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Windows Embedded Student ChallengE

Thought I'd say a couple words about the Windows Embedded Student ChallengE competition which was recently held here on campus. Student teams from all over the world developed environmentally-themed projects based on Windows CE 5.0. I and several of my Read More...

Posted Wednesday, July 12, 2006 5:26 AM by wmshell | 0 Comments

MEDC Korea and SEK

So I was just at MEDC in Seoul and also happened to attend the Solutions and Contents Exhibition of Korea, which was happening around the same time and in the same building. MEDC Korea : The presentations were all in Korean, so I didn't really understand Read More...

Posted Thursday, July 06, 2006 9:26 PM by wmshell | 2 Comments

Ritu in Korea

Ritu neglected to mention that she's in Korea right now working with some of our Asian partners. Sounds like exciting times are afoot as Korea makes its World Cup bid! Check out her blog at http://ritukar.blogspot.com . Posted by James Read More...

Posted Tuesday, June 20, 2006 6:27 PM by wmshell | 0 Comments

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 | 1 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 | 5 Comments

Filed under: Shell API

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 | 2 Comments

Filed under: Shell Apps

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 | 1 Comments

Filed under: Shell API

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 | 2 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

Innovation Expo

On Tuesday in our weekly "Dev Discussion" meeting we had a special event called the Innovation Expo where people basically just showed off cool projects they have done in their spare time (spare time - what's that?!). Jay showed a digital picture frame Read More...

Posted Thursday, April 27, 2006 10:17 PM by wmshell | 1 Comments

Kyle in China

Our man Kyle is spending 3 months in China with the development team in Beijing. He's working on some of the in-roads into the vastly expanding Chinese market including working with the local partners. You can read about his adventures at http://kyleinchina.blogspot.com Read More...

Posted Thursday, March 30, 2006 6:40 PM by wmshell | 0 Comments

Introduction - James Drage

Hi! I'm James Drage and I've been on the Windows Mobile Shell team (in its various forms) for a little over 7 and a half years. The way I usually like to describe "the Shell" to people is as everything between the OS and the apps. Our team puts together Read More...

Posted Thursday, March 16, 2006 4:25 PM by wmshell | 1 Comments

What is WM Shell?

You may be asking yourself, "what is WM Shell?" Well, first of all you know that WM = Windows Mobile, Microsoft's version of the Windows operation system for Pocket PCs and Smartphones. The shell is the "front end" of the OS -- on Windows XP it's the Read More...

Posted Saturday, March 04, 2006 12:32 AM by wmshell | 7 Comments

Introduction: Ammon Larson

I'm Ammon and I am part of the Shell Apps team in Windows Mobile. I work on shell security and settings on both Pocket PCs and Smartphones. Recently I did a lot of work on the device lock feature for Windows Mobile 5.0 AKU2, which added enhancements to Read More...

Posted Thursday, March 02, 2006 9:13 PM by wmshell | 8 Comments