Satter Ramblings

Windows Phone 7 Series

Today we can start talking about some aspects of Windows Phone 7 Series. I got to see the new OS a couple of weeks ago. I have to say I was impressed. Yes I work for Microsoft but not a mobile group any more and I was impressed.

The UI is different from other phones. It is not a copy cat of the iPhone. I saw a slide of iPhone, RIM, Android and others. All pretty much looked like an iPhone. I like that and apparently I am not alone.

For more information check out

• Demo on Channel 9
• The Windows Phone 7 Series Official Web Site
• The Strategy

One thing that the team is not disclosing yet is development. Just know it is coming...

CodeDOM

  Reed Robinson has been talking about the Mobile LOB Accelerator lately. This got me thinking how I could make it easier to write applications based on it. This then lead me to CodeDOM. Ok I am lying but then I can't give away all of my secrets.

Mobile Line of Business Accelerator 2008 - Data Retrieval

The new Mobile Line of Business Accelerator 2008 includes a new data layer that can be used in your own projects to speed up development. When the Add Item screen for example is displayed, the user uses a combo box filled with inventory objects to pick inventory items to add to an order. This article walks through how the data gets from the database to the UI.

Tech Ed 2008 North America

Tech Ed 2008 North America is coming up next week. The show has now been split into two weeks. One for Software Developers and the other for IT Professionals. In addition, this year MEDC has been folded into Tech Ed. This is a great idea as now your training time and dollars do not need to be split between two shows. In the future Mobile developments will participate in the mainstream conferences like Tech Ed and PDC.

Mobile LOB Accelerator 2008 Architecture

The Mobile LOB Accelerator 2008 is an enterprise mobile application demonstrating how a mythical hardware distributor could use Windows Mobile devices to support the sale and distribution of hardware goods. This blog entry looks at the architecture being used.

Managed Stored Procedures

One of the new features in the Mobile Line of Business Accelerator 2008 is something the team called “Managed Stored Procedures”. Now the team did not really write and add to SQL Server CE 3.5 the ability to create stored procedures. Instead we looked at what developers were really looking for that they wanted stored procedures.

Mobile LOB Accelerator 2008

Mobile LOB Accelerator 2008 is now available for download. This is an update to the original Mobile LOB Accelerator and shows off new features in VS2008 and CF 3.5 while maintain performance. I worked on the underlying data layer which I will be talking about in blog entries. Below is the whole blurb about various features.

Sync Services for Devices

A CTP for Microsoft Synchronization Services for ADO.NET aka Sync Services for Devices has been released to the Download Center on MSDN. This allows Sql CE 3.5 to sync to other databases than Sql Server like Oracle.

Google Maps for Mobile API

Looks like someone has been having fun reverse engineering the Google Maps for Mobile API. The site includes very detailed information about the API including get your location, location based search, maps, and directions. The site includes sample code in C#. Check out.

SQL Server CE 3.5

SQL Server CE 3.5 is the supported version of the database in VS2008. What that means is the designers like Server Explorer only work if the database is SSCE v3.5 (Note: I am talking about SSCE accessed by Server Explorer. Server Explorer can talk to other databases).