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What ever happened to RDA?: Who remembers using Remote Data Access to synchronize data between SQL Server and SQL Server Compact? I certainly do! Before I dove head first into the world of Merge Replication, I always used RDA to get my customers up and running quickly. Mobilizing Read More...
Posted 22 September 09 05:54 by robtiffany | 1 Comments
Filed under Merge, SSCE, Windows Mobile, Replication, SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition, Smartphone, SQL Server, IIS, SQL Server Compact, Sync, Sync Framework, Sync Services for ADO.NET, Merge Replication, Pocket PC, RDA, Remote Data Access
Microsoft and Nokia Form Global Alliance to Design, Develop and Market Mobile Productivity Solutions: The worldwide leader in software and the world’s largest smartphone manufacturer have entered into an alliance that is set to deliver a groundbreaking, enterprise-grade solution for mobile productivity. Today, Microsoft Business Division President Stephen Read More...
Posted 12 August 09 08:39 by robtiffany | 0 Comments
Filed under Windows Mobile, Smartphone, Symbian, Nokia, Communicator Mobile, System Center, Office Mobile, SharePoint
Rise of the Psuedo Smartphones: What do the following feature phones have in common? LG Dare LG Voyager LG Versa LG enV Touch LG Rumour 2 LG Lotus LG Neon LG Xenon LG VU Samsung Alias 2 Samsung Gravity Samsung Behold Samsung Highlight Samsung Memoir Samsung Propel Samsung Rant Samsung Read More...
Posted 17 July 09 05:50 by robtiffany | 0 Comments
Filed under Windows Mobile, Smartphone, Wireless, GSM, EV-DO, SQL Server, Invention, Ideas, Innovation, Mobile Web, Apple, SDK, iPhone, Pocket PC, Java, Blackberry, Symbian
Mobile Architecture Pocket Guide v1.1: Just wanted to let everyone know that version 1.1 of the Mobile Architecture Pocket Guide is now available on CodePlex at http://www.codeplex.com/AppArch/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=19798 . This is the first patterns & practices update Read More...
Posted 17 January 09 10:01 by robtiffany | 2 Comments
Filed under Merge, SSCE, Windows Mobile, Replication, .NET Compact Framework, C#, Smartphone, Wireless, SQL Server, IIS, Windows Server, Active Directory, Custom Controls, Security, WCF, LINQ, Mobile Web, SDK, SQL Server Compact, Sync, Sync Framework, Sync Services for ADO.NET, Merge Replication, Pocket PC
See you in Barcelona for Tech Ed EMEA Dev: Looking forward to seeing lots of familiar faces and meeting new ones starting December 10th at Tech Ed EMEA! While I ran the Windows Mobile track for Tech Ed North America last June in Orlando, this time around I'll just be delivering a couple of presentations Read More...
Posted 07 November 08 08:14 by robtiffany | 1 Comments
Filed under Merge, SSCE, Windows Mobile, Replication, .NET Compact Framework, C#, SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition, Smartphone, Wireless, SQL Server, IIS, Book, Author, Publisher, MEDC, MVP, Tech Ed, SQL Server Compact, Sync, Sync Framework, Sync Services for ADO.NET, Republishing, Pocket PC
New Resco MobileForms Release for NETCF: Just in case all you mobile developers didn't hear, Resco has released Volume 3 of their MobileForms Toolkit 2008. Resco MobileForms Toolkit contains: Resco CustomKeyboard for .NET – flexible control supporting custom keyboard layouts Resco SmartGrid Read More...
Posted 29 October 08 07:19 by robtiffany | 1 Comments
Filed under Windows Mobile, .NET Compact Framework, C#, Smartphone, Custom Controls, Pocket PC
Chapter 1 of my new Book is Ready!: Mobile Data Synchronization with Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server Compact > Second Edition Achieving Global Scalability via Merge Replication Republishing Download and review the PDF from my Windows Live SkyDrive @ http://cid-8b9c82da88af61fc.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Sync/Ch%201.pdf Read More...
Posted 23 October 08 06:12 by robtiffany | 1 Comments
Filed under Merge, SSCE, Windows Mobile, Replication, .NET Compact Framework, C#, SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition, Smartphone, Wireless, CDMA, GSM, UMTS, EV-DO, SQL Server, IIS, Windows Server, Security, RSA, Book, Publisher, Apple, SQL Server Compact, Sync, Sync Framework, Sync Services for ADO.NET, Merge Replication, Republishing, Pocket PC
Listen to Rob's Windows Mobile Interview on .NET Rocks!: I was recently interviewed by Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell who run one of the Internet's most popular developer sites, .NET Rocks! You can catch the interview at http://www.dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showNum=384 where you can either listen to Read More...
Posted 09 October 08 01:07 by robtiffany | 2 Comments
Filed under Merge, SSCE, Windows Mobile, Replication, .NET Compact Framework, C#, SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition, Smartphone, Wireless, GSM, EV-DO, SQL Server, IIS, BizTalk, AES, Security, WCF, Direct3D Mobile, Graphics, LINQ, iPhone, MEDC, SQL Server Compact, Sync, Sync Framework, Sync Services for ADO.NET, Merge Replication, Pocket PC
Old School Windows Mobile :: Getting Started with Java on PDAs: Below is an article I wrote back in 2002 that described how to build Personal Java apps on the iPAQ during the age of Pocket PC 2000, Embedded VB and C++: PDAs are becoming a permanent fixture in the everyday lives of consumers and business people. There's Read More...
Posted 07 October 08 08:57 by robtiffany | 3 Comments
Filed under Windows Mobile, Pocket PC, Java, Thread, iPAQ
Sync Framework v1 and Sync Services for ADO.NET v2 are now Generally Available!: As of today you can download the Sync Framework SDK in 11 languages including Chinese (Hong Kong), Chinese (Simplified), English, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish for AMD64, IA64 and x86 processors from the Sync Read More...
Posted 06 August 08 05:42 by robtiffany | 3 Comments
Filed under SSCE, Windows Mobile, Replication, SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition, SQL Server, WCF
Tech Ed Developers 2008 is less than 2 Weeks Away!: We're now in the home-stretch in our preparations for Tech Ed Developers in Orlando this June. Since this was my year to run MEDC, I've been working on this event since last October when MCB decided to integrate our Mobile and Embedded Developers Conference Read More...
Posted 21 May 08 09:06 by robtiffany | 1 Comments
Filed under Windows Mobile, MEDC, MVP, Bill Gates, Tech Ed
The iPhone comes to the Enterprise with a little help from Microsoft: This morning, Steve Jobs announced that Apple has licensed the Exchange Active Sync protocol from Microsoft in order to bring the following functionality to the iPhone: Push Email Push Contacts Push Calendar Access to the Global Address List (GAL) Remote Read More...
Posted 06 March 08 07:07 by robtiffany | 1 Comments
Filed under Windows Mobile, Smartphone, Wireless, Windows Server, Apple, SDK, iPhone, Objective C
Welcome to the New Windows Mobile Developer Center: A quick glance at the Windows Mobile Developer Center clues you in to the fact that we’ve done a complete overhaul of the site. For years, our “bread and butter” has been delivering you content on Smart Device Development which most often included articles Read More...
Posted 22 February 08 11:21 by robtiffany | 2 Comments
Filed under SSCE, Windows Mobile, .NET Compact Framework, C#, SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition, Smartphone, Wireless, WCF, Direct3D Mobile, Mobile Web
Mobile Scalability + Staggering Performance: As you know from my recent posts, I've been hanging out at 1,200 concurrent Subscribers trying to boost performance. When I first hit the 1,200 Subscriber mark, I was able to change and replicate ~13 million rows per hour. I was happy with the scalability, Read More...
Posted 15 January 08 09:08 by robtiffany | 11 Comments
Filed under Merge, SSCE, Windows Mobile, Replication, .NET Compact Framework, SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition, Smartphone, SQL Server, Windows Server
My New Book is Now Available!: "Windows Mobile Data Synchronization with SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server Compact 3.1" is now available in print! Those of you in the continental U.S. can just buy it directly from the Hood Canal Press site at http://www.hoodcanalpress.com/catalog.htm Read More...
Posted 07 January 08 02:12 by robtiffany | 4 Comments
Filed under Merge, SSCE, Windows Mobile, Replication, .NET Compact Framework, SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition, Smartphone, Wireless, SQL Server, IIS, Windows Server, Active Directory, Security, Book

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