This morning we deployed a brand new menu system to The Windows Blog. This new menu system is designed to make it easier to navigate the family of Windows blogs that live on the site. When clicking new “Blogs” button, a drop down menu for blogs appears which displays a categorized list of blogs. Blogs...
So I was nearly kicked out of the campground at Hood River, Oregon last weekend. My friends accused me of working more than windsurfing. They claimed to see me working in the car, on the car, in a tent, on a hammock, by the campfire, and even down by the river. Fortunately they had very little proof...
Today represents another significant milestone for Windows Marketplace for Mobile, and more importantly, the first big opportunity for developers. We are now accepting application submissions from all 29 supported countries and have launched a Race to Market Challenge to kick things off. It’s time to...
Before an application will be accepted into the Windows Marketplace for Mobile catalog, it must be able to perform all primary and secondary functions while the Microsoft Application Verifier Test (AppVerifier) is running. AppVerifier needs to be configured to detect heap corruption and invalid locks...
Hello, my name is Loke Uei Tan and I am the Senior Technical Product Manager for the Mobile Developer Experience (DEX) team at Microsoft. I blog regularly on MSDN , and will also post on this team blog from time to time. You can also connect with me on Twitter @wmdev and @lokeuei . Given our strong commitment...
Originally posted June 4, 2009 at MSDN . Now that the Windows Mobile 6.5 Developer Toolkit is out, it is time to start writing widgets!!! Necessary equipment: 1) The Windows Mobile 6.5 emulator images 2) The web development environment of choice 3) WMDC or Windows Mobile Device Center (on Vista or Windows...
Originally posted November 18, 2008 at MSDN . This might be useful for Windows Mobile developers. Does your application display an error or informational message that begins with "Click here to...." ? You might have noticed similar messages often begin with "Click" or "Press". Which is the right word...
My name is Todd Brix and I am the Senior Director for Mobile Platform Services Product Management at Microsoft. I am on site at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans to talk about Windows Marketplace for Mobile and the terrific opportunity it represents for developers and partners....
Originally posted May 20, 2009 at MSDN . Are you interested in learning about Windows Mobile Application Development from the ground up and looking for some easy-to-use content that helps you get started? We have good news for you. We have just launched the MSDN RampUp track for Windows Mobile Application...
Originally posted January 16, 2009 at MSDN . Though I’ve posted on the Windows Mobile team blog before, it occurs to me that I’ve never taken the time to introduce myself. My name is Joshua Partlow and, like Jim Causey, I’m a member of the Windows Mobile documentation team. I have a...