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This is a sort of informal "Part Two" of the interview with Mike Hall and Derek Snyder. In this short video, Mike Hall shows me a device that he built which was way too nifty to ignore. I was about to leave his office after the first part of this interview when I spotted it on his…

There's some confusion among geeks about what the differences are between Windows CE, Windows XP Embedded, and Windows Mobile. In this video, I talk with Mike Hall and Derek Snyder about these differences, and what I got was a crystal clear explanation. Then Derek goes on to demo a few…

The stuff we've looked at so far in this series has been cool, but my inner geek just freaks out when I think about the fact that I now have a managed API with which to integrate camera functionality into my applications. Whether it's for business or fun, getting to code against a camera,…

In this screencast, I introduce you to the basics of POOM. POOM is the Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket Outlook Object Model, and it's a thing of beauty. The API is clean, easy to understand, and, just to top it off, it works. The demo shows how to pull contacts from the Pocket Outlook data…

In this screencast, I demo one of the new Windows Mobile 5.0 features. SNAPI, which is an awesome name for an API, is the State Notification API. It allows you to keep track of various aspects of your device. From the number of available network connections to the presence of a keyboard, SNAPI…

In this, the second in a two part screencast on data synching, I show you how to use RDA (Remote Data Access) to sync data between a Windows Mobile device and a SQL Server instance. Also, if you haven't watched Part One, then shame on you. You really, really need to watch Part One before Part Two…

In this screencast, I walk you through the most difficult part of synching data between a Windows Mobile device and SQL Server, which, oddly enough, isn't actually the coding. It's the setup. We'll download the tools, and then configure all the bits that need configuring. In Part Two, I…

This screencast is an introduction to using SQL Server Mobile as a local data repository for your Windows Mobile applications. I walk you through the creation of a SQL Mobile database, how to deploy the DB with your app, how to tie into the data source, and then how to get the IDE to do the rest…

In this screencast, I show how to use the .NET CF 2.0 to create a simple web browser for the PocketPC. I also demonstrate how to access web resources programatically rather than by just using the new Web Browser Control. This is a slightly more advanced screencast than the previous in the…

I've decided, humble as I am, to try and create the greatest series of screencasts in the entire universe on the subject of Windows Mobile development. I'll probably fail, but that's no big deal. It's just a goal. In this first screencast, I walk you through the creation of a very simple…