In The Hand Ltd

Windows Mobile

  • Introducing Pontoon – A flexible bridge to the Universal Windows Platform

    I first created the “Charming” libraries for Windows Phone in order to add some APIs which were added to Windows 8 but not available on phone. Many of the early ones replicated the “Charms” related functionality (Sharing/Search/Settings) hence the silly name. When… Continue reading

  • Windows Marketplace for Mobile 6.x to be Discontinued

    If you publish apps on the old Marketplace for Windows Mobile 6.x you should have received reminders that the service will be discontinued in two weeks. If you have been using our Mobile In The Hand product with a managed… Continue reading

  • Managing Processes and Memory With Mobile In The Hand 7.0

    .NET Compact Framework The Compact Framework provides the capability to start a separate process from your code, and stop it but it doesn’t give you more detailed information about what is running and what components are in use. Windows CE… Continue reading

  • Geocoding and Reverse Geocoding with Mobile In The Hand 7.0

    This is the first in a series of posts about Mobile In The Hand 7.0 which brings a collection of reusable components to the .NET Compact Framework. This latest version is updated to support all versions of Windows Mobile including… Continue reading

  • 070-580: Windows Mobile 6.5 Application Development

    This may be a little late to the party but I thought I would share some information on this exam. Because you sign an NDA when you take the exam I cannot comment on specifics of the exam content, however… Continue reading

  • Mobile In The Hand 4.2 Released

    This latest update includes a number of performance enhancements and wider device compatibility. A new SystemEvents class is added in the InTheHand.Win32 namespace which allows you to monitor power changes on devices which do not support the State and Notifications… Continue reading

  • Configuring Microsoft Exchange Server for Mobility

    If you want to learn about configuring Exchange Server for mobile devices there is an interactive configuration guide which will work through the actions required depending on your platform and your specific requirements:- http://wmexchangesetup.com/launcher.aspx Continue reading

  • Mobile In The Hand 4.1

    While this week has very much been focussed on Windows Phone 7 so far we also released the latest version of our Mobile In The Hand suite for the .NET Compact Framework. Along with some bug-fixes (several around EmailMessage functionality)… Continue reading

  • New Windows Mobile 6.5.3 DTK

    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c0213f68-2e01-4e5c-a8b2-35e081dcf1ca&displaylang=en This Developer Tool Kit acts as an add-on to the Windows Mobile 6 SDK. It adds in Windows Mobile 6.5 and 6.5.3 samples, APIs and Emulators. The download link includes separate Professional and Standard Edition packages along with a… Continue reading

  • Application and File Icons with Mobile In The Hand 4.0

    There are a number of scenarios in which you want to retrieve the icon associated with a particular executable or other file type. One example is when building a file browser, you might also want to extract the icon associated… Continue reading