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Confused by Windows Mobile? Don’t know your ActiveSync from your elbow? Help may be just a click (and a short sign-up process) away.

Microsoft has launched Windows Mobile Training - a free web site that offers tutorials in choosing and using Windows Mobile devices.

It’s all a bit corporate, and at heart is a promotional resource to push Windows Mobile 6, but there is a good selection of Flash tutorials on topics from using WinMo with Vodafone Live to installing third-party apps.

Also available are product demo videos, PDF documents featuring articles and howtos and resources for small businesses.

Personally, I think a community element would be even more useful. Although it may not give the desired party line on every issue, something like Ubuntu Forums would be really useful - more experienced Windows Mobile users offering advice to newbies.

You will need a Windows Live ID to log in - this can be created for free directly from the front page.

Perhaps with an eye on the people who were too bad to get an iPhone from Santa and received a new S60 phone instead, the good folk of S60.com have released some new videos via their YouTube channel that show S60 noobs how to use their new toys.

The videos cover basics like how to browse the web from your phone as well as more advanced topics such as installing new apps, how to copy and paste and how to configure soft keys and active standby.

Each video is only a few minutes long and everything is explained with reference to an actual phone, so you can see exactly how to perform the task. The only slight oddity is the voice-over, which a sounds a bit like a text-to-speech program, but probably isn’t.

Here is how to use your S60 to multi-task several apps at once:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQqbpK_uYlM