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  • New Mobile Architecture Pocket Guide Available

      The patterns & practices group has just recently released a new Pocket Guide that is targeted at Mobile Architecture and development. It covers a ton of information and common pitfalls that you can avoid when building serious mobile line of business applications. Download a copy here : http://www.codeplex.com/AppArch/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=19798
  • More Mobility Metro events

    Here are the other events that are happening in the US. Click on the link to register. City Date Capacity Days San Diego 04/22/2008 50 1 Dallas 04/29/2008 20 3 Austin 05/07/2008 60 1 Chicago * 05/12/2008 20 3 Redmond 05/13/2008 100 1 Memphis 05/13/2008 25 3 Houston 05/20/2008 15 3 Mountain View 05/21/2008 50 1 Cincinnati 06/23/2006 16 3
  • Mobility Metro Houston Sign-up now!

    Mobility Metro- Developing on Windows Mobile Houston, May 20 th – 22 nd Mobility Metro is a 3 day hands-on lab that covers the detailed points about building applications on the Windows Mobile platform. It covers tools such as Visual Studio 2008, the .NET Compact Framework, SQL Server Compact Edition and more. Here are the seven areas that this training will go into detail in: · All About Windows Mobile · Windows Mobile for Line of Business · The Tools · Managed Development · Data Management Strategies · Performance and Optimization · A Whole New Level
  • Managed Stored Procedures and Mobile LOB Architecture

    Rabi Satter of the Kiosk Mode fame , has done two posts about the cool things he worked on for the Mobile Line of Business Accelerator. Managed Stored Procedures : http://www.satter.org/2008/03/managed-stored.html Mobile LOB Architecture : http://www.satter.org/2008/03/mobile-lob-ac-1.html Check it out!
  • The New Mobile Line of Business Solution Accelerator 2008

    Rob just sent this email to me today. His team has been building the new version of the Solutions Accelerator for a couple of months now and now they're ready to release it to the wild. What's really amazing to me is that they managed to implement MANAGED STORED PROCEDURES and TRIGGERS for SQL Compact. The Microsoft® Windows Mobile Line of Business Solution Accelerator 2008 Delivering new innovations and development best practices to the Windows Mobile platform with Visual Studio 2008, the .NET Compact Framework 3.5, SQL Server Compact 3.5, a working Supply Chain application, over 5,000 lines of commented code plus over a hundred pages of helpful documentation. Adapt your App :: Create a single binary that runs unchanged on Windows Mobile Standard or Pro, Portrait or Landscape, Rectangle or Square. No more wasting time building separate executables to accommodate different screen sizes or input methods. Sync Services for ADO.NET :: Synchronize your data between SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server Compact 3.5 using the new Sync Framework. Keep all your occasionally-connected mobile workers on the same page. Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Store and Forward :: Reliably push messages to servers or other devices via Exchange Server 2007. Programmatically notify peer devices that they have new orders waiting for them and need to sync. MapPoint :: Guide delivery drivers to their customers via either the shortest or quickest route. Integrated mapping means you’ll never get lost again. LINQ :: Use the new Language Integrated Query to filter results from Generic Object Collections. Query both your objects and XML using a familiar, SQL-like syntax to boost developer productivity. Custom Controls :: Capture signatures and dazzle your end-users with 3D and Alpha-blended controls that alter their behavior depending on the platform they’re running on. Professional Square Std Landscape QVGA Professional Landscape VGA Managed Stored Procedures and Triggers :: The pluggable data layer allows you to say goodbye to compiling Dynamic SQL inside your code and fires events to react to INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE operations. Notifications and Online Help :: Formerly only supported on Pro, say hello to Popup Notifications and Online Help on Standard. Popup Notifications, also known as “toast,” display an HTML message and then disappear after a pre-determined amount of time. Using Online Help on every screen reduces your applicationtraining costs. Language Switching and Localization...
  • New MSDN Mobility Center

    The MSDN Mobility Center at http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsmobile just got a facelift! we have completely redesigned the page to feature the four main mobile application development concepts: Smart Devices Mobile Web Games Rich Internet Apps The last section is yet unfinished so stay tuned to any updates. In addition to targeted content, the Windows Mobile Developer Center introduces you to the Windows Mobile MVP community by providing a section that rotates through a group of Mobile MVPs. We have also added more community content, updated list of blogs and forums, and added a new Event viewer that lets you create customized searches for any events in the Mobile community. Check it out and give us some feedback.
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