[Ed Hansberry]

http://www.microsoft.com/usa/webcasts/upcoming/2012.asp

"This session will provide a technical overview of what's new and upcoming for the Pocket PC and Smartphone development platforms. It provides context and level set for many of the more advanced sessions. We will focus on key new features for mobile software developers, starting from the underlying Windows CE OS, to Pocket PC and Smartphone Shell, Networking, Telephony, Messaging and Device Management features and extensibility points. This session will also cover important changes and roadmap to the related Development Tools (embedded Visual C++ and Visual Studio .NET), SDKs, emulators and supported runtimes."



The event is June 23 (hrm... that date sure sounds familiar ) and starts at 4pm Eastern time. It is scheduled to last 1.5 hrs.

[Ed Hansberry]

http://www.microsoft.com/usa/webcasts/upcoming/2012.asp

"This session will provide a technical overview of what's new and upcoming for the Pocket PC and Smartphone development platforms. It provides context and level set for many of the more advanced sessions. We will focus on key new features for mobile software developers, starting from the underlying Windows CE OS, to Pocket PC and Smartphone Shell, Networking, Telephony, Messaging and Device Management features and extensibility points. This session will also cover important changes and roadmap to the related Development Tools (embedded Visual C++ and Visual Studio .NET), SDKs, emulators and supported runtimes."



The event is June 23 (hrm... that date sure sounds familiar ) and starts at 4pm Eastern time. It is scheduled to last 1.5 hrs.

[Duncan]

The event is June 23 (hrm... that date sure sounds familiar ) and starts at 4pm Eastern time. It is scheduled to last 1.5 hrs.

Something else happening that day Ed? Go on - you tell us - no-one's looking you know (and confession is good for the soul)...!

[Ed Hansberry]

Originally Posted by Duncan

Something else happening that day Ed? Go on - you tell us - no-one's looking you know (and confession is good for the soul)...!

I am only commenting on seeing that date at other rumor sites.

[Duncan]

I am only commenting on seeing that date at other rumor sites.

Appalling! I don't approve at all - they should be ashamed of themselves... tsk!! 8O (that's why I only read this site y'know...!)

[Ed Hansberry]

Originally Posted by Duncan

Appalling! I don't approve at all - they should be ashamed of themselves... tsk!! 8O (that's why I only read this site y'know...!)

Well, this site and that other site site that engages in rumor mongering.

[Fzara]

It's too bad there are no rumors for the Dell Axim regarding Pocket PC 2003. Although I do not question if Dell will provide it, I do question how much time they take, before they offer it to us X5 users.

Btw Ed: what the heck does mongering mean? I've never heard of that word! (Although I do understand it using the context of the sentence)

[Duncan]

A 'monger' is literally someone who 'sells' something (literally or figuratively) - as in a 'fishmonger' or 'ironmonger'. 'Mongering', then, is the practice of 'selling' something - in this context it is 'selling' in the way that a newspaper can be said to be selling a story (rather than for money!).

As for Dell - I know for certain that Fujitsu-Siemens will be offering the 2003 upgrade, inges-PDA has confirmed that HP will be offering it, in a couple of places people have stated that Toshiba reps have said they will offer it... I'm sure Dell will compete with all of them for both providing the U/G and the time-frame in which they offer it.

Remember - so far all of us with knowledge of upgrades from various manufacturers are reporting info from reps or leaks - no-one will be announcing anything officially before 23 June (trust me - MS have made it clear that this is not to happen!). Dell have obviously just not 'leaked' yet!

As Ed says - no matter how good the source of leaked info - until MS/FSC/HP/Dell/Toshiba officially confirm it, it remains in the realm of rumour...

[Ed Hansberry]

Originally Posted by Duncan

A 'monger' is literally someone who 'sells' something (literally or figuratively) - as in a 'fishmonger' or 'ironmonger'. 'Mongering', then, is the practice of 'selling' something - in this context it is 'selling' in the way that a newspaper can be said to be selling a story (rather than for money!).

Actually, it just means to promote, so you don't have to actually sell it. Thus rumormongering is the act of promoting rumors.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=monger

[Duncan]

Actually, it just means to promote, so you don't have to actually sell it.

Not to be pedantic - but 'promote' is a recent definition that derives from the original idea of being a seller (or as the link you give also puts it - a 'dealer' or 'peddler') - in that promotion is the 'selling' of an idea or fact ...

[Will T Smith]

A buddy has told be that the pre-release 2003 tools only allow compilation to 2003 devices.

This strongly suggests to me that some serious API changes are occuring. That, and I strongly suspect that 2003 is X-Scale optimized.

If PPC 2003 isn't X-Scale optimized, it's a waste of time.