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Well, it's about that time. Time to discuss our next New England Windows Mobile User/Developer Group meeting, that is. The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 21st starting at 6:30 PM at the Microsoft offices in Waltham, MA (6th floor).

There will be 2 presentations this month. They are:

• What's New in Windows Mobile 6.1. Curious to find out what the latest version of Windows Mobile has to offer for users and the enterprise? This presentation will discuss a variety of new features, functions and enhancements for Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard and Professional.
• Introducing Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager ("SCMDM"). If you haven't already heard, Microsoft has released the newest member of the System Center product family. SCMDM provides device management and security for Windows Mobile devices to enterprise administrators. In this presentation, you will see and learn the benefits that SCMDM provides to administrators and developers of mobile Line of Business applications.

As always, there will be lots of great giveaways. This month's giveaway includes a copy of Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate, so don't miss out! 

This is a reminder - There will be no user group meeting this month (April 16th, 2008). We will be meeting on Wednesday, May 21st. Stay tuned for a post this evening regarding that meeting...

Where does the time go? It seems like we our last meeting just occurred, and yet the time has come once again to get together, so...

The next meeting of the Windows Mobile User/Developer Group will happen this Wednesday (March 19th, 2008) starting at 6:30 PM at the Microsoft offices in Waltham, MA (201 Jones Road, 6th Floor).

Our 2 featured topics for this meeting are:

• Windows Mobile "State of the Media" Update: The variety of ways of bringing media to your Windows Mobile device seems to constantly be on the rise. It's time once again to visit the options available to you for music, video, podcasts, audio books and more.
• Pimp My Homescreen!: Whether for function or form, for style or substance, taking advantage of the extensibility of the Windows Mobile Homescreen or Today Screen can be both useful and fun. We will look at "out-of-the-box" capabilities and third-party tools that can can transform your homescreen into a work of art.

As always, we will have lots of really great giveaways for attendees.

See you there!

This is just a quick reminder that our next user/developer group meeting will be held tomorrow, February 20th at 6:30 PM at the Microsoft offices in Waltham, MA. For a map and directions, check out the complete announcement.

The main presentation for this meeting is entitled "What's New For Windows Mobile Developers with Visual Studio 2008". I will be covering language, tool and debugging enhancements which should be of interest to anyone developing .NET Compact Framework applications.

As always, we have some great giveaways this month, so be sure to attend!

The next meeting of the Boston/New England Windows Mobile User and Developer Group will be held on Wednesday, February 20th starting at 6:30 PM. As usual, the meeting will be held at the Microsoft offices in Waltham, MA (201 Jones Road, 6th Floor).

The featured presentation this month will focus on .NET Compact Framework development in "What's New For Windows Mobile Developers with Visual Studio 2008". I will cover .NET Compact Framework 3.5 enhancements and changes within the Visual Studio IDE.

As usual, we have lots of great giveaways to raffle to attendees!

See you there!

The next meeting of the Boston/New England Windows Mobile User Group will be held Wednesday, January 16th at the Microsoft offices in Waltham, MA (201 Jones Road, 6th Floor). The meeting will start at 6:30 PM.

The featured presentation will be a CES 2008 Wrap-Up by none other than Steve "fyiguy" Hughes. Steve will be attending his fifth CES event this year. Those who have attended his CES Wrap-Up presentations in the past know that that this is a must-attend" event, complete with tons of useful information and photos.

Just a reminder...

The next meeting will be held tonight (Wednesday, October 17th, 2007) starting at 6:30 PM at the Microsoft offices in Waltham, MA (201 Jones Road, 6th floor).

The featured presentation will be "Windows Mobile User/IT Pro Security - Soup To Nuts". In August, we featured a security session focused on application developers and the various Windows Mobile security models. Now we turn our attention to what individuals and IT professionals can do to secure devices. Among the topics discussed will be:

• Password essentials
• Encryption
• VPN
• Windows Mobile policies
• Exchange 2003 and 2007 Windows Mobile security features

We are also pleased to announce that meeting sponsors ProClip USA and Vito Technology have added some great offerings for our monthly giveaways!

As always, attendance is free and no registration is required. I look forward to seeing you there!

As I prepare for a long-overdue family vacation that begins the middle of next week, I wanted to make certain that we provide everyone with early notification of our next user group meeting.

The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 17th, 2007 starting at 6:30 PM at the Microsoft offices in Waltham, MA (201 Jones Road, 6th floor).

The featured presentation will be "Windows Mobile User/IT Pro Security - Soup To Nuts". In August, we featured a security session focused on application developers and the various Windows Mobile security models. Now we turn our attention to what individuals and IT professionals can do to secure devices. Among the topics discussed will be:

• Password essentials
• Encryption
• VPN
• Windows Mobile policies
• Exchange 2003 and 2007 Windows Mobile security features

As always, attendance is free and no registration is required. I look forward to seeing you there!

In a break from tradition over the last several months, I am pleased to be able to provide information sooner rather than later regarding our next meeting

Our next meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 19th starting at 6:30 PM at the Microsoft offices in Waltham, MA (201 Jones Road, 6th Floor).

Our main presentation for the evening is entitled "Mobile Web Development 101" . Whether you are interested in creating your own IE Mobile Start Page, a web page or site optimized for Windows Mobile devices or focused on ASP.NET Mobile Controls, this "soup-to-nuts" presentation will focus on the design concepts and tools you can use to mobilize your web content.

As always, there will be a drawing for giveaway items. Last month's giveaways included a copy of Microsoft Office 2007 Ultimate and a Parrot Bluetooth Car Speakerphone, so you never know what is in store for this upcoming meeting.

See you there!

The next Club Pocket PC - Boston meeting will be held this Wednesday, August 15th starting at 6:30 PM at the Microsoft offices in Waltham, MA (201 Jones Road, 6th Floor). A note regarding this month's meeting - we will be holding the meeting in the Rhode Island Room (rather than the customary MPR rooms).

Our main topic for this meeting will be a presentation I will be doing entitled "Windows Mobile Security Models - Soup To Nuts". The discussion will cover the various types of security imposed via "locking", the security models for application installation and execution, and the process for obtaining and getting the proper certificate credentials for the Windows Mobile environment. For developers of Windows Mobile applications (both internal enterprise applications and commercial developers), this information is essential for successful deployments. For end-users, this information can be extremely enlightening in answering many questions regarding installing applications to your device.

As always, there will be lots of goodies for our giveaway raffle.

See you there!

Between the frequent travel and the large work load, things have been a bit stretched for me as of late. Fortunately, a cluttered calendar is not preventing me from making the following statement -

The next meeting of Club Pocket PC - Boston will be held on Wednesday, July 18th starting at 6:30 PM at the Microsoft offices in Waltham, MA (201 Jones Road, 6th floor). Our next meeting will be dedicated to trying to catch up on all of the latest goings on in mobility. From Windows Mobile 6 to the iPhone, from new applications to new products, we have a lot to discuss.

We also will have a lot (and I do mean a lot) of giveaways for this meeting, really making this a must-attend event.

See you there!

Between business travel and unbreakable personal commitments, both Steve Hughes and I will not be able to be in Waltham this coming Wednesday, June 20th. This leaves us no other option than to cancel this month's meeting of the Club Pocket PC - Boston group.

My apologies for any inconvenience this may cause anyone. Please "stay tuned" as we prepare for our July meeting. I promise we'll work on something to make it up to you all

Due to an unforseen work emergency I will be working late and won't be able to conduct the meeting tonight and Don is off in Toronto on business. We will make it up next month with a pretty good agenda with a mix of Developer and Enthusiast/Enterprise focus for the next meeting. We will nail out an agenda to fit both and post it up well in advance.

Again I am sorry for not being able to do this at the last minute, but we will make it up to next month! :)

The AMD/Microsoft Retail Tour 2007 is coming to a city near you! It's your chance to stay up-to-date on the latest industry developments and learn more about Windows Vista, AMD's Quad-CPU technology, ATI Radeon™ Graphics chipsets, and more. They even have a very exclusive bundle available for attendees. In the past they had people pre-order them because they were so sweet.

For $349 you get:

• Energy efficient AMD Athlon™ 64 dual-core processor 4400+, Rev G, 65nm
• Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate OS - NFR
• ASUS M2A-VM with AMD 690G Chipset (this MB has an included Video card with 256MB on board dedicated, HDMI out,DVI and VGA connectors on the board and yes you can power 2 displays with it)

Hear from industry-leading Microsoft and AMD partners such as HP and Acer, and just by attending you may qualify to purchase an amazing Retail Tour bundle. You can also win great prizes at every event, including software, a Zune, an Xbox 360 or an AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile-powered HP Pavilion TX1000 Entertainment Notebook PC.

The Boston date will be June 12, 2007 at the Hynes Convention Center.

Here is the current Agenda:

For those who haven't attended the last few Club Pocket PC - Boston meetings, I want to make sure to announce early that there will be no meeting in April. The reason - the Microsoft offices in Waltham (particularly, the presentation rooms) will be undergoing renovations the week of scheduled meetings. While we may miss one month of meetings, we can eagerly look forward to seeing the results of the renovations!

We will next meet on Wednesday, May 18th at our normal time of 6:30 PM. Stay tuned for more information as it becomes available.

The next meeting of Club Pocket PC - Boston will be held on Wednesday, February 21st beginning at 6:30 PM at the Microsoft offices in Waltham, MA (3 Jones Road, 6th Floor).

Microsoft - 3 Jones Road

Our next meeting will include the following topics:

• Introducing Windows Mobile 6 - Don Sorcinelli and Steve Hughes will provide a walk-through of the newest version of the Windows Mobile operating system and what it means to mobile users and developers.
• Office 2007 Changes and Enhancements for Mobile Users - This presentation/demonstration will focus on some of the new functionalities for Office 2007 users who are "on-the-go".
• Microsoft and "The Daylight Savings Time Dilemna" - Learn what you need to do with all of your Microsoft technologies (including mobile devices) to prepare for the new Daylight Savings Time dates.

I look forward to seeing you there!

Time for your "friendly reminder"...

The next meeting of Club Pocket PC - Boston will be held on Wednesday, January 17th starting at 6:30 PM at the Microsoft offices in Waltham, MA (201 Jones Road, 6th Floor).

Microsoft - Waltham, MA

Our next meeting will include:

• CES 2007 Roundup. Steve Hughes will be attending the 2007 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show ("CES") in Las Vegas. Steve will provide us with some of the highlights from the show.
• Windows Vista for Mobile Users. A few months back, Steve Hughes and I covered various pieces of information regarding Microsoft Windows Vista in relation to mobile users. Well, the code has shipped and we will be days away from the official launch. What better time to cover things in greater depth? 

We look forward to seeing you there!

While we are attempting to get things back to nornal, I do want to take a moment and put out the early word for the next Club Pocket PC - Boston meeting.

The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 17th starting at 6:30 PM at the Microsoft offices in Waltham, MA (201 Jones Road, 6th Floor).

Our next meeting will include:

• CES 2007 Roundup. Steve Hughes will be attending the 2007 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show ("CES") in Las Vegas. Steve will provide us with some of the highlights from the show.
• Windows Vista for Mobile Users. A few months back, Steve Hughes and I covered various pieces of information regarding Microsoft Windows Vista in relation to mobile users. Well, the code has shipped and we will be days away from the official launch. What better time to cover things in greater depth? 

We look forward to seeing you there!