Frank Prengel has recently posted a detailed article on the various resources available to the developers for Windows Mobile platform..

If you are a developer then it is well worth the read : windowsteamblog.com

Project Resistance is intended to be a fully transparent view into the process of conceiving, developing and selling an application for Windows Mobile. Chris Tacke and Alex Feinman are creating a simple application for the marketplace and documenting its creation from beginning to end. Chris Fairburn has also joined the team and is making an iPhone version of the app.

More info : http://resistance.codeplex.com/ , keep track of the progress : here

via MSMobiles

Airplay SDK is a unique application development tool and environment that will allow developers to create one application via the SDK and publish to the major smartphone operating systems, including Android, Java, Linux, iPhone, Brew, Symbian, Windows Mobile, and Flash. According to Airplay, the SDK toolsets will save developers time in learning a new programming language specific to a mobile platform. Development is done in standard C++ programming language, saving developers about 40% of the development cost and 90% of the porting and testing costs and time. Developers need to compile for ARM code and the Airplay deployment tool will output a .SYS file for symbian, a .APP file for the iPhone, a .CAB file for Windows Mobile, and so on. via Pocketnow

More details : Idea Works Lab

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Live Video Stream : It will go online when life feeds are available.

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WinMoDevCamp is a series of upcoming not-for-profit gatherings to develop applications for the upcoming release of the Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5 O/S. The event is currently being planned in 7 cities around the world. Want to see what happens at a Windows Mobile Dev Camp? Look up! Today they’re live in San Francisco.

Chat : ( Need to register to ask Questions )

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Are you looking to develop some apps for Windows Mobile, cut down your work by using this Open source library which allows you to add iPhone-like user interface on Windows Mobile apps. Silvermoon is a set of controls, that use OpenGL ES to get very fast fluid transitions.Thanks to msmobiles.com for the find

Currently there is the following set of controls available:

• Button
• TextBox with clipboard functions
• DropDownButton
• CheckBox
• Label
• ListView
• Paged TreeView
• LenseView
• Dialog
• Window
• Menu
• ContextMenu
• PictureBox
• Slider
• Panel
• ScrollPanel
• VScrollBar
• BusyControl an animated busy pointer

More info and Download

When you have great idea and want to push that idea in to an Windows Mobile app , its essential to UI ( user interface ) right. Few windows mobile apps does not live up to its true potential coz of its lackluster UI. If the user does not find it easy to use the app they just discard it straight away and look for an alternate option and with Windows Mobiles vast library of apps they are bound to find one they like.

We cant blame the devs for this , if you look @ .NET Compact Framework and its Windows Forms library they are not the best candidate to quickly roll-out a new app a a great looking UI. I am not a developer but take a look @ look at the hello world application on windows mobile and the ones on iphone and the pre.

See how to make exciting UI for Windows Mobile