Windows Mobile Team Blog
The Mobile Secretary
I often invite my friends out to see a live band, a movie, or some other function where I won't be...
Author: BCross Date: 10/23/2006
Keyboard Map for the Device Emulator
Here are some desktop keyboard shortcuts you can use on the Device Emulator. Learning these keys...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/12/2006
Windows Mobile SDK Documentation Update
The Windows Mobile SDK Documentation has been updated today, with a release dated September 2006....
Author: windowsmobile Date: 10/10/2006
Finding WiMo
It's been awhile since I've posted about WiMo. I can probably blame the summer most for that since...
Author: BCross Date: 10/10/2006
The Emperor Has No Close
I’ve done blog entries on compaction threads, memory consumption, difficulties in doing upgrades,...
Author: MikeCal Date: 10/05/2006
Developing Windows Mobile apps on Vista
There was an announcement made this week about Visual Studio 2005 SP1 and support for Vista. In a...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/27/2006
Virtual Earth Mobile 1.67
Recently there was a change to the Virtual Earth server that required a change to Virtual Earth...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 09/16/2006
I’m Just A Feature
I grew up with “Schoolhouse Rock,” a series of short educational cartoons that played between the...
Author: MikeCal Date: 09/11/2006
Announcing ScreenLib - a free UI development library!
Today I'm pleased to announce ScreenLib, a new library for native Windows Mobile developers. It...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/11/2006
Your 100 Feature Dollars
A few weeks ago I asked how you'd spend 100 feature dollars on Windows Mobile. When we do this...
Author: scyost Date: 08/29/2006
Let’s Talk About One Hand Navigation
I’ve really enjoyed all the insightful responses to Scott’s “what features would you spend your $100...
Author: MikeCal Date: 08/24/2006
Power to the PocketPC
In my recent “Power to the Smartphone” entry, I talked about the biggest drains on Smartphone...
Author: MikeCal Date: 08/16/2006
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...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 08/16/2006
Introducing the SslChainSaver
Say hello to the SslChainSaver tool. This is a tool that I wrote internally to troubleshoot SSL...
Author: scyost Date: 08/11/2006
What would you do with $100?
We go through this exercise during the planning stages with customers sometimes. I like it because...
Author: scyost Date: 08/08/2006
Power to the Smartphone
There's been a fair amount of interest in an offhand comment I made recently about saving a lot of...
Author: MikeCal Date: 08/04/2006
WM Geek Fun (PM+SDE/T match wits with a smart SDE)
So you've all seen blog posts from our brilliant Software Design Engineer Luis Cabrera. He's one of...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/02/2006
CAB trivia
During an internal discussion about .CAB files, someone mentioned that a Windows Mobile CAB can...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/02/2006
Hard-coding "My Documents"? Fix Your Code
You've probably heard this warning before - don't hard-code paths such as "\My Documents". This path...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/26/2006
Lego My WiMo
I’d like to introduce the next WiMo to make its rounds around the office which I have codenamed...
Author: BCross Date: 07/18/2006
What Are These Arrows (and why are they still here)?
If you've used a Windows Mobile phone device, you've probably seen the little signal strength icon...
Author: MikeCal Date: 07/14/2006
Mobile development features in the next version of Visual Studio
The Visual Studio for Devices blog has some early information about Windows Mobile developer...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/10/2006
Windows Mobile SDK Samples: Your feedback is important to us!
Howdy. I own the SDK samples for the Windows Mobile SDK… and I would like to get a feel for what you...
Author: Luis Cabrera - AzureML Date: 07/06/2006
What certificate are you using for your Exchange server?
I'm trying to gather some additional data to help address this problem. If you've had trouble...
Author: scyost Date: 07/06/2006
The Three WiMos!
By now, I have started to develop a small army (well, 3 so far) of these little WiMo robots. I just...
Author: BCross Date: 07/06/2006
New blog for Sync & Replication services
Michael Saffitz, a co-worker in the Windows Mobile product group recently started blogging....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/30/2006
Virtual Earth Mobile 1.64
If you use Virtual Earth Mobile, you may have recently noticed that a few features stopped working...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 06/28/2006
Security Configuration Manager Powertoy for Windows Mobile.
At MEDC 2006 this year, I had a chance to give an instructor led lab regarding Windows Mobile...
Author: Luis Cabrera - AzureML Date: 06/22/2006
Mobile Client Software Factory - Community Technical Preview.
At the keynote at MEDC 2006 in Las Vegas there was a demo regarding the Mobile Client Software...
Author: Luis Cabrera - AzureML Date: 06/19/2006
Get your applications ready for the first Smartphones with 320x240 screens
The Motorola Q and Samsung i320 bring the first landscape 320x240 screens to Windows Mobile...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/13/2006
Icon sizes to use in your Windows Mobile applications
Confused about what size icons to use in your application? As you might have heard, high DPI Pocket...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/08/2006
Setting up GPS on Windows Mobile 5
Ever have trouble setting up a GPS device on Windows Mobile 5? Ever wonder what that GPS control...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 06/07/2006
.NET CF 1.0 development on Vista
Now that Windows Vista Beta 2 is out, some of you may already be using it or considering giving it a...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/29/2006
WiMo 101
I have created a website (www.wimobot.com) that can be used as a reference for information about...
Author: BCross Date: 05/23/2006
Programmatically checking the Authenticode signature on a file
While I was at MEDC 2006, someone asked me if there was a way to find out programatically what...
Author: Luis Cabrera - AzureML Date: 05/17/2006
New eHowTo video tutorials available
The MED User Assistance team has released 3 new video tutorials (a.k.a eHowTo's). These are...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/17/2006
Hi! My name is WiMo. I'm ready to play!
I'd like to introduce everyone to WiMo. WiMo, this is everyone... Everyone, this is WiMo. What...
Author: BCross Date: 05/12/2006
Countdown to MEDC
MEDC is almost here! This year I'm giving a talk on the Windows Mobile security model, which has...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 05/05/2006
Is anyone using file system password APIs?
Question for WM developers: Are any of you using the File System Password APIs? If so, can you...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/04/2006
What are the Certificate Stores?
What are the different Certificate stores on Windows Mobile?ROOTThis store contains root...
Author: scyost Date: 05/02/2006
Countdown to MEDC - Webcast Series
As part of the countdown to MEDC 2006, we have completed a 4-part webcast series. For those who are...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/30/2006
Batteries or Clocks?
Upgrades from WM5 to MSFP (AKU2) have started to hit the streets. One of the major features (direct...
Author: MikeCal Date: 04/28/2006
Workaround for signed cab files on PPC 2003
History question of the day: Why can't PPC 2003 load signed cabs? Two cab installers? Set the...
Author: scyost Date: 04/25/2006
What do you think about .Net only versions of APIs?
We have .Net versions of APIs and we have native (C/C++) versions of APIs. There are cases where we...
Author: BCross Date: 04/21/2006
Meet the MEDC 2006 content team (video podcast)
Mike Hall's Embedded blog has a video podcast featuring the content crew for MEDC 2006. Direct link...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/19/2006
New Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone Emulator Supports Landscape
Are your applications ready for the next wave of Windows Mobile devices? Did you know that...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 04/04/2006
Visual Studio and Virtual Memory
Visual Studio reserves 1 MB of virtual memory for each of your app's threads by default. This is...
Author: windowsmobile Date: 03/29/2006