Todd Landstad, in this article at CodeProject.com, shows and provides sample code on optimizing the header bar for applications targeted for the Ultra-Mobile PC. If you are familiar with the Origami Experience for Vista, some of these reusable components will look familiar: battery status, network connection, and time / date. Todd: See if you can [...]
If you are looking to get in to that CodeProject.com Mobile PC contest I posted about earlier, but need a developer toolset to code against – here is your opportunity. Microsoft is sponsoring a Visual Basic Labcast and they are giving away a copy of Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition ( value estimated at $299 [...]
I love developer contests because we always end up seeing some great apps come out of the process. The good news about this particular contest at www.CodeProject.com is that it is geared toward mobile pcs, which include Tablet PCs and Ultra-Mobile PCs. Bring it on developers! The folks at CodeProject.com will be selecting a winner [...]
Are you looking to enhance your skills as a mobile developer and bring to market the next ink / touch enabled killer app? Check out these developer conferences and online opportunities and then let us all know what you are going to build. Online: The Notebook, Tablet PC, and UMPC Development Forum discusses great designs [...]
Josh Einstein, of Einstein Technologies, has just released a fantastic tool for developers interested in learning more about developing for the Tablet PC and how the ink analyzer works, called Ink Analyzer Explorer. The program demonstrates nearly all of the ink analyzer capabilities including shape recognition, analysis hints, correction, etc. It is also a good tool for anyone else [...]
Microsoft sent me a list of hands-on labs they have developed for those interested in developing for the Tablet PC and Ultra-Mobile PC platforms. Check out these labs and get started developing some ink-enabled applications today. In addition to the below resources, check out this book on developing for the Tablet PC. From Microsoft: [...]
Microsoft’s Gavin Gear is making it a little easier for developers to get their new Tablet PC application project started. He has created a Visual Studio 2005 Tablet PC project template that handles all the required references for inking and InkAnalysis, instantiating an InkOverlay object, and finally hooking all that fancy dancy stuff up to [...]
Are you a developer looking for that new mobile pc market opportunity? You might want to take a look at the Windows SideShow area. Windows Side Show devices are small PDA like devices that are attached to bags, Media Center remotes, laptop cases, in Windows Mobile Phone devices, etc, that provide snips of data from [...]
After being back form CES for only a few days, there is another Microsoft event closer to home. Today starts a tour to show off some of the features for developers and partners. Look for an event near you by going to the Microsoft Launch 2007 site. Today’s world of business is constantly evolving. People [...]
Microsoft’s Gavin Gear, continues to blog up a storm with a concentration on Tablet PC developement. Gavin is a Software Engineer on the Tablet PC team with a focus on the new InkAnalysis API. In his latest article, Gavin gets developers going with InkAnalysis and Windows Presentation Foundation. If you are a developer, or someone interested in learning more [...]
With as much progress as the Tablet PC continues to make with education, health care, legal, etc., it continues to surprise me as to how few business applications are ink-enabled. By ink-enabling, I’m referring to converting a note field to accept both ink and text, adjusting fields for context awareness so the TIP can be [...]
If you were not able to attend Mobile Connections last week and are interested in developing for the Ultra-Mobile PC, you should check out this MSDN website tomorrow. it is scheduled for Tuesday, November 14 at 10am PT. Todd Landstad, who was featured in this InkShow I posted last week, will be presenting. He is [...]
A couple of days ago, I posted an InkShow that shows how Tablet PC users could ink on a video, and have that ink play back in real time with the video. The implications for Tablet PC users are tremendous in this area: medical, legal, personal, education, personal, etc. Stefan Wick, the developer who demoed the [...]
I’ve been watching the hands-on labs at Mobile Connections with much interest the last couple of days, and the developers are getting excited about Vista and Tablet PC. Here are some general comments that I and others have been hearing 1) I want a tablet, but my boss won’t let me buy one 2) I [...]
If you have been following Gear’s tech blog, you know about the InkAnalysis API. Today it’s available as an add on to the Tablet PC SDK 1.7. Remember there was an updated SDK 1.7 I posted about not long ago… but Gavin has the link – “The new InkAnalysis API which integrates layout analysis with handwriting recognition [...]
For those of you using Windows Live Writer – Check out this blog. Mike has developed a WLW plug-in to allow you to use the Snipping tool in Vista. I don’t see any mention if it supports XP TPC, but if somebody wants to take a crack at it let us know! He even provides [...]
Daniel is giving everybody lots of information about programming OneNote 2007 on a Tablet PC. Check out the newest installment over at his blog. Here is the description of the Webcast: “Join this webcast for a first look at the programmability features in the upcoming release of Office OneNote 2007, the innovative digital note-taking program from [...]
I just saw this in an e-mail from Microsoft Download Notifications — Update for Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Development Kit 1.7. This update includes some fixes, so Tablet PC developers should update as soon as they can. I wasn’t told what the exact fixes were, but it doesn’t add any new functionality. Update – Looks [...]
I am not sure how many of you follow Daniel Escapa over at his blog, but he has been on fire today (maybe he has time because the TR is done and it’s getting ready to come out???). He has been covering some changes to the API and asking for some user input. He also [...]
I was looking around today and found what seems to have the potential of being a great blog starting up. Do you program with the Tablet PC SDK? Are you interested in programming for the Tablet PC platform? Well, today I found this blog that’s only about a week old, but has some nice articles already. Here [...]
I love it when developer contests get going because we all benefit by some cool utilities, new apps, and get to see the creative juices flowing. Well, Handango just launched an Origami / UMPC and Tablet PC developer contest. By entering their contest, you’ll get a chance to win one of three UMPCs. What would I [...]
– Loren Heiny (Tablet PC Developer Extraordinaire), pinged me today to see if I had seen the little video he put up on Tablet PC Post. I said no, and promptly went to check it out. VERY cool. What he has done is basically put an ink overlay on top of Internet Explorer with some [...]
– Ultranauts.com is running a poll on their site about Ultra-Mobile PC applications and the so called “killer app”. So what do you think the primary use of one of these devices would be for you? I won’t spoil it for you by telling you the trend thus far, but do go on over and [...]
Lora posts another helpful entry on what developers can do right now to help position their company’s applications for the Ultra Mobile PC. I’m really looking forward to seeing these applications and how well they scale on the UMPC. I’m preparing to do an InkShow on an tablet pc application called TabletCalendar that would be a [...]
– Editorial content: Okay, so we have a new mobile computing device looming on the horizon (note I said looming, not in hand). Great. So it comes with a few fun apps like Sudoku, IM client, and a few other standard type tools. Not enough. People have to have software, and they want software that [...]
Josh Einstein has written a great article highlighting Windows Presentation Foundation (aka Avalon). If you are a developer focused on Tablet PC apps, take a read. I’ve finally gotten around to actually playing with Windows Presentation Foundation in Visual Studio and I’m really blown away by the capabilities. As a GUI guy, I can totally [...]
Are you a mobile devices / tablet pc developer looking for a great speaking engagement? You might want to check out the Mobility Connections Fall 2006 conference (Mobility Connections will be held on November 6-10th 2006.) They are featuring two tracks: one on Tablet PC and the other on Mobile devices. Want some more info? [...]
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