Outlook Mobile Team Blog
From the team that brings you Contacts, Email, Text Messaging, Calendar, and Tasks in Windows Mobile. All postings are provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confer no rights.
Texting a Non-Mobile Number
Commenter Jakub Anderwald notes how hard it is to send a text message to a home or work phone. I...
Date: 06/10/2009
Quick Note: Email Server Search
The other day I was on the way to a potluck with some new friends and I was running late (somehow I...
Date: 06/09/2009
How to Remove Company Directory Search History List
You may have wondered “How do I remove my company directory search history entries?” Well , here’s a...
Date: 04/10/2009
How to Access the Company Directory
Did you know that you can search your company directory on your phone? All you need is a...
Date: 02/26/2009
Finding Contacts FAST for Communication
Recently I’ve posted a few tips about working with contacts and it has been mostly focused on access...
Date: 02/17/2009
ActiveSync Tweaks to improve Battery Life
If you’re a Windows Mobile user who synchronizes with a corporate or hosted Exchange server using...
Date: 01/26/2009
Saving Information to a Contact
Creating a new contact from scratch is straight-forward enough both on the desktop and on your phone...
Date: 01/19/2009
Patch Tuesday: WM 6.1 SMTP fix released!
12/1/2008 Update: We've narrowed the patch incompatibility to a certificate mismatch. This means...
Date: 11/11/2008
Using Hotmail with Windows Mobile
Today we’re going to talk about using your Hotmail or Windows Live account with Outlook Mobile. What...
Date: 06/05/2008
Outlook Mobile FAQ
Comming to the page soon will be our most frequently asked questions and either answers or links to...
Date: 06/01/2008
Using Gmail with Outlook Mobile
In this post I discuss some of the most common issues that arise when trying to use Gmail on your...
Date: 04/15/2008
Warning: the following contains explicit SSL
(or, Messaging: Port Probing Demystified) The "Require SSL" checkbox in the account...
Date: 01/25/2008
Smartdial: Combining Calls and Contacts
In a recent post I talked about the introduction of Smartdial to WM Professional and described a bit...
Date: 01/15/2008
Windows Mobile Professional: Smartdial
Here's another new thing in WM6 that I am particularly fond of - smart dial for WM Professional...
Date: 12/28/2007
Call History Per Contact
In WM6 we did a bit of work to make it easier to track your call history with a particular person....
Date: 12/21/2007
WM6 - Messaging
I have a few seconds, so figured I'll show off some (not all) Messaging featuers. Some of these...
Date: 03/13/2007
WM 6.0 is on wikipedia + some new Messaging friendly devices...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Mobile. I've always been a huge fan of Wikipedia. But really...
Date: 02/13/2007
We are back...!
Well, at least I am back. I'll start going through questions I received through the blog, but it'll...
Date: 01/09/2007
Dash...
Check out this baby! The new Smartphone from T-Mobile :- It's a wide-screen Smartphone with a Qwerty...
Date: 10/20/2006
QnA: Can I save mails on a storage card?
Question: I have a T-mobile SDA. There is a limitation of base memory size on the phone. I would...
Date: 09/26/2006
QnA: "Move"ing messages across accounts
Question: Hi Guys: I'm using an Exchange account for my primary email but store items on an entirely...
Date: 09/22/2006
QnA: Can I sync with multiple Exchange Accounts?
Question: Hi there. I am trying to find out if I can configure profiles for outlook mobile to use...
Date: 09/14/2006
QnA: Voice tags - where are they stored?
Question: Struggling to find the answer to this question. Recently lost my voice tags during a reset...
Date: 09/12/2006
QnA: Can I configure a default root folder for my IMAP account?
Question: I have recently moved to the windows mobile platform and am having trouble with Outlook...
Date: 09/08/2006
QnA: How come some Outlook fields are not sync-ed to device?
Question: Why does pocket outlook not contain all the phone number fields that outlook has?...
Date: 08/31/2006
QnA: Can I sync my device with Outlook 2003?
Question: I am told that I can NOT sync my Treo 650 (unlocked) to my Outlook 2003. I work from home...
Date: 08/15/2006
QnA: How many accounts can I have?
Question: I'm using an Imate Jasjar device bearing outlook mobile,, and my question is very simple:...
Date: 08/14/2006
QnA: Dude, what's wrong with IMAP???
Since a vast majority of questions we get are IMAP related, let me just come out and say it. We have...
Date: 08/14/2006
QnA: Selecting an account from outlook mobile to send with
Question: I'm fairly new to the outlook mobile scene, and I have a question about an outlook feature...
Date: 07/12/2006
QnA: Can I sort e-mails in the sent-items folder by recipient?
Question: I want to know if i can sort the sent items folder by "Sent to" instead of "Sent By" which...
Date: 07/05/2006
Best devices for Messaging
So I got asked about my favorite device for Messaging. It's a tough one, really. I've used (and...
Date: 06/21/2006
We've been busy!
We sincerely apologize for ignoring this blog. We’ve been busy implementing features and improving...
Date: 06/16/2006
Scheduled syncing issues with multiple accounts
This afternoon I picked up my Treo 700 and realized that my Outlook e-mail account did not sync for...
Date: 03/30/2006
Setting up an IMAP account
Why do we make it so hard to set IMAP / POP accounts????? Here's how you do it :- PocketPC Launch...
Date: 03/23/2006
Mega contact
Here's a useful tip. Create a separate version of your contact (call it "Me" or something) that you...
Date: 03/23/2006
Easy way of adding pictures to contacts
Love seeing pictures in contacts? Here's an easy way to add it: If you sync with outlook (desktop or...
Date: 03/23/2006
Where are my sent items?
By default the Messaging application does not sync the sent items folder. Therefore, you may notice...
Date: 03/23/2006
Scrolling to the top hack...
It is a pain to scroll to the top in Messaging (both in Read Note and the list view). Here is a...
Date: 03/23/2006
The infamous Messaging Reply-All bug.
Argh, do you wonder why replying-all to a message adds you to the recipient list? It's annoying. The...
Date: 03/22/2006
Add date / time in Messaging List view (in Smartphone)
You might not even realize how amazingly helpful date / time is in List view. Turn it on and see....
Date: 03/17/2006
Skip multiple letters in contacts
In Contacts, you can bring up the letter chooser by hoding Up or Down for a period of time. Once it...
Date: 03/17/2006
Wildcard in smartdial
Not many people know this, but smartdial supports wildcards! For instance, if you are looking for...
Date: 03/17/2006