
>> review,
>> which has tons of screen shots:
>>
>> http://www.pocketpc-club.nl/content.php?id=3343
>>
>>
>> --
>> Dave
>> www.davespda.com
>> Microsoft MVP (Mobile Devices)
>>
>>
>>
>>

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| Did I read that right ? ActiveSync 4 DOES NOT SUPPORT WIFI SYNC ?


there was a pre-release version of activesync 4 leaked a few weeks ago, and
it did not support wifi-sync. I had hoped it was just because it was a
Beta/Warez version, but now it sounds like it is by design. bad... very
bad !!

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On Wed, 11 May 2005 15:38:04 -0600, "KDE"
<knott_me@NOSPAM.hotmail.com> wrote:

>| Did I read that right ? ActiveSync 4 DOES NOT SUPPORT WIFI SYNC ?
>
>
>there was a pre-release version of activesync 4 leaked a few weeks ago, and
>it did not support wifi-sync. I had hoped it was just because it was a
>Beta/Warez version, but now it sounds like it is by design. bad... very
>bad !!

Yep, agree.
Cheers - Neil

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On Thu, 12 May 2005 09:33:19 +1200, "Mauricio Freitas [MVP]"
<dr.emailposter@nowhere.invalid> wrote:

>"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>>http://www.davespda.com/special/wm5/
>>
>> Did I read that right ? ActiveSync 4 DOES NOT SUPPORT WIFI SYNC ?
>>
>> Surely that's a retrograde step, I know of a lot of people who really
>> really won't be happy with that. My suspicion is, it's to do with the
>> increased media player support - WMP never did do sync over Wifi, but
>> to blanket remove it as a feature I think needs some explanation.

>That's correct. Actuallu not Wi-Fi Sync, but Remote ActiveSync, the one
>where a user connects over a network (not only Wi-Fi, but any network) to
>their desktop running ActiveSync.
>The main reason for that seems to be security: the Remote ActiveSync is a
>non-encrypted, non-authenticated solution and thus not safe.

Hmm I don't really agree with theie rationale then. Let's consider my
use-case (I can only speak for myself ;-)

I have a NAT router which is quite impenetrable. Behind that is a
wired network, with a Wifi router. The WEP keys on that are
responsible for encryption of data flowing over the network, and the
PPC uses those keys quite happily.

I rotate my keys weekly to ensure that long term cracking isn't
likely (though I'm not paranoid, it's good practice).

The desktop has Zonealarm which is set up to only trust packets from
certain IPs and MAC addresses (as is the Wifi box).

So in terms of security, I think I've taken reasonable steps to ensure
the safety of my data. Which mostly is not really personal data - a
few notes, the odd calendar apppointment and so on. But of course, I'd
like to sit downstairs on the sofa, and sync up files, install
software etc as desired.

The current situation is acceptable. I do feel, personally, that MS
have really dropped a bollock here because with aiming at
inexperienced or likely-to-be-hacked users security issues, they have
cut out the useful ability to sync within a trusted network zone over
the air.

If there's no workaround, I think it's a bad move.
Cheers - Neil