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Apps for Windows
ActiveSync 4.1 Released
Faster, better, and it syncs photos too! Go get it!
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/18/2005
Windows Mobile Developers: Tell us what you think, win an $100 Amazon Vouchure!
US$100 AMAZON.COM GIFT CARDS UP FOR GRABS Windows Mobile Developers Wanted! We are giving away 5...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/18/2005
Online Help vs. Offline Help
So I need your opinion: how devastated would you be if your only access to the Windows Mobile 5.0...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/15/2005
Visual Studio 2005 - Launched! And CF2.0 too...
Wow, I can hardly believe that Visual Studio 2005 has finally launched. I started working on VS2005...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/08/2005
My Second Webcast
Yesterday I gave my second and final MSDN Webcast, this time on the topic of migrating eMbedded C++...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/20/2005
Mobile Developer Wiki
I was trying (sort of) to keep the Mobile Developer Wiki a little bit of a secret until it had...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/16/2005
Visual Studio 2005 - SmartDevice Emulator
I recently demonstrated the new Pocket PC and Smartphone emulators as part of an MSDN webchat, and...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/06/2005
My First Webcast
This morning I hosted an MSDN webcast on using Visual Studio 2005 to develop C++ applications for...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/05/2005
Visual Studio 2005 - Launches 7th November!
I'm getting this tattooed on my forehead!
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/05/2005
Windows CE Documentation
My team here at Microsoft also publishes Windows CE documentation - which is distinct from the SDK...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/03/2005
Launching a program from within a C#/VB SmartDevice application
This is just a quickie. If you are wondering how to launch an existing application from within your...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/13/2005
A New Way of looking at Help
The Windows Mobile 5.0 Documentation is on MSDN, and yes, I admit this is a sub-optimal approach as...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/24/2005
Windows Mobile 5.0 and Pocket PC menus
Q. What does eating in an restaurant in Italy have in common with writing an application for Windows...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/22/2005
Favourite Nerd News Round-up
There seemed to be a lot of cool nerdy things happening this week. Here are some of my favourites....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/19/2005
Issues Installing the Windows Mobile 5.0 SDK
Have you installed the Visual Studio Beta 2, and then the Windows Mobile 5.0 SDKs, and yet when you...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/18/2005
Simple Kiosk Mode Application for Pocket PC - Part 1
Mike Hall recently wrote an excellent series of blog entries on creating a Kiosk system running on a...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/16/2005
Developer Wiki Hopefully Coming Soon...
After a month long break, I'm back and this time I'm talking Wikis. July seemed to rush past, thanks...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/04/2005
The Windows Mobile 5.0 SDK and the Documentation
If you have installed Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2, and the Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC and Smartphone...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/10/2005
Which tool for the job?
With the advent of Windows Mobile 5.0, and the new developing tools - Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 -...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/03/2005
Processing Key presses in an HTMLControl
Ever had one of those coding experiences when nothing seems to be working? And then suddenly it all...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/01/2005
eHow-tos Go Live!
So, if you are a regular reader (hello, Mum!) you'll have noticed me mentioning the work we were...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/25/2005
Windows Mobile 5.0 - Emulators: copying files and ActiveSync
The Smartphone and Pocket PC emulators that ship with the Windows Mobile 5.0 SDKs are amazing pieces...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/19/2005
Windows Mobile 5.0 - where are the docs and samples?
First things first - so you want to install and use the latest and greatest development tools for...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/16/2005
Managed Wrapper for Bluetooth
This is something that you have to try - a managed wrapper for Bluetooth that makes it incredibly...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/12/2005
MEDC Blog - Day 3
Phew! It's over, my feet hurt and it was worth every second. Today I manned the booth from 10 a.m....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/12/2005
MEDC Blog - Day 2
Today was spent mostly at the MEDUA booth in the Microsoft Pavilion. In other words, the team took...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/12/2005
MEDC Blog - Day 1 (continued)
What a great day it's been! It started with a Bill Gate's keynote - this is the first one in my five...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/11/2005
MEDC Blog - Day 1
Bill Gate's keynote: wow! :-) More detail later!
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/11/2005
C# Express and the WebBrowser control
I love the WebBrowser control - it makes it easy to create customized Web browsers in my C#...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/26/2005
The Perfect Gadget?
I know this isn’t going to get me your pity, but I’ve been suffering recently. As I work in the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/19/2005
Lights, Camera.. Making Developer Movies
As Mike Hall points out on his blog, I’ve been working with a small team on putting together some...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/11/2005
Mobile Devices SDK Quick Poll
Do you develop applications for Pocket PCs or Smartphones? If so, and you have five minutes, I would...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/01/2005
Microsoft Staff Caught on Video - The True Story
As you probably know, Mike Hall is a cheery chap who loves to explain Windows CE and Mobile Device...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/31/2005
Debugging Devices, to be sure to be sure.
First things first, Happy St. Patrick's Day! I'm finishing work soon to partake in a wee drop o' the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/17/2005
Content Specialist - whatsthatthen?
It’s official – my new job title is Content Specialist for Mobile and Embedded ISVs. What does that...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/16/2005
Meet MEDUA
MEDUA is the "Mobile and Embedded Device User Assistance" team. It's quite a large team, and writes...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/09/2005
Book Review Preview: Take Back Your Life!
The other day I saw an email from someone in the company offering a new Microsoft Press book for...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/08/2005
MEDUA and New Media
I remember when DVDs, heck, no, make that I remember when CD-ROMs were the "new media". (Commodore...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/07/2005
What do you look for in a Developer Center?
Do you visit the MSDN Developer Centers? Developer Centers are designed to be one of your first...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/02/2005
Teaching your grandma to suck eggs?
Thanks for the responses on application types (see my last post). I’m still collecting data, so feel...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/28/2005
The Mobile Developer
Hi again. This is the my first blog entry after moving from the C# UE team, to the MED UA team –...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/23/2005
My Little Pony and MSN Search
I like Google, and I like it at lot. I've used it from before it became the standard for searching...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/04/2005
The Cubes
I'm frequently asked "So, what's it like working at Microsoft?". Well, OK, that's a lie. Almost...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/07/2005
Happy Holidays, especially to you "Bill Gates".
For one brief shining moment, I actually believed Bill Gates had read my blog and left a comment....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/17/2004
C# Docs: MVP Doc Reviews
One of the hardest parts of my job is getting documents reviewed. We write a lot of C# documentation...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/09/2004
SPOT Watches
I'm a fan of SPOT - the technology behind the watches that use the MSN Direct service to receive...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/09/2004