Saturday, January 23, 2010
What's new?
- Well, it's an SDK not DTK, so it's just one download now.
- Widget Emulator. Finally makes it into the SDK.
- 6.5.3 Emulator Images are included. Ones with Start&OK/X buttons on the bottom.
See and read more here: Windows Mobile 6.5 SDK Overview by Nick Randolph
Download directly here. Seems like the download was pre-mature and had some issues and is now pulled.
Here is a sample pic from the Emulator showing off the new super finger friendly 6.5.3 Chrome: http://twitpic.com/zeaap
Update: Only because a few asked - new menu control from this "6.5 SDK", works just like it used to in 6.5 http://twitpic.com/10k471
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Hope everyone enjoyed some time off in the last month or two. I sure did!
In the last post - Windows Mobile Train Race 2009 – Seattle to Los Angeles - you simply read and saw photos of the event. Now the video series for the contest is now available!
To view the videos check out the Windows Mobile Train Race playlist.
You get to see what the even is about, who participated, who judged, and what where the projects that were built in less than 36 hours on a bumpy train ride with no desks or silence!
Videos are posted by the Windows Movile Dev channel. Also, don't forget to check out the Windows Phone channel for other great videos relating to Windows Phone.
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Thank you to all that came out on Dec 5th to the first Windows Phone Camp 2009 at the Tampa, FL Microsoft office. [See similar events in your area here]
It was exciting to see so many participants made it to the event. By filling out the eval forms everyone helped prove that there is an need for more Mobile events in the area.
It was interesting to see the crowd almost double later in the day once the beginner sessions passed. Here are few more pictures, compare top one to the bottom two:
A huge Thank You to
Joe Healy from Microsoft for hosting the event and sponsoring all the food:
Winners of Windows Phones from Windows Mobile Developer Program:
Winners of Windows Phones from AT&T Developer Program:
Besides Nikita Polyakov, who organized and spoke at this event, Kevin Wolf helped with planning in addition to presenting 4 sessions!!!
Also, Bill Reiss presented XNA for Zune HD and got rave reviews on the eval forms, congrats Bill!
Kevin also brought-in his collection of mobile devices and few robots build on Windows Mobile platform:
A good size group stayed for dinner and participated in the StartUp event adding to the numbers there too.
After, a much needed after-party was sponsored by Cornerstone Software, we thank them as well!
Our website www.WindowsPhoneCamp.com is kindly hosted by Applied Innovations.
I am looking forward to hosting Tampa Windows Phone Camp 2010! Hope to see you there!
You can usually find Bill, Kevin and Nikita speaking at many local community events, check out http://www.fladotnet.com/ and http://www.devfish.net/ sites and their respective blogs for where you can see them next. Also, make sure you are signed up for the MSDN Flash where your can always get the latest info on the upcoming events in your region.
Any comments or suggestions, don’t hesitate to email: contact [at] windowsphonecamp.com
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Ryan Parsley interviews me on in a podcast about everything Windows Mobile/Windows Phone.
Check out the podcast here: http://cloudplumbing.com/episode/nikita-polyakov-interview
Running time is about an hour and the content goes from entire history of Windows Mobile to what’s coming up in 2010.
Let me know what you think, and be sure to check out the www.WindowsPhoneCamp.com if you enjoyed the podcast.
Monday, November 23, 2009
This past weekend traveled 1,377 mi (2,216 km) from Seattle to LA on a Coast Starlight Amtrak train.
What an experience!
Doing what you ask? Writing Green/Eco-friendly Mobile Applications on Windows Phone platform for Windows Phone. The even is called Windows Mobile Train Race, sponsored by Microsoft and AT&T Developer program.
Kevin Wolf and I teamed up right away to write a Share-A-Ride application, and we feature completed v1.0 on the train!
Kevin did the lion’s share of the work providing live web services to drive mobile app and I helped out with the concept, UI and more artistic aspects of the project. We will be unveiling it in the marketplace this year, it would have been super useful at PDC09, if we had more time – as train arrived in LA at 9PM the night before PDC09 opened it’s doors.
It was great to talk spend two days with amazing people from Microsoft, AT&T Developer program and the participants who were enthusiast, professional developers and Microsoft MVPs.
Kevin Wolf just blogged about the trip in more detail here.
Check out the Photo Album here.
Don’t forget to check out agenda to the Windows Phone Camp coming up December 5th. They will even have new Windows Phones to give away!
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
I’m very excited to see some progress and buzz at Tampa Code Camp since we announced. We are still accepting speaker submissions and we are working having more sessions now. Continue spreading the word in person, online and even in general public too!
We can still use your help to reach out to your fellow geeks and let them know about Windows Phone Camp, you never know who is not admitting to be a fan.
Don’t believe the hype? At the very least come out and learn about what’s new for yourself. We will even have a few devices on display for you to play with.
Our website is: http://www.windowsphonecamp.com
Expect to:
- Learn everything you need to get you started developing for the new Windows Phone
- Meet other Mobile enthusiast and professionals
- Cool raffle prizes
- Chance to attend WinMoDev StartUp event later that night [see earlier post]
Here are just a few of the sessions you will see:
- Why Windows Mobile Platform?
- Getting started with Developer tools
- What is Marketplace for Mobile and how to Submit My Application
- How to work with SQL Compact and Sync Services
- What are Widgets and how to develop them
- How to build a Touch friendly Application
- A Windows Mobile Gaming Framework
- A bonus Zune HD XNA game programming session
Don’t forge to RSVP - http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=xcEvvkDzUJvsuX7m4f8ftA_3d_3d
Got Questions? Want to be a Speaker?
Or if you or someone you know, knows of a Mobile Company that would like to sponsor this event?
Then email us at contact@windowsphonecamp.com
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
It’s official - Windows Phone Camp is happening in Tampa, FL on December 5th 2009 !!!
The event will be similar to a CodeCamp, not BarCamp style event. There will be a schedule with tracks, topics and speakers.
Also with enough interest – even OpenSpace/Collaboration area and a Consumer track were attendees can learn and see changes in Windows Phone 6.5 that improve the phone experience.
Being the first Windows Phone/Mobile focused event in the area we need your help:
- 1. Please RSVP so we can place an order for an appropriate amount of food and plan the seating.
If we show lots of interest it will be easier to get additional prizes, more speakers and sponsors for the event making it even better for all of us.
- 2. Please help us spread the word!
Official site: http://www.windowsphonecamp.com/
Blog for updates: http://www.windowsphonecamp.com/blog/
Link to the RSVP
Friday, October 09, 2009
Saturday November 7th, 2009, I will be presenting at Tampa Code Camp 2009.
This Code Camp is second behind infamous South Florida Code Camp in number of attendees…close to 500 planning to attend.
So be sure to register to get your spot and in-person must be present to win raffle prize opportunity: http://www.tampacodecamp.com/
Hope to see you there. Be sure to ask to see my Windows Phone.
Here are the abstracts on the sessions I will be presenting:
Windows Phone Widgets
Intro on how to build Windows Mobile Phone Widgets. Level 100.
In this presentation I will discuss the strategy, scenarios and applications of how an online presence, RIA application can be extended to a Windows Phone near you!
I will explain how to design and develop a widget. Also how to carry over your excising talent, assets and expertise in Web space to mobile application world.
Windows Marketplace for Mobile
In this session, Nikita Polyakov (Mobile Developer MVP) and Kevin Wolf (Mobile Device Collector) will introduce you to what it takes to get your Windows Mobile Application or Widget published to Windows Marketplace for Mobile. We will cover signing up for the program and any special requirements for your software as well as the steps involved to submit your application.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
This weekend, October 3, 2009, I will be presenting at SW Florida Code Camp.
Hope to see you there. Be sure to ask to see my phone, I have something really cool to show you.
Here are the abstracts on the sessions I will be presenting:
Windows Phone Widgets
Intro on how to build Windows Mobile Phone Widgets. Level 100.
In this presentation I will discuss the strategy, scenarios and applications of how an online presence, RIA application can be extended to a Windows Phone near you!
I will explain how to design and develop a widget. Also how to carry over your excising talent, assets and expertise in Web space to mobile application world.
Windows Marketplace for Mobile
In this session, Nikita Polyakov (Mobile Developer MVP) and Kevin Wolf (Mobile Device Collector) will introduce you to what it takes to get your Windows Mobile Application or Widget published to Windows Marketplace for Mobile. We will cover signing up for the program and any special requirements for your software as well as the steps involved to submit your application.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Continuing to share some helpful mobile development tools I find. In this post, Widgets. [If you attended one of my community talks, this is the blog post I mentioned.]
The best resource for the Widget's details is the blog and MSDN page. That is what I used to prepare for my presentation and write a few widgets.
The Widgets are incredibly simple. I was suprised once I read up on everything I can find. That is it. It’s all there is. Incredibly simple in v1 of Widgets for Windows Phone OS.
1. Setting up and Getting started blog post: http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/archive/2009/06/04/getting-started-with-widgets-on-windows-mobile-6-5.aspx
2. Follow the new Windows Mobile blog – they have a running serious on Widget development that would be repetative to repeat here for now:
http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsphone/default.aspx
3. Comprehensive official Widget MSDN article detailing the Widget API: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd721906.aspx
So what do I do original, you ask? I use a modified version of this:
Widgets Emulator by Mikael Söderström
This tool has been an extremely helpful tool in building Widgets’ UI for different resolutions & layouts. I simply code around the Widget API requests for now with if (false==devmode) { } kind of stuff so I can test all the UI and web code. To think of it, menu’s and API calls are not pivotal to what your app does for the most part. I am still tweaking how I work with this Emulator. I want to do some things differently or contribute to this project. But nevertheless this is stellar tool for UI testing. Thank you Mikael!
http://widgetemulator.codeplex.com/
Read: http://weblogs.asp.net/mikaelsoderstrom/archive/2009/08/05/windows-mobile-emulator.aspx
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Channel9 posted my presentation from Episode 4 of the TV Show Russ Tool Shed presents... "It's All About The Tools"
Tool Shed Tooltip #26 - Mobility and the Mobility Market Place
I don’t physically have test devices, how do I develop for so many different screen sizes on mobile devices? How do I make money selling my application for a mobile device? Can I develop for Windows Mobile 6.5 now?
Lean the answers to these questions and more and join Nikita Polyakov, Microsoft MVP Device Application Development.
http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/toolshed/Tool-Shed-Tooltip-26-Mobility-and-the-Mobility-Market-Place
Feel free to rate and leave comments.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
I will be speaking at next few Code Camps in FL.
Writing Widgets for WindowsMobile 6.5
“How to write a basic widget & use Widget API. How to use AJAX to talk back to your .NET application.”
Here are the dates:
1. Jacksonville Code Camp - Saturday, August, 29, 2009
http://www.jaxcodecamp.com/Agenda.aspx/SessionDetail/7fd6692b-440c-4c22-aecc-de49d11f839b
2. Tallahassee Code Camp - Saturday, September 5th, 2009
http://www.tallycodecamp.org/2009/sessions/Widgets
3 SW Florida Code Camp - Saturday, October 3rd, 2009 ???
Rumor has it SW FL code camp has a session submitted too:
http://codecamp.swfldev.net/Speakers.aspx Page 2
Find out more about Widgets here. Spoiler alert – they are awesome!
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Here are some useful links to things I recently found:
Single most important file in the Windows Mobile 6.5 Widget – The Manifest file, great article:
http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsphone/archive/2009/08/12/widget-anatomy-the-manifest.aspx
Control Toolkit of Interest to iPhone developers looking to port their apps to Windows Mobile Marketplace:
http://fluid.codeplex.com/
Speaking of iPhone ports, here is a great article:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee355030.aspx
Another interesting CodePlex project is showing use of .NET CF in a great tutorial app controlling the camera:
http://winmocamera.codeplex.com/
Also, get ready to for Mobile Camps:
WinMoDevCamp - Windows Mobile Developer Camp
Wednesday, August 19, 2009 from 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM (PT)
Redmond, WA
http://winmodevcamp-seattle.eventbrite.com/?ref=twittershare
Breaking News!: Might as well start keeping weekends in early December clear for Windows Mobile DevCamp Tampa, FL. You will want to be there! Rumors? Questions? -> @NikitaP
Happy Mobile Coding!
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Tampa NerdDinner tomorrow night http://www.nerddinner.com/874
Sorry for late notice. Please ReTweet and spread the word.
NerdDinner: Tampa Bay MS Developers @ Green Iguana
When:
Where: 1200 N West Shore Blvd, Tampa, FL, USA
Description: Tampa Bay Microsoft Developers. Lots of Developer Evangelists from Microsoft are rumored to be in the area. This is a casual event. Tweetup at 8PM. Invite your nice friends. Don't forget that everyone is responsible for paying for their own meals. URL for hCalendar
Monday, August 03, 2009
Tool Shed: Episode #4 - It's All About The Tools is now posted:
http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/toolshed/Show-Episode-4-Its-All-About-The-Tools-TV-Show/
You can find me 2/3 into the video. Thank you to Russ and the rest of the crew and speakers.
In this video, you will find tools to help solve these common developer challenges…
· I've got an HD WMV file, but it does not play properly when streamed over the internet.
· My browser-based blog posting tools are clunky and difficult to use - there's got to be an easier way!
· I don’t physically have test devices, how do I develop for so many different screen sizes on mobile devices?
· Are you tired of writing wire up code, based on events in WPF or Silverlight, like storyboard1.Begin() on a mouse click event?
Remember, you have to know the code to get into the shed. KNOW THE CODE. Get some popcorn and enjoy the show! Russ