Sendo released Smartphone 2002 white papers

[Andy Sjostrom]

<a href="http://www.sendo.com/dev/whitepapers.asp">http://www.sendo.com/dev/whitepapers.asp</a><br /><br />Sendo has published white papers for Smartphone 2002 development. Lots of technical details and source code! White papers include topics such as:<br />• Getting Started with the Smartphone 2002 SDK<br />• Introduction to mobile technology<br />• Authentication<br />• Creating CAB files<br />• Z100 Smartphone porting guide<br />• Emulator Skin<br />• MMI example<br />• Virtual Key codes<br />• File Explorer<br />• Mail Utility<br />• Multimedia cards/Secure digital cards<br />• Voice Recorder<br />• Game API<br />• Multilingual user interface<br />• Tegic T9 Predictive Text Input<br />• Serial Chat Terminal<br />• Global positioning System<br />• GPS Library<br />• Low memory<br />• Upgrading OS on the Z100 Smartphone<br />• Mobile messaging<br />• SyncML<br /><br />Now, if I only had a phone...! The released Smartphone 2002 SDK can be downloaded from the <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/mobile/partners/smartphone/">Smartphone 2002 section</a> of the Microsoft Mobile Partners site. If you just want to take a look, you can <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/mobile/smartphone/tour/default.asp">take the tour</a>!

[Chris Forsberg]

Yes, even if the playing around with the SDKs for some time now have been fun, I wish for a real device SOON!

[vetteguy]

Yes, even if the playing around with the SDKs for some time now have been fun, I wish for a real device SOON!
Exactly...I'm tired of all the SDKs and whitepapers, and would like to actually be able to HAVE one of these devices. Sometimes I question product introduction strategies for items a year or more away.

[Inaki C]

Getting the actual device is pretty difficult, even if beta test phones cost about 1900 Euros. All coders I know that have requested the beta unit have been rejected by Sendo.
As far as I can see Sendo is not used to deal with software developers.

Fortunately there are other manufacturers that appear more open.

[vetteguy]

Getting the actual device is pretty difficult, even if beta test phones cost about 1900 Euros. All coders I know that have requested the beta unit have been rejected by Sendo.
As far as I can see Sendo is not used to deal with software developers.

Fortunately there are other manufacturers that appear more open.
I'm not talking about getting a beta unit, I want a PRODUCTION unit. I understand they're still in development, but I (as a consumer) really don't care about the constant releases of betas and SDKs, just tell me when I can have one.

[kennyg]

I was accepted as an early adapter and I still don't have a phone. They keep sending us emails that they will be sent "real soon now".

I even got a moving notice from them that they were changing offices, maybe that's where the beta phones are :)

I actually have a friend who has one and tells me the voice works great. But hasn't used the data at all.