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                        October 23, 2003

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NEWS FLASH:  WINDOWS MOBILE SMARTPHONE ARRIVES IN N. AMERICA
AT&T Wireless announced nationwide availability of the Motorola MPx200,
the first Windows Mobile based smartphone to become available in the
North American market. The MPx200 is being sold for $299.99 along with
designated AT&T Wireless service plans.
Story


NEWS FLASH:  MICROSOFT OPENS UP DESKTOP/SERVER WINDOWS SOURCE TO MVPS
Microsoft launched an added program today in its Shared Source
Initiative, aimed at the company's "MVPs" (Most Valuable Professionals).
Microsoft MVPs are individuals recognized by Microsoft for their
expertise in one or more Microsoft products and technologies and their
helpfulness in the online and offline Microsoft community. The new
shared source licensing program, known as the Most Valuable Professional
Source Licensing Program (MVPSLP), makes additional source code
available to MVPs -- including Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows
Server 2003 source -- in order to enable them to better assist online
and offline technical communities.
Story


INTRINSYC UNVEILS TELEPHONY SOFTWARE FOR WIRELESS HANDHELDS
Intrinsyc Software announced telephony software that can be embedded in
wireless devices based on Microsoft's Windows CE .NET and Windows Mobile
software for Pocket PC OSes. Intrinsyc says its "MicroPhone" telephony
software offers a highly portable, customizable solution that allows
OEMs to create devices with custom telephony functions and provide
integrated voice and data capabilities with superior usability.
Story


RUSSIAN STUDENT PORTS GCC C/C++ COMPILER TO WINDOWS CE
Earlier this year, Vitaliy Pronkin, a young Russian programmer, launched
a project to port the open source GCC C/C++ compiler and supporting
tools (library, manager, linker, etc.) to Windows CE and the Pocket PC
platform. The result, according to Pronkin, is that it is now possible
to develop applications directly on a Pocket PC PDA using the standard
C/C++ programming language. Specifically, source code written in eVC
(MFC isn't supported yet) can be built and then executed directly on the
Pocket PC (or other Windows CE device) without conversion or additional
runtimes.  Learn more from this WindowsForDevices.com interview.
Story


C# AND JAVA: COMPARING PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
This 57-page highly detailed, highly technical article originally
published by MSDN takes a thorough look at the similarities and
differences, advantages and disadvantages, of the C# and Java
programming languages. It's written by Kirk Radeck, a Windows Embedded
MVP, who works as a software engineering consultant.
Story


CE .NET POWERED THIN CLIENT ACHIEVES "BREAKTHROUGH" $200 PRICE POINT
VXL Instruments Ltd. says its Itona TC is the industry's first high
performance thin client to achieve the "breakthrough" price point of
$200. The device is based on an 800MHz VIA C3 processor running Windows
CE .NET 4.2.
Story


SMARTPHONE 2003 AND .NET CF PRIMER
This article offers early observations of managed code development under
Windows Mobile 2003 for Smartphones using the .NET Compact Framework,
identifies differences from managed coding for Pocket PC, and details
various features that are new. The author briefly reviews the Smartphone
emulator, including its (screen shots are included) and use, describes
how to create a VS .NET Smartphone project, and covers other aspects of
Smartphone application development.
Story


FREE WINDOWS-POWERED MOBILE ROBOT DESIGN
This article on WindowsForDevices.com's new sister site
(DeviceForge.com) introduces the "PC-bot" -- a mobile robotics
demonstration platform design that runs Windows.  The PC-bot design
is being made available for free download from Roboteq.  PC-bot was 
designed to be highly flexible and extensible so that it can serve 
as the basis for a wide range of customized mobile robot designs
featuring web cameras, motion detection software, and more.
Story


MOTOROLA REVEALS "REVOLUTIONARY" CELLPHONE-ON-MODULE TECHNOLOGY
Motorola's semiconductor division (Motorola Semiconductor Products
Sector, "SPS") has unveiled an approach to implementing multimedia
mobile devices that it calls "revolutionary." SPS says its new "Mobile
Extreme Convergence" (MXC) architecture will squeeze all the functions
required by high-performance mass-market mobile devices into a module
the size of a postage stamp -- a significant space reduction from
today's smallest approaches that are the size of a business card.
Read more at WindowsForDevices.com's sister site (DeviceForge.com).
Story


OTHER NOTEWORTHY ITEMS FROM THE PAST WEEK . . .

*  Microsoft Windows Mobile North America User Group Tour 2003
   Story

*  On2 ports TrueCast set-top box software to Windows CE
   Story

*  New book covers SQL Server CE and the .NET Compact Framework
   Story

*  SFS adds WOW to ARM
   Story

*  Benchmarks to measure processor performance in digital entertainment apps
   Story

*  PC/104 SBC with Windows CE .NET hits magical $104 price point
   Story


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