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It was very apparent to me that this years keynote was an attempt to explain why MS has moved the Windows Mobile division into the Entertainment & Devices Division.One fact that I didn't know was that 90% phones bought by individuals and brought into the enterprise... Next came the video’s of add’s from around the world ...

 Avoid Boxing,use generics... See here http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/effectivecspart1.asp#item3 Also if the method has a IDisposable, then clean it up after... (the GC will get rid of it, but we don't want the GC to do it if we can)

I've been playing around with this for a while now and I'm very happy that these guys have gone to RC1 already... Good work...  SMS Toolkit SDK

In case have been hiding in a bush someplace recently, I have a Windows Mobile Palm Treo... I love it... It’s great... I don’t notice the loss of screen size and the hardware is of a top standard... However... (You just knew it was coming) I was playing with the MessageInterceptor class the other day and I was getting some bizarre ...

In case you didn't hear the other day... The BETA of Service Pack 1 was released last week (15th December). It's always good to see a service pack being released. It shows the commitment to the product (like we needed to see that with VS2k5)... It's also good as they tend to bundle other little things in it ...

One of the things that I love about my job is that every day I get a new problem and every day I'm happy to say I learn something new... It's why I don't up and leave to Aus (well just yet)... Today I found out that if you include a shortcut in your Smart Device CAB Project to go into the Start Menu it will NOT replace any of the ...

(If you want a quick fix - scroll to the bottom. Otherwise enjoy)  After what happened with me and an MSBuild error last night I did seriously think about jacking it all in and move to Australia to become a sheep farmer... I have been busy the last few days putting the finishing touches to an application for a client and it was all ...

So I have been working with the Pocket PC Notification Class within the Compact framework 2.0. It's a great little class and I love the fact you can use it and it will make your application feel a part of the OS... It's so easy to create a custom bubble too... Add the Notification control onto your main form   then using this ...

With all the fan fair of the latest devices popping out recently I'm not sure if anyone noticed the release of the Vodafone’s new Windows Mobile 5.0 HSDPA device. The v1605... I'm lucky to have been playing with one for a couple of days now and it’s an awesome bit of kit.... So is it just a Vodafone branded HTC Hermes... Well ...

So I don't forget (as I keep doing!) C:\Program Files\Microsoft.NET\SDK\CompactFramework\v2.0\WindowsCE\wce400 once you have installed the Redistributable on your pc...http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0C1B0A88-59E2-4EBA-A70E-4CD851C5FCC4&displaylang=en Just thought I'd let you know as well '' />