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Tuesday, February 26, 2008 5:02 AM

Skype Challenge - A Year On

Some you might recall that I issued a Skype Challenge last April where the rules were essentially: To go an entire month without using either a landline* or a mobile phone** to make or receive phone calls. You have to make all calls via Skype You can't...
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Sunday, November 11, 2007 12:09 AM

Google Maps V's Live Search for Windows Mobile

A week or so ago I got my latest development device, the HTC TyTnII . Since then I have moved networks from Optus to 3 in order to get economically priced data. My only complaints about the HTC Touch was that it didn't have either a keypad/keyboard...
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Sunday, November 04, 2007 2:43 PM

Sydney Mobility

Welcome to another action packed week of mobility here in (not so) sunny Sydney! On the back of a successful Office Developer Conference there are a series of events lined up for this week that are worth attending if you are working in the mobility area...
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Monday, October 08, 2007 9:31 AM

SQL Server Compact Edition - Getting Started

Here are a couple of relatively intersting "getting started" links for SQL Server Compact Edition: Data Storage Architecture with SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition (draft) book - "Windows Mobile Data Synchronization with SQL Server 2005 and...
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Thursday, September 20, 2007 10:25 PM

More Gadgets - Stop Drooling!

ASUS ASUS P55 Smartphone (Source: FCC) Information posted at DailyTech Intel Moorestown (Source: AnandTech) Information posted at AnandTech HTC HTC Nike (Source: Unwired View) Information posted at Unwired View HTC Omni (Source: Unwired View) Information...
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Sunday, September 16, 2007 3:16 AM

Why Google should stick to building websites!

Over the weekend I have been navigating around Sydney catching up with friends. Although I've been to Sydney quite a few times I still have to look up street addresses. So rather than purchasing a street directory I figured I would use some technology...
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Monday, September 10, 2007 4:26 PM

Device How To Videos

A while ago I mentioned that MSDN has a series of "How Do I?" videos on a range of topics and that they have some relating to device application development . Last night someone reminded me about these and I went back to the site to discover...
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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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Saturday, August 25, 2007 5:28 PM

HTC Touch In Action

A couple of weeks ago I posted about my latest device, the HTC Touch, in which I covered the unboxing and the general form factor of the device. Since then I have been using the device in place of my ever trustworthy K-Jam. Whilst I'm still not convinced...
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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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Tuesday, August 14, 2007 7:52 PM

When is a Storage Card an SD Card or a CF Card on Windows Mobile

A discussion I was party to alerted me to an interesting issue when writing file to a Storage Card on a Windows Mobile device. On most devices a storage card will appear as "\Storage card" both in File Explorer and via code. However, apparently...
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Sunday, August 05, 2007 1:44 PM

SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition Book

I just noticed that Jeff has reviewed the book Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition . Jeff goes into substantial detail in his review looking at the contents of each of the chapters. Although I haven't had the opportunity to read this work, from...
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Friday, August 03, 2007 4:18 AM

Windows Mobile Security Explained

Ever wondered why your device prompts you when you attempt to run an application? Or perhaps what those Microsoft folks are on about when they talk about 1 and 2 tier security models? Well as a follow up to my previous post about the Device Security Manager...
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Wednesday, August 01, 2007 9:37 PM

Windows Mobile Security for Developers

Before I get into the talking about a tool that windows mobile developers will find useful I thought I'd start off with a tool for the end users who are worried about loosing their precious device. Earlier this week I was sent a link to the Shadowmite...
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Saturday, June 30, 2007 10:42 PM

HTC Reaches that Sweet spot with Windows Mobile Device

I've mentioned in a previous post that HTC are continuing to innovate with the HTC Touch and the HTC Kaiser. Well I must admit that I'm now hanging out to get my hands on the HTC Kaiser following Paul's indepth review . As is clear from the...
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