Hey All, I am currently hobbying w/ development on an RSS/Podcasting client for the MS Smart Phone... Podcasting is basically a term being used to coin the process of downloading RSS enclosures (typically audio files) for later consumption. Check out ipodder.org. Most people are pulling these down to their pc/mac and pushing out to an audio device - hence the ipod reference in the term "podcasting". I am pulling down the enclosures right to my Smart Phone. If anyone is interested I can demo this App and showcase the Smart Phone device. -kevin -----Original Message----- From: comodev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:comodev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Beers Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 12:09 PM To: comodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [CoMoDev] We're set to meet at Microsoft Good news! We're good to go for moving our meetings to Microsoft in the Denver Tech Center. A big thanks to Ashwin Karuhatty for the invitation and to Sandy Parks for making the arrangements and being our host. The meeting is set for the usual time: Jan 25 (4th Tuesday) at 6:30. For directions to Microsoft and some helpful parking info visit this link, which I've also added to our web site: http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/info/usaoffices/rockymtn/denver.asp. Sandy will have the door open for us, so don't worry about that stuff about the building being locked after 6pm. I haven't heard from anyone else (besides me) who'd like to present this month, so there's still an opening. I can definitely fill a meeting with topics that *I* think are interesting, but if you want to move things in a different direction you need to pipe up! Let me know if there is something you would like to know more about and I'll try to line up a speaker for us on that topic. Some of the things I'd like to hear presentations on: * Data synchronization (huge field of things to discuss here: SyncML, the many varieties of middleware, integration with software other than RDBMS (like QuickBooks), etc.) * Using web services with mobile devices (SOAP, XML-RPC, etc.) * P2P: does it have some important uses in a mobile context? How does it work with wireless carriers? What about other ways to "push" data out to mobiles? * How are mobile software platforms going to shake out in the next few years? The future of Palm OS, Win Mobile, Symbian, J2ME, Blackberry? What about the future of wireless connectivity? Barring a good speaker, a bull session among people who have read about this and have thoughts is welcome. * I would love for someone to just show off a smartphone that's running MS Smartphone OS or Symbian Series 60, so we can see what those are like. I'm clueless about anything that doesn't accept pen input. I don't even care if you've written any software for it (thought that would be cool to see, too) I just would like to see what the built-in software UI is like. But that's just me. What about the rest of you? I know we have people who are implementing special applications for mobile devices. Why don't you tell us about them? David ========================= David Beers, Moderator Colorado Mobile Developers www.comodev.com