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I have downloaded the new emulator images and I’m really impressed that the IE6 render engine really fits in such a small device. I have created some screenshots below. All Web sites look very similar to the desktop version of Internet Explorer. Most AJAX enabled pages are working, on some Web sites I got JavaScript errors, well, they are not ...

Yesterday Microsoft has published the new emulator images for Windows Mobile 6.1.4. One of the most important new features is the Internet Explorer Mobile 6 version. Windows Mobile 6.1.4 includes the new Internet Explorer Mobile 6,  a full-featured browser for Windows Mobile devices that brings the same high-quality browsing experience to ...

Microsoft has canceled the Deepfish research project lab. I was not sure if I would love the Deepfish browser as there was a big lack of missing features like AJAX, JavaScript, Flash/Silverlight. Yesterday I read in the news that Microsoft will port their Internet Explorer 6 render engine to Windows Mobile. Hey, does this mean that Internet ...

The full letter from Tom Conrad, CTO of Pandora, is available at http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=627. Basically, Tom has stated that a version for Windows Mobile devices will be coming out, but he refuses to guarantee when. One would assume it would be sooner rather than later and would hopefully support WMV 5, 6, and 6.1. If Tom or anyone is looking ...

Some of you have heard about the Deepfish project at Microsoft Research. In March 2007 Microsoft announced a new mobile Web browser to bring desktop-like browsing to mobile devices. Since some days the Deepfish project Web site has been removed, you'll get an http 404 (file not found) or get redirected to the new Live Labs overview (there is only ...

Here are links to tools and tips that I mentioned in my talk this afternoon on Geocoding, RSS, and Mapping at VSLive! New York:   Sign Up for a MapPoint Web Service Evaluation account: https://mappoint-css.live.com/MwsSignUp/default.aspx?lc=1033 MapPoint Developer Center: http://msdn.microsoft.com/mappoint/ Argotic Syndication ...

My colleague Glen Gordon has found a new use for the geoencoded RSS feed from Community Megaphone, namely using it as the basis for a custom Collection in Windows Live Search for Mobile: If you haven't been entering your developer events like user group meetings and code camps into the extremely useful site called Community Megaphone (put ...

For those of you who may have missed it, Chris Craft has been running a cool blog series called 30 Days of .NET [Windows Mobile Applications]. I'm delighted to report that Chris, after some discussions last weekend at the INETA Carolinas Leadership Summit, decided to integrate the GeoRSS-enabled feed from Community Megaphone into his day 29 app, ...

Some of my fellow DEs have put together a touring road show of Windows Mobile Programming, and it's coming to Reston, VA next week: Thursday, June 12, 2008 9:00 AM - Thursday, June 12, 2008 5:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Join us for a full day of programming for Windows Mobile. This session is geared towards familiarizing the attendee ...

According to Gizmodo, the iPhone 3G launch date will be June 9th. It will be interesting to see what further market share the iPhone will capture with this latest phone. I know many individuals have held out from purchasing an iPhone because of the lack of 3G support. It will also be interesting to see what phones other providers will release to ...