Mobility, from a PC point of view!

Let’s be honest shall we? The Apple iPad is a cool gadget; it is very good for the simple stuff that can be difficult to do on a mobile. However, it is expensive & not a real PC! So I went out looking for a tablet PC and lucky me my office had a spare one, l asked for it and took it

I was very happy in the first few hours, using the stylus on Windows Vista and navigating through the internet. Few hours later, I decided to install Windows 7, the installation was smooth and it automatically found all of my hardware and drivers.

Few days later, I was very annoyed because the device is not optimized for touch! In Internet Explorer you cannot grab the page and move it to scroll like on a mobile device. I always had to use the scroll bar which is annoying. The buttons were small for finger usage.

After few hours of search, I was able to optimize my tablet for touch. And here is what I have done.

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Dot Net Compact Framework Forum

I have been receiving a lot of questions by email and through the comments. Unfortunately i cannot answer all of you at the same time so i created a new forum in our forum section (which can be accessed from the top menu) which is only for Dot net Compact Framework. In this forum, you can post your questions and i will do my best to help you out, also feel free to participate in the conversations and help others if you know the answer to their questions.

I would like to ask you all who haven’t got their questions answered by me to post it in the forum, it is going to be our Knowledge Base, where we can share experience and seek help.

Let’s work as one community and help each other.

Thank you All

Regards

Celebrating VS2010, Community Launch

We are celebrating, The new Visual Studio 2010 is here and with it communities in Riyadh (including us) are throwing a very nice event. The event is going to take place on Tuesday, May 4th 2010 and starts on 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM.

If you live in Saudi Arabia, this is an event that you cannot afford to miss, we will be speaking Visual Studio (Yes, including Phones). Details below.

• Event Home Page
• Location : Al Yamama University (Map)
• GPS N 24.863938   E 46.594643
• Registeration
• Agenda
• Speakers

We hope to see you there.

IT is The Best Job in the World Contest

You surely have seen it on TV – some people really think that sitting on a boring island and blogging about clouds going by is “the best job in the world” (not to mention the risk of being bitten by a jelly fish).

Here at Microsoft however, we are absolutely sure that IT is the best job in the world. And to prove that, we are organizing a boring 3-day seminar on an IT-related topic. But, we can bet that IT people attending this seminar will be really, really thrilled. Why? Because IT is “the best job in the world!” Oh, and did I forget to mention that the seminar will take place this May on the island of Mauritius! Flights and hotels will be arranged by Microsoft for truly IT people.

So, if you are an IT specialist (doesn’t matter if you do development or administration, Microsoft, Linux, Cisco, PHP or Silverlight), you are invited!

Check out http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/enterisland to learn everything about the “Enter Island” competition!

TechEd Middle East And Mobility Track

Windows Mobile is really a hot topic, there is a whole dedicated track for Windows Mobile Development (MOB) – http://teched.ae/technical-tracks.aspx, Tony Whitter will be the speaker. Beside the track Ask The Expert will provide a great opportunity to talk with experts on Windows Phone development.

Below is Tony’s bio which is not yet on the website: 

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The new Windows Phone : Windows Phone 7 Series

Microsoft is really doing their best to prevent any one to know about their new Windows Mobile platform. Fortunately, the Spy cameras of Engadget cought the new name of the great platform, “Windows Phone 7 Series“.

I think that 7 doesn’t surprise anyone, but the “Series” surprise me. Does this indicate more than 2 flavors of Windows Mobile 7? will there be different types like the normal Desktop version of Windows 7 (Personal, Professional, Business & Ultimate Maybe?)?

So what we will see on Monday? let’s wait and see.

Tell us what you think!

Source : Engadget

Microsoft Tech·Ed Middle East 2010 (Discount Code Contest)

We all know Tech·Ed Europe, one of the finest conferences in the world and one of the best places to meet experts in Microsoft’s technologies.

Now Tech·Ed Comes in a new flavor, with the same passion and power. The Middle East version of  Tech·Ed is considered the largest conference in the Middle East region until the moment and there you can enjoy a lot of great tracks delivered by technology experts and it is in a place near by, Dubai. (continue reading…)

Creating CHome (Titanium) Plugins Part I

The old way of creating Home Items in the previous versions of Windows Mobile (Pre 6.5) was a pain for every developer out there, we had to develop today plug-ins using C++ exclusively! which was really difficult.

Luckily not anymore, the new CHome interface “aka Titanium” is much more easier as it is only registry keys and values!
Continue reading to find out how easy it is.

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