Windows Mobile Widgets
Microsoft have a virtual tech day on April 1st when you can learn more about the recently announced Windows Mobile Widgets….
"Windows Mobile Web and Widgets: Leveraging web technologies to build experiences for Windows Mobile Wednesday, April 1 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM GMT. The last few years have shown people the power of having a full-fledged web browser on a mobile device. From content providers building dedicated mobile sites, to cheaper mobile data tariffs, mobile devices have usher a new era of content an experiences available on the go. A new programming paradigm called mobile widgets has emerged in response to these recent trends. Widgets enable web developers to write application-like experiences that run outside of the existing browser, but are powered by the same technologies [HTML, JavaScript and CSS]. Gone are the days of building WAP sites. By leveraging the capabilities of a fully fledged browser on windows mobile, web developers can now build rich experiences for mobile devices without resorting to native/managed code. In this session, members of the windows mobile widget team will give you a sneak peek at the upcoming widgets platform. They will demonstrate how easy it is to develop widgets that mash up existing web technologies in novel ways"
On the 1st April there also other Windows Mobile sessions on…
- Win32 versus .NETCF: The Right API for Your Job
- Performance Optimization & Power Management Wednesday
- Developing Mobile Solutions with Visual Studio 2008 and WM6 SDK Tools
- Creating Compelling and Attractive UIs for Windows Mobile Applications
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