Want a netbook? Have a Windows Mobile device? Check out Redfly.

Redfly Mobile Companion	Redfly Mobile Companion
This Redfly Smartphone Terminal lets you use your smartphone like a laptop with its 8" screen and full keyboard. Redfly links to your smartphone via a USB cable or wireless Bluetooth connection and extends the Windows Mobile interface to a more convenient and capable environment.	This Redfly Smartphone Terminal lets you use your smartphone like a laptop with its 7" screen and full keyboard. Redfly links to your smartphone via a USB cable or wireless Bluetooth connection and extends the Windows Mobile interface to a more convenient and capable environment.
Redfly Smartphone Dock	Redfly PC Software
The Redfly Smartphone Dock will be a table-top adapter with VGA, mouse, and keyboard ports for smartphone applications. It will allow users to connect their Windows Mobile device to an external display, keyboard and mouse.	The PC Software will function like a software version of this company's Smartphone Terminal. It will allow users to connect their Windows Mobile device to a laptop or netbook and access the smartphone's software and data with a large screen and regular keyboard.

Here’s a great article on how to use Windows Media Center with Windows Mobile to do some really cool stuff.

You end up with being able to sync recorded items off your Windows Media Center and watch them on your Windows Mobile phone!

Qik enables you to share moments of your life with your friends, family and the world - directly from your cell phone!

Keep your world in the know, share a laugh, tell engaging stories. Just point your cell phone and stream video live to your friends on Twitter, Facebook, Blogs, etc. OR use your cell phone like a camcorder and stream hours and hours of video without worrying about storage on your cell phone.

Check to make sure your phone is supported.

Rob Tiffany has announced, the Mobile Application Architecture Guide – Patterns & Practices.

The guide's chapters include:

• Ch 01 > Mobile Application Architecture
• Ch 02 > Architecture and Design Guidelines
• Ch 03 > Presentation Layer Guidelines
• Ch 04 > Business Layer Guidelines
• Ch 05 > Data Access Layer Guidelines
• Ch 06 > Service Layer Guidelines
• Ch 07 > Communication Guidelines
• Ch 08 > Deployment Patterns

Our goal is to empower our Windows Mobile developer community as much as possible, and while this guide may seem like it's targeted exclusively to developers, I ensured that the IT Pro side of the house is accommodated as well.  Mobile infrastructure elements of this guide include System Center Mobile Device Manager (Deployment), SQL Server (Sync Services + Merge), IIS (Web Services + Sync + WCF), Exchange (WCF Store and Forward) and Active Directory (Auth).

It's a new era for radio. Personalized, mobile, and free.

Pandora Radio is your own FREE personalized radio now available to stream music on your Windows Mobile handset. Just start with the name of one of your favorite artists, songs or classical composers and Pandora will create a "station" that plays their music and more music like it.

Already a Pandora user? Even easier. Just sign in. Pandora on Windows Mobile is fully integrated with Pandora on the web. Enjoy all your existing stations - and create new ones right from your Windows Mobile handset.

Microsoft Tag creates unlimited possibilities for making interactive communications an instant, entertaining part of life. They transform physical media (print advertising, billboards,product packages, information signs, in-store merchandising, or even video images)—into live links for accessing information and entertainment online.

With the Microsoft Tag application, just aim your camera phone at a Tag and instantly access mobile content, videos, music, contact information, maps, social networks, promotions, and more. Nothing to type, no browsers to launch!

Be sure to upgrade to the latest version of Live Search for Windows Mobile.

• Enhanced Locate Me. The Live Search Home screen includes a Locate Me control that works both on GPS-enabled phones and without GPS.
• Bird’s Eye View. This cool new map view shows a low-level, three-dimensional perspective of a location
• Predictive text in the search control

• Enhanced Locate Me.

• Bird’s Eye View

• Predictive Text

It’s time to install the MVP Global Summit Countdown Sidebar Gadget.

MVP Summit 2009

Microsoft will host the 2009 MVP Global Summit March 1-4, 2009 at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle, and at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington.

MVP Award recipients are invited to attend the MVP Global Summit, one of the largest multiday Microsoft MVP events. At the MVP Global Summit, MVPs receive access to exclusive technical content, participate in direct feedback sessions, and meet with Microsoft executives, product teams, and their peers from around the world. Microsoft executives and employees welcome MVPs to the Global Summit at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington and in Seattle. The MVP Global Summit features more than 400 technical sessions in which MVPs can connect with other MVPs, build relationships with Microsoft experts, and provide real-world insights and feedback to Microsoft product teams.

Date: Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

Speaker: Chris Eargle

Topic: The Future of Managed Code
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009, is the next meeting of the Pee Dee Area .NET User Group.

Newly minted C# MVP, Chris Eargle, will discuss the future of managed code.  How will your code look next year? This presentation is a demonstration of the new capabilities found in C# 4.0 and VB 10.0 using the Visual Studio 2010 CTP. Learn about the new features in each language, how they are converging, and what sets them apart.

Chris Eargle
Chris Eargle is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional – Visual C# and an independent consultant in the Columbia, SC metro area.  He is currently working as a software architect on the South Carolina Integrated Tax System with Revenue Solutions, Inc. Chris is the president of the Columbia Enterprise Developers Guild and is a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist in ASP.NET
Web Site: www.kodefuguru.com

Here is the tentative schedule:
6:00 PM - 6:20 PM Socializing / Free Dinner
6:20 PM - 6:30 PM Introduction, Sponsor Time, and News.
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Presentations