- Posted by christhi on February 26, 2009
Why is it is ready
1. Large Screen. Look it is much easier to communicate with a larger screen. Nuff said.
2. Excellent User Experience and Interaction Design. Much easier on the those non-technical users: read reduced training and increased productivity.
3. GPS and Mapping. It just works and as good as any car-based GPS I've used minus voice.
4. 10’s of thousands of downloadable applications many of which can be used for business such as Microsoft Tag, Jaadu Remote Desktop, etc.
5. Exchange Support. Not perfect but its there.
6. Web Surfing. See points 1 & 2.
7. Wi-Fi Support. No more lugging laptops to coffee shops.
8. Social Networking easier for the traveler. I no longer have to be at my desk to tweet or blog.
9. MobileMe support for those without Exchange.
10. International Language Support.
Why it is NOT
1. Ease of typing – lack of tactile keyboard.
2. Battery Life. 4 hours! Come on.
3. Apple Store is not really made for business applications – restricted application approval impedes production as well as limits enterprise mobile management solutions.
4. iPhone Application Development is not agile enough. Managed code please.
5. Limited Calendar Features – Such as meeting creation. Sort of hard to create calendar events when you can’t invite anyone from your organization
6. Lack of Enterprise Volume Pricing. Still too expensive for most orgs, especially these days.
7. Lack of Central Administration Tools. See Windows Mobile.
8. No cut and paste. Can live without this but it would be nice.
9. Security: Lack of Remote Kill Option. Apple come on.
10. Native Popular Office Application Support such as Powerpoint without converters such as Acoolsoft PPT to MPEG-4 or iClickr (http://www.senstic.com/iphone/iClickr/iClickr.aspx). Too much of a headache.
- Posted by christhi on February 18, 2009
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Microsoft patterns & practices is excited to announce the release of:
Composite Application Guidance for WPF and Silverlight v2.0 (PRISM)
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What’s PRISM? |
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The Composite Client Application Guidance is designed to help you more easily build modular Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Silverlight client line of business applications. These types of applications typically feature multiple screens, rich, flexible user interaction and data visualization, and role-determined behavior. They are built to last and built for change. This means that the application's expected lifetime is measured in years and that it will change in response to new, unforeseen requirements. This application may start small and over time evolve into a composite client—composite applications use loosely coupled, independently evolvable pieces that work together in the overall application.Included in this release:
· Composite Application Library
· Reference Implementation (Stock Traders application in WPF and Silverlight)
· Quick starts (9)
· How-Tos (26) and
· Lots of documentation for everything you want to know about UI patterns and client architectures
Click here to download this release.
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Goals of This Release |
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Prism 1.0 shipped in July 2008 with support for WPF. This release takes the composite line of business scenarios and provides guidance on how to extend the scenario to Silverlight by:
· Providing guidance on building modular and composite Silverlight applications.
· Simplifying the composition of the user interface.
· Providing guidance and light tooling on reusing code between Silverlight and WPF.
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- Posted by christhi on February 4, 2009
For those in Austin or surrounding areas looking for work in the areas of web development and UX I would suggest joining the following group as they have one pop up every week. In this market that is pretty impressive.
http://groups.google.com/group/refresh-austin-jobs?pli=1
- Posted by christhi on February 4, 2009
Ø MIX09 is coming! Register by Feb 13 and Save $400!
When you register by February 13, you’ll receive $400 off the conference price – that’s a full conference pass for only $995.
Sure, not quite as sweet as the last offer, but still a tremendous savings. That’s an extra $400 to help offset hotel or airfare costs.
To take advantage of this offer, go to registration and select the "Register for the event using an RSVP Code" option.
Enter the RSVP code MIX09offer to receive your discounted conference pass.