Alex Yakhnin pointed out this interesting article over on CodeProject showing how to use Bluetooth from within the Windows Mobile emulator:- http://blogs.msdn.com/priozersk/archive/2009/04/09/bluetooth-on-the-emulator.aspx Unfortunately it does require...

I came across this useful list of breaking changes in the .NETCF 3.5 runtime and thought I'd blog it here before I lose the URL:- http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/bb986636.aspx

Samsung's Mobile Innovator program has released an SDK for Samsung specific APIs on their Windows Mobile devices. Although this is a native code SDK all the functions I looked at were very P/Invoke friendly. For example once you've installed the...

Microsoft have released a new beta product for Windows Mobile (and also iPhone) called Microsoft Tag http://www.microsoft.com/tag This allows scanning of 2d barcodes with the device camera which can open specific URLs etc. The client software varies slightly...

I was quite surprised at an email I got from HTC Support today in regards to a specific device update:- "Hello, There will be no Windows Mobile 6.1 upgrade for any HTC Touch device. Please do not reply to this email as this email address is not monitored...

The Windows Mobile client for Live Mesh is now available. You can download it from your device from http://m.mesh.com I've just installed it onto my phone and have been taking a look. On the desktop the Mesh client is quite tightly integrated into...

The Compact Framework doesn't support Assembly.GetEntryAssembly to determine the launching .exe. You can instead P/Invoke the native GetModuleFileName function like so:- byte[] buffer = new byte[MAX_PATH * 2]; int chars = GetModuleFileName(IntPtr...

In Professional Edition (Pocket PC) devices the Clock control panel allows you to set a home timezone and a visiting zone and lets you toggle between them. If you need to retrieve the current settings they are stored in the registry in a key called HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE...

APPA Mundi has received Certified Partner status within the Microsoft Partner Program along with the Mobility Solutions competency. This achievement showcases APPA Mundi’s expertise in creating mobile solutions based on Microsoft technologies. Read Full...

The .NETCF ComboBox control doesn't have the FindString method which is present on the desktop however this is just a wrapper for a windows message supported by the native control so it is possible to wrap it quite easily in .NETCF 2.0 and above....

With Windows Mobile 5.0 AKU2.0 (Messaging & Security Feature Pack) a new feature was implemented called RemoteWipe. This allowed an administrator to remotely wipe a device if it may have got lost and was designed to remove all sensitive data from...

I've posted a number of links relevant to the session I gave last week on our Tech-Ed page here . This includes the sample code which is an additional selection of samples than those which appear in the 32feet.NET package itself. The session covered...

I just got word from David Chang that the Chinese translation of our book is now complete. You can order it from Amazon.cn here:- http://www.amazon.cn/mn/detailApp?pageletid=newpromote&prodid=bkbk820876