Constanze's Mobile Musings

The first thing I am blogging about is AD Photo Edit , a cool tool that you can use to update your corporate picture and have the new picture displayed on your Lync Online home page. This nifty tool uploads a picture into the thumbnailPhoto attribute...

It’s been a while since my last blog post and lots of things have changed. Most importantly, I’ve changed groups at Microsoft and I now work with THE CLOUD, specializing in a very cool product called Microsoft Lync, especially Lync Online. I will start...

Please mark your calendars for part 2 of our mini-webcast series on the Gesture API. On Wednesday, September 2, 2009, at 10 AM, Alex Yakhnin and Ron Buckton will dive further into the Gesture APIs that are available on the Windows Mobile 6.5 platform...

Please mark your calendars for the September meeting of the Windows Embedded Developer Interest Group ( WE-DIG ). On September 2, 2009, at 6:30, Paul Yao , Embedded MVP, and author of numerous programming books, will be giving a talk on “Energy Efficiency...

If you’ve been curious about porting an iPhone app to the Windows Mobile platform, then I have exciting news for you! We have just published a new technical article on MSDN titled Porting the Amplitude Application from the iPhone to a Windows Mobile Device...

Are you ready to learn about how to develop for Windows Mobile 6.5? We have good news. On August 19, 2009, the first in a series of barcamp -style events for the is coming to Seattle. WinMoDevCamp is a series of upcoming not-for-profit gatherings to develop...

In less than 2 weeks, Windows Marketplace will open for submissions. Just in time for the opening of Marketplace on July 27th, Todd Brix, Senior Director for Mobile Platform Services Product Management at Microsoft, has published a blog post on the Windows...

Are you ready to start using the Gesture API for Windows Mobile 6.5? We have good news for you. We have just released a documentation set on how to use the Gesture API on Windows Mobile 5.4 on MSDN. This documentation set provides an overview on Touch...

It’s time again for our monthly Windows Embedded Developer Interest Group (WE-DIG) meeting. On Wednesday, July 1st, at 6:30 PM, John DeCuir from Microsoft will be giving a cool talk on Robotics. John used to work on Sony’s Aibo Robot Dog and he will be...

I just found out about some really cool UI controls for Windows Mobile devices that are available through a company called Bee Mobile , so I thought I’d share them with you. This first control I’d like to share is a control with touch scrolling support...

My friend and Microsoft MVP Michele Locuratolo passed this info on to me, so I thought I would share it with the Windows Mobile Developer Community. Do you speak Italian and want to learn about Windows Mobile 6.5 Development? On July 7, 2009, Microsoft...

A lot of you guys have heard about the new features that will be available through Windows Mobile 6.5. Now you can start developing and testing for this version with the new Windows Mobile 6.5 Developer Toolkit, which is available for download now: http...

Quite a few folks have been asking about information on how to write widgets for Windows Mobile after attending Jorge Peraza’s Widget talk at TechEd 2009 and other events. Now, that the Windows Mobile 6.5 Developer Toolkit has been released, you are ready...

Please join us for the June Windows Embedded Developer Interest Group (we-dig) meeting this week. On Wednesday, June 3, at 6:30 PM PST, Aslan Kukunyants from BSQUARE will talk about System Configuration for Windows Embedded Standard. Aslan will show how...

With the launch of Windows Marketplace for Mobile , we have launched a new forum on MSDN. This forum is intended to answer any of your questions that are related to Windows Marketplace for Mobile and will be moderated by members of the Windows Marketplace...

Are you interested in learning about Windows Mobile Application Development from the ground up? We have good news for you. This morning, we have launched the MSDN RampUp track for Windows Mobile Application Development. You can access this track here...

I wanted to thank everybody who participated on Monday’s panel discussion on “Windows Mobile Application Development” at TechEd Los Angeles. The video has already been posted, so please check it out: http://www.msteched.com/online/view.aspx?tid=5f438fc9...

It’s time for another MSDN Webcast. On Wednesday, May 2009, at 10 AM PST , Randy Starr, VP of Technology at BlueDot Solutions will talk about mfLY!® for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008. mFly® provides a model/view/controller Framework add-on to Visual Studio...

TechEd has officially started, so if you're here in LA, please join us for the Windows Mobile track. You can find a comprehensive list of all WM-related activities here . Even if you're not in LA, you will be able to view the TechTalk recordings online...

A couple of weeks ago, I had the great opportunity to meet with Ken Levy , President and cofounder of MashupX , LLC and former Community Program Manager for Visual Studio Extensibility at Microsoft. Ken and I had a chat about the Windows Mobile developer...

A friend of mine alerted me to this cool new application last week, so I decided to try it out and blog about it. If you are an avid traveler and have a Windows Mobile Professional phone, such as an HTC Fuze, we have good news for you. OnTheRoad Inc....

Please join us for our monthly Windows Embedded Developer Interest Group (WE-DIG) user group meeting. On Wednesday, May 6, 2009, at 6:30 PM, Joe Broxson from Adeneo Embedded will be giving a talk about the .NET Micro Framework. The meeting will be held...

We are moving right along with our MSDN Webcast Series on Windows Mobile Application Development. Our next webcast will focus on Development Line of Business Applications for Windows Mobile. On Wednesday, April 29 at 10 AM PST , Windows Mobile Device...

If you are familiar with Microsoft Tag, we have good news for you: You can now create your custom tag. For example, you can customize Microsoft Tags by using dots instead of triangles and replacing the background with any image. You can also create a...