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December, 2007 Edition
 

Thank you for reading the SYWARE, Inc. monthly newsletter, which provides updates on our mobility products, offers tips, and highlights industry-related articles and resources.

SYWARE, Inc. Related:

  • News: SYWARE Inc.'s Visual CE Wins Smartphone and Pocket PC Magazine's 2007 Best Software Awards.
  • News: New release of mEnable Makes It Easy To Set Up And Use Networks of Wireless Handhelds.
  • Technical Tip: Grid Controls and Lookups.

Mobile Industry Related:

  • Rumor: Dell Readying Smartphone for 2008.


SYWARE News: SYWARE Inc.'s Visual CE Wins Smartphone and Pocket PC Magazine's 2007 Best Software Awards.

Visual CE Professional Edition has won Smartphone and Pocket PC magazine's "Best Software Award 2007" in the database category for the fourth year in a row! Once again, it has been selected by the award's international panel of industry experts as the Pocket PC database software offering the best features and value. The annual Smartphone and Pocket PC magazine Best Software Awards help users select software that best suits their Windows Mobile Pocket PC and Smartphone needs by honoring companies that produce outstanding software. This year almost 100 Smartphone and Pocket PC magazine experts from around the world considered over 15,000 Windows Mobile products to determine the winners in 150 categories. Learn more about the awards and winners here.

SYWARE News: New release of mEnable Makes It Easy To Set Up And Use Networks of Wireless Handhelds.

mEnable 3.0 is a highly cost-effective set of tools that make it easy to create and operate wireless handheld device networks. Its new features include remote handheld configuration and maintenance, file and folder synchronization, signal strength detection, and the ability to wipe settings and data from lost handhelds. Find out more about what the new mEnable can do for you!

Technical Tip from "Dr. DeeBee": Grid Controls and Lookups.

A grid control is a handy way to display another table's records that are related to the record currently being displayed. But grid controls have a limitation: a grid can only display data that is actually stored in that "other table". In particular, grids cannot do "lookups". However, you still can have your form do the lookup. Here's how to set this up.

Mobile Industry Rumor: Dell Readying Smartphone for 2008.

Dell, the company that brought value to the handheld market, is rumored to be considering another run at the mobile-device game with the release of a new converged smartphone/multimedia product sometime next year, according to a recent report in Forbes. Find out more about this possible about-face for the company.


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