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Contents
Introduction and Executive Summary 6
Windows Mobile 5.0 6
Enhanced productivity when you’re on the go 6
A superior multimedia experience 9
A highly personalizable device 10
Full Feature Chart 11
Getting Started 13
Configuring Your Pocket PC 13
Navigating Your Device 13
Navigating with the stylus 13
Navigating with Microsoft Voice Command 15
Connecting With Your PC: ActiveSync 16
Making Telephone Calls 19
Securing Your Device 21
Getting Connected 22
Connection Manager 22
Setting Up Connections 23
Setting up a dial-up connection 23
Setting up Wi-Fi (802.11) 24
Using Wi-Fi Protected Access 25
Defining a VPN connection and proxy 26
Connecting with Bluetooth 28
Connecting with infrared (beam) 29
Turning on Flight mode 30
Browsing the Web 31
Viewing a Web Page 31
The Internet Explorer Menu 31
Changing Views 32
Landscape Mode 33
Microsoft Office software for Windows Mobile 34
Word Mobile 34
Creating a new document 34
Saving a document 34
Sending a document via e-mail 35
Excel Mobile 35
Inserting and formatting content in Excel Mobile 36
Formatting cells 36
Creating a chart 36
Saving a document 37
Sending a spreadsheet via e-mail 38
PowerPoint Mobile 38
Viewing a PowerPoint presentation 38
PowerPoint options 39
Outlook Mobile 41
Using Outlook E-mail 41
Setting up your e-mail accounts 42
Additional options — account settings 43
Setting up an account manually 43
Viewing your e-mail in different accounts 44
Creating and sending a message 44
Saving sent messages 45
Adding an attachment to a message 45
Using Outlook Calendar 46
Changing views 46
Scheduling or canceling an appointment 47
Making a recurring appointment 47
Setting a reminder 47
Sending a meeting request 48
Using Outlook Contacts 48
Adding a contact 48
Sending e-mail to a contact 49
Assigning a photo to a contact 50
Assigning a ring tone to a contact 50
Using Outlook Tasks 50
Editing task properties 51
Task options 51
Synchronizing Outlook Mobile information 51
Synchronizing e-mail messages 51
Synchronizing messages from an Outlook e-mail account 52
Synchronizing messages from a remote server 52
Changing information to be synchronized 53
Synchronizing subfolders 53
Synchronizing Calendar, Contacts and Tasks 54
Pocket MSN 55
Using MSN Messenger 55
Sending a message 56
Ongoing chats 56
Changing your display name 56
Setting your status 56
Adding and deleting contacts 57
Using MSN Hotmail 57
Creating and sending Hotmail messages 58
Entertainment and Multimedia 59
Using Windows Media Player 10 59
Getting content from your desktop onto your mobile device 59
Automatic synchronization 59
Manual synchronization 60
Starting Windows Media on your mobile device 61
Updating your device after syncing content 61
Playing media on your device 62
Playing video content 63
Landscape mode 63
Synchronizing TV Content 64
Queuing up your media 64
Things to keep in mind when playing media 64
Playing Games 65
Pictures & Videos 65
Editing a picture 67
Customizing Windows Mobile 5.0 68
Changing the Today screen 68
Changing your theme 68
Setting a picture as a background 68
Changing the items on the Today screen 68
Changing the ring tones on your device 69
Adding new applications to your device 69
Removing programs 70
Introduction and Executive Summary
Welcome to the Microsoft® Windows Mobile® 5.0 Reviewers Guide. It discusses the overall vision of this release, details what’s new since the last major release, in 2002, offers a full feature chart that discusses specific product capabilities, and gives basic instructions on how to use the features.
Mobile devices are becoming more widely used. According to analyst firm IDC, by the end of 2005 there are expected to be more than 1.685 billion active wireless subscribers in the world.[1] The growing adoption of mobile technology has been reflected in the sale of Windows Mobile-based devices. Five years ago, the first Windows Mobile-based Pocket PCs were shipped from three hardware partners. Today more than 40 device-makers are shipping innovative Windows Mobile-based products with more than 70 mobile operators in more than 50 countries.
Just as mobile device use has become more commonplace, users have become more sophisticated. People are demanding more from their devices: Consumers want richer multimedia experiences; quick, reliable Internet connectivity for messaging, e-mail and browsing; and the ability to personalize their devices to their liking. Mobile workers want to be able to do more and have less downtime while traveling. The demand for increased mobile capabilities is expected to continue: According to Gartner Inc., by 2008, over four-fifths of mobile knowledge workers will have access to wireless e-mail.[2]
Windows Mobile 5.0
Windows Mobile is a powerful software platform that has been developed to help maximize what users can do with their converged devices. The software is regularly updated based on extensive research on ways that mobile devices are actually used as well as what users dream of being able to do with them.
This latest version, Windows Mobile 5.0, is the most significant release of the platform since 2002. Most previous releases contained enhancements that were “under the hood.” This time, in addition to powerful changes behind the scenes, many new features will be obvious to the end user. The overall design goal for this version was to make Windows Mobile easier to use and more intuitive. The design team focused on three key supporting goals: enhancing productivity, providing an outstanding multimedia experience, and giving our device and mobile operator partners many options for customization. Following is a description of these goals and some of the new features developed in support of them.
Enhanced productivity when you’re on the go
Improved connectivity. Windows Mobile 5.0 was designed to make connecting to the Internet or work easier than ever, with great flexibility and support for many wireless networks. Depending on your hardware, you can connect wirelessly via Virtual Private Network (VPN), Bluetooth®, infrared technology and your mobile operator’s wireless data network. New in Windows Mobile 5.0 is support for Wi-Fi (802.11) wireless LAN. And now partners have the flexibility to add 3G radio stacks if they want. If you have signed up for a data plan with your mobile operator and have a data-capable, you should automatically be able to browse the Internet and receive data as soon as you turn on the device.3
Improved Web browsing. Internet Explorer Mobile is a mobile version of the familiar browser for the desktop. It has been redesigned to provide an improved customer experience with greater flexibility in viewing Internet content.
· You can now save images and audio files from a Web page locally onto your device or storage card, just as in a desktop Web browsing experience. You can use sound or image content as a ring tone, background picture, or picture for Multimedia Message Service (MMS) messaging. The Pictures & Videos application automatically opens after the content is downloaded.
· Internet Explorer Mobile now supports many more script elements, helping reduce script errors and allowing more pages to load correctly. The browser includes support for XHTML Basic, cascading style sheet (CSS), JScript 5.5, Wireless Markup Language (WML) 2.0 (XHTML + WML 1.x), Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6), and Graphics Device Interface (GDI)+ Imaging.
· Many viewing options are available to customize and simplify the experience, including Default, Desktop, One Column, Full Screen, Pictures Off and Landscape modes.
· A new Download Progress Bar shows when the browser is connecting, when it has connected, and how much of a Web page has been downloaded. A Resume Download feature continues an interrupted file download from the point of interruption rather than from the beginning of the file.
Microsoft Office software for Windows Mobile. The updated Microsoft Office software for Windows Mobile offer familiar features to help you more effectively view, create and edit documents and manage e-mail attachments while away from your PC.
· You can now view tables, lists and embedded images in Word Mobile. Retention of document format has also been improved so that information from an original Word document, such as formatting and undisplayed meta data, is better retained after a Word document has been edited on the device.
· Excel® Mobile offers the ability to view and create charts.
· The new Microsoft PowerPoint® Mobile supports animation sequences, so you can view PowerPoint presentations on the go.
· Documents can be sent via e-mail directly from Outlook Mobile.
New Outlook Mobile. Many resources were devoted to improvements in Outlook® Mobile’s synchronization, user interface, Contacts, Calendar and Tasks. These enhancements represent Microsoft Corp.’s ongoing efforts to incorporate key customer feedback into the product and to enhance the overall synchronization and look and feel with the desktop version of Outlook.
· Outlook Mobile supports up to eight accounts, so that in addition to a corporate account via a Microsoft Exchange server, you could have a POP or IMAP account via a public e-mail provider, a Hotmail® account and others coming into your mobile device inbox at once.
· The new look and feel is closer to the familiar desktop version of Outlook, with support for high- and low-priority e-mail indicators.
· A redesigned message layout with clear separation between header and body helps make the data “glanceable.”
· Dynamic e-mail headers allow you to quickly add to or open a contact’s information by selecting the header and adding information with the menu that is provided. You also now have the ability to dial a contact directly from the e-mail message.
· E-mail attachments have been moved to the header in the top of the message so you no longer have to scroll to the bottom to view them.
· A completely redesigned Outlook Mobile Contacts application offers an improved user experience. You can easily and quickly communicate with someone from the list and view a summary of Outlook Mobile Contacts with one finger.
· You now have the ability to add pictures to contacts on the device and from a PC.
ActiveSync 4.1 support. Microsoft ActiveSync® provides a great synchronization experience with Windows®-based PCs and Microsoft Outlook right out of the box. ActiveSync acts as the gateway between your Windows-based PC and Windows Mobile-based device, allowing easy transfer of Outlook information as well as Office documents, pictures, music, videos and applications from your desktop to your Pocket PC. In addition to synchronizing with a desktop PC, ActiveSync can synchronize directly with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, so that you can keep your e-mail, calendar data, notes and contact information updated wirelessly when you’re away from your PC. It also can sync pictures in Outlook Contacts and wirelessly sync to your PC using Bluetooth.
Faster access to e-mail. Windows Mobile 5.0 provides faster access to e-mail, with one-key access to Hotmail and MSN® inboxes within Outlook. It also offers better integration with MSN Messenger for seamless instant messaging (IM) with colleagues and friends.
Persistent memory storage. Persistent memory storage has been added to Windows Mobile 5.0-based Pocket PCs, helping you avoid losing important data when battery power runs out. In addition, overall device efficiency has been improved, yielding as much as 30 percent more battery life.
Keyboard integration. Enhanced integration with a physical keyboard on the device delivers an outstanding one-handed navigation experience.
Enhanced security. Windows Mobile 5.0 is compliant with the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 standard, meaning that it meets the stringent U.S. government security requirements for IT products.
Pocket MSN. Pocket MSN is an exclusive mobile data service optimized for Windows Mobile that delivers an always-on experience so that you remain available to other online users. It provides one-touch access to MSN Hotmail and MSN Messenger — some of the most-used e-mail and IM services in the world — as well as easy access to Web pages designed for mobile users.
Windows Mobile supports the ability to send and receive attachments in Hotmail; the devices can interpret most sound, graphic and text files. Easily set up with a simple wizard, the Hotmail interface makes use of all the great new features of Outlook Mobile that let you easily compose messages offline and schedule sync sessions.
MSN Messenger offers instant communications with co-workers, friends and family.
· An upgraded Contact list displays more contacts and additional information. MSN contacts lists can be shared between a desktop and a mobile device. New support is offered for blocking contacts and adding new ones. Since the MSN Messenger Contact lists are hosted by Microsoft, as soon as you log on from a Pocket PC, you have access to all your contacts and can send instant messages.
· An updated user interface more closely resembling the desktop client provides easy navigation.
· If you receive a phone call during an IM conversation, MSN Messenger holds incoming IM messages on its server until you’re off the call to help you avoid losing your connection.
A superior multimedia experience
Windows Media Player 10 Mobile. With Windows Media® Player 10 on your Windows XP-based PC, you can easily transfer music, video and picture files from your desktop to your mobile device.
· Full-screen-mode video playback. Now you can watch your television shows and other video clips in a Landscape format to maximize the experience.
· All-in-one mobile media player. Enjoy your favorite music, videos and more with broad support for popular file formats, including Windows Media Audio (WMA, which includes online music store content), MP3 and Windows Media Video. Windows Media Player 10 Mobile also adds support for Microsoft DirectShow® technologies, allowing mobile operators and others to add support for more media formats such as 3GPP. You can now access more than 1 million protected digital songs and videos from more than 25 content partners such as Napster LLC, CinemaNow Inc., MusicNow, Movielink LLC, MSN Music and TiVo Inc.
· High-quality audio and video. The high quality of WMA makes for the ultimate listening experience. Windows Mobile 5.0 is now the first mobile device platform to offer audiophile quality with WMA Lossless and WMA Professional. And advancements in hardware technologies are making 640x480 VGA playback possible on VGA-enhanced mobile devices.