Sony Ericsson and Windows Mobile

Sony Ericsson announced a Windows Mobile based device, called XPERIA X1.












Quote from the official press release:

• Sony Ericsson XPERIATM X1 – energised communication, the premium experience.


• Convergence of multimedia entertainment and mobile Web communication


• Unique arc slider with wide pitch easy-to-use QWERTY keyboard


• XPERIA™ panels - arrange as you want for easy access


• Enjoy multimedia entertainment on bright wide VGA display


• Windows Mobile® capabilities

XPERIA™ panel interface – experiences just the way you want themEnjoy access to different experiences – Web, multimedia, applications – from your desktop. Navigate with the tip of your finger. Configure and have your XPERIA™ panels just the way you want them.

Multiple navigation – the choice is yoursXPERIA™ X1 lets you interact with yourphone in different ways. Touch, full QWERTY keyboard, 4-way key and optical joystick navigation. Switch seamlessly between operation modes.

Arc slider design – makes it stand outThe arc design gives a distinct and unique feel. Slide the screen upwards to reveal the wide pitch QWERTY keyboard. Ample distance between keys makes writing fast and easy.

Ultimate mobile experience – performance on the moveWith Windows Mobile®, the highest data transfer rate (HSDPA/HSUPA) and WiFi™ support, you can enjoy your favourite entertainment and work efficiently on the move. Mobile access to everything that is important to you. aGPS gives you the freedom to explore the world. XPERIA™ X1 is a premium mobile experience.

Via Jason Langridge's blog





Links
Official press release
XPERIA X1 web page

My Top 10 Posts for 2007

I had to do this summary long ago and finally found some spare time:

Following are my top(by number of visits) ten posts:
1.Resolved: Explorer crash on Vista
2.CCR(Concurrency and Coordination Runtime) samples
3.Sql Server 2005: Change schema for all tables
4.“How to” Series: Automating Windows Mobile with Windows PowerShell
5.Visual Studio Toolbox Icons Mess
6.Configuring Symbol MK1100 Micro-Kiosk
7.NET Compact Framework: Mutex vs Critical Section
8.Visual Studio 2008: Device Security Manager
9.Windows Mobile Device Management
10."How To" Series: Retrieving IMSI and IMEI on Windows Mobile

Obviously my most visited posts are not related to the mobile development - May be it's time to change my focus...

Sofia. NET Group Monthly Meeting (Nov 2007)

We will have our regular monthly meeting on 29.Nov.2007(Thursday) at 18:30 in the local Microsoft office.
Galin Ilivev will talk about IIS7 and will cover the following topics:

1. New tools in IIS7 as well as new administration options
2. New tracing and diagnostics options
3. New integration pipeline
4. Deep example that:

• use custom IIS module written in C#
• extend IIS configuration schema
• extend IIS Manager by adding UI component>

See you there!

When Compact Framework fails to make HttpWebRequest ...

Andrew Arnott has an interesting post about a bug found in CF.NET . It may fail to call some web servers with the following error:
System.Net.WebException: Unable to read data from the transport connection.

Want to know why? See the details here...

(via .NET Compact Framework Team's blog)

Microsoft Days in the universities

A series of "Microsoft Days" events will be held in the local(Sofia) universities as follows:
5 Nov 2007 : Technical University, Sofia , 10:00h, hall 2140, block 2
see the agenda
6 Nov 2007 : Colledge of Telecommunications and Posts
see the agenda
18 Nov 2007: University if Sofia,The Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics
see the agenda

I will talk about the newest additions in the Microsoft's mobile technology stack. The session is called "Mobile Development with .NET Compact Framework 3.5". Be there if you're starving to see what to expect from Visual Studio 2008 when dealing with mobile applications