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.FLYINGHEAD GREATEST HITS
.TITLE The best of Windows CE Power
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.SUMMARY In this, the fifteenth and final issue of Windows CE Power, we want to take a moment to look back at some of the great articles that got us to where we are today. Enjoy this collection of Windows CE Power’s greatest hits and be sure to join us for the exciting premier of Pocket PC Life, coming next month.
.AUTHOR Steve Niles
In this, the fifteenth and final issue of Windows CE Power, we want to take a moment to look back at some of the great articles that got us to where we are today before moving on to the exciting premier of Pocket PC Life, coming next month.
To learn more about our transition from Windows CE Power to Pocket PC Life, be sure to check out the editorial by Editor-in-Chief David Gewirtz, also in this issue.
We hope you enjoy this collection of greatest hits.
.H1 Inside Microsoft’s Windows CE strategy
It seemed fitting to kick off our Premiere Issue by having a candid conversation with Microsoft’s Jonathan Roberts, General Manager of Market Development for Windows CE. In this fascinating, exclusive interview conducted by Editor-in-Chief David Gewirtz, Roberts shared the inside scoop on Microsoft’s Windows CE strategy. This was a must-read interview that’s a lot of fun revisiting.
Go back in Windows CE history at http://www.windowscepower.com/issues/issue199904/interview001.html.
.H1 Programming Windows CE applications on your Windows CE machine
At Windows CE Power Magazine, we just love exclusive insider articles, and we know you do too. When this article was written, Tom Campbell was a programmer/writer for the Visual Basic team at Microsoft and an enthusiastic developer of Windows CE applications.
While Microsoft provides developer tools for Windows CE development, they require you to run your tools on an NT desktop and download programs to your Windows CE device. But, you don’t have to do it that way, as we learned in this incredibly useful article when Tom took us on a tour of exceptional tools you can use to do Windows CE development right on your Windows CE device.
Check it out at http://www.windowscepower.com/issues/issue199905/ceprogpow0599001.html.
.H1 Understanding all those different Windows CE versions
Sometimes you just gotta love engineers. They build great software, like Windows CE, but sometimes they make it tough on us mere mortals. Case in point: the version numbers of the Windows CE operating system. This incredibly meaty article is for anyone who’s ever tried to figure out what version of Windows CE goes with what.
Contributing editor Frank McPherson also pointed out great download sites where some of you can get free upgrades and even gave an exclusive glimpse into future releases.
Read all about it at http://www.windowscepower.com/issues/issue199905/specifics001.html.
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.H1 How Windows CE devices are designed and built
Ever wonder why it seems to take so long for a new device to come to market? You might hear about a new product in November but not be able to buy it until June. Why? Of course, we had the answer thanks to an informative article by Chris De Herrera.
Check out this great behind the scenes view of how products are created at http://www.windowscepower.com/issues/issue199906/companions001.html.
.H1 Delays are despicable
Unfortunately, one reader was fed up with the delay in product availability and had some critical things to say about Chris De Herrera’s article in this installment of our Letters to the Editor column. We included a response by De Herrera that helped put the issue into perspective.
Revisit the controversy at http://www.windowscepower.com/issues/issue199907/celetstoed0799001.html.
.H1 Windows CE and digital cameras
Every so often an article comes along that we just know will be in one of those "best of" compendiums at the end of the year. This article, by contributing editor Jason Dunn, was one of them.Here it is, just as we predicted.
Together, digital cameras and Windows CE devices make a pretty powerful team. Check out this fascinating article, at http://www.windowscepower.com/issues/issue199907/camera001.html.
.H1 The Brooks journal project
In August of 1999, one technical writer disappeared in the suburbs near San Jose, California while researching an article. A day later his Windows CE-based device was found
