I saw this great post on encrypting your data using Windows Phone 7 by Rob Tiffany. Rob makes several great points, including how easy it is to accomplish this task in Windows Phone 7. Keep in mind that not only passwords and connection strings should be encrypted – anything that your application uses that may […]
Why Windows Phone 7 is better than Windows Mobile 6.x
After having several discussions at CodeCamps, seeing the debate on Twitter and even the comments on Charlie Kindel‘s recent post “Hey, You, Get Off of my Cloud” on the Windows Phone Developer Blog, I felt compelled to answer a few of the points that quite a few people, including quite a few the mobile developers […]
Interested in a mobile / embedded developer user’s group in Central Virginia?
I am gauging interest in running a Mobile / Embedded Developer user’s group for the Central Virginia development community.When people think of mobile applications, they immediately think phone based native applications on fairly tiny screens, however with the proliferation of tablets with larger displays and netbooks pulling apps from the cloud, the mobile scenarios are […]
Introduction to Windows Phone 7
Thanks to everyone who came to my session this morning at Richmond CodeCamp! The Presentation and Demo Code can be downloaded here: (Intro_to_Windows_Phone_7) (6.9 MB) Please email me with any questions you may have.
CodeStock 2010 Sessions
Last year I spoke at CodeStock in Knoxville, TN. This year, I have submitted 3 sessions for CodeStock 2010 – session selection is based on attendee voting, so please go vote for them if you would like to attend these sessions at this year’s CodeStock! Deploying Silverlight Based Web Parts with SharePoint 2007 Track / […]
How to delete an email account on Windows Mobile 6.1
A friend recently asked how to delete an email account from her Windows Mobile 6.1 device. Like a good techie, she searched for the answer, only to find useless forums posts of unrelated babble. Here’s a quick step through of how to do it. Video is here at the top, or step by step pictures […]
Compact Framework: Binding a ComboBox to an Enumerable type
I’m working on a graphics conversion utility for use in my mobile projects as well as for a friend’s web based application. My goal has been to write code that I can run both on the compact framework as well as on the full-featured version of the .Net framework. Let’s say we have an Enumerable […]
Windows Mobile "How Do I Videos"
There’s a great wealth of knowledge in these short “How Do I” videos on MSDN. Check out the latest videos here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/bb495180.aspx Want to know how to do any of these 77 things? (all links open in a new tab/windows) #1 How Do I: Enable Windows Mobile Device Emulator UDP Support? #2 How Do I: […]
Sony posted the Xperia X1 user manual..
Kind of feel like I’m opening a present before Christmas Eve since I don’t have the phone yet, but here is a link to where to download the manual. (click here) Also, if you haven’t seen it yet, here is a link to the Panels SDK (click here)
Setting up the GPS on the Ultimate 9502
Here’s a quick video of how to setup the internal GPS on the Ultimate 9502 by iMate. Download here (Right Click, Save As)