Blogging From Latin America- September 27, 2005 I got a mail this morning from our DPE star down in Brazil Fernando Zandona telling me that he's switched his blog from his native Portuguese to English. Personally, I think having a Portuguese blog was pretty cool but I guess it cuts down your readership a little :) You can catch up with Fernando here : http:blogs.msdn.comfzandonahttp://blogs.msdn.com/jamespr/archive/2005/09/27/474626.aspx Welcoming Palm to Windows Mobile- September 26, 2005 If you missed the webcast this morning, Bill Gates (Microsoft), Ed Colligan (Palm) and Denny Strigl (Verizon Wireless) announced a partnership to bring a Palm device running Windows Mobile software to the Verizon network. You can watch the webcast here : 56K 100K 300K If you're new to the Windows Mobile world, my name is James Pratt and my team looks after our developer platform including articles, webcasts, events, our MSDN presence and a bunch of other stuff. We've pushed live..http://blogs.msdn.com/jamespr/archive/2005/09/26/474070.aspx A Little Something Special Coming on Monday- September 24, 2005 This seems like it says what it can before Monday ... http:www.microsoft.comwinme050925267SFO_Teaser.asxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/jamespr/archive/2005/09/24/473589.aspx What are you doing with your i-mate JASJAR- September 22, 2005 My good friend Mike Hall is wondering what PDC attendees are doing with the i-mate JASJAR they purchased. http:blogs.msdn.commikehallarchive20050915468020.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/jamespr/archive/2005/09/22/472898.aspx Answers to HW Questions from PDC Panel- September 22, 2005 The results are in! The panel consisted of : Jim Mann (HP) Jeff Samitt (Lenovo) Mike Booth (Motorola) Bert Keely (MSFT, Tablet Architect) Jeremy Jacobson (MSFT, Windows Mobile Hardware Engineer) Derek DiPerna (MSFT, Cellular Network Expert) James Pratt (Panel Host ... expert in nothing!) We had a lively 1.5 hour discussion with lots of good questions from the audience. In response to the questions you asked on the blog : Q: Will devices converge so that everything ends up running..http://blogs.msdn.com/jamespr/archive/2005/09/22/472894.aspx SMS Voting App for 5.0 ... With Source!- September 16, 2005 It was my pleasure here at PDC to meet Dave Glover. Dave is one of Developer Evangelists from Down Under (Australia). Dave showed me this cool 5.0 Smartphone app he's written for collecting informal surveys during presentations, meetings etc. Participants can SMS their vote to the device and it records and tabulates the results. It's written in .NET Compact Framework 2.0 and uses new managed APIs in Windows Mobile 5.0 for intercepting incoming SMS. Interestingly, if you..http://blogs.msdn.com/jamespr/archive/2005/09/16/469192.aspx PDC Announce : Plantronics Headsets Arrive!- September 14, 2005 Any PDC attendees who ordered a Plantronics headset with their promotional device yesterday and were given a voucher when they collected the device, should bring their voucher to the Mobile Planet booth to exchange it for the headset. Good ole FedEx!http://blogs.msdn.com/jamespr/archive/2005/09/14/466312.aspx What do YOU want to know abou the future of mobile device hardware- September 12, 2005 I'm hosting a panel this coming Friday (916) at PDC about "Future Directions in Mobile Device Hardware". I have a panel of experts from both Microsoft and OEM partners including HP, Motorola and Lenovo. We'll be covering both Tablet PC and Windows Mobile topics. Rather than ask specific product questions, I'll be asking about hardware directions, industry challenges and the like. For example : "What is the biggest challenge you face in creating compelling mobile...http://blogs.msdn.com/jamespr/archive/2005/09/11/463772.aspx Arrived at PDC 05 (9112005)- September 12, 2005 It's good to be back in LA for the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC). When I was here 2 years ago for PDC 03 I remember Whidbey (Visual Studio 2005) and an early build of Longhorn (Windows Vista) were the talk of the show. We - the mobile devices team - were getting developers going with Smartphone 2003 and were merely hinting at the innovation coming in Magneto. If I recall, I lost my shirt in a "bet" with Ori Amiga during his session ... I challenged...http://blogs.msdn.com/jamespr/archive/2005/09/11/463768.aspx |