WinMo 6.5 SDK DVD giveaway

I’ve got 15 copies of the Windows Mobile Developer Tools, which contains everything (minus Visual Studio) you need to get started on enter the Student APPrentice competition.

These DVDs include

• Windows Mobile 6 Standard and Professional SDK Refresh
• Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard and Professional Images
• Windows Mobile 6.5 Standard and Professional Developer Toolkit (which includes the 6.5 Images)
• Codemason’s Guild Live Meeting videos

It totals up to 1.76gb of SDK goodness, which can be a pain to download.

If you want one of these 15 DVDs, use the contact form on our about page to give me your name and postal address, and I’ll get these out as soon as possible! First come first served basis.

Oh nuts, you don’t have Visual Studio? As a student you can get it for free via MSDNAA from your University or from Dreamspark.

WinMobile "Debug" Events

If you’re interested in the APPrentice competition but have questions on the inner workings of the Windows Mobile Marketplace? Well, the Codemasons guild are holding a series of (free, I think) events on down the east coast of the country.

Next week we will be holding a series of events to help developers get their application development moving for Windows Mobile 6.5 and into Marketplace.

These Debug Days will be held from 4.30pm till 9pm on;

• Monday August 10th – Microsoft Brisbane, Level 9 Waterfront Place, 1 Eagle St, Brisbane
• Tuesday August 11th – Microsoft Sydney, 1 Epping Road, North Ryde
• Wednesday August 12th – Microsoft Melbourne, Level 5, 4 Freshwater Place, Southbank

We will provide an update on Marketplace, the signup/registration process, and the guidelines.

The evening is then over to the developers – so what are the topics you want out MVPs to cover – let us know;

• post your comments to this post
• Tweet James McCutcheon or Nick Randolph on Twitter
  • James : @jamesmcc
  • Nick: @BTRoam

We’ll update the topic lists here @ WMOZ, @ the Codemasons’ Guild, and James/Nick will Tweet as well.

Rego links coming soon – but slot some time in your diary.

PS – we’ll have some drinks & food on hand as well

via WinMoOZ

Windows Mobile Competition: Student APPrentice

I’ve been very slack in posting this, sorry Karo!

Microsoft AU are running a competition for students to celebrate the upcoming launch of the Windows Mobile Marketplace.

Don’t worry, if you don’t have a Windows Mobile phone you can still create apps for it, thanks to the device emulators in Visual Studio. Remember students can get Visual Studio 2008 Professional for free directly from Microsoft at www.dreamspark.com

If you’ve never thought about developing for Windows Mobile, it just uses the .NET Compact Framework – so the chances are if you’ve used Visual Studio before, you can write a mobile app.

However, if you want to learn a bit more, there are some excellent videos up on MSDN entitled “How Do I? Videos For Devices”.

The competition closes AUGUST 17th! Details about the competition are below, or the full details can be found at the Codemasons Guild.

What’s up for grabs?

The two successful applicants will win:

• A full pass to attend Microsoft Tech.Ed on the Gold Coast, from September 8–11, 2009 (which includes a complimentary HP Mini 2140 Notebook PC, worth $990 (recommended retail price))
• A return adult economy airfare to the Gold Coast from your nearest capital city
• 3 nights accommodation at The Crown Plaza Gold Towers on the Gold Coast in a standard room
• A session with a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) mentor during Tech.Ed
• Tickets to Smackdown on September 11, 2009, where the best Windows Mobile app will be awarded to the overall winner!

Who can enter?

To be eligible to enter the APPrentice competition, you must be an Australian resident aged over 18 years or over, who is currently enrolled in a part time or full time undergraduate or postgraduate course at an Australian University or TAFE institution.

How do I enter?

Entry is via email only. To enter, provide the required information and attachments below and send to codemgld@microsoft.com before 11:59pm (AEDST) on August 17, 2009.

Your entry needs to include the following information:

• Full name, contact email address and a contact phone number
• Your Mobile application name
• The genre that your Mobile application fits into: Game/Entertainment/Utilities/Communications/Music & Video/Lifestyle/Finance/Business/Health, Sport or Fitness/Productivity/Travel/Education
• A 300 word or less description of the application you are developing. Your response should include the operation of the application, the type of device it would target, if it would be a free app or paid app, and why you think someone would want to buy and download your application.

Your entry must include the following attachments:

• Visual Studio Project file containing code for application prototype.
• Video or Slideshow of application prototype in Windows Mobile 6.5 emulator, or on a WM6.5 device.

via Codemasons Guild (MSFT AU)

DreamSpark Students get an advantage on the Windows Mobile Marketplace

The Windows Mobile Marketplace is coming, and the developer strategy has been announced! Developers will earn 70% of the revenue of sales of their apps, not too shabby for not having to worry about distribution.

So why is this on a student partner blog? I mean its cool and all… but it doesn’t really relate to students… until they announced the USD$99/year developer subscription (so that you can publish apps on the Marketplace) will be free to students via Dreamspark!

via Andrew Parsons