Windows Mobile

When we were interviewing Neil Enns, who works on the SmartPhone and PocketPC teams, we wondered how he'd pitch the different technologies to end users. Here's his answer.

One of the questions the SmartPhone team gets a lot is how does their development platform compare to others. So, we wondered what Neil would say. How would you decide which platform to use if you were developing applications for cell phones?

The newest SmartPhones come with the .NET Compact Framework, so we wondered just how different it'd be developing applications for the SmartPhone vs. a desktop PC. Plus Neil says you can try building apps without even buying a new cell phone, and gives some tips that you'll need to think…

Why develop software for Microsoft's new SmartPhone operating system? Plus, how well is Microsoft supporting cell phone standards? We wondered what what Neil would say, so we asked him "what's your pitch to developers?" He gives what he thinks are the strengths of Microsoft's…

The Japanese and European cell phone users are seen as far more advanced than those in the United States. So, we wondered if that put Microsoft at a disadvantage, because Microsoft's headquarters are located in the United States. Neil, a program manager on the SmartPhone team at…

Neil Enns works on the SmartPhone team (the guys who build the operating system that runs cell phones) so we wondered "why would anyone want a cell phone with a camera in it?"

Neil Enns is a lead program manager on the team that develops the SmartPhone and PocketPC software. This is a great chance for us to finally get a look at Microsoft's new SmartPhone. More on the cell phone industry and Microsoft's part in it will come over the next few weeks.

Developing for Mobile Devices is starting to be hot and one of the things that Scott Swanson likes most about the next version of Visual Studio is the aides for building applications for the new SmartPhones. Scott also lets slip that the help team also is "eating the dogfood" (which…