Windows Mobile reaches out to developers prior to 6.5 launch
Windows Mobile 6.5 will be launched to phone buyers on Tuesday. Microsoft is revving up the Valley’s software developers by hosting a Windows Mobile Developers Camp, or WinMoDevCamp, in San Francisco today through the weekend. There are about 30 WinMo camps happening around the world. The gatherings are BarCamp style collaborative sessions, rather than people speaking on panels. Everything’s informal, a bunch of nerds with laptops creating birds-of-a-feather sessions on the fly rather than running through a timed agenda.
Microsoft’s marketers are sponsoring the self-organizing event. Obviously they hope to advance the number and quality of apps available in Windows Marketplace for Mobile. But with events like WinMoDevCamp, they also hope to make coding for Windows cool.
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