When I arrived at the conference area to grab breakfast before entering, Tim McAfee was there to greet us, handing out REDFLY t-shirts. I was hoping for a medium, but some of the other guys had already beat me to them; he made it up to me by giving me two larges. Ha! After getting set up and then eating my food, I settled in with the others to listen to the first presentation on the Microsoft Zune.

Creative Strategies Presentation

Ben from Creative Strategies started a two hour discussion with the question “How is technology going to better integrate and improve people’s lives.” He gave a quick overview of the personal computing experience over the past couple decades, and about how many of the systems we had bought were basically versions of the current enterprise models. In the last few years, the trend has become about choices - colors, configurations, various sizes, making the whole experience more optimized and personal for each individual.

CS’s view of the Digital Future is that “No device is an island,” meaning that all of your information will be synced with all of your devices, in all of your locations. I’m ready for that…

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Today I will be flying to Seattle for a Microsoft facilitated Mobius Event. I hope to be able to share a lot of Windows Mobile coverage with you over the next few days, but at the moment I have no idea exactly what or which companies will be covered. I just know that John Starkweather and the gang will have once again managed to line up an exciting list of OEMs who will speak with us directly. Whatever happens, I will share everything with you that I can.

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It must be a wondrous thing to be able to create your own software; to hear a need, and then be able to cobble together a down and dirty application that will meet it. That is definitely a talent that Paul O’Brien (of Modaco fame) possesses, and it is one of the many characteristics that makes him a mobility community leader.

His latest “fun little 15 minute project” is a contacts database de-duper for Pocket PC devices.

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Put a device in the hands of a Mobian, and the reviews will commence!

Girls gone mobile has posted a very comprehensive review on the HTC Hermes / Dopod 838 Pro. Be sure to get a cup of coffee and a couple of cookies - this review is long with lots of eye-candy pictures! Read it here.

I did a quick search to see if there were other reviews, and sure enough, fellow Mobian Arne Hess’s site, the::unwired, had an early look at the Hermes in July! Read it here. Arne’s review is not Dopod specific, as his unit was branded XDA, but the hardware should be essentially the same.

I also found fellow Mobian Paul O’Brien of MoDaCo’s review of the Hermes (branded Orange SPV M3100). Read it here.

Have you seen any other reviews? Post the links here - I am sure that they’ll be enjoyed by other readers.

Got your snacks? Get reading! And have a wonderful weekend!!