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May 2006 - Posts

Connectivity pieces

Shell connectivity mostly involves interactions between the Shell and ConnMgr for all radio connections and between Shell, ConnMgr and WZC for WiFi connections. Shell UI - allows users to configure connection settings for different kinds of connections Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 25, 2006 9:25 PM by wmshell | 0 Comments

How the Windows Mobile 5.0 Shell Handles Low Memory Situations

I've received a lot of questions over the last while as to how the Windows Mobile shell handles low memory on both Pocket PC and Smartphone and I thought it's about time somebody gave a decent explanation as to how the shell handles this situation. This Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 25, 2006 6:27 PM by wmshell | 1 Comments
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Exclusive connections and multi-homing

So one of the most common questions we get from OEMs about WiFi, GPRS and ActiveSync is that on a bunch of devices, connecting to desktop ActiveSync turns off WiFi and GPRS. In fact, WiFi doesn't just turn off, it disappears from settings entirely, making Read More...
Posted Friday, May 19, 2006 11:34 PM by wmshell | 0 Comments
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Hi, my name is Pat

I've been a tester on the shell team in the Mobile Devices group for the last 3 years or so and I've just recently transitioned to the development team for a change of pace. During my time in test I worked on a bunch of cool features including input improvements Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 17, 2006 12:14 AM by wmshell | 0 Comments
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MEDC Trip Report - Part 1

So I had the great honour of representing the Windows Mobile Shell team at MEDC 2006 last week. The conference took place at the gorgeous Venetian hotel in Las Vegas. I'll write a bit here about some of the highlights of the show for me. A few of us arrived Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 16, 2006 10:18 PM by wmshell | 1 Comments

3D Devices

Jay forwarded this on: http://www.windowsfordevices.com/news/NS9331622237.html I'd seen PAM (the technology this is based on) before at a Science Fair event hosted by Microsoft Research, on a large-format display. They had that classic DirectX dolphin Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 16, 2006 10:11 PM by wmshell | 1 Comments

MEDC 2006

A few of us will be going to MEDC 2006 next week. We have some training tomorrow since normally we're just nerdy developers sitting in front of our computers all day, and at this event we actually need to talk to people . =) Brian is going to bring WiMo Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 02, 2006 9:41 PM by wmshell | 0 Comments
 
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