Hey everyone, Just wanted to let you know that I'm continuing this blog over at robtiffany.com . I've finally decided to make better use of my personal Domain name and I'm switching to WordPress from the blog management system we use at MSDN. As a...

I’m pleased to announce that today we’re launching a new line of Windows ® phones around the world that are available in a broad range of styles and prices. With a Windows phone, you can navigate easily with the touch of a finger and browse the Internet...

The ability to be “offline” and “occasionally-connected” is a critical component of successful mobile apps.  Wireless data networks lack complete coverage and exhibit a level of unreliability that immediately disqualify permanently-connected apps...

Who remembers using Remote Data Access to synchronize data between SQL Server and SQL Server Compact? I certainly do! Before I dove head first into the world of Merge Replication, I always used RDA to get my customers up and running quickly. Mobilizing...

Touch-ability is one of the most important new features of Windows Mobile 6.5. As many of you know, we released Gesture APIs for C++ developers earlier this summer. Thanks to the hard work of folks like Maarten Struys, Alex Yakhnin and Ron Buckton, we...

The worldwide leader in software and the world’s largest smartphone manufacturer have entered into an alliance that is set to deliver a groundbreaking, enterprise-grade solution for mobile productivity. Today, Microsoft Business Division President Stephen...

I’m happy to say that my latest book is now available on Amazon @ http://www.amazon.com/Enterprise-Synchronization-Microsoft-Compact-Replication/dp/0979891213/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1248893911&sr=1-4 . With the world's largest organizations...

What do the following feature phones have in common? LG Dare LG Voyager LG Versa LG enV Touch LG Rumour 2 LG Lotus LG Neon LG Xenon LG VU Samsung Alias 2 Samsung Gravity Samsung Behold Samsung Highlight Samsung...

Does everyone remember the good old days of DOS when we used to spend our time making more of the 640 KB memory space available for our drivers, programs, TSRs and even Windows? Things like QEMM, HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE bring back fond memories for me...

Check out one of the great new device themes from designer Isaac Mizrahi! On the technical side of this, we’ve updated memory allocation so that switching Today screens and backgrounds repeatedly does not cause animations to become slower, the background...

Familiar tools, a large worldwide customer base and transparent policies will allow mobile developers to innovate and generate new revenue opportunities with Windows Mobile 6.5 and Windows Marketplace for Mobile. Today we’re announcing new details about...

Steve Ballmer and Andy Lees announced Windows Mobile 6.5, My Phone, and Marketplace in Barcelona this week. Check out Engadget's video walkthrough of Windows Mobile 6.5 running on a Touch Diamond 2: http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/16/windows-mobile...

Just wanted to let everyone know that version 1.1 of the Mobile Architecture Pocket Guide is now available on CodePlex at http://www.codeplex.com/AppArch/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=19798 . This is the first patterns & practices update...

Internet Explorer Mobile 6 transforms the web for devices based on Windows Mobile 6.1.4. A rich, desktop web with flicking, panning and zooming is coming to Windows Mobile. Fast, robust Javascript support is included ala the IE 8 Javascript engine. Plugin...

Looking forward to seeing lots of familiar faces and meeting new ones starting December 10th at Tech Ed EMEA! While I ran the Windows Mobile track for Tech Ed North America last June in Orlando, this time around I'll just be delivering a couple of presentations...

Just in case all you mobile developers didn't hear, Resco has released Volume 3 of their MobileForms Toolkit 2008. Resco MobileForms Toolkit contains: Resco CustomKeyboard for .NET – flexible control supporting custom keyboard layouts Resco...

I just wanted to give you a heads-up about the availability of Sync Framework v2 CTP1 .  Sync Framework 2.0 expands on the capabilities offered by Sync Framework 1.0: Adds features that cater to new scenarios or scenarios that were difficult to support...

Mobile Data Synchronization with Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server Compact > Second Edition Achieving Global Scalability via Merge Replication Republishing Download and review the PDF from my Windows Live SkyDrive @ http://cid-8b9c82da88af61fc...

I was recently interviewed by Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell who run one of the Internet's most popular developer sites, .NET Rocks! You can catch the interview at http://www.dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showNum=384 where you can either listen to...

Below is an article I wrote back in 2002 that described how to build Personal Java apps on the iPAQ during the age of Pocket PC 2000, Embedded VB and C++: PDAs are becoming a permanent fixture in the everyday lives of consumers and business people...

Hello all, Just wanted to pass along that the device bits for Sync Services for ADO.NET have been released to the web! Now we have a supported version of Sync Services for Windows Mobile 5.0 and 6.x. You can find the download at http://www.microsoft...

Run, don't walk out to http://www.samsung.com/us/i617/windowsupgrade and upgrade you Samsung Blackjack II to Windows Mobile 6.1. Make an already great phone even better with threaded text messaging, a translucent, sliding panel home screen, better battery...

As of today you can download the Sync Framework SDK in 11 languages including Chinese (Hong Kong), Chinese (Simplified), English, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish for AMD64, IA64 and x86 processors from the Sync...

Though this term has been overused, we're truly witnessing the end of an era as Bill Gates shifts his full-time focus to his foundation.  When I think back to the one thing that Bill and Microsoft brought to this world that made the most impact on...

At Tech Ed Developers in Orlando this year, I had the pleasure of joining Ginny Caughey, Steve Lasker, Liam Cavanagh, and Rob Relyea for a Tech Ed Online discussion on building offline enabled applications. In an online world, why are we building...