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“Microsoft today unveiled a new generation of phones from leading manufacturers and mobile operators that offer an intuitive user interface, powerful Web browsing, and access to an online library of downloadable services and applications. Windows® phones – a new brand for phones running Microsoft’s Windows Mobile operating system – are now available in retail stores worldwide in a broad range of styles and prices. The new phones were shown at press events in New York, hosted by Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft’s Entertainment & Devices Division, and in Paris, where Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer showed off the new Windows phones. They also announced the availability of two key services platforms for the new phones: My Phone and Windows Marketplace for Mobile. My Phone is a… Continue reading

” 42Gears has released SureLock Studio, a product aimed at enterprises using Windows Mobile devices. SureLock locks down Windows Mobile devices into kiosk mode and helps enterprises increase their mobile workforce productivity and reduce regular device maintenance. In recent times Windows Mobile has become quite popular among companies to deploy and run their business applications. Windows Mobile is a generic operating system and therefore provides opportunities to employees to use the device for entertainment and gaming purposes (browsers, audio players, games, phone etc) which results in wastage of crucial working hours. Besides, accidental corruption of device settings by employees can cause critical business applications to fail.”

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“Zeus Quest is a brand new, huge and funny adventure game with gorgeous cartoon graphics*. The humor reminds us the old classic adventures games by sierra and Lucas.”

Zeus Quest, a new game by Crazysoft.gr, is now out and as a special offer to Thoughts Readers, the head of Crazysoft.gr would like to give away 5 FREE copies. All you have to do is post here and let us know how this game might improve your life (E.g. will it make your commute more tolerable? Will it provide recreation before bed? etc…). 5 random winners will be chosen from those who post. You have from now until Midnight, TST (Thoughts Standard Time a.k.a. MST) on Friday, November 14! Happy Posting and Good Luck!

“GapiDraw is the graphics platform to use when creating applications with high demands for fast graphics on Windows Mobile devices! GapiDraw comprises a framework and a set of C++ classes that together provide everything you need to create state-of-the-art applications such as games, navigational tools and advanced user interfaces for Windows Mobile devices.”

If you develop applications that require graphics processing or other displays of graphical goodness, then GapiDraw may fit the bill to save you a bit of time and effort while giving your users a nice experience overall!

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It’s been a week of technological upgrades for me in the Entertainment realm. Prior to Saturday, the last console system I’d owned was 8-bit Nintendo, my smartphone was my only music player that was updated (as I’d outgrown my 30 GB Zune and my 60 GB iPod’s screen was just too small anymore), and my Toshiba laptop with Windows Media Center did very little media wise, save store my music and play it back via Windows Media Player. That changed with recent purchases of an Xbox 360 and a Zune 80. Now I’m looking at the smartphone and wondering why its implementation isn’t up to par with these other two Microsoft products. And more importantly, what should be done about that! As I write this, my Zune is synchronizing wirelessly… Continue reading

“When you visit our Windows Mobile Developer Center you will probably notice that we’ve done a complete overhaul of the site. For years, the Developer Center has been responsible for delivering you content on Smart Device Development which most often included articles on building apps with the .NET Compact Framework and SQL Server CE/Mobile/Everywhere/Compact. The new Developer Center will give you rich access to a whole host of content including Applications for Smart Devices, Mobile Web, Mobile Games and Rich Internet Applications! This content will include articles as well as links to blogs and other resources.”The Mobile Developer Center is ground zero when starting out as a developer and for veterans as well. New resources are always appreciated – so take a look at the new site if you get… Continue reading

“Just before Christmas I managed to get my hands on one of the i-mate Ultimate 8150 devices. The new i-mate devices have been long awaited and the 8150 is the first device I’ve had a chance to try from the new range. The device itself is average in size with it’s official measurements at: 118.5mm x 60.5mm x 15.5mm. The specifications are what really excite people about the new Ultimate range. The devices all come with an Intel Bulverde 520MHz Processor, 128MB RAM and 256MB ROM. The screen itself on the 8150 is a 2.6″ VGA (640×480) Touch screen and the device also provides an XGA Out capability (1024×768) meaning you can plug the device into a screen or projector really easily.”Jason Langridge has snagged an 8150 for some… Continue reading