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• Goodbye...

  Yup I'm moving on. It's been a blast. If you want to find out how much drop uk.recruitment@conchango.com a line... I'll be over here from now on... http://www.theMobileGuy.net See you around. Keni Read More... Posted 01 February 2008 14:05 by Keni.Barwick | 1 Comments

• Bill's Last Keynote

  Another year, another CES keynote from Bill Gates... But this year is different... For this year it's the last time we see bill be uncomfortable infornt of the stage and do rubbish jokes with famous people who have quite clearly been paid to be there Read More... Posted 16 January 2008 14:07 by Keni.Barwick | 2 Comments Filed under: Windows Mobile, MEDC, Silverlight Mobile, CES, Bill Gates, Surface

• Remove "Open File - Security Warning" on any file for good!

  As part of my new shiny , I've been installing latest drivers and software... Now one thing I've been getting really annoyed with Vista is the "Open File - Security Warning" dialog box. There is nothing wrong with it as such, just when Read More... Posted 09 November 2007 11:57 by Keni.Barwick | 2 Comments

• Deleted Domain User and no other log on?

  Don't worry... I have the answer for you... Yup, the other day I deleted the user from a domain, but forgot to enable another local user!!! Der brain... So there I am sitting with my head in my hands franticly calling people I knew to see if they Read More... Posted 09 November 2007 11:46 by Keni.Barwick | 1 Comments

• Happy Birthday Tablet PC's

  Yesterday was the birthday of the humble Tablet PC... It's come along way... I've had one now for about 3 years and I will recomend one to everyone... It just so happens that I also got upgraded with a lovely new Tablet from our Internal Systems Read More... Posted 09 November 2007 11:30 by Keni.Barwick | 1 Comments

• GPhone and the OHA

  K: Bless me Father for I have sinned, it's been a month since my last Blog post... F: Go write 1,000 lines of c# and a Linq query... Yup, I've been away from the Blogosphere for a while, no excuse really, just got out of the “habit”... Read More... Posted 06 November 2007 09:39 by Keni.Barwick | 2 Comments Filed under: HTC, Google, LINQ, Exchange, Android

• v1615 in stock!!!

  I was Facebooking yesterday on my phone ( http://m.facebook.com ) and an old friend from Uni got in touch. He said he was getting really sick of the lack of functionality with his Blackberry Pearl... Now I know that the Pear is a great device with a stack Read More... Posted 06 October 2007 13:47 by Keni.Barwick | 2 Comments Filed under: Vodafone, HTC, GPS, Windows Mobile 6 Professional, Facebook

• OpenAJAX alliance pursues Mobile

  Today a fellow Conchango technology team member Pryank Rohilla (start blogging mate!) let me know about OpenAJAX alliance meeting up in California at the Microsoft's office to discuss how to bring common AJAX standards to mobile devices. ( Link ) Read More... Posted 03 October 2007 16:15 by Keni.Barwick | 0 Comments Filed under: Windows Mobile, Vodafone, Google, Facebook, iPhone, AJAX

• iPhone v Windows Mobile part 2

  Look, I'm getting a little sick of this argument and so I'm going to be brief and bold. iPhone = Consumer Windows Mobile = Enterprise If Microsoft, or OEM's for that matter, release a device that it just for the consumer... Then we'll Read More... Posted 23 September 2007 23:21 by Keni.Barwick | 1 Comments Filed under: HTC, Rant, Windows Mobile 6 Professional, iPhone

• Device Emulator Connection Failed - FIX :D

  For the last few days I've been banging my head against a brick wall... I just couldn't get a) A SQL Mobile database to read due to upgrading it to 3.5 and forgetting!!! (Idiot!) b) A solution to deploy to an emulator... "Connection Failed. Read More... Posted 18 September 2007 13:30 by Keni.Barwick | 0 Comments Filed under: Visual Studio, Conchango, Rant

• HTC release the TyTN II - But will the Vodafone v1615?

  I got the usual email today, one that no doubt some of you received today regarding the official release of the newest HTC device the TyTN II . As the name suggests it's an upgrade to the old TyTN, though calling it an upgrade feels a little weak. Read More... Posted 12 September 2007 12:40 by Keni.Barwick | 2 Comments Filed under: Vodafone, Bluetooth, HTC, GPS, Rant, Windows Mobile 6 Professional, WiFi

• Visual Sudio 2008 and SQL Server CE 3.5 BETA - Uninstalled

  I've given up on it and uninstalled it... I have so many of my projects that work with SQL Server CE and since upgrading to the Beta none of them have worked... I thought it was me for a while, but even the simplest application with only a SqlCeConnection.Open() Read More... Posted 25 August 2007 08:46 by Keni.Barwick | 2 Comments Filed under: Compact Framework, Code, Visual Studio, SQL Compact Edition

• Exchange Public Folders and Windows Mobile - Solution!!!

  I was asked by a client recently if there was a way to sync the company's public folders with other Windows Mobile users... Hmmm I said... Nope, sorry... This is something that has been somewhat of a problem with ActiveSync from what I can tell for Read More... Posted 23 August 2007 10:32 by Keni.Barwick | 0 Comments Filed under: Pocket PC, Smartphone, Windows Mobile, Rant, Windows Mobile 6 Standard, Windows Mobile 6 Professional, Exchange, Public Folders, Outlook, ActiveSync

• Fonebook - Facebook faces on your phone via Outlook

  I'm a little late on this one but I've installed in and after a few retry's got it to work... It's pretty cool, very slick UI with very little for you to do until once installed... That coupled with my new HTC Home plug in with 6 buttons Read More... Posted 21 August 2007 15:56 by Keni.Barwick | 0 Comments Filed under: Pocket PC, G33ky, HTC, Windows Mobile 6 Professional, Facebook, FoneBook

• Windows Mobile and Silverlight - Windows Mobile 7?

  It's been a while now since I came back from Vegas and the MEDC conference there. Yet one of the things that keeps running through my head about the event. The Silverlight demo on a Windows Mobile. This was a great show of the cross platform ability Read More... Posted 20 August 2007 11:42 by Keni.Barwick | 1 Comments Filed under: Pocket PC, Smartphone, Windows Mobile, MEDC, Photon