Registered: Feb 2000
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Posts: 26

Hello,

I'm a student at a University in Canada. I thought some of you might be interested to see a certain large software/hardware giant's latest ploy to take over another market. I received the following by email (I'm in electrical engineering):

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Hey all,

Come see the Pocket PC in action, win free software, and get the chance to enter the Microsoft Pocket PC Programming Competition! Also, sign-up on <some website> (it's free) to keep up to date on the latest Microsoft events on campus.

In this tech talk, I'll show you the capabilities of the Pocket PC and demonstrate how it's much more than just a PDA. Beyond its basic functionality, I'll also be giving a quick intro to eMbedded Visual Tools 3.0 (eVT) - the development environment used to create applications for the Pocket PC. You'll be able to see just how easy it is to start programming for the Pocket PC, even if you don't have a Pocket PC to test on.

The Microsoft Pocket PC Programming Competition will also be launched at this presentation! The prizes to be won are as follows:

- The top team at <some univeristy> wins a Pocket PC for each of its group members and moves on to the North America-wide competition.

- The 1st place team at the North America-wide competition will win USD$25000.

- The 2nd place team at the North America-wide competition will win USD$20000.

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- The 5th place team at the North America-wide competition will win USD$5000.



Not bad. =)



If you already know that you're interested, sign up on <some website> and join the Pocket PC Programming group. If you register BEFORE the presentation, I'll be able to give you a copy of eMbedded Visual Tools right at the presentation. If you're not sure about it yet, you can always sign up later.



I hope to see you all at the presentation on Thursday... Register on <some website> and stay tuned for more events in the near future, including a Windows 2000 install-a-thon!

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I'd love it for Handspring to come and give a similar talk -- wonder if I could convince them?


Juggler

Registered: Apr 2000
Location: St Petersburg Fla
Posts: 224

Worth a Try

Especially since Handspring could show all the available software for the Palm Platform.
Developmental tools for the Palm platform could be shown.

Registered: Sep 2000
Location:
Posts: 18

Wow

Thats good dough

Registered: Oct 1999
Location: I'm not sure, but I see lots of lights everywhere.
Posts: 1287

$25,000! Crap, I'm in the wrong business, should have become a programmer.

Well, things do seem to be looking up for Microsoft. Apparent Pocket PCs are making big inroads in the enterprise, and stealing market share from Palm. And the iPAQ is the hottest PDA in retail. I'm still waiting for my Palm apps to get ported, which seems to be coming fairly soon. HanDBase for Pocket PC is in the works, as well as Pocket Quicken, Vindigo, and even DateBK4 is on the horizon.

I'm glad Pocket PC is doing well. The more market share Microsoft grabs, the more pressure will be on Palm to actually start innovating for a change. My favorite quote comes from Bob Lewis's article in InfoWorld: "In a bizarre twist, Microsoft's only hope for major growth is the PocketPC, thanks to Palm, which has been so complacent that no platform innovation is even envisioned."

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Registered: Jun 2000
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Originally posted by foo fighter
$25,000! Crap, I'm in the wrong business, should have become a programmer.
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iPAQ is the hottest PDA in retail. I'm still waiting for my Palm apps to get ported, which seems to be coming fairly soon. HanDBase for Pocket PC is in the works, as well as Pocket Quicken, Vindigo, and even DateBK4 is on the horizon.
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