If you have Windows XP Service Pack 2, you already have the update, therefore you can skip this update. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e8704911-1f94-47e6-8a69-26b47a29c8da&DisplayLang=en Update for Windows XP (KB838989) When...

I'd like to direct your attention to the schedule of upcoming MED chats and Webcasts detailed below -- I hope to count on you folks as Community stars to attend those events that interest you most! CHATS - Windows CE 5.0 Live Chat (August 31, 2004 10...

In addition to Robert's post below I wrote an article called A Practical Guide to Smartphone Application Security that gives practical advice on signing applications, what needs to be signed, how to set up your tools. You may find this more digestible...

Until a few minutes ago, I didn't know we had a list publicly available on MSDN so I'm guessing some of you didn't either. Well here it is... this elusive page in our Smartphone Adaptation kit for Mobile Operators (AMO) names which APIs and registry keys...

The Windows Embedded Developers Interest Group is holding their inaugural meeting on September 1. They'll be in the "Quinalt" room in building 34 on Microsoft's main campus. Details are at http://www.we-dig.org . Some folks from the Windows CE group will...

If you're in Auckland today (Thursday, Aug. 19), I'll be at the bar in the Hilton hotel on Prince's Wharf at 6 p.m. till about 6:30 or so (need to get ready for a dinner engagement at that point). If you're in Syndey from Aug. 24 to Aug. 27, suggest a...

Looking for some good "Pocket IE Friendly" web sites? I was cleaning up a list and weeding out the 'dead links', and I thought I would share with everyone. I know there are a bunch of lists floating around on the internet for these types of lists. So...

Looking for some good "Pocket IE Friendly" web sites? I was cleaning up a list and weeding out the 'dead links', and I thought I would share with everyone. I know there are a bunch of lists floating around on the internet for these types of lists. So...

The OpenNETCF crew has done it again! Their latest invention: a simple .NET CF library for interacting with the cameras provided with Pocket PC and Smartphone devices manufactured by HTC (including the XDA II and SPV E200). Very, very cool. Get the details...

I'll be out for a couple of weeks, heading Down Under to just kick around New Zealand and Australia for a while (yes, I know it is winter there, but we have a friend who is on a non-Microsoft work-related trip and invited my wife and me along for vacation...

Not many people know this, due to the complete lack of information in the Windows Mobile 2003 SDK, but Pocket IE on Windows Mobile 2003 devices DOES support CSS! Pocket IE on Windows Mobile 2003 supports CSS Mobile Profile plus a few additional CSS1 and...

Not many people know this, due to the complete lack of information in the Windows Mobile 2003 SDK, but Pocket IE on Windows Mobile 2003 devices DOES support CSS! Pocket IE on Windows Mobile 2003 supports CSS Mobile Profile plus a few additional CSS1 and...

Robert Levy would like to know which version of the SDK you use to write native code apps (or if you don't use native code at all): Let us hear it!

Steven on the .NET CF team has a great write up on using the POOM IDL I posted yesterday with Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1. While you're there, check out his other posts on .NET CF garbage collection and versioning . [Author: Robert Levy]

For the next version of Windows Mobile, we hope to have a rich managed interface for interacting with the Pocket Outlook Object Model (POOM). In the mean time, developers using .NET CF v1 can use purchase a 3rd party component to do this (like this...

Check out this new article from Dan Fox and Jon Box here . [Author: Robert Levy]

Two folks from the ActiveSync team have a webcast tomorrow (8/4) on how to configure and troubleshoot Exchange ActiveSync for always-up-to-date support. This is a pretty common question on the newsgroups so if you're at all interested stop by! Here...

Someone asked in the .NET CF newsgroup about why icons sometimes disappear from their .NET CF form's toolbar when running on Pocket PC 2003 Second Edition. Here's the reply from a developer on the .NET CF team: Hello Ben, The problem is due to a...

A bunch of new Windows Mobile articles went up on MSDN recently. Check 'em out and let us know what you think. Northwind Pocket Service: Field Service for Windows Mobile-Based Pocket PC Article Summary: Learn about enterprise mobile solution business...