March 2006 - Posts

New Windows Mobile Smartphone Landscape Emulator Available
31 March 06 08:36 AM

Good news for Windows Mobile developers eager to test their applications on (presumably) forthcoming devices - there's a new emulator for Visual Studio 2005 that simulates a 320 by 240 landscape-mode Smartphone device. Is there no end to the permutations Read More...

Postedby johnkenn | 12 Comments    

Windows Mobile Video Blog 2, and MEDC Update
26 March 06 03:13 PM

Have you seen the new Palm Treo device running Windows Mobile 5.0? I have, and I made another video blog to prove it. You can test your ability to understand a N. Ireland accent by clicking here to access it. John's Second Video Blog Next rhetorical question: Read More...

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Happy St. Patrick's Day!
17 March 06 12:36 PM

Well from an Irishman (*) displaced to Redmond, a Happy St Patrick's Day to youse! I was updating my team here about how "pinching someone who doesn't wear green" is an Irish-American thing, and not something I grew up with. We would punch them in the Read More...

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UMPC (Origami) vs Pocket PC
09 March 06 10:31 AM

Wow, after all the hype, the details are finally out: and those UMPC's look smart - a complete Windows XP computer in something the size of a paperback book? Not bad. OK, so the three hour battery life of the first generation devices seems a little poor Read More...

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Windows Mobile MSDN Forums & a Kids Programming Language
03 March 06 12:24 PM

Just a reminder in case you weren't aware, but MSDN hosts its own forums which include a healthy dose of Pocket PC and Smartphone discussion. If you're looking for an answer to a programming question, it's a great resource. Amd while I have my blog editor Read More...

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What makes a GREAT application on a Mobile device?
02 March 06 04:45 PM

Folks here at work were discussing how to make a popular blog posting, and top of the suggestions was to include a list of some sort - Top Ten Tips for example. So I thought I would give it a go, and give my Top Ten Things that Great Mobile Software does. Read More...

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MEDC and the UA Team
02 March 06 10:52 AM

MEDC - the most important event of the year, well, at least for Mobile and Embedded Devices developers. We, that is, we the User Assistance team will have a presence at the event - probably a booth like we did last year. I'm interested in knowing what Read More...

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