Satter Ramblings

AJAX and Windows Mobile

Jim Wilson will be doing a webcast on building AJAX for Windows Mobile. He will be discussing how to build AJAX enabled applications that can be run in Pocket Internet Explorer. The webcast is scheduled scheduled for 9/12. You can register at Microsoft Events.

iPhone Unlocked

Today CNBC and Engadget are both reporting that the iPhone has been unlocked. George Holt and several others were able to unlocked the phone using a combination of hardware and software. According to Engadget they have apparently now been able to completely use software to unlock the phone.

Toshiba A2 - HD DVD Player

Last year I bought a Vizio 42" Plasma and hooked up Comcast HD DVR. I have since become a video snub and tend to watch only HD channels. When I moved back to Houston last month I again ordered Comcast. However, the amount of content is a lot less. So I decided to buy a Toshiba A2 HD DVD Player.

Mobile Web Book

Cameron Moll a author, presenter and web designer, will be releasing a new book about building mobile websites. The book Mobile Web Design per Cameron Moll

The premise of this book is threefold: Analyze current and future technologies relevant to mobile web content, confront the limitations of existing mobile devices, and discover methods for exploiting the unique opportunities afforded by mobility and its devices, both current and future.

Carmack on Games and Mobility

Here is a video of the Keynote on QuakeCon'07. He definitely talks about iPhone and mobile development in general. Very interesting analysis of the mobile market and iPhone development.

SQL CE Synchonization

Rob Tiffany has published a chapter from his up coming book, Windows Mobile Data Synchronization with SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server Compact 3.1. The chapter covers how to install and setup the backend servers for doing synchronization.

Web Video

Last night I decided to see an episode of Eureka I had missed. The Sci-Fi channel has been advertising that I could watch the episode on their website.

Microsoft & Crestron

According to CEPro, Microsoft and Crestron are building something. Whatever it is Crestron is now a direct OEM working closely with Microsoft.