(Click here for a larger view of the first slide in Microsoft's "Windows Mobile location awareness" webcast)

The one-hour program is said to have been recorded on Wednesday in Barcelona at Microsoft's TechEd EMEA conference, and is presented by the company's usual dynamic duo -- Microsoft community program manager Constanze Roman (left), and long-time embeddded developer Maarten Struys (right). According to Microsoft's MSDN website, "24 Hours of Windows Mobile application development: Windows Mobile location awareness live from TechEd EMEA" shows how to add location awareness to applications running on GPS-equipped devices.

In particular, the webcast focuses on use of the GPS Intermediate Driver, which allows accessing information from inside managed applications. It also discusses how developers can use the FakeGPS utility to test location-enabled applications, without needing access to physical GPS hardware, according to Microsoft.


A PowerPoint slide summarizing Microsoft's Windows Mobile location awareness webcast
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Like the first nine webcasts in this promised 24-part series, "24 Hours of Windows Mobile application development: Windows Mobile location awareness live from TechEd EMEA" features a mix of PowerPoint slides (above), plus video demonstrating the use of Visual Studio 2008 and the Windows Mobile device emulator. The downloadable presentation is viewable in its entirety using Internet Explorer and Microsoft's Office Live Meeting software, as shown below.


Like others in the "24 Hours" series, the webcast plays back using Microsoft's Office Live Meeting software (above)
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Other recent offerings in the "24 Hours" series have included guides to automated mobile code testing, .NET Compact Framework 3.5 Power Toys, using Pocket Outlook functionality, developing "battery-friendly" applications and programming for different form factors.

Further information

To view "24 hours of Windows Mobile application development: Windows Mobile location awareness live from TechEd EMEA," go to MSDN, here. [A Windows Live ID and password will be requested].

To get a list of other available webcasts devoted to Windows Mobile development, see Microsoft's website, here.

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