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This is a first in a series of articles to get some one up and running with iPhone development. This first article is to help you identify what hardware you need for development and give a quick introduction to Objective-C.

Implement Mobile Safari's page/tab switching interface in your own app! Complete with the zooming in and the zooming out and the flicking and the tapping...

A Designer/Developer collaboration in an example of a Windows Phone 7 View Model Style Video Player

Find out how to get started coding apps for the new Windows Phone 7. Plus learn how you can sell and update your apps through the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace. Get code samples illustrating how to change the keyboard layout, include location data, and support multi-touch.

This is a C# application that use Google location service to retrieve location information using Wifi towers

Although the Compact Framework is roughly one-third the size of the regular .NET Framework, it provides all of the requisite functionality to create powerful mobile applications.

Most of the new Windows Mobile devices include a GPS receiver as part of the standard configuration. However, one problem is that of the repeated "cold start." Presumably to save battery life, the GPS receiver is turned off when it is not being used. Windows mobile 5 and 6 standard / smartphone editions do not provide user-accessible configuration options to change this.

However, if the GPS remains turned on, even after losing its fix (i.e. by going inside) it will be able to re-acquire its location within seconds of being placed in an area that has a signal.

I designed this utility to run in the background, keep the GPS open, and poll its status at a user-defined interval. This program is also useful if you want to quickly test your GPS to make sure it is configured correctly and/or has a signal.

SMS messaging may have it's drawbacks, but it's benefits make it a viable solution for many of today's enteprise applications. This article uses a sample hospital application to show you how to integrate SMS messaging using the .NET Compact Framework.

Expanding .NET CF's 2.0 WebBrowser to handle mouse events.

This article describes the suite of Visual Studio controls, tools and samples designed for mobile business application development, targeting Microsoft .NET Compact Framework.