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March 2006 - Posts

New Windows Mobile Smartphone Landscape Emulator Available
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...
Windows Mobile Video Blog 2, and MEDC Update
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...
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
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...
UMPC (Origami) vs Pocket PC
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...
Windows Mobile MSDN Forums & a Kids Programming Language
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...
What makes a GREAT application on a Mobile device?
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...
MEDC and the UA Team
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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