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Bluehoo beta for Windows MobileOctober 27

At PDC today we announced Microsoft Azure, which is a new Microsoft product that let’s you build applications in the cloud or extend your current applications. Check out Bluehoo which is the first non-Microsoft application using this technology.

Quoting from their Web site, Bluehoo is a mobile app that helps you make new social connections with the people around you - for business or for pleasure. Bluehoo uses Bluetooth to discover "hoos" around you right here, right now, shows you those people’s profiles and helps you start conversations. The Bluehoo Beta mobile phone software can be downloaded right now from m.bluehoo.com.

 

Windows Mobile Application Developer Chat RecapOctober 24

A few weeks ago we announced the Windows Mobile application developer chat, which took place last Thursday. MVPs and Microsoft employees opened the floor to questions and provided a top-ten tip list for Windows Mobile application development. While you can find the top-ten tip list at this Microsoft blog and will soon see the chat transcript at this Microsoft Web site, I thought it might be nice to post some paraphrased excerpts of the type of questions and answers that came up in the chat.

Question: I've recently started looking at Unit Testing (mainly using NUnit) and have come across NUnitLite for unit testing on the Compact Framework, which works well, but have not been able to find any mocking frameworks (such as nMock), any suggestions?

Answer: I would suggest you check out the unit testing available in Visual Studio 2008. This is also available for .Net CF applications.

Question: Hi, I'm searching for a way to become more than the best Cell Tower from RIL.dll. Is there any chance to get the other Cell Towers?

Answer: There is a RIL API for Windows CE that you can theoretically access with Windows Mobile. However, this is

Windows Mobile 6.1 device updatesOctober 22

Over the past few weeks I’ve noticed a lot of interest in Windows Mobile 6.1. Specifically, people wondering how they can upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.1. Well, the following list might not be comprehensive, but it calls out a number of devices I’ve heard about lately and their update points.

 

• Pantech DUO (under software updates)

Getting Started with Windows Mobile Development.October 21

I have heard comments like "I am new to Windows Mobile development. Where should I start? What books do you recommend?"

So if you are a complete beginner, let me tell you what you need to get started:

1.     You will need to install Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Standard Edition or above (Express Editions are not supported). SP1 recommended.

2.     You will need to install the Windows Mobile 6 SDK Refresh if you wish to develop to Windows Mobile 6 devices.

3.     You don’t need an actual device to start developing, as the SDK has a device emulator that can run on your desktop, but of course there is nothing like running your applications on an actual device.

You can program a Windows Mobile device using Win32 APIs (C/C++) or using the .Net Compact Framework (C#/VB.Net).

If you are familiar with C/C++ but are not familiar with Win32, I recommend taking a look at the book "Programming Windows" by Charles Petzold. It was written for desktop, but in my opinion it is the best Win32 book out there.
If you are familiar with Win32, but want to kn

Introducing the Windows Mobile API Usage Tool!August 4

I'm really excited to announce the release of the Windows Mobile API Usage Tool, available here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fc803c7b-e855-475a-b8f3-38c19a007d36&displaylang=en

 The API Usage Tool scans your Windows Mobile applications (in cab, msi, or binary formats), performs static analysis, and reports on the usage of APIs and other system resources.  Our application compatibility team has been using the tool for several months now to ensure that we have good coverage of our public SDK when we do testing with 3rd party applications, as well as to help guide resource allocation and investments toward the most frequently used APIs.

 The tool includes a file-- deprecated.txt-- that has the current list of deprecated APIs for Windows Mobile, and will report on your application's usage of these APIs.  It's a really effective way to evaluate how your application will be affected once these deprecated APIs are removed from Windows Mobile.

 The tool is command-line based, and its output is a SQL Compact Edition database (.sdf file).  When used with the /deprecated option, the tool will also generate a collection of useful reports.

 We're hoping that developers find the tool and reports useful, and we'r