Wednesday, April 02, 2008

image You can download the Windows Mobile 6.1 emulator images here.

Download Size:
184.9 MB - 457.1 MB*

*Download size depends on selected download components.

Overview

The Windows Mobile 6.1 Emulator Images package adds emulator images to Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio 2008 that let you test applications for Windows Mobile 6.1. For general information about writing software for Windows Mobile, please see the Windows Mobile Developer Center.
The emulator images can also be used as standalone without Visual Studio. They can be accessed through the Start Menu shortcuts.


Available locale:
0409 USA English
New emulator image resolutions:

  • Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard
    DPI: 131 - Resolution: 320 x 320 pixels
    DPI: 131 - Resolution: 400 x 240 pixels
    DPI: 131 - Resolution: 440 x 240 pixels
  • Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
    DPI: 96 - Resolution: 240 x 400 pixels
    DPI: 192 - Resolution 480 x 800 pixels

Wednesday, April 02, 2008 03:00:49 (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  |  Trackback
Tuesday, April 01, 2008

imageOf course, I would get this on April Fools Day, but I've verified it and it is for real!
Dear Chris Craft,

Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2008 Microsoft® MVP Award! The MVP Award is our way to say thank you for promoting the spirit of community and improving people’s lives and the industry’s success every day. We appreciate your extraordinary efforts in Device Application Development technical communities during the past year.

This is a great honor and privilege for me to have received. Thank you Microsoft, it means a lot to me!

What is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional, MVP?

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/

Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) are exceptional technical community leaders from around the world who are awarded for voluntarily sharing their high quality, real world expertise in offline and online technical communities. Microsoft MVPs are a highly select group of experts that represents the technical community's best and brightest, and they share a deep commitment to community and a willingness to help others.

Tuesday, April 01, 2008 11:52:53 (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [3]  |  Trackback

So you have a Windows Mobile device, and you would like to use it for listening to music, but you don't like the default Windows Mobile Media Player skin. What can you do?

Here are a few I've found so far:

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Tweak Windows Media Player 10 Skin

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New iPod Windows Media Player Skin

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Plastic VGA Windows Media Player Skin

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iWMP Windows Media Player Skin

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G.amp Windows Media Player Skin

 

Hands down, so far, my favorite one is the one that comes with Microsoft Windows Mobile Voice Command. You can see a screenshot below:

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Tuesday, April 01, 2008 03:00:43 (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  |  Trackback

imageWindows Mobile 6.1 is coming!

What's new? [from MSMobiles.com]

  • both Silverlight and Adobe Flash are included in the operating system!
  • new version of Internet Explorer Mobile included with full-screen web browsing
  • threaded text messaging
  • several existing phones will get upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.1 (see original source of the story [above])
  • improved support for enterprise mobility thanks to compatibility with System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008
  • new feature: Getting Started Center - that is supposed to help with configuration of WiFi, email, Bluetooth, etc.
  • more functionality built-in into home-screen, including music playback

Windows Mobile 6.1 Screenshots: PocketNow.com, Gizmodo.com, BoyGeniusReport.com


Tuesday, April 01, 2008 03:00:30 (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  |  Trackback
Monday, January 14, 2008
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Ars Technica has a great article on something new developing at Yahoo.

From the sound of it, Yahoo Mobile Developer Platform may be a lot like what many are expecting from Apple's iPhone SDK. Developers will be able to write a single mini-application that will be made available through Yahoo's Widget Gallery, where users can cherry-pick their favorite widgets to use on their phones. There are already a handful of widgets available from big names like MySpace, MTV, and eBay, and Yahoo said that a full SDK with guidelines would be available "soon."

Yahoo! Mobile Developer Platform

Yahoo! Mobile Developer Home

Yahoo! Mobile Developer Blog

Hopefully this will encourage Microsoft to release SideShow for Windows Mobile, before someone else does it first.


Monday, January 14, 2008 05:00:34 (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  |  Trackback
Sunday, January 13, 2008

imageWhat a cool idea. I remember before built in GPS were common in devices, you could pick up a Bluetooth GPS device and use it just the same.

Technically with WiFi and high-speed cellular connections you could still do this sort of thing with drives on remote machines, but sometimes you really need additional "local" hardware storage.

msmobiles.com has a good write up of the device here.

The Seagate® D.A.V.E.™ (Digital Audio Video Experience) platform delivers the best way to move, store and connect your digital life, wirelessly connecting mobile devices with up to 60 GB of extra storage. It’s the best way for mobile entertainment device manufacturers and mobile network providers to help their consumers unify content management.

You know the more I think about it, the Seagate D.A.V.E. is missing something... I'm just not sure what... Maybe this technology is just too good, maybe it is too much...

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"Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do. I'm half crazy all for the love of you. It won't be a stylish marriage, I can't afford a carriage. But you'll look sweet upon the seat of a bicycle built for two."


Sunday, January 13, 2008 05:00:47 (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  |  Trackback
Saturday, January 12, 2008

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If you want a solid Windows Mobile RSS application, NewsGator Go! is one of the best, and now it is FREE!

NewsGator Go! gives you the ability to track and manage all your RSS content on your mobile device. Get news, sports, entertainment and other information delivered to your Blackberry, Java Mobile Smartphone or PDA, and Windows Mobile Smartphone or PDA.

Windows Mobile: Free Download

Whether you are standing in line at a coffee shop or taking a stroll around the park, with NewsGator Go! you don't need to feel left out when the latest news breaks!

  • Get your news and information while on the go
  • Keep your mobile in sync with all NewsGator products
  • Email interesting articles to friends or co-workers
  • (Windows Mobile only) Play streaming video and audio

NewsGator Go! for Windows Mobile works on Windows Mobile version 5 or 6.

 

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Saturday, January 12, 2008 17:00:04 (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  |  Trackback
Friday, January 11, 2008

90 Artists Remix Stan Lee's Best Characters

 

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That stained glass Spiderman is totally sweet! And magneto with duckies. That would be a good "Come up with the best story for this 'situation' contest".

"Magneto vs. The Duckies" or "No More Spandex"

Oh no! The evil Magneto has kidnapped the President's...   daughters'...   three little duckies: Huey, Dewey and Louie and has forced them to fight him to the death!

The duckies only chance was if someone could raise the $3,014,170,389,176,410 ransom Magneto demanded for their safe return. Unfortunately for the triplets, the president was a little short after spending over $611.5 billion.

Desperate Huey decided to contact their great uncle, who even though a bit of a Scrooge, surely wouldn't want to see his three grand-nephews end up on Magneto's dinner table. Their uncle was quite shocked, and embarrassed after having told most of the world that he was worth, "one multiplujillion, nine obsquatumatillion, six hundred twenty-three dollars and sixty-two cents", and telling his nephews that it was more like "five multiplujillion, nine impossibidillion, seven fantasticatrillion dollars and sixteen cents", he didn't have the heart to tell Huey now that it was really more like $137 billion.

Instead he chooses to tell them about how when he was their age he had to defeat villains far worse than Magento... every day... on the way to school... and uphill both ways... [Click! Huey hangs up]

Louie the youngest of the twins, decides to use a trick that their brother Phooey would always use when he got in trouble: cuteness...

Immediately Louie falls back into the curl of Magneto's right arm and stares back up at his "favorite person in the whole wide world". At first, Huey and Dewey think Louie must have lost his friggin' mind, but then they too remember their forgotten brother, and join Louie in his mastermind scheme. Dewey decides the only thing cuter than a little yellow fluffy duckie, is a sleeping little yellow fluffy duckie. He then hops up on Magneto's shoulder and begins to purr. Why? Because it is extra cute!

Huey, determined not to be outdone by his younger brothers, recognizes that Magneto has some kind of helmet fetish, and decides that certainly Magneto would appreciate him being his own personal hood ornament.

Right then, Magneto's heart grew three sizes larger, and he thought to himself, "How Cute!" He then proceeded to explode causing reality to turn purple, and time to stop.

[The End]

 

Your Turn

Don't worry your safe from my humor, with the entire Internet between you and me, you shouldn't suffer any long term effects. But if you liked, or didn't like, or think you can do better I'd love to hear your version. Feel free to post as a comment or link back from your blog. You could pick another picture as well, if you like.


Friday, January 11, 2008 05:00:38 (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  |  Trackback
Monday, January 07, 2008
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Pretty impressive third-party UI replacement for Windows Mobile. Not only is it impressive, but it is free too.

PointUI

Home's intuitive controls and highly responsive user interface makes using your device a breeze. Here are a few of the key features Home has to offer:

  • Control your device via touch or your thumb with the directional control
  • Smart Lists Navigation ™ with bookmarks allows you to easily locate an item in even the largest lists
  • Choose the slide navigation that suits you
  • One touch access to calls, email, text messages and music
  • Easily see who and when calls were received, made and missed
  • Using the Applet Ribbon ™ you can easily access the time, tasks, appointments, calendar and up to date weather forecasts and current temperatures
  • Easily manage your sound, wireless, battery and device settings
  • Easy create new emails, text messages, multimedia messages, tasks, appointments, documents and spreadsheets
  • Load and switch between running applications effortlessly

 


Monday, January 07, 2008 05:00:05 (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  |  Trackback
Sunday, January 06, 2008

imageimage image InsideMicrosoft has some details on the next version of Windows Mobile.

Exclusive Windows Mobile 7 To Focus On Touch and Motion Gestures » InsideMicrosoft-part of the Blog News Channel

Awesome news!

Here are some highlights but definitely check out the article.

  • Touch Gestures: reminds me of iPhone
  • Motion Gestures: reminds me of WiiMote
  • Advanced UI and UX: reminds me of Vista
  • Focus on being able to use fingers to interact, instead of stylus
  • Improved media capabilities
  • Possible Multi-Touch support
  • Should ship in 2009

Sunday, January 06, 2008 05:00:56 (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  |  Trackback

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