Vista Sideshow Coming to Win Mo 5/6.1

[tkdsl]

Hey Guys check this out a beta release of the Windows Vista Sideshow is released for our phones.:):):)

Check out the D/L Link from MS (http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/03/microsoft-announces-windows-sideshow-for-windows-mobile-developm/)

[Noonski]

Damn i don't want to switch back to Vista again.. :mad:

[BA_Flash_GOD]

Damn i don't want to switch back to Vista again.. :mad:

With how cheap HDD's are.. dual/tri/quad boot... You should have been doing this for years braaaugh...save a lot of time and ease of use. I run win2k3x64/vistax32/xpx32sp2

[Noonski]

I have several Virtual Machines yes. But not Vista as Main system.

[tkdsl]

Hey Guys I installed it last night and it worked great and controls the media player and access outlook from a great distance.

the one thing is that you have to be able to sync over BT.

other then that worked on the latest TNT base on19213.

:):):):)

[Kojacked]

I'm also using TNT's latest and it worked without having to patch anything. I did have trouble on my Vista box -- damn WIDCOMM stack! It didn't find the profile for sideshow for my phone. I went into device manager and fiddled around a bit (rescanned for changes) and it finally found the driver and it started working.

That said I still can't active sync via bluetooth (can't find a valid partnership on the phone side). I've tried both via bluetooth and COM over bluetooth and still no joy. I don't need it any so as long as the sideshow stuff keeps working I'm happy.

Oh and yes while the sideshow stuff works very well and at a great distance too it still is typical ugly, not finger friendly crap from Microsoft. The home plugin's navigation is so small it's hard to hit the arrows without bringing the applet up completely. Also most everything is buried in menus (some wired to buttons but not much). I realize this is a beta but this is pretty much Microsoft standard stuff. I wish theur UI people would get a clue some day.