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The Mobile Minute 151

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PostedSaturday, September 30, 2006 9:18 AM by Nino

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Software / Hardware

It looks like SlingPlayer Mobile is heading to Symbian
Engadget Mobile has the scoop on the forthcoming T-Mobile Dash (aka HTC ‘Excalibur’ S620) -Quite possibly between this (we’ll see how much T-Mo wants to hook me for given I won’t be signing or renewing a contract) and a Zune, my EBs are going to be flying out the window. The only downside to the Dash is that I won’t be able to take it into work because of the f#!$%^& camera.
msmobiles.com has a piece on DirectPush being a failure (I fervently disagree..more to come from me here)
ActiveSync 4.5 Beta 2 released. YMMV UAYOR
NewsGator Go! RSS reader for Windows Mobile has been released – I like that it synchronizes so when I’m back at my desk using FeedDemon what I’ve previously read is marked as such, but I think the pricing/bundling should be different and I have some feature concerns. 30–day trial, give it a Go!

Development

The MobileDeveloper wiki has been updated with Jim Wilson’s Installing Multiple CAB Files post
Mel has a short video of himself doing Windows Mobile development on Vista
For those installing VS2005 SP1 beta – SQL/Ev Tools for VS2005 SP1

In Other News . . .

Motorola is buying Symbol for $3.9B – I definitely have mixed opinions on this one…
MobileEPSN has gotten the ax. (via Engadget Mobile)
You can now pre-order a Zune from Amazon

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The Mobile Minute 150

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PostedMonday, September 18, 2006 9:36 PM by Nino

Software / Hardware

Engadget gives us a few of HTC’s Q4 lineup. Here’s a link to their European press release (PDF)
Engagdet Mobile has a review roundup for the Treo 750v
the::unwired has a review of the HTC S620 (aka Excalibur) in its O2 XDA Cosmo version.
The Cingular 3125 (aka HTC Star Trek) looks to be shipping with an extended battery

Development

The .NET CF team gives us tips on how to detect that our app is running in an emulator
MelSam announces ScreenLib - a free UI development library for native Windows Mobile development
The Windows Mobile team announces Virtual Earth Mobile 1.67

In Other News . . .

Smartphone Thoughts has a piece on Life at MED
Alex Feinman brings us some humor with this post on website ad/content relevance
MikeCal from the Windows Mobile team talks about the life of a feature in WM. (and I remember "I'm just a Bill!")

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Visiting the mothership

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PostedTuesday, September 05, 2006 12:39 AM by Nino

I'm heading to Seattle on Tuesday (2006/09/05) for some project related meetings at Microsoft (buildings 117, 119) Wednesday and Thursday. I'm hoping to meet up with some Avanade folks and [hopefully] some additional Microsoft folks while I'm in the area. I'm looking forwarding to this trip; not only for some of the folks I'm going to be meeting with (Microsoft and non-Microsoft) in my scheduled meetings, but just to being back in Seattle. Did I mention I'm looking forward to getting to the Microsoft campus? Yes, this will be my <gasp!> first trip there.

I've decided to take Friday as a vacation day, so I'll have all day Friday to, well, do whatever (I'll see if I can make it to Cafe Vendi, Jim). Hopefully, that will include meeting some folks and seeing more of Seattle before I jump on the red-eye home.

-Nino

This blog post created and posted from Windows Live Writer (beta). Not too shabby; definitely gives BlogJet a run for its money. I need to experiment a bit more before I decide if I dump BlogJet.

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The Mobile Minute 149

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PostedMonday, September 04, 2006 8:16 PM by Nino

Software / Hardware

SOTI Pocket Controller Professional v5.07 is out
Pocket PC Thoughts is reporting that a fix for the contacts bug in Microsoft Voice Command 1.5 is out.
msmobiles.com has a post about the HTC Artemis
Treo 750v – finally Windows Mobile Treo goodness on GSM(looks like Cingular in the US/Vodaphone in Europe); let’s just hope they gave it more memory than the fools at Verizon – Sprint certainly fixed with the 700wx.
From this post at Engadget Mobile, it looks like HTC is going to be phasing out IR. Can’t say I’m shedding tears.

Development

What is the Windows Mobile Shell? Also, a _great_ post by the WM Shell team on how the WM5.0 Shell handles low memory.
Writing a LAP for WM5.0? Check out this very helpful LAP Q & A by the WinCE Networking Team
John Spaith from the WinCE Networking Team gives out some good GPS tips here and here. And he also answers the question (I’ve gotten this one before): ASP.NET on Windows CE (or Windows Mobile) ?
MikeCal talks about getting more power bang for the buck in WM Smartphone. and WM Pocket PC.
Check out the new SslChainSaver tool. Use this when you want to add new root/intermediate certs to a device for an SSL connection.
Mike Gunderloy goes around the block with SQL Server 2005 Everywhere Edition (aka SQL/Ev). (via Larkware News)

In Other News . . .

http://www.apifinder.com/ ‘nuff said. (via Larkware News)
Postmortem of Camevman for Pocket PC (via Larkware News) – Nice. I know of enterprise customers that don’t do post-mortems this well (or heck, don’t even do them).

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The Mobile Minute 148

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PostedMonday, September 04, 2006 6:52 PM by Nino

Software / Hardware

At long last – the MSFP update for the Motorola Q has arrived! (via CoolSmartPhone.com)
The Treo 700wx has launched on Sprint (at least they got the memory right, unlike Verizon)
The Two Inch View talks about using the Qtek 8500 as a music player

Development

Microsoft has released the SQL Server 2005 Everywhere Edition Access Database Synchronizer CTP (phew, what a mouthful!). This will allow RDA-type communications between a SQL/Ev db and an Access db on the desktop via ActiveSync.
MelSam reminds us to _not_ hard-code paths (e.g. “\My Documents”). You need to leverage SHGetSpecialFolderPath with a CSIDL_<something> parameter (aka System.Environment.GetFolderPath with Environment.SpecialFolder enums). and this means YOU. Get off your ass, stop hard-coding. Even if what your working on is a <cough> prototype, don’t hard-code; using the API will take you, what, an extra twenty seconds? You’ll easily waste that opening another pack of Ding Dongs.
Formatting a storage card programatically, courtesy of Alex Feinman.
Neil Cowburn talks about device development on Vista b2 (5472)
From Peter Foot, the incredible news that Broadcom has released their Bluetooth SDK (desktop + CE) for _free_. Sweet! Now we just need Microsoft to give us a standard BT SDK in WinCE…
Peter also has posted some fixes to the managed sample GPS code as well as some nifty managed code for context menus on aygshell.dll-equipped WinCE devices. Thanks, Peter!
32Feet has reached the 2.0 milestone. Check out the bits on CodePlex.

In Other News . . .

The next Windows Mobile Developer Virtual User Group Meeting is September 20, 2006. Daniel Moth will be presenting.
Daniel Moth talks about the Windows RSS Platform. Interesting stuff for developers!

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RIP: Steve Irwin (aka 'Crocodile Hunter')

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PostedMonday, September 04, 2006 5:37 PM by Nino

From http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14663786/ :

CAIRNS, Australia - Steve Irwin died doing what he loved best, getting too close to one of the dangerous animals he dedicated his life to protecting with an irrepressible, effervescent personality that propelled him to global fame as television’s “Crocodile Hunter.”

The 44-year-old Irwin’s heart was pierced by the serrated, poisonous spine of a stingray as he swam with the creature Monday while shooting a new TV show on the Great Barrier Reef, his manager and producer John Stainton said.

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