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  • XBox Live and Messenger convergence

    Jason Langridge has recently given an interview to the BBC about an upcoming enhancement to XBox Live which will allow you to send messages from within XBox Live to MSN Messenger users, this is a very interesting feature and it… Continue reading

  • Reading E-Mail Through MAPI on Windows Mobile 5

    Here is another issue I’ve been banging my head against a brick wall with and the workaround – although it’s not a pleasant workaround by any measure. To read the body text of an email message under WM2003 you open… Continue reading

  • Issue with Microsoft.WindowsMobile.PocketOutlook.RecipientCollection.Add()

    When you want to create a meeting request with managed POOM on WM5.0 you start by creating an Appointment and then add Recipient objects to it’s Recipients collection. However what the documentation doesn’t tell you is that you have to… Continue reading

  • Windows Live Local goes live

    As the name suggests, Windows Live Local (the new name for MSN Virtual Earth) is now live. It has a fresh new look, mapping data for Europe (woohoo!), supports driving directions, custom pushpins and for a selection of US cities… Continue reading

  • VS2005 and File Alignment

    One of the transparent benefits of building your projects with VS2005 is that the default File Alignment is now set at 512 bytes, rather than the 4096 bytes which was the default for device projects in VS2003. This means if… Continue reading

  • Divert system audio to a Bluetooth headset

    In the Windows Mobile 5.0 audio gateway implementation there are a couple of control codes to turn on audio routing through the bluetooth headset/handsfree device. I’ve only tried this with a couple of devices and had mixed (That’s a really… Continue reading

  • AKU 2 = Woohoo

    Some great news from Jason Langridge – not only will AKU 2 introduce the long awaited messaging feature pack, but also introduce the A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile) Bluetooth profile to support mono and stereo audio devices such as headphones and… Continue reading

  • Triple Whammy

    I was delighted to hear the results of the Pocket PC Magazine Best Software Awards. This year the SDF has won in both Pocket PC and Smartphone categories. It’s great to be involved in such a successful group project. Also… Continue reading

  • Bug in OpenNETCF.VisualBasic GetSetting

    A fairly obvious bug managed to go unnoticed in the GetSetting method for about 18 months. The problem is fairly straight-forward – the method will never return a value if one is found (if not present it returns the default… Continue reading

  • Visual Studio did what?

    You are going to hear this a few hundred times over the next 24 hours, so I may as well add another me too post. Visual Studio 2005 final release is available for download for MSDN subscribers. It’s only a… Continue reading