Steve Presley's views on mobile, wireless, embedded, Silverlight and .NET programming
Using data encryption on Windows Phone 7
I saw this great post on encrypting your data using Windows Phone 7 by Rob Tiffany. Rob makes several great points, including how easy it is to accomplish this task in Windows Phone 7. Keep in … more
Why Windows Phone 7 is better than Windows Mobile 6.x
After having several discussions at CodeCamps, seeing the debate on Twitter and even the comments on Charlie Kindel's recent post "Hey, You, Get Off of my Cloud" on the Windows Phone … more
Introduction to Windows Phone 7
Thanks to everyone who came to my session this morning at Richmond CodeCamp! The Presentation and Demo Code can be downloaded here: (link) (6.9 MB) Please email me with any questions you may have. more
Richmond Codecamp 2010.1 and CodeStock 2010 sessions accepted!
Great news, just heard that I have two sessions accepted for both of these learning events. Here are the details: Richmond CodeCamp 2010.1 - Saturday May 22nd, 2010 - Richmond, VA. … more
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CodeStock 2010 Sessions
Last year I spoke at CodeStock in Knoxville, TN. This year, I have submitted 3 sessions for CodeStock 2010 - session selection is based on attendee voting, so please go vote for them if you … more
In transition...
I am in the process of moving all technical content from my personal site (http://dsaxman.com) to this site. I'll do my best to get it moved over as quickly as possible, so please bear with … more
I'll be speaking at CodeStock 2009!
Missed the event last year but am super psyched to be speaking at CodeStock 2009 this year. I'll be presenting my "Converting your LOB Apps to Silverlight" talk and hanging out in the … more
Spring 2009 UserGroup/CodeCamps
Thanks to everyone who attended my talk on Converting your Line of Business Application to Silverlight at the Richmond DotNet User Group (April 2nd), Philly CodeCamp (April 18th) and Richmond CodeCamp … more
Ultimate Developer Workstation 2009
Last fall, I put together a NewEgg wishlist for a new 64 bit machine that I built. I tweeted about it, but evidently didn't make a blog post. The main purpose of this machine is to run … more
How to delete an email account on Windows Mobile 6.1
A friend recently asked how to delete an email account from her Windows Mobile 6.1 device. Like a good techie, she searched for the answer, only to find useless forums posts of unrelated … more
Compact Framework: Binding a ComboBox to an Enumerable type
I'm working on a graphics conversion utility for use in my mobile projects as well as for a friend's web based application. My goal has been to write code that I can run both on the compact … more
Windows Mobile "How Do I Videos"
There's a great wealth of knowledge in these short "How Do I" videos on MSDN. Check out the latest videos here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/bb495180.aspx Want to … more
Sony posted the Xperia X1 user manual..
Kind of feel like I'm opening a present before Christmas Eve since I don't have the phone yet, but here is a link to where to download the manual. (click here) Also, if you haven't seen it yet, here … more
Setting up the GPS on the Ultimate 9502
Here's a quick video of how to setup the internal GPS on the Ultimate 9502 by iMate. Download here (Right Click, Save As) more
Ordered a few phones week before last..
Picked up the following iMate phones: SPL, SP3 (I Finally got one!), SP5 and the Ultimate 9502. Top: Nokia 770 Left to Right: iMate SP3, SP5, SPL, JAM, HTC Touch Enhanced, O2 XDA Trion, iMate … more
Windows Mobile API Usage Tool
Microsoft just published the Windows Mobile API Usage Tool (Click here to go to the download page). This is development tool that requires Visual Studio 2005 or 2008. Once you … more
[Wisbar] - Creating notification icons/meters
Since I picked up an O2 XDA Flame,I've been tinkering with skins lately on Wisbar - been almost forced to as there aren't that many VGA themes out there, mainly because the number of VGA devices … more
JAM vs. 8125 vs. trion
Finally had the chance to shoot some side by sides of the three. You can check them out here. Here's a preview: more
My Trion is on the way...
Direct from Deutschland, hopefully it will be here this week and I'll have time to play with the device a bit in addition to doing a Jam vs. 8125 vs. Trion review with pics. Stay tuned! more