|
Launch into the future of embedded devices.
|
|
If devices of all sorts, communicating with each other interest you and if you didn’t catch the Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 launch, then you may want to check out the archived web cast of the event. Kevin Dallas helps explain the new features of the R2 release of CE 6.0. Devices of the near future are going to expose and consume services in cool new ways and CE now has support to enable more robust device automation in the home and at work. Check out the slick launch presentation that is both informative and entertaining.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Managed Windows Mobile QR-Code Library
|
|
Many Windows Mobile Devices now come with a camera onboard. Unfortunately many of those cameras a fix focused cameras that are not setup for close up shots of things like traditional barcodes. Microsoft Research has played with using Windows Mobile devices for scanning barcodes, but the AURA beta for example required a special add on plastic lens that you needed to stick over the camera lens in order to scan. There are some other formats of barcodes that are less temperamental than the traditional parallel line style bar codes. The QR Code format is one such barcode that is becoming very popular on devices in some parts of the world. At one point Microsoft previewed a Windows Live Barcode beta that was also of this format, however Wikipedia seems to have more information on it now than the Microsoft site does. For Windows Mobile developers who are looking for a way to read QR Codes from managed code, check out one of Mark Arteaga’s OpenNetCF contritbutions, the QRCode library.
|
|
Digging into WE-DIG
|
|
Have you attended a local user group meeting lately? Have you been planning to go to a meeting, but could never find the time to attend? Maybe you just have no idea as to what goes on at a user group meeting? Here is the inside scoop on what went on at a recent WE-DIG meeting in Redmond, Washington.
|
|
Job Listings Added to Mobidogs
|
|
We have been approached by companies asking if they could post job and contract opportunities on the Mobidogs site which our readers might be interested in, so we have added a new Job Ops link to our main page. If you are looking for opportunities in the mobile developer space or if you are looking for candidates to help in your mobile related development projects, you should check this new page out.
|
|
Do You Have a Shot at SumoBot at MEDC?
|
|
Do you know what a Sumobot is? If you plan on attending the big event of the year for Windows Mobile, CE and Windows Embedded developers, you have a chance to be the Sumobot Champ of MEDC. Based on last years competition there are things that you may want to put some thought into before arriving at the conference in Las Vegas this year.
|
|
Great Starting Point
|
|
Are you looking for your next book to read? If the subject is development with
.NET Compact Framework, here is a review of a book from Addison Wesley that you may want to
check out. Hear from a fellow developer about who she thinks the book is suited for
and discover if it is something that would benefit you.
|
|
MEDC Site Live
|
|
Have you registered to attend Microsoft's premier mobile and embedded developer event of the year? Now two shows in one, Microsoft has combined what were previously two separate, but somewhat related developer events, MDC and EDC, into a single grand event. It looks like this one event is going to cover everything to do with developing for mobile and embedded devices including topics like Speech.NET, MapPoint and includes a Bill G keynote.
|
|
Getting Real Time with Mike Hall
|
|
During a recent trip to the Redmond campus we met up with Mike Hall and had an hour long chat
about all kinds of things, including up coming developer events, as well as some of Mike's views on
a number of technology fronts and the opportunities they might imply for developers. If you are interested in
learning more about the mobile and embedded industry and the people that make it tick,
you will enjoy this glimpse into our afternoon with Mike.
|
|
Windows XP Embedded with SP 2 Preview
|
|
Microsoft has made a Technology Preview available of Windows XP Embedded with Service Pack 2. The service pack not only includes security updates to the embedded operating system, but also includes some new features in the form of networking enhancements, better remote device management, and multimedia features like DirectX 9 support, as well as a new quick boot feature.
|
|
Getting Embedded into Retail
|
|
Microsoft has announced a new platform that is targeted at getting Windows XP Embedded into more checkout lines. In this case, the hope is not so much to have boxes of "Windows Embedded for Point of Service" travelling down the conveyor belt to the cash register to be sold but, instead, the idea is to make it easier for this platform to be used as the operating system that takes care of the sale.
|
|
SPOT RFP
|
Are you interested in being one of the first developers to work on a Microsoft Smart Watch application and get paid as much as $10,000 to do so? Check out the Smart Watch Request For Proposal and get your ideas submitted by September 27 October 11, 2004. Your entry might be chosen as one, of as many as ten, proposals where Microsoft will hire you to build the application for distribution to Smart Watch users. Participation is limited to developers from US and Canada.
|
|
Windows Marketplace
|
|
At this year`s World Wide Partner Conference held in Toronto, Canada, one of the most exciting topics Steve B. and the other top executives from Microsoft where talking about, was the upcoming Microsoft Marketplace. As a small ISV, I found this to be an idea with great potential to open up opportunities for companies of all sizes to reach more customers. The Internet holds great promise in simplifying distribution channels for those of us who would like to get products to market without the complication and expense of going through retail. This may be one more step towards seeing that promise fulfilled.
|
|
Visual Studio 2005 Beta
|
|
On June 29, 2004 Microsoft announced Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1.
|
|
CE 5 Release
|
|
On June 28, 2004 at the Microsoft® Windows® Embedded Developers Conference (DevCon) 2004, Microsoft Corp. announced that Windows CE 5.0 will offer expanded source licensing, enabling, for the first time, all licensees to ship products commercially built from their modifications of the Windows CE 5.0 shared source code. Licensees will maintain ownership of their derivative code and will not be obligated to share modifications with Microsoft, partners or competitors. In addition to expanding the Windows CE Shared Source distribution to more than 2.5 million lines of code, Windows CE 5.0 will also include networking performance improvements that dramatically increase data processing speeds, more than 60 production-quality drivers that increase developer productivity, technology to remotely monitor device performance, and Direct3D® Mobile to enable high-intensity gaming applications. Windows CE 5.0 -- previously code-named `Macallan`-- is scheduled to be released to manufacturing July 9, 2004.
|
|
WeDig
|
|
A new User Group has been established for embedded developers and the organizers are interested in other chapters starting up in different areas.
|