February 2007 - Posts
The Microsoft Windows Mobile Device Center enables you to set up new partnerships, synchronize content and manage music, pictures and video with Windows Mobile powered devices (Windows Mobile 2003 or later). The Windows Mobile Device Center is only supported on Windows Vista.
The Windows Mobile Device Center combines an efficient business-data synchronization platform with a compelling user experience. Windows Mobile Device Center helps you to quickly set up new partnerships, synchronize business-critical information such as e-mail, contacts and calendar appointments, easily manage your synchronization settings, and transfer business documents between your device and PC.
The Windows Mobile Device Center simplifies managing media between your Windows Mobile powered device and your PC. With the picture acquisition wizard, you can easily tag and transfer all of the pictures from your Windows Mobile powered device to your PC’s Windows Photo Gallery.
Windows Mobile Device Center Features Include:
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Streamlined setup - A simplified new partnership wizard and improved partnership management.
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Robust synchronization - Synchronization of business-critical data such as e-mail, calendars, contacts, tasks, favorites, and files.
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Enhanced user interface - A simple and compelling user interface helps you to quickly access critical tasks and configure your device.
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File browsing - A new device browsing experience enables you more quickly browse files and folders and open documents on your device directly from your PC.
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Photo management – Picture management helps you detect new photos on your Windows Mobile powered device, tag and import them to the Windows Vista Photo Gallery.
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Media synchronization - Use Microsoft Windows Media Player to synchronize and shuffle music files on your device.
The Windows Mobile Device Center is compatible with Windows Mobile 2003 devices and later.
Download Windows Mobile Device Center
Installation Instructions
IMPORTANT: If you have a previous version of Windows Mobile Device Center installed you will first need to uninstall it before installing the new release.
To uninstall the Windows Mobile Device Center:
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Open the Start menu
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Click Control Panel
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Click on “Uninstall or Change a Program”
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Select “Windows Mobile Device Center” from the program list and click “Uninstall”
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Select “Windows Mobile Device Center Driver Update” from the program list and click “Uninstall”
To Install the Windows Mobile Device Center on Windows Vista:
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Read the system requirements listed below.
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Connect your device to your PC.
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Download the Windows Mobile Device Center Installer (9 MB) to your PC by clicking on the download link.
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Select Run this program from its current location and click OK.
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Follow the instructions on the screen.
Please click the following link to download the Windows Mobile Device Center.
More Information
System Requirements
Windows Mobile Device Center is currently only available for the following versions of Microsoft Windows Vista™.
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Windows Vista™ Ultimate
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Windows Vista™ Enterprise
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Windows Vista™ Business
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Windows Vista™ Home Premium
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Windows Vista™ Home Basic
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Microsoft® Outlook® 2007, Microsoft Outlook XP, and Microsoft Outlook 2003 messaging and collaboration clients
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Microsoft® Office 2003
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Microsoft® Outlook® XP, Microsoft® Outlook® 2003, and Microsoft® Outlook® 2007 messaging and collaboration clients are required for synchronization of e-mail, contacts, tasks and notes to a Personal Computer.
Supported Devices
Windows Mobile Device Center supports Windows Mobile 2003 or later devices.
Link:http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/devicecenter.mspx
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Check Out the Latest Microsoft Business and Technology Assessment Toolkit
The new and refreshed toolkit (previously the Small Business Assessment Toolkit) can help you uncover opportunities across the Microsoft stack. New features include:
- Easy installation and self-updating features.
- New assessments that allow deeper evaluation of customers’ server, mobile, and desktop needs and help identify solutions using technologies based not only on Windows Small Business Server, but also on, Windows Mobile, the 2007 Microsoft Office system, and Microsoft Windows Vista.
- A customizable question bank that allows you to tailor assessments to your customers’ specific scenario or to the your own business model.
- A Windows-based platform that’s compatible with both Microsoft Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office system.
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And while you’re using the toolkit, you can also get a free copy of Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition (a US$599 value). Just use the toolkit to conduct business assessments with your customers and submit five assessments and complete a survey to qualify. And if you’re a Microsoft Small Business Specialist, you can [aanalb] also enter to win a Windows Mobile 5.0 Handheld Device as part of this offer.
Learn more at: https://partner.microsoft.com/assesssmbneeds
Hey Partners, we talked about his earlier that Vista would help drive a new revenue stream for you in a blog about the 18 to 1 return in services. This is a great indicator of supporting that!
Bloomberg
Vista lifts PC sales by 67% in its first week
By Dina Bass
February 9, 2007
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/303036_vistasales09.html
Microsoft Corp.'s new Windows Vista operating system spurred a 67 percent increase in personal computer sales at U.S. retail stores in its first week on the market, according to research firm Current Analysis Inc.
Hewlett-Packard Co. was the top PC seller by units during the week that ended Saturday, with its share rising from about 33 percent to more than 50 percent, according to the report by San Diego-based analyst Samir Bhavnani. Gateway Inc. was the No. 2 seller. Dell Inc., the world's second-largest PC maker, wasn't included because the company doesn't sell through stores.
"It's one of the bigger sales weeks we have seen since 2003," Bhavnani said. The increase compares with sales in the same week a year earlier. Current Analysis declined to say how many PCs were sold in total in the week.
Customers had waited through two years of delays for Vista, the first new Windows release for PCs since 2001. The first quarter typically is the slowest for PC sales. While Vista will provide a boost, it probably won't reverse that seasonal trend, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said.
Microsoft began selling Vista in stores on Jan. 30 after releasing it to some businesses on Nov. 30. About 5.5 million consumers will buy copies of Vista worldwide by the end of March, forecasts Roger Kay, an analyst at Wayland, Mass.-based research firm Endpoint Technologies Associates. That will rise to 29.2 million in the fourth quarter.
"There are a few people that are buying it just because it's available," Kay said. "Vista is a mild stimulus for the market."
Bhavnani said the increase in the first week "compares very favorably" with the first week Windows XP was on sale in 2001. XP went on sale six weeks after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, during a time of slower business and consumer spending. Also, XP was available on some PCs a few weeks before the official release.
Seventy percent of the machines sold were loaded with Vista Home Premium, a higher-priced version that analysts expect will add hundreds of millions of dollars to Vista's sales this year.
Kevin Kutz, Microsoft Windows client communications director, said the company is "pleased with the initial response to Windows Vista."
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Identify small- and midsize-customer server, mobile, and desktop needs with the Microsoft Business and Technology Assessment Toolkit. Using your evaluation results, effectively sell solutions based on the 2007 Microsoft Office system, Windows Mobile, Windows Small Business Server, and Windows Vista technologies. "We've closed a deal every time we've used it," says Steve Rubin, President, WorkITsafe.