Win Mobile

Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile is a unified communications client for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007. Communicator Mobile runs on Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 or 6.0 software for Pocket PC and SmartPhone devices.

Download the OCS client for Smartphones and PocketPCs here.

Read the release notes, FAQ, planning and deployment guide, user guide and troubleshooting guide.

There are also handy quick reference cards available for IM and presence, and Installation and Configuration.

Office Mobile 6.1 is an upgrade to Office Mobile applications on Windows Mobile. The new upgrade supports the new Office 2007 file formats.

This upgrade to the Office Mobile applications allows viewing and editing of Word documents and Excel workbooks and viewing of PowerPoint slideshows created by using Microsoft Office 2007.

Other improvements include:

• Enhanced viewing experience for charts in Excel Mobile.
• Ability to view SmartArt in PowerPoint Mobile.
• Ability to view and extract files from compressed (.zip) folders.

If your Windows Mobile device does not have a version of Microsoft Office Mobile prior to 6.1, you can purchase the full version of Microsoft Office Mobile.

You can read about and download the update here.

Alun Jones of WFTPD fame pointed out a very curious problem with Windows Mobile Device Center (WcesComm):

If you run WMDC under Vista, you will no longer be able to run a FTPS server on the default FTPS port, which is properly registered as a reserved port for FTP SSL since October 1998.

For some reason, Windows Mobile 2003 uses this port with ActiveSync/WMDC.

If you have a Windows Mobile 5.0 or Windows Mobile 6.0, you could probably just disable the 'Windows Mobile-2003-based device connectivity' service under Vista and the port 990 reservation goes away. I haven't tested it personally because I typically don't run FTPS on my Vista laptop.