Hey look guys! Free smartphone SDK to download!!

[Guest Funkyberry]

Hi there guys...

I just got the Microsoft Mobile Developers newsletter, and look what I found in one of the sections:

Download the free Smartphone SDK!

The Windows Powered Smartphone was launched last month, and now the Software Developer Kit (SDK) is now available to all developers who would like to start building applications for this exciting new platform. The SDK contains all the APIs required for Smartphone application development, user interface design elements, control behaviour, navigation principals and full device emulation. Download the Smartphone SDK now.

Ahh... but they forgot to mention that you can't actually run the applications until you get Orange's certificate (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/64/28393.html)to run it!

D'OH!

-funkyberry-

[Guest sch]

Does any documentation come with the SDK - and what's the link to download it?

[Guest Fulkrum]

I have it on my machine at work. If you have a v90, forget it. Its about 130mb I think.

[Guest sch]

I have it on my machine at work. If you have a v90, forget it. Its about 130mb I think.

Cable - no problem :!: Any chance of a link? :D

[Guest Fulkrum]

Sure,

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/?url=/li....asp?frame=true

[Guest Knight_Rider]

130 I thought it was nearer to 308MB

[Guest Knight_Rider]

I think Id download it at work on our 2MB Broadband link ;)

[Guest Monolithix [MVP]]

Embedded tools v3 is about 350meg, 20-30 mins on my 2meg line at home. The actual SDK is only 45meg, but needs evc++ to run.

eMbedded Visual Tools 3.0

Software Development Kit for Smartphone 2002

Are the links to the MSDN site for each of them.

[Guest amo]

I have 10mbit ;)

[Guest spacemonkey]

I have MSDN... they just mail me this stuff, don't have to use the internet... nice.

[Guest Knight_Rider]

If anyone is on 56k but still want the tools PM me and if you send me a blank CD Ill burn you a copy off, if this helps guy

[Guest madu]

So how hard is it to use? Can I actually cope if I have done f.a. programming apart from VBA for Excel? Is it easy to learn??

[Guest ajb3000]

It's in C++, and having never used embedded visual tools before, its rather complex.

[Guest HelloDave]

its rather complex.

Understatement of the year ;)

I've learnt C and Java, and hacked about in VB, javascript and assembler and it still looks very complicated to me. I think its because I've never done any Windows programming before and with lots of "hWnd's" and "WM_COMMAND's" flying about it looks very cryptic - you have to write a lot of code even to get a program started! One thing I'll say for Java; it's windows programming is a piece of p**s compared to Win CE's! Maybe one day I'll curl up with eVC and a good book...