I just had a short conversation with a friend of mine that happens to work at Microsoft and he unofficially dropped a bit about the development tools. He said that "[...] we’re not ready to mention it [...]" and "[...] we will reveal most of it in the Game Developer Conference in San Francisco and [Click for More]
If you are in any way interested in Development for Windows and Windows Mobile devices then you are invited to attend a FREE event Saturday and Sunday. The weekend event is called Microsoft Community Summit 2008 or ]InBetween[ or Tweener (?!?!). The whole event is FREE. This event involves several minor events held during the [Click for More]
If it’s not, then it should. Let me explain why. Every company wants at least their executives to have work email access on-the-go. They may not have it already but if they don’t they are certainly craving for it. We live in a business world that is globally managed 24/7/365. A good and timely decision [Click for More]
When developing mobile applications we usually think in terms of a single user; doing only a few tasks in a small device. However, this may no longer be true. We are now faced with devices that have large screens (for a smartphone, that is) such as the HTC Advantage 7501 with a 5" screen and [Click for More]
With the release of Windows Mobile 6.1 and some models already announced, it was only logical that we would see the WM 6.1 emulators out for Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2008. Just like their predecessors, the emulators are stand alone and can be used outside of Visual Studio. They seem to work like [Click for More]
Maarten Struys will be presenting a webcast on April 9th. He is going to talk about how incorporate GPS functionality to your applications and how to build "location awareness" by using the GPS API and the "Fake GPS" GPS Emulator for testing. Please register here to attend: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032374410&Culture=en-US
Another successful Code Camp organized by .Net User Groups from Orlando, Lakeland and the Space Coast! Shawn did a great job and had pretty much everything under control. Attendance was full, and everyone was happy about the presentations. Here is a picture of him with Master Chief working some overtime as a bodyguard. He was [Click for More]
When working with Windows Mobile these days it is very common to have to do work with the cellular connection. Either programming the phone dialing out, receiving calls or testing any other cell-related functionality is very important to make sure that your application behaves appropriately. Hence, the need for the Cellular Emulator to create a [Click for More]