If you were wondering that the Beta release of the Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools was announced yesterday and Amit’s blog has been quiet, it’s because I recently moved to another team. I am now working with the Test and Lab Management Products , which...

I was looking at few posts that surfaced by last week on windows phone developer forums around issues relating to the un-install of the CTP we shipped at MIX. Based on some the information I gathered and the root cause analysis of these, here are some...

Good Morning Windows Phone Developers ! Just wrapped up flipping the download bits to make a refreshed version of the Windows Phone Developer Tools available to our developers. This version is now compatible with the final version of Visual Studio 2010...

Last week as I took a nostalgic walk down the memory lane talking about the tooling features over the years targeting various Generations of Windows Mobile. Today I am very pleased to share that we have brand new setup of (Free!) tools now available for...

It was end of 2003 when I moved from the Office Developer Team to the Visual Studio for Devices Team. A team that was chartered to provide developer tools for Windows CE and Windows Mobile. Quite a change from writing code in Visual Basic/VBA to C++ for...

This blog goes live again. Stay tuned for exiting stuff. 03.15.2010 ! See you @ MIX 2010.

A couple of customer pinged me recently that when they create a new Smart Device Native Project in VS 2008, the dialog comes and goes away and nothing really happens. On futher investigation it appears that installing IE8 Beta cause this. I don't have...

Last night I was browsing around the web when I saw very handy collection of Web Sites that are optimised for mobile devices. I thought I should share http://www.windowsmobiletraining.com/connection/forums/p/14/21.aspx#21 Business...

Will you ? Also I am told that the Early Birds Discount Ends soon. So act fast ! Amit Chopra

While we do have trial editions available for download , but if you don't want the hassle of installing this on your main machine, I noticed that there are VPC Images with Visual Studio 2008 [Trial] pre-installed also available for download. More details...

Just noticed a message from my Product Management team around the launch of "Innovate On Windows Mobile Site". It Provides provides targeted tools, support, and training to help ISVs develop and market their mobile applications more quickly and efficiently...

Very excited to share that Visual Studio 2008 in now available at the MSDN download site . And this is me at the box signing event :-) Amit Chopra

We’d like to give our developer community more opportunities in shaping the future of the Windows Mobile developer experience. Therefore, a Microsoft Connect website has been created to allow developers to: 1. Formally submit feature requests online 2...

Enjoy the music, ring tones and wall papers at https://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/domore/halloween-ringtones.mspx

Mobile Connections is a great opportunity for developers and IT Professionals to connect with Microsoft and experts in the Mobile industry. Attendees can expect to learn about the tools and techniques to building rich and effective applications on Windows...

A customer got this to my attention today. The test adapter ('Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.TestTypes.Unit.UnitTestAdapter, Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.Tips.UnitTest.Adapter, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a...

I'll be in San Diego on Tuesday and Wednesday next week at the Handango Partner Summit. If any of my blog readers are going to be around, drop me a note and I would look forward to meeting with you and talk about device application development experiences...

When ? November 5-8, 2007 Where ? Mandalay Bay Resort,Las Vegas, NV What is it about ? Enterprise mobility is the wave of the future and this future is now! Connections brings you all the latest in mobility development technologies ready for prime time...

Traditionally this error has been a result of the corrupted local device datastore that stores information about all your devices and emulators. However during a recent incident where I was trying to help someone in the office with this issue, I uncovered...

If you have been using Visual Studio 2005 with Windows Mobile 6.0 SDK, you will notice that after you install VS 2008 Beta 2, you don't see the templates for this SDK in the New Project Dialog for Smart Devices. You attempt to repair the SDKs, but...

Over the last few days I got a number of requests on the microsoft.com help alias for customers trying to locate the VMNET Driver which is used by the Microsoft Device Emulator to enable to networking scenarios on the emulator. Instead of making just...

The two forums that I would suggest are for Visual Studio 2008 Install and Setup http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=1017&SiteID=1 for Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions - Installation and Setup http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN...

Yes they are all there on the download center right now ! You can download any SKU of your choice and I noticed there are VPC Images also available for a few SKUs. You can use this link to get you to the downloads. Click Here ! To Recap, there are lots...

The Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition team is accepting nominations for our Technology Adoption Program (TAP) for SSC Version 3.5 & 3.5 SP1. We are looking for enthusiastic participants who will deploy our product and provide detailed feedback...

I got my Windows Mobile 6 ShipIt award in my mail box yesterday. This is my 10th ShipIt Award since I started 7 years ago with the Visual Studio Team.