Today I have released my latest blog entry at Smartphone & PocketPC
Magazine....

As Windows Mobile devices have become an ever increasing part of the
enterprise and education landscape, the need to limit the
functionality or access to applications or parts of the device have
increased as well. After all, the last thing you need is an employee
surfing the Internet while they are suppose to be taking a customer's
drink order at a baseball game! Or even better, having Junior playing
Quake on a PocketPC while he is suppose to be reading Shakespeare.

The challenge of course is the very nature of Windows Mobile itself.
As the Operating System is in your device's Non-volitile ROM (Read
Only Memory), it is not erasable like your computer's hard disk. This
means that if an application is included in the ROM of your device
when you purchase it - such as Solitare or Mobile Word - you can't
simply uninstall it. This is in contrast to your device's volitile ROM
(or in older PocketPCs the RAM) where you install applications. This
can be erase meaning that any data or applications you install can be
removed.

For those interested in reading all the difference of the ROM/RAM and
all things memory related, check out the Windows Mobile Team blog at
http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/default.aspx There are several
entries related to RAM, ROM and Presistent Storage

So how do you get around this challenge? Simple, you hide them!

Unlike almost all of my blog entries here at Smartphone & PocketPC
magazine, this entry is really geared for the enterprise or academic
readers out there. Everyone however can benefit from seeing yet
another example of how flexible Windows Mobile devices can be.

To read my blog, go to
http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=24

Regards,


Clinton Fitch, MVP-Mobile Devices
Clinton Fitch (Dot) Com!
http://www.clintonfitch.com