Will’s Blog

Happy Chinese New Year to one and all.
Have a safe, and prosperous year ahead.

I hope the year ahead is a good one for one and all

This is really cool.
OpenNetCF has released (the Beta 1) version 2.0 of their Smart Device Framework.
Haven’t tried version 2.0 yet, but have tried the previous version (1.4).

I’ve downloaded and installed the Microsoft Expression Interactive Designer January CTP (formerly known as Sparkle) and it is looking quite impressive.
Have a read of this blog post on Expression Interactive Designer by Manuel Clement (who works on the team that is responsible for the product).
Oh, and the Expression Graphic Designer January CTP (formerly known as Acrylic) has [...]

Chris Tacke has posted a link to OpenNetCF’s Smart Device Framework 2.0 documentation.
Chris also mentions in the same blog post that they are “extremely close to a beta release of SDF 2.0″.
Cool, that is very good news for all those developing for Mobile Devices using CF.NET 2.0 in VS 2005.
I’m definately looking forward to it, [...]

Just noticed that there’s a download available from MSDN TV titled ASP.NET “Atlas” First Look.
You can watch it streaming here, or download it for offline viewing here.

I’m currently starting to prepare myself to go from doing ASP.NET Web Application development, to jumping into the world of developing for Mobile devices utilising the .NET Compact Framework (v2.0).
From what I know thus far, the company i’m working for is planning to purchase several i-mate Jams (which runs Windows Mobile 2003 SE). They were considering [...]