.NET Components for Mobility

Peter Foot

Microsoft Device Application Development MVP

New Windows Mobile 6.1 Screen Resolutions

The release of Windows Mobile 6.1 brings a number of improvements for users but retains the same SDK and libraries as 6. The devices ship with .NETCF 2.0 SP2 in ROM. 

This release adds additional screen resolutions to both the Professional (touchscreen) and Standard (non-touchscreen) editions. For Standard edition these are all 131 dpi and consist of 320x320 square and 400x240 and 440x240 landscape. For Professional there are 240x400 and 480x800 portrait screens. Once again these additional screen sizes emphasize the importance of making sure your app dynamically adjusts to make best use of screen space, for example using the Windows Mobile Line of Business Accelerator 2008.

 

The images (currently US English only although localised versions should follow) are available to download here:-

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3D6F581E-C093-4B15-AB0C-A2CE5BFFDB47&displaylang=en

Update: The two new landscape Standard images do not have the Sliding Panel home screen which is one of the features touted in the 6.1 release. Whether this is a technical limitation or just an accidental omission I don't know... Things are slightly kooky with the new Professional images too:-

WM6.1 Pro 480x800 Emulator

Published Apr 02 2008, 06:45 AM by PeterFoot
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April 3, 2008 4:04 AM

About PeterFoot

Peter Foot is co-author of the Microsoft Mobile Development Handbook published by Microsoft Press. Peter has been awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) accolade since 2003 for his involvement in the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework developer community. Alongside an active presence in several online forums and communities, attendance at developer conferences and involvement in shared-source projects, Peter has also written a number of technical articles and maintains an active technical blog.
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