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Writing Your own GPS application for Windows Mobile using .NET C# OR Visual C++ - Part 1 Introduction

Hello Folks!!!! As promised here I am with writing your own GPS Application … Part1. So let us see what the heck GPS is? I remember old saying “You should think that opposite person is layman or dumb while explaining something otherwise your lecture may not reach 100% audience”. I love this concept and try to apply whenever I am explaining to others (At times experience people may be bored with simple concepts but nevertheless I wanted to target dumbest person. Introduction: Our ancestors had to go to pretty extreme measures to keep from getting lost. They erected monumental landmarks, laboriously drafted detailed maps and learned to read the stars in the night sky. They are simply awesome and GREAT!!!! Imagine driving to an important meeting with girl friend and realizing that you're lost. (Ohhh god, please give me enough strength to face her and take the heat from her J ). Your first impulse would probably be to call her and ask for directions (If she is really familiar with the

Writing Your own GPS application for Windows Mobile using .NET C# OR Visual C++

Hello Friends / Folks, I am excited to tell you that i am going to bring you one of the most interesting article on my own Blog which is None other than "Writing Your own GPS application for Windows Mobile using .NET C#". Watch out this space for more information and do let me know if people have any concerns towards the language. Basically i am giving two options w.r.t language .. i can have sample application written in Visual C++ (Native code) OR .NET C# (Managed code). If i get any request from people then i shall go ahead and implement based on the readers request otherwise it is going to be .NET C# by default. Please do send me request by 11th Aug 2008. One more exciting thing is, i am planning to come up with "One exciting app with source per week" Program. I shall let you details very soon ......... keep watching this space for more information.

WinCE / PocketPC / Windows Mobile Power Battery Timeout - Solution

Hello Folks, I am back with yet another WinCE / Windows Mobile Solution this time it is something exciting and it is on Power Batter Suspend timeout related stuff. It is really challenging task to optimize battery life of any embedded device. Sometimes we want to control back light and battery suspend related activities through our program. OK .. here is simple question how do you control Back light, suspend timeout .. etc event through program ? To answer this question one has to understand "How WinCE operates w.r.t Power driver and what exactly happens behind the scenes". To simplify things ... i am going to divide whole things in three parts 1. WinCE OS Part whihc include Power / Battery drivers. 2. Application 3. Registry Registry : It is the place where all values gets stored i.e it acts as media for storing and retrieving values. I hope it is clear that Registry is nothing but global storage media and it has NO power to trigger anything. So that means it is of new us