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Sunday, October 28, 2007 4:54 PM

Advanced Graphics with .NET Compact Framework

Building managed applications for Windows Mobile devices that have a rich user interface is almost impossible if you restrict yourself to the primitive controls that ship with the .NET Compact Framework. Luckily building your own custom controls isn't...
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007 6:20 PM

The Symbian Conversion

I've been a fan of Windows Mobile devices for the last couple of years for the sole reason that the development model is imho far superior that what's been available for Blackberry, Symbian etc. However this is all changing as the mobile phone...
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007 4:56 PM

Power Tools for .NET Compact Framework v3.5

Microsoft have just released the Power Tools for the .NET CF v3.5 B2 that can be download here , which includes: Remote Performance Monitor and GC Heap Viewer NETCF CLR Profiler App Configuration Tool NETCF ServiceModel Metadata Tool Remote Logging Configuration...
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Tuesday, September 04, 2007 3:41 PM

New Mobile Development Community Site

From the makers of the " Smart Devices Framework " the team at OpenNETCF Consulting have launched a new community website, http://community.opennetcf.com . This follows a long trend of these guys supporting the mobile development community....
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Saturday, August 25, 2007 6:00 PM

NUnitLite V's Visual Studio Testing for Devices

Most .NET developers would have heard of, or have used, NUnit for unit testing code. Well, last week Charlie Poole made the first release of NUnitLite which is a cut down version that is compatible with not only the full .NET Framework but also all versions...
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Friday, August 24, 2007 8:44 PM

Linq Differences

This morning I was reading a blog post by Neil Cowburn , of OpenNETCF fame, that talked about the lack of support for Linq in the Outlook object model for the .NET Compact Framework/Windows Mobile. Having played around with Linq a while ago I was surprised...
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Thursday, August 23, 2007 6:35 AM

.NET Compact Framework Answers Here

Well actually not quite here - you will have to wait for the .NET Compact Framework Chat to be hosted by Neil Cowburn , of OpenNETCF fame, on the 29th August. If you have some burning .NET CF, or other mobile development, questions then you should book...
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Friday, August 03, 2007 3:46 AM

Automation with Device Emulator v3

In order to successfully build an application for a mobile device you need to go through the same process as you would for building any other application when it comes to testing. Unfortunately this is typically a painful process as it requires the application...
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Sunday, June 24, 2007 1:28 AM

Mobile Development Books

Earlier this year I was fortunate enough to be involved as an informal reviewer for the mobile development book that fellow MVPs Peter Foot, Andy Wigley and (exMVP) Daniel Moth were working on. The great news is that it has now gone to print and I would...
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Friday, May 25, 2007 9:15 PM

.NET Compact Framework 3.5 Redistributables

Anyone working with Visual Studio "Orcas" to build mobile applications should be aware that the v3.5 Beta 1 Redistributable are now available from MS Downloads. There is also a good list of the new features that have been added to v3.5 of the...
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Thursday, May 10, 2007 10:26 PM

WCF via Carrier Pigeons

Earlier this year the .NET Compact Framework team announced that there was going to be an implementation of WCF for Window Mobile devices. In addition to the regular http binding they were going to put some work into an email binding that would take advantage...
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Friday, April 27, 2007 7:16 PM

You can't park that iPhone here!

With all the hype around the iPhone I think everyone has forgotten what really matters. Apple are using their ability to create a rich and effective user experience which in my opinion is why the iPhone is getting so much attention. It's not that...
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Wednesday, April 04, 2007 5:59 PM

OpenNETCF SDF v2.1

Neil has just announced that version 2.1 of the OpenNETCF Smart Device Framework has just been released. Although they now charge for this framework it is no longer just a class library that gives you missing desktop functionality. With tight integration...
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007 3:35 PM

Synchronisation Strategies

The author of sync-mobile has added another post that discusses scheduling strategies for synchronisation of data. In this post they outline three strategies for scheduling or kicking off a sync: SMS - There is definitely a risk that messages can be delayed...
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007 3:17 PM

Why having a Database Engine in ROM is a good idea

Yesterday I came across an interesting site dedicated to Mobile Synchronisation and noticed they had a post regarding Symbian and the fact that in the next version of their OS (v9.5) they will follow Microsoft's path of including a database engine (SQLLite...
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