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SYWARE, Inc. Related:

• News: SYWARE Inc.'s Visual CE Nominated for Smartphone and Pocket PC Magazine's 2008 Best Software Awards

• News: SYWARE's Visual CE Database Development Tool Supports Intermec Windows Mobile with Integrated Scanner

• News: SYWARE, Inc. Releases Visual CE 11, New Version of the Award Winning Database and Forms Builder for Windows Mobile

• Technical Tip: Navigational Grid Control

Mobile Industry Related:

• Survey: Touch Keyboards for Windows Mobile

SYWARE News: SYWARE Inc.'s Visual CE Nominated for Smartphone and Pocket PC Magazine's 2008 Best Software Awards

Each year since 2000 Smartphone and Pocket PC magazine's Annual 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. Even if Visual CE hadn't won in the database category the last four years and hadn't been nominated again this year, we'd still recommend that you spend a few moments looking over the nominees!

SYWARE News: SYWARE's Visual CE Database Development Tool Supports Intermec Windows Mobile with Integrated Scanner

SYWARE's Visual CE now has native support for Intermec Windows Mobile devices having an integrated bar code scanner. The combined solution allows organizations with limited resources to quickly develop databases for a wide variety of scanning tasks, including inventory control, transportation, and health care. Please read the press release

SYWARE News: SYWARE, Inc. Releases Visual CE 11, New Version of the Award Winning Database and Forms Builder for Windows Mobile

This major new release of the powerful, inexpensive, award winning database software for Windows Mobile, Pocket PC and Pocket PC Phone Edition devices adds XML compatibility, incoming SMS message support, and file I/O. Please read the press release and look over the list of new features.

Technical Tip from "Dr. DeeBee": Navigational Grid Control

Visual CE already has a navigational dropdown control. The navigational dropdown allows the end user to select an entry in the dropdown and have the form move to that record. You can also make a grid control navigational: the user would click on an entry on the grid and then the form moves to that record. Here's how to create a navigational grid control.

Mobile Industry Survey: Touch Keyboards for Windows Mobile

Perhaps the worst aspect of the Windows Mobile user interface is its text entry. There's nothing worse than having to reply to an email or text message at length with only Windows Mobile's handwriting recognition or, worse, touch screen keyboard for company. But it doesn't have to be like that. There are a myriad of add-ons. Take a look at some great text entry alternatives that are available.

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