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Windows Mobile

  • Retrieve IMEI Through TAPI

    Earlier I posted to the newsgroup a description of using Alex Feinman‘s Tapi Wrapper to retrieve the IMEI of the phone device. When I checked again, the specific required method is not included in the wrapper, however as Alex has… Continue reading

  • Windows Mobile 5.0 “Old Skool” Start Menu

    Personally I like the new icons based start menu in Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone, however some people have asked if it’s possible to revert to the old list view. The answer is yes, via a simple registry tweak. For this… Continue reading

  • Windows Mobile Managed APIs Diagram

    During his session at MEDC, Robert Levy handed out copies of a cool class library diagram for the new Windows Mobile 5.0 managed APIs, thanks to Robert for allowing me to post the diagram here – simply print to a… Continue reading

  • Windows Mobile 5.0 Managed APIs

    The much anticipated update to Windows Mobile has been announced by Bill Gates this morning. This new platform will be the first platform from Microsoft to include device specific managed APIs in ROM (separate from the .NET Compact Framework itself).… Continue reading

  • The great Media Player 10 Automation Challenge!

    Media Player 10 is the first device version to have an automation model. Previous versions could be controlled via some undocumented windows messages but that was about it. The Media Player 10 Mobile object model is COM based, so you… Continue reading

  • Open individual documents on Pocket PC

    The built in applications in Pocket PC follow a familiar model with a DocumentList screen listing files of that type, and then an “editor” screen for working with an individual document. If you launch a specific document programmatically it will… Continue reading