Cool application, this Hitchhiker, done in CF .Net 2.0, and free! With this nifty tool you can find any Wifi hotspot quickly, no more need to rant about all the steps you have usually to do to connect, because HitchHiker will setup everything for you on one click.  

 To celebrate Bastille Day, our next event on the 15th of July with Daniel Moth (INETA) will be followed by a Wine and Cheese experience in one of the coolest French places in Dublin. Only the first 30 members to register at the meeting will be lucky to receive one of the invitations below. Registration start at 18:45 So still time ...

New Microsoft site about Windows Mobile 5.0 to explain the messenging and new security features. From their site:''The Messaging & Security Feature Pack for Windows Mobile 5.0 works well with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 SP2 to deliver a direct, scalable and cost-effective mobile messaging solution. This solution enables business users to ...

Looking to build applications for mobile devices like the Windows Powered Smartphone or the Pocket PC but don't know where to begin? Learn247 are please to announce the free ''Building Mobile Applications with Visual Studio.NET'' online training series presented by the Mobile Devices Division at Microsoft. This is a 3 part hands on training course ...

Great news ! You can now compile C# directly on your Pocket PC. I have to try this :-)OverviewPocket C# is port of C# compiler from DotGNU project to Windows CE. DotGNU contains open-source runtime, compiler, tools and many other things to make free cross-platform .NET environment. I took only compiler and several required tools and ported them ...

Reusable framework for creating games using the .NET Compact Framework  

Windows Mobile Team writes ''OpenNETCF.org has just released version 1.1 of their Smart Device Framework which is a free and open source collection of a ton of useful things that didn't make it into the .NET Compact Framework. My favorite addition to this release is their SmartList control which lets you give your app the same filtering ...

If you use the excellent ToDoList (currently version 3.5), and if you have a Pocket PC, you might be interested by ToDoList viewer 1.3, a very good idea to have a preview of your tasks on your mobile device (note: read only) 

I always have a passion for all sort of dictionaries, and having one in my Pocket PC is a must.So I am delighted with the release of WordNet CE, a dictionary and thesaurus for Pocket PC, based on a Princeton Univeristy project, avaliable for desktops.This version has been developed with compact framework.And good news, it's a freeware (some ...

Finally ready for download here.OverviewThis Technology Preview is based on the Beta 2 build of Windows CE 5.0 and is subject to change prior to the final release of the product. This preview is intended for evaluation purposes only. PRODUCT KEY: To register for your product key and for additional information on the Technology Preview, please ...

It turns out that I've been blogging for over a year already! I was first introduced to this by a co-worker Darren Neimke, we've both since left that company and moved on to other seperate jobs. I'm still trying to find my 'direction' for this blog... at this stage I'm thinking I should concentrate on XML technologies, C#, .NET, Flash and SQL as ...

The Microsoft .NET Compact Framework product team is kicking off a beta program for .NET Compact Framework 1.0 SP2, and is inviting developers to participate. This invitation was posted at MSDN Newsgroups. If you are interested give it a shot... The Microsoft .NET Compact Framework Product Team would like to invite you to participate in their ...

Lutz Roeder, the excellent writer of Reflector, had written a game for smartphone, Digger: Digger is a game for Smartphone 2003. The goal is to collect a given number diamonds and exit the level without getting hit by stones or ghosts. The status line tells you the level, number of lives, diamonds you collected and how many you need to collect. ...

Finally something promising for PocketPC users who want to blog from their favourite PDA: From Jim Blizzard : Here it is... the Pocket PC blogger UI. The source code is at GotDotNet (http://workspaces.gotdotnet.com/ppcblog). Anyone want to write an installer?

Microsoft has recently published a number of additional code sample downloads built using .NET Compact Framework. Download and store away to your own ''tool box'' of good-to-have utilities!Performance Counter - This sample demonstrates how to P/Invoke the QueryPerformanceFrequency and QueryPerformanceCounter functions to create a high resolution ...

Microsoft plans to radically boost the multimedia performance of the next generation of PDAs and smartphones based on its software, if pronouncements made at this year's Professional Developers Conference (PDC) come to fruition. We're not just talking bigger screen sizes here. PDC coverage among specialist Pocket PC and smartphone sites has focused

New article by Doug Thews on Visual Studio Magazine online :“Use the .NET Compact Framework and SQL Server CE 2.0 to give Windows CE and Pocket PC apps access to corporate databases.”  

I quit my job this week! I will be starting with my new employer as soon as I am released from my current contract (I'm meant to give 4 weeks notice, but my new employer wants me ASAP). It will be an interesting move for me, as I will be going from a VB.NET shop over to C# (which I am fluent in), and I will finally get to work with Flash MX again ...

Well, I got some good feedback from my last post, seems like I've finally got some readers! :) I've since seen some really well done presentations. One that currently rates as #1 on my list was the .NET Compact Framework (DEV308), extremely well done. I didn't think I would get much out of it, as I've been 'playing' with .NETCF for a while now, ...

I've been trying to work out a way of doing this for a while now, and the only solution to date seemed to be using Intelliprog's HTMLViewer control. Sure, these guys need to make money, but that's some rather aggressive licensing for a simple wrapper! Imagine if I wanted to make a small Shareware app, and I wanted to host some HTML (with Flash in ...