Windows Embedded Blog

I bet a bunch of people reading this blog would be interested in watching a Windows CE/XPE or Windows Mobile project coming together from day one, if you’re starting a project why not blog the good, bad, and ugly, what worked well, where you had...

ok folks, the dates for the worldwide MEDC (Mobile and Embedded Developers Conference) are published here Looks like the end of May and most of June are going to be busy! (tons of flights, lots of presenting, meeting interesting developers, got to...

Doug Turner is looking for some Windows CE development help with the Minimo Mozilla Browser – anyone interested ? From the Minimo site – Doug says – “Another thing you will notice is the UI for the application is terrible. I really need your input and...

From c|net – Minimo, the Mozilla browser for mobile devices , is being developed for Windows CE devices, according to the Mozilla Foundation. It looks like builds are being developed for Pocket PC devices – given that the Microsoft browser is built into...

John Kennedy has a blog (ok, he’s had a blog for a while), but John has just joined the Mobile and Embedded Devices group UA (User Assistance) team, and is interested in your feedback on Windows Mobile application development documentation –...

This is a “must have” resource for anyone needing to call Win32 API’s from managed code – go check out pinvoke.net – Mike

Looking at the MEDC 2005 Web Site there appear to be a number of reasons given to attend the conference… Including… BillG giving the keynote ! – last years keynote transcript is here and includes links to the keynote video Be Entertained by the Blue Man...

Are you interested in attending this years “not to be missed” combined Mobile and Embedded Developers Conference (MEDC) ? [May 9th – 12th, Las Vegas) – the Conference Web Site is now live – keep an eye out for session and...

Where do you get your daily dose of technical information, visits to web sites, blogs, podcasts? – Mike

Microsoft press releases are now available via RSS – that’s pretty cool – it’s good to see that more Microsoft web content is being made available through RSS. – Mike

Chris Gray, a developer in the Windows Server team (yes, we've seen Chris before in the Windows CE videos ) shows how to use managed code running on a Windows Mobile device to upload photo's from a Pocket PC to a home server - the demo shows the back...

The Mobile and Embedded Developers Conference (MEDC) is getting closer (May 9th-12th) – I’m wondering what grabs you about session titles or abstracts – do titles like “Deep Dive”, “Tips and Tricks” catch your...

Nick was asking how to embedded the Internet Explorer ActiveX control into an eMbedded Visual C++ application, we wrote this up as a hands on lab for an Embedded Airlift back in 2001 – here’s a link to the Hands on Lab – Enjoy…...

You may have seen some of the Windows CE and Windows XP Embedded Tutotials on the Windows Embedded web site – these are recorded over at Microsoft Studios – it’s a really interesting facility, this may be the first time you get a look...

This is super cool – I interviewed Anil Dhawan a Program Manager on the Windows Mobile team responsible for wireless technoliges about Bluetooth support on Windows Mobile (read Pocket PC and Smartphone) and how easy it is to code up support for...

SAN FRANCISCO — Believe it or not, a Windows Web server is more secure than a similarly set-up Linux server, according to a study presented yesterday by two Florida researchers at this weeks RSA conference . The researchers, appearing at the...

I thought you might like to read the interview on Slashdot with Martin Taylor , Microsoft's general manager of platform strategy – Slashdot asked readers to submit their questions, the pick of the crop were discussed on a phone call with Martin...

From MSMobiles.com – iPaq Mobile Messenger h6500 compared to Orange SPV C500 – I really like the look of the HP device, it has a square touch screen, qwerty keyboard, and is a phone device. Some highlights from the msmobiles report:...

Check out the latest MSDN Mobility article, resolution and orientation awareness are becoming more important in mobile applications... How to Develop Orientation-Aware and DPI-Aware Applications for Pocket PC Article Summary: The objective of this exercise...

From Scobles blog – Major Microsoft announcement: Bill Gates just announced there will be Internet Explorer 7.0. Read the IE Blog for the news and the Microsoft Press Announcements from the RSA conference – Mike

From SpotStop The next generation of Windows (codename Longhorn) will feature auxiliary display support. This display will be based on the same run time operating system that is used to power SPOT devices. An article from PCWorld covers some of...

From Scott Berkuns Blog – How to get the most out of conferences – so, what’s good for you, meeting people, talking to the MSFT developers, going to sessions, gambling in Vegas ? – Mike

I feel that the blog is somewhat one way communication (apart from the recent Linux discussion ), I dump some random thoughts, news and ‘stuff’ onto the blog, and have a couple of readers out there that read the content – Let me know if you have any news...

What do you think the killer smartphone application is ? – sync to e-mail, calendar, contacts, business applicaitons, GPS navigation, games ? – or just the fact that the Smartphone platform is extensible and allows for new applications to...

There’s a ton of mobility news this week from Engadget , must be something to do with 3GSM… here’s a couple of samples… Microsoft is headed back to the handset market, only this time they’ve teamed up with contract manufacturer...