So Who's Going to MEDC 2005?

[Jason Dunn]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.medc2005.com/' target='_blank'>http://www.medc2005.com/</a><br /><br /></div>MEDC 2005, the Microsoft Mobile &amp; Embedded Developers Conference, is coming up fast - it kicks off May 9th and runs through the 12th. I won't be attending, but our very own Peter Foot will be reporting from the event, giving us session summaries and posting on anything he finds interesting. MEDC is aimed at developers, but anyone who's interested in the Windows Mobile platform will definitely find interesting nuggets of information in what goes on there. I have a feeling a few things will be unwrapped that week. ;-) Who here is attending? I'd offer to pay for dinner, but I'd probably go broke and I wouldn't be there to enjoy it anyway! :lol:<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/medc2005-banner.jpg" /> <br /><br />If this is the first you've heard about MEDC 2005, and you're a developer, <a href="http://www.medc2005.com/">check out the official site</a>. Bill Gates is the keynote speaker, the Blue Man Group is providing entertainment, and it's at the very nice Mandalay Bay Hotel. What more could a geek ask for?

[NeilE]

Heck yeah I'm going to be there! Check out my blog for the scoop: http://spaces.msn.com/members/neilatmdc2005/.

Neil

[Robert Levy]

Wohoo! Me too!

Our blog is http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile

-Robert Levy
Program Manager
Windows Mobile Developer Experience

[David McNamee]

And do you know what sucks? Robert, Neil, Andy Wigley, and Mike Hall each have a session in the same time slot! That's just not fair - too hard to choose.

I am open to bribery, however :wink:

[andbrown]

I'll be there as well - ya'll come by the MVP Cabana and say "hi!". :mrgreen:

[peterepeat]

A few of us Aussies are coming over too.

Pete

[NeilE]

And do you know what sucks? Robert, Neil, Andy Wigley, and Mike Hall each have a session in the same time slot! That's just not fair - too hard to choose.

Pfft, this is an easy one :) Come see mine! It's going to be so much fun, with lots of code, lots of crazy new features in Visual Studio for working with data, etc.

Neil

[ethancaine]

I think I share the thoughts of many of your forum's readers when I say "It sure would be nice to have a job that would afford me the opportunity to aquire a $1200 ticket to goof around with new stuff and learn first hand where the mobile technological market was headed!"

Meanwhile, I'll be eagerly awaiting the news you all are sure to report back to us.

Thanks in advance.

[Darius Wey]

A few of us Aussies are coming over too.

Pete, by any chance, are you heading to the AU one later in June? ;)

[Stik]

I have a feeling a few things will be unwrapped that week. ;-)

Tease!!! :lol:

[stevelam]

I have a feeling a few things will be unwrapped that week. ;-)

Tease!!! :lol:

Yea its called WIndows Mobile 2005 (or something like that)!!!!!

[Peter Foot]

A few of us Aussies are coming over too.

Pete, by any chance, are you heading to the AU one later in June? ;)

No unfortunately I won't be going to Australia, I will be at the local UK event though.

[stevelam]

A few of us Aussies are coming over too.

Pete, by any chance, are you heading to the AU one later in June? ;)

No unfortunately I won't be going to Australia, I will be at the local UK event though.

UK event???

[Robert Levy]

And do you know what sucks? Robert, Neil, Andy Wigley, and Mike Hall each have a session in the same time slot! That's just not fair - too hard to choose.

Pfft, this is an easy one :) Come see mine! It's going to be so much fun, with lots of code, lots of crazy new features in Visual Studio for working with data, etc.

Neil

Heh. Nice try :) I've got handouts to go along with my presentation that illustrates many of the classes in the upcomming Microsoft.WindowsMobile namespace. We'll have a blast talking about how to use those APIs and common mistakes people make when getting started with them.

-Robert

[John P.]

Myself and Astraware Lead Developer Larry Dyde will hanging around MEDC, if anyone feels like meeting up and saying hi just drop me an email...

[David McNamee]

Heh. Nice try :) I've got handouts to go along with my presentation that illustrates many of the classes in the upcomming Microsoft.WindowsMobile namespace. We'll have a blast talking about how to use those APIs and common mistakes people make when getting started with them.

-Robert

Actually, Robert, I've got you on my calendar. But if you suck, I'm running over to Neil's session!! :devilboy:

[Darius Wey]

Pete, by any chance, are you heading to the AU one later in June? ;)

No unfortunately I won't be going to Australia, I will be at the local UK event though.

Haha. I was referring to the other Pete. But thanks anyway.

[Darius Wey]

UK event???

There are local MEDC events being held in select countries around the world sometime in June. Korea, Germany, France, UK, Australia, China and Malaysia are all on that list.

Here's a link for your local UK MEDC event: http://www.microsoft.com/uk/medc2005/default.mspx

[NeilE]

Heh. Nice try :) I've got handouts to go along with my presentation that illustrates many of the classes in the upcomming Microsoft.WindowsMobile namespace.

It's too bad your handout will only cover the namespaces you cover in your talk, and not ALL the namespaces that will be available. See, if you were to do the handout like the guy that started handouts at MDC last year (wink) you MIGHT have a chance to top my speaker score :)

Neil

[Jason Dunn]

This is funny. Microsoft developer catfight!!! :lol:

[Peter Foot]

UK event???

Yes there will be a free one-day MEDC Highlights event at Microsoft's campus in Reading:-
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/medc2005/default.mspx

Spaces are limited so book now to avoid disappointment :)

[ethancaine]

This is funny. Microsoft developer catfight!!! :lol:

Is this why we users aren't seeing ActiveSync fixed? :wink: