OK, so I can't even blame the time-zone lag for this one.  On October 28th, we launched version 3 of the .NET Microframework. To learn more about this release, or about the new devices (or flash updates for older ones) have a look at the new website!

Why should you be interested?  Well, new features include...

  • · Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
  • · FAT32-compatible file system
  • · Compatibility with Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and Visual C# 2008 Express Edition
  • · Touch screen (including gestures)
  • · Interop features to call (and be called by) unmanaged code
  • · Improved thread priorities
  • · DPWS code generation tools
  • · Act as a USB device for connection to PCs (sample code shows how to act as a mouse)
  • · Support for Thumb, Thumb-2, and Analog Devices Blackfin instruction sets
  • · Smaller footprint (as low as 64K of RAM)
  • · Anti-aliased fonts
  • · Simpler Porting Kit, with easier licensing and lower cost
  • · WiFi support
  • · Improved diagnostics of deployment and debugging issues

Link - http://www.microsoft.com/netmf/

Andy