Category: Pocket PC/Phone Edition

Hmm… US-CERT has an advisory about a Windows CE Trojan. Here’s the list of things it is said to do on a Windows CE device:

• spreads via seemingly legitimate application installation files
• installs as an autorun program on the memory card
• installs itself to the device when an infected memory card is inserted
• protects itself from deletion by copying itself back to disk
• replaces the browser’s homepage
• allows unsigned applications to install without warning

The US-CERT alert does not name it. However, BetaNews says it is called WinCE/InfoJack Trojan and provides its history.

Yahoo!’s mobile sites are great. But, for some odd reason, its Yahoo! Go Mobile client for Windows Mobile is just awful. Its navigation is non-intuitive and it is unbelievably slow when it actually works. If Microsoft acquires Yahoo!, I sure hope they keep its mobile-friendly websites which are more content rich than Microsoft’s sites. But, I hope the Yahoo! Go mobile client goes somewhere far away never to return.

I really don’t like using phone headsets. I’ve bought a couple of and have used them sparingly. But, they are just plain uncomfortable in warm weather environments. And, I can’t hear my podcasts clearly when listening to them in the car with one ear blocked. So, I finally got around to buying the Motorola T305 Bluetooth Speaker from a local Costco (under $50). It came with both a car charger as well as an A/C adapter. Best of all, it has a standard mini-USB jack for charging. So, my portable charger should work fine with it.

I tested it with a T-Mobile Dash (Windows Mobile 6 Standard Edition) and it seems to work fine. It has a metal clip to clip it to the visor. Here’s hoping it is loud enough to use for those rare times I need to make or receive a phone call while in the car.

If you’ve been looking some info about scmdm (System Center Mobile Device Manager) 2008, Microsoft TechNet has a 23 minute video interview about it at…

Intro to System Center Mobile Device Manager (scmdm) 2008