http://www.42gears.com/blog Driving Enterprise Mobility Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:54:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) protocol is used by GSM network to send data to a phone over a real time connection. One of the most common usage is network provider sending back prepaid account balance notification after every call, SMS and data connection. On windows mobile phones, this notification ... http://www.42gears.com/blog/2010/08/getting-rid-of-annoying-prepaid-balance-notification-on-windows-mobile-phones/ If you are using Google Website Optmizer Control Script to test and improve your website, be careful about where you place the control script in your html page. IE won't like it if the script is placed before the Document Type Declaration. IE might render the content in distorted form ... http://www.42gears.com/blog/2010/07/where-to-place-google-website-optimizer-control-script-to-avoid-ie-quirks/ Our latest Mobile Device Management platform SureMDM supports role-based administration. Whenever a user is created, it is assigned a user type depending on the user's role. Following are the available user types: Super User Admin User Help-desk User Manager User End User Super User Super User is created during system installation and is the first and most ... http://www.42gears.com/blog/2010/07/administrators-have-role-based-privileges-in-suremdm/ Well take your pick... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42_%28number%29 And that's not all. There is something for the future. :) http://www.42gears.com/blog/2010/07/whats-so-special-about-number-42/ Well..just did a quick test. I was able lock down a "fresh" Windows Mobile device in less than a minute, 54 seconds to be precise. Following steps were taken (Note: SureLock Studio was already installed on the desktop): Launched SureLock Studio Clicked New button on the toolbar to create a new project Added ... http://www.42gears.com/blog/2010/07/how-much-time-to-get-up-and-running-with-surelock/ Here is the C# code to soft reset a Windows Mobile device (using P/Invoke) [DllImport("coredll.dll", SetLastError = true)] static extern int SetSystemPowerState(string psState, int StateFlags, int Options); const int POWER_FORCE = 4096; const int POWER_STATE_RESET = 0x00800000; private void SoftReset() { SetSystemPowerState(null, POWER_STATE_RESET, POWER_FORCE); } http://www.42gears.com/blog/2010/06/c-code-to-soft-reset-a-windows-mobile-device/ Latest SureLock Studio release consists on the following new features: 1. Option to display WiFi Signal Strength icon on the kiosk launcher screen 2. Option to display IP address on the toolbox screen 3. Display current date and time on the kiosk launcher screen If you don't know already what SureLock does, here is ... http://www.42gears.com/blog/2010/06/new-surelock-studio-features/ Ruggedized handhelds are a class of mobile devices that are designed to run mission critical applications while withstanding the harsh environments. Several OEM like Motorola/Symbol, Intermec, Psion Teklogix, Honeywell have been building ruggedized handhelds for several years now. Most of these devices are based on Micrsoft Windows CE and Windows ... http://www.42gears.com/blog/2010/06/microsoft-commits-to-support-ruggedized-handheld-market/ Ever wondered how to change file extensions on your Windows Mobile phone? One thing is for sure: you cannot use the builtin file explorer program. It does not even show the file extensions let alone change them. Well. there are two solutions: ActiveSync: Connect the device to the PC over ActiveSync and ... http://www.42gears.com/blog/2010/06/how-to-change-file-extensions-in-windows-mobile/ Best method is to ask the configuration service provider (CSP). Step 1: Add Reference to Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Configuration Step 2: Add the following statements at the top of the c# code file. using System.Xml; using Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Configuration; Step 3: Prepare a csp string (xml format) and pass it to ProcessConfiguration method of ConfigurationManager. Return value is the xml ... http://www.42gears.com/blog/2010/05/how-to-get-information-about-softwares-installed-on-windows-mobile-devices/