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Anything about mobile computing, computer system and networking technologies, new services, business models, and ideas.
Moving to zhengpei.wordpress.com
As requested by Microsoft, I will stop using this blog as I am no longer with Microsoft. I will...
Date: 05/26/2011
"Save To My Skydrive" Come True
More than two years ago, I wrote a blog post of my view on Cloud Computing, titled "Save To My...
Date: 11/22/2010
Chromium Device Performance Evaluation
It is widely known that Google is busy workign on a Chrome OS device, which is a netbook with...
Date: 11/03/2010
N Things Google Needs to Fix in Android
Wired runs a story about "5 Things Google Needs to Fix in Android". Here are the 5 things identified...
Date: 08/09/2010
I Want An APP That ...
Let's face it: the App Store is great idea. Fact is, mobile device is very personal, and should be...
Date: 07/15/2010
Windows Phone 7: A New Generation of User Experience?
By far we all know the first wave of Windows Phone 7 devices (to be available Oct 2010) will provide...
Date: 06/19/2010
Managing APN Settings on Google Android
An APN (Access Point Name) is the information needed to establish a GPRS/EDGE/UMTS cellular packet...
Date: 10/13/2009
ConnectivityManager in Android SDK: Compared with Connection Manager in Windows Mobile
Anyone who has ever used Windows Mobile (actually WinCE) Connection Manager will probably share mix...
Date: 09/23/2009
"Wireless Networking Complete" Book Published!
I was told by my dear friends at Elsevier (formerly Morgan Kaufmann publishers) that the book...
Date: 09/13/2009
Microsoft OneApp: A Could-Enabled App Framework for J2ME
The latest announcement of Microsoft OneApp does create some buzz in the mobile device community....
Date: 09/01/2009
Building a WAP Push Test Environment
For smart phone OEMs, it is generally difficult to test WAP Push and OMA OTA provisioning without...
Date: 08/27/2009
Windows CE Storage Manager Breakdown
The best architectural pictures for Windows CE / Windows Mobile Storage Manager are the followings...
Date: 08/14/2009
Using Power Monitor to Tackle Battery Life Problems: Examples
Power monitor (made by Monsoon solutions) is a very useful to improve device battery life. I think...
Date: 08/11/2009
Windows Mobile Device DRM Integration
Many devices today provide an OMA DRM 1.x/2.0 solution from a 3rd party (for example, from irdeto)....
Date: 08/09/2009
DirectShow Tool GraphEdt on Windows Mobile
On Windows and Windows CE, the GraphEdt tool can be used to investigate (visually) what DShow...
Date: 08/07/2009
Recommended China IT Web Links
Like anyone who is looking to ride the wave of China's booming economy, I always want to know what...
Date: 07/07/2009
Mobile 2.0 - Critical Issues and Why Japan and Korea are the Mobile Time Machines
I came across a great presentation deck on "Mobile 2.0" written by Gerhard Fasol, CEO of...
Date: 06/29/2009
Best Client Apps of Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Youtube, Picassa for Windows Mobile
Here is the outcome of my little research... Best Twitter Client for Windows Mobile PocketTwit...
Date: 06/27/2009
Twitter-Fanfou, Omegle-LuGuoDe, and ppstream ...
Twitter: Fanfou (饭否) Omegle: Luguode (路过的) LinkedIn: Wealink Facebook: KaiXin (开心) For every popular...
Date: 06/05/2009
Remote-Desktop into MacOS from Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile 6 has the built-in remote desktop client. So you can use it to remote desktop into...
Date: 03/06/2009
Verifying If a File has Been Signed By a Specific Certificate in Device Cert Store
Is there a quick way to decide if a file has been signed by a specific certificate? This is...
Date: 02/09/2009
Chinese Input Method on English Windows Mobile Devices
My Windows Mobile devices usually run WWE (World Wide English). To view Chinese on the device I...
Date: 01/28/2009
Mobile OS Virtualization
Even before VMWare acquires Trango, the French company specialized in mobile OS virtualization, I've...
Date: 11/25/2008
Cellular Based Video Telephony on Windows Mobile
How do you enable Video Telephony on Windows Mobile? What are the things you have to be careful of?...
Date: 11/14/2008
Debugging Attached Process on Devices
Very often I need to build a quick test EXE or DLL and test it using device emulator. I can of...
Date: 09/05/2008
Cloud Computing: "Save To My SkyDrive"
Disclaimer: this post does not imply anything related to Microsoft Cloud Computing strategy. What...
Date: 08/01/2008
How Many Days to Reach 1 Million?
Last year, iPhone took 74 days to reach 1 million. HTC Touch took about 5 months to get that number....
Date: 07/15/2008
How to Display all IE Mobile Favorites?
Let's say we want to write an application that displays all the favorites of IE Mobile and allows...
Date: 07/11/2008
Configuring IMAP Based Gmail on Windows Mobile 6.1
On Windows Mobile 6 phones, if you want to add Gmail to the email account list, there will be a...
Date: 06/06/2008
How Windows Mobile Internet Sharing works
Internet Sharing is a great tool on Windows Mobile. It enables you to get online from a...
Date: 06/05/2008
Publishing a Bluetooth Serial Port Profile on a Windows Mobile phone
Some Windows Mobile partners consulted my mobility consulting team lately about publishing Serial...
Date: 04/08/2008
Android prototype with Street View and Quake
Andy Rubin demos an Android prototype that runs Google map street view and the Quake game - all on a...
Date: 03/06/2008
3D Home Screen on Windows Mobile 6
Asus showed off a new customizable 3D home screen on their Windows Mobile 6.1 touch screen device...
Date: 03/04/2008
FYI: Why is Microsoft dancing with Danger?
Microsoft recently acquired Danger, the company that made T-Mobile sidekick. Does this signify any...
Date: 02/25/2008
Android Compete
The Google Android OS has created a lot of buzz lately in the mobile landscape. Clearly Google is...
Date: 01/22/2008
Connection Manager: What's in CONNMGR_CONNECTION_DETAILED_STATUS?
The CONNMGR_CONNECTION_DETAILED_STATUS struct tells the detailes information of all connections that...
Date: 11/01/2007
Connection Manager: Null Proxy
Null Proxy In CM_ProxyEntries CSP, a proxy entry has a “Type” characteristic: · 0 for null proxies ·...
Date: 10/31/2007
Conditional Breakpoint in Platform Builder for Windows CE and Mobile
I've had a hard time figuring out how to set conditional breakpoint in Platform Builder. No much...
Date: 10/16/2007
VoIP Plan Comparisons
Ran into a web page showing VoIP Plan comparisons:VoIP Plan Comparisons One of the providers on the...
Date: 08/19/2007
T-Mobile GSM-over-IP Phone
T-Mobile's new service allows you to use a home WiFi network or a T-Mobile hotspot to make VoIP...
Date: 07/05/2007
The Trouble with Apple TV ... and iPhone
Brent Schlender, Fortune editor-at-large, thinks Apple TV is so Zune-like. He said, "In fact, the...
Date: 06/04/2007
Socket Binding on a Multihomed Host
On a multihomed host, which network interface does my socket bind to? In the following example, the...
Date: 04/25/2007
The Hyperconnected - by Lev Grossman
The Time magazine (April 16, 2007) has an interesting essay by Lev Grossman: "The Hyperconnected". I...
Date: 04/15/2007