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Tiny Office Watch - for mobile devices

Go to http://office-watch.com/pda/  or m.office-watch.com

This can be viewed on Windows Mobile, Apple iPhone / iTouch , mobile phones and other small screen devices whether by wireless, GPRS or 3G.

If you're interested in the technical details: we're using XHTML Mobile Profile formatting since it's a standard that is accepted by a wide range of devices and mobile browsers.  To reduce your bandwidth costs and for faster display we've removed all the images and kept the formatting very simple in the mobile version.

Tip:  Use the text resizing option in your mobile browser to adjust the font size to suit the device and your eyes.

RSS for small screens

We have a set of RSS feeds designed for use on PDA's.  The links given in the feed go to the PDA edition of each article.  Use these on services like Avantgo.

Mobile Favorites

You can synchronise the PDA edition to your Pocket PC or Smartphone to browse offline.  To do that:

Add a Mobile Favorite

• In Internet Explorer on the  desktop, go to  http://office-watch.com/pda/
• On the Favorites menu then Add to Favorites
• Select 'Make available offline'
• Click 'Customise' and work through the wizard:
  • do NOT follow links to other sites but you need to change the link depth so:
    • Choose Yes, the link depth setting is now active.
    • Change the link depth to 3
    • Change the radio button back to No.
  • Choose a schedule or manual as suits you.
  • No password is required.
• Select Mobile Favorites for the location to save the web site.
• Click OK

Set up ActiveSync

• Open ActiveSync and select 'Favorite' from the list on the main ActiveSync screen
• Right-click and choose Settings
• Make sure that the Favorite for  http://office-watch.com/pda/  is checked
• Click OK