App Madness Student Challenge Looking for a way to get started building awesome Windows 8 apps? Participate in the Windows 8 App Madness Challenge and qualify to win $100 for each published Windows 8 app! Additionally there are four app sprints you can take part in. Publish the highest number of apps...

Video Link - John Ayres of Symon Communications talks with Jared Bienz at MIX10 John Ayers from Symon talks to Jared Bienz from Microsoft about building powerful mobile applications. John talked about their mobile player and plans to use Windows Azure for scale. John O'Donnell Microsoft Dynamics...

Video Link - Todd Sutherland from Symon Communications talks mobile with Jared Bienz at MIX10 Todd Sutherland from Symon talks to Jared Bienz from Microsoft about building powerful mobile applications. Todd spoke about their mobile digital signage player and plans to port it to Windows Phone 7. ...

Video Link - Jim Somers (Antenna Software) chats with Gunther Lenz (Microsoft) Jim Somers, VP of Marketing and Business Development at Antenna Software, chats with Gunther Lenz, ISV Architect Evangelist at Microsoft, about Antenna Software's mobile solutions based on the Microsoft Platform, S+S, the...

Loke Uei Tan had fun with multiple teams of mobile developers on the train from Seattle to LA for PDC 2009. In Loke's own words.. "We organized this event the weekend prior to PDC 2010 where we invited 8 developers to join us on this 36 hour trip from Seattle to Los Angeles on the Amtrak Coast Starlight...

A new series of videos from MSDEV will help you develop your applications for Windows Mobile 6.5. This series of Web seminars will lead you through common application development scenarios in Windows Mobile 6.5. Some of the topics that will be covered are embedded databases, SMS messaging, touch-screen...

Ever wonderered how games are developed for Windows Phone? - Check out this content and learn how Ferrari GT was brought to the Windows Phone John O'Donnell Microsoft Dynamics ISV Architect Evangelist Microsoft Corporation (b) http://blogs.msdn.com/jodonnell (b) http://blogs.msdn.com/usisvde...

Link to content - http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=4000005570 News Cooperative Creates Touch-Friendly Mobile News Service for Windows Phones As newspapers seek a way to thrive in the world of digital media, The Associated Press is assisting by identifying...

Link to Content - http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=4000005615 Leading Photo Sharing Site Drives Revenue by Solving Camera-Phone Dilemma Taking pictures with a camera phone is easy. Getting those photos off the phone so you can do something with them, however...

If you have been looking at your friends Windows Phone 6.5 devices and wishing you could access the Windows Marketplace for Mobile from your Windows Phone 6.0 and 6.1 device well now you can. You can download an installer from this location - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-us/downloads/get...

If you have not yet bought a new Windows Phone device or even if you have, you can now access the Windows Marketplace for Mobile from your desktop browser by going to http://marketplace.windowsphone.com . John O'Donnell Microsoft Dynamics ISV Architect Evangelist Microsoft Corporation (b) http...

Link to content - http://www.msteched.com/online/view.aspx?tid=9e01231b-7828-4f3f-8ea3-4cf0ff43cfd7 Gartner says the market for Mobile Enterprise Application Platforms tops $1 billion and that 95% of organizations will be choosing them instead of going with point solutions. Spend some time with Rob...

A new generation of phones from leading manufacturers and mobile operators offer an intuitive user interface, powerful Web browsing, and access to an online library of downloadable services and applications. Windows ® phones — a new brand for phones running Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system...

You can now stay up to date with MSDEV on Twitter . Follow all the latest and greatest training by subscribing to @realmsdev on Twitter. MSDEV provides news and online training for developers. You’ll find free courses on .NET, Business Development, Business Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Exchange Server...

In part 3 of his series on Widgets for Windows Mobile 6.5, Jorge Peraza talks about how to write great widgets without draining the batteries of your new 6.5 device. if your new to the world of developing solutions one of the challenges is to remember that the device you are writing for has limited resources...

Jorge Peraza continues his great discussion around widgets on Windows Mobile 6.5 with a look at the user experience and how to code for multiple screen resolutions . John O'Donnell Microsoft Dynamics ISV Architect Evangelist Microsoft Corporation (b) http://blogs.msdn.com/jodonnell (b) http...

Developing Widgets for Windows Mobile 6.5 is fun and in this series Jorge Peraza describes the widget manifest. Now that Mobile 6.5 devices are out it is time to start looking at their capabilities beginning with widgets. John O'Donnell Microsoft Dynamics ISV Architect Evangelist Microsoft Corporation...

Summary Windows Mobile® widgets typically are single-purpose applications to display data obtained from the Internet. They are written using JavaScript and bring the wealth of experience of Web developers to the Windows Mobile platform. Since widgets are installed and run locally on the mobile...

Years ago when you wanted to buy a car you had one choice of car and one choice of color and it was black. Consumers deserve choice so why do some companies still only deliver a few devices which means you, the consumer has to compromise your decision process and choose the device that is available rather...

Original Blog - http://www.microsoftstartupzone.com/Blogs/brian_hoskins/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=24 Mobile Incubation Week is back, and this time we’re heading to our nation’s capitol in search of the best and brightest mobile entrepreneurs. The fourth Mobile Incubation Week will be held at Microsoft...

With Microsoft Mobile devices running version 6.5 of our mobile OS coming to the market towards the end of the year, now is the time to be thinking about porting your iPhone applications to Windows Mobile. With the launch of our Mobile Marketplace you will not only be able to build a compelling application...

You can now post your application onto Windows Marketplace for Mobile . Submissions for mobile-device applications will be accepted from 29 supported countries. Todd Brix made the announcement on a blog posting on the Windows Team site titled The Race to Market . Windows Marketplace for Mobile will go...

Windows Marketplace for Mobile is on schedule to open for submissions in 29 supported countries July 27 with Marketplace launching this fall. Windows Marketplace for Mobile is a rich and integrated marketplace that enables customers to find and purchase mobile applications designed for a Windows phone...

With the upcoming release of Mobile 6.5 devices our customers will be able to connect to a mobile marketplace and find applications for their devices. Initially supporting Windows Mobile 6.5 the markeplace will also be extended to support Windows Mobile 6.1 and 6.0. You can learn more and see a great...

At last you can now download the latest SDK for Windows Mobile 6.5. Check out these features http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=20686a1d-97a8-4f80-bc6a-ae010e085a6e Overview The Windows Mobile 6.5 Developer Tool Kit adds documentation, sample code, header...