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Microsoft has begun distributing preview versions of Visual Basic that can be used to start writing apps for Windows Phone 7.

Microsoft looks to the future with Windows Phone 7, is it enough to catch up with the competition? Read along to learn how WP7 differs from past versions of Windows Mobile and how it matches up against its rivals.

A week after Microsoft began beta testing development tools for its upcoming Windows Phone 7, the company is sending out "preview" units meant to get phone app developers excited.

Will Microsoft's strategy to entice developers to its new Windows Phone 7 mobile device platform pay off?

If you're building Windows Mobile apps FakeGPS could be the answer to your troubleshooting worries. Learn how to test your GPS applications using FakeGPS.

Microsoft and other third party vendors have developed a few free SQL Azure development tools for integration of your SQL Azure Database with a local on premises database. Tapas Pal looks at some of these Azure development tools and discusses how the Azure developer can use them in their day-to-day development activity.

Microsoft continues to support its aging Windows Mobile phone operating system even as the company hopes to take the market by storm with Windows Mobile 7 which isn't ready yet.

Some say 'Seven' will debut in Barcelona -- others say 'No Way.'

All eyes are on Barcelona as Microsoft tries to regain its footing in mobile.

In this article, you will learn how you can utilize AJAX scripts even in Web applications targeted for Windows Mobile applications.

The company's new effort to take on the iPhone might not make its appearance for quite some time, if one report is correct.

Discuss approaches to determine if an HTTP request is coming from a mobile phone and then redirecting the request to a page optimized for a mobile browser. Also it shows how to retrieve mobile device capabilities information.

A short interview with Microsoft on RFID technology.

VBForums had a Slow Chat with some of the members of the Microsoft Visual Basic team. Find out what's new and important with VB here.

Learn about a web service method to back up a database from a mobile device using the SQL Backup command and asynchronous method calls.

Learn how to run state machine application framework-based Win32/WinCE programs using window message hooking technology.

Discover how to design a hierarchical state machine engine for embedded system development.

In part two of the series, the author of "GPS.NET" teaches developers how to write GPS applications suitable for the real world by mastering GPS precision concepts. Source code includes a working NMEA interpreter and sample high-precision application in C# and VB.NET.

What is it that GPS applications need to be good enough to handle in-car navigation? Also, how does the process of interpreting GPS data actually work? This two-part series will cover both topics and give you the skills you need to write a commercial-grade GPS application that works with a majority of GPS devices in the industry today.

An expansion on the information I presented in the 11/2/2004 CodeGuru eNewsletter editorial on mobile development for cell phones.

Learn to start developing for the PocketPC and other mobile devices using Visual Studio .NET 2003.

For a long, long time, Microsoft has been touting this dream of information on any device, anywhere, anytime. But, at least when it comes to Visual Basic developers, the company hasn't done much to prove it. That is, until now.

Devices such as the Pocket PC are becoming almost as powerful as the machines sitting on our desks. It makes sense that more and more developers want to create applications directly targeted at such platforms. Learn how to create a Pocket PC application using Visual Basic .NET.