Satter Ramblings

Mobile Connections Event

Just a quick note. If you can't attend MEDC or you might try Mobile Connections. It is actually several conferences in one including Mobile, ASP.Net and more. I was fortunate to attend last year as a speaker. It was fun and informative. If you are interested in attending I got a special code for an additional discount. Continue on to read the marketing message and get the code.

New Apple Devices

I love it when competition is allowed to work. While the Zune is arguable a flop it had an affect on Apple. Steve Job's announced new iPods yesterday and you can watch the keynote. If you don't have two hours read on.

New Device Community

I got an email today from Mark Arteaga one of the principals behind OpenNetCF. OpenNetCF has created a new community site. According to Mark it will be home to white papers, host open source projects most notably OpenNetCF community edition, and become the new home of the OpenNetCF Forums.

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.

Microsoft & Crestron

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

Special for Developers

Sprint has a special deal for developers and partners. You can get a Mogul Windows Mobile 6 device and 10% of the plan chosen for the phone.