Marcus Perryman's WebLog
Let’s Talk About Touch (Part2)
In part 1 I introduced several of the key pieces in Windows Mobile 6.5 gesture story, including the...
Author: marcpe Date: 08/14/2009
Windows Mobile 6.5 Touch Gesture docs go live
The doc team has just published our touch gesture docs for Windows Mobile 6.5 Check them out here:...
Author: marcpe Date: 07/09/2009
Let’s Talk About Touch (Part1)
Windows Mobile (and CE) has supported touch screen interfaces since the beginning but the release of...
Author: marcpe Date: 06/29/2009
Samsung i640v
Information about the new Samsung i640v device have started to appear on various blogs and news...
Author: marcpe Date: 10/02/2007
Default GPRS setting
Way back in the misty past - October 03, 2005 to be precise - I posted about configuring networks...
Author: marcpe Date: 09/19/2007
Palm Treo 500v Announced
Following the launch party last night (no, I didn't get an invite :( ), Palm now have online details...
Author: marcpe Date: 09/13/2007
Connection Manager
Connection Manager We’ve been working on a bunch of very tricky connection issues recently that came...
Author: marcpe Date: 07/05/2007
MEDC 2007 slides
Well, its all over for another year. So much prep and rushing about, then 2 days later its all done...
Author: marcpe Date: 06/27/2007
MEDC 2007 Europe - Bluetooth session APP304
June 26th and 27th will be MEDC Europe in Berlin, and one of the sessions I will be doing is all...
Author: marcpe Date: 06/14/2007
Vodafone and Microsoft
Check this out: Vodafone signs new terminal platform agreement with Microsoft:...
Author: marcpe Date: 11/06/2006
Windows Mobile 5.0 Role security
I've just submitted a new post to my security column...
Author: marcpe Date: 10/24/2006
MSDN Nuggets site updated
I noticed this morning that the UK developer group has finished their long anticipated overhaul of...
Author: marcpe Date: 06/26/2006
Secure Clock
I've recently been working on an interesting problem for detecting clock changes in Windows Mobile...
Author: marcpe Date: 06/15/2006
MEDC Session demos
The European MEDC is over! All the build-up, all the prep and its all over so fast (uh oh, starting...
Author: marcpe Date: 06/15/2006
Timed Camera Capture - Update
Regards the Timed Camera Capture sample I posted last month, lots of you came across a bug in my...
Author: marcpe Date: 05/23/2006
MEDC Europe: T - 2 weeks
If you are not registered for MEDC Europe yet, there is still time: Good reasons to register and...
Author: marcpe Date: 05/23/2006
Voda ships AKU2 update
Voda has released its AKU2 rom updates for the Universal, wizard and typhoon devices. This release...
Author: marcpe Date: 05/23/2006
New team
It’s been a while since I last blogged and I can now let on as to what’s going on in my life....
Author: marcpe Date: 05/08/2006
GPS Intermediate Driver
Keni Barwick of Conchango fame has been playing with the GPS Intermediate driver on Windows Mobile...
Author: marcpe Date: 03/20/2006
Timed Camera Capture
Jason Langrage asked if it’s possible to automatically capture an image from the camera of a WM 5.0...
Author: marcpe Date: 03/03/2006
MSFP hits the streets
i-Mate have started shipping an OS update to their K-JAM device that includes the extra bits needed...
Author: marcpe Date: 03/02/2006
Using EVC 4.0 to build code for WM 5.0
Picking up on a comment that Frankie Chow made on my LASS part 3 post: "... how can we develop [for...
Author: marcpe Date: 02/14/2006
VBUG Swindon presentation - "Essentials of Hack resistant apps"
As requested, here are the slides from last nights VBUG talk in Swindon. Marcus
Author: marcpe Date: 02/09/2006
Global Flyer
Round the world non stop in a hot air balloon certainly isn’t my idea of fun. However a smartphone...
Author: marcpe Date: 02/07/2006
Windows Mobile 5.0 upgrades available from HP
HP have just (finally!?) made WM 5.0 upgrades available for the 2100, 2400 and 2700. Each upgrade is...
Author: marcpe Date: 02/07/2006
Rory Blyth looses the plot
Life as an evangelist at Microsoft has finally tipped Rory over the edge. Check out just how far he...
Author: marcpe Date: 02/03/2006
Channel 9 Vid
Finally got the Alistair Baker interview released on C9. Let me know what you think....
Author: marcpe Date: 02/02/2006
MSMQ on Windows Mobile 5.0
Did you know there is a new version of MSMQ for Mobile 5.0? The distribution package is available as...
Author: marcpe Date: 02/01/2006
MEDC 2006 Europe
Details are now live on the website for this years Mobile Embedded Developers Conference. This year...
Author: marcpe Date: 01/12/2006
Installing Certificates on Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone
Certificate installation is controlled by the GRANT MANAGER security policy. To install certs...
Author: marcpe Date: 01/11/2006
London Girl Geek Dinner 3 Announced
Event descirption from Sarah Blow: "This is basically a networking event to get women in technology...
Author: marcpe Date: 01/10/2006
GetDeviceUniqueID
There is a new API available for retrieving a device id in Windows Mobile 5.0 for both Pocket PC and...
Author: marcpe Date: 01/09/2006
Palm Treo - MSFP?
Does the new Treo support MSFP? That seems to be the hot question at the moment and Jason Langridge...
Author: marcpe Date: 01/05/2006
Palm Treo 700w launches
In his CES keynote speech yesterday BillG announced the launch of Palm's Treo 700w, running Windows...
Author: marcpe Date: 01/05/2006
Catching up
A couple of things caught my eye while catching up on news over the break: Probably the most...
Author: marcpe Date: 01/03/2006
Ali B's Nugget
What would you do if your Managing Director said he was spending a day in your department to better...
Author: marcpe Date: 12/22/2005
Windows Mobile 5.0 Local Authentication Sub System (LASS) - Part 3
In Part1 I looked at the power-on-password replacement options for Windows Mobile 2003. Part 2...
Author: marcpe Date: 12/08/2005
Windows Mobile 5.0 Local Authentication Sub System (LASS) - Part 2
In Part 1 we looked at the power-on-password replacement options for Windows Mobile 2003. In this...
Author: marcpe Date: 12/06/2005
Active Sync 4.1 download available
At the VS launch event I was asked about the availability of 4.0 version of ActiveSync which felt...
Author: marcpe Date: 12/05/2005
My first 64bit machine
I built my first 64 bit machine this week with an ABIT KU8 motherboard and AMD Semperon 2800 chip....
Author: marcpe Date: 11/23/2005
Windows Mobile 5.0 Local Authentication Sub System (LASS) - Part 1
I came across another new feature of Windows Mobile 5.0 recently when trying to install an...
Author: marcpe Date: 11/22/2005
We Share Your Pain (WSYP)
I don’t really know what to say about this except you have to check it out!...
Author: marcpe Date: 10/20/2005
Orange Code Camp
Just got back from this years code camp organized by Orange - very different and interesting event!...
Author: marcpe Date: 10/18/2005
Installing CF 2.0
CF 2.0 is about to release on Nov 7th but obviously no device will have the bits in ROM for some...
Author: marcpe Date: 10/18/2005
Conchango visit
Thanks to Keni Barwick and the guys at Conchango for your hospitalities on Friday's community day....
Author: marcpe Date: 10/03/2005
MSDN Tech Talk: Windows Mobile 5.0
Here are the slides and demos from last Tuesday's MSDN Tech talk in Reading. It’s taken me a while...
Author: marcpe Date: 10/03/2005
Palm - officially a Windows Mobile platform
It’s been a long time in incubation but finally the announcement is out in the open: Palm is a...
Author: marcpe Date: 09/26/2005
MSDN Tech Talk: T-Sql, CLR and XML
Here are the slides and demo's from Wednesday 21st Sept SQL session I presented at the GPS London...
Author: marcpe Date: 09/22/2005