Can anyone recommend a pocket pc developerforum?

I don't intend to cause offence to anyone but my general experience with MS
hosted newsgroups is the time it takes to get a response to questions. I'm
use to forums where there is a more livelier interaction to threads and I
wonder if I might not be better off posting my questions to another forum. I
really need a quicker turnround time to questions and the experience I've had
in this forum is more or less the same I've had in other MS newsgroups. I
might be trying to post questions to a more discerning newsgroup here, where
if I go to another forum somewhere else, I can at least share the same
crowded bar-room if you get my meaning. Please don't take this as a negative
criticism.

Despite my experience with .Net in general, I'm new to pocket pc development
so there are many things I need to ask and I'm wanting quicker turn round of
responses rather than wait a day or more for one-shot quality which is what
I'm probably getting here. The busier the newsgroup, the more likely I might
get my responses. I hope you can help.

Thanks

Peter.

Peter
Fri Oct 22 11:41:02 CDT 2004

Since you mention .NET in your post I am assuming you wish to develop for
Pocket PC with the .NET Compact Framework, you should post any .NET Compact
Framework related questions in the dedicated newsgroup at:-
microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.compactframework

Peter

--
Peter Foot
Windows Embedded MVP
www.inthehand.com | www.opennetcf.org

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Embedded newsgroups? Let us know!
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"PHS" <PHS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0BDD80E2-E595-49F3-BDEC-65DDD4039324@microsoft.com...
>I don't intend to cause offence to anyone but my general experience with MS
> hosted newsgroups is the time it takes to get a response to questions. I'm
> use to forums where there is a more livelier interaction to threads and I
> wonder if I might not be better off posting my questions to another forum.
> I
> really need a quicker turnround time to questions and the experience I've
> had
> in this forum is more or less the same I've had in other MS newsgroups. I
> might be trying to post questions to a more discerning newsgroup here,
> where
> if I go to another forum somewhere else, I can at least share the same
> crowded bar-room if you get my meaning. Please don't take this as a
> negative
> criticism.
>
> Despite my experience with .Net in general, I'm new to pocket pc
> development
> so there are many things I need to ask and I'm wanting quicker turn round
> of
> responses rather than wait a day or more for one-shot quality which is
> what
> I'm probably getting here. The busier the newsgroup, the more likely I
> might
> get my responses. I hope you can help.
>
> Thanks
>
> Peter.

PHS
Fri Oct 22 12:55:03 CDT 2004

Peter,

Is that the right group for me to try first, do you think?

My environment: iPaq HX4700 running Windows Mobile 2003 SE. I have VS.Net
2003 installed plus the SDKs etc I downloaded from MS for the emulators etc.
In general, I want to ask about general development on my device, deployment,
debugging, memory management, is-this-possible-and-why-not type of questions.
I would have thought this newsgroup I'm on now was the preferred newsgroup
for iPaq pocketpc development?

Regards

Peter.

"Peter Foot [MVP]" wrote:

> Since you mention .NET in your post I am assuming you wish to develop for
> Pocket PC with the .NET Compact Framework, you should post any .NET Compact
> Framework related questions in the dedicated newsgroup at:-
> microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.compactframework
>
> Peter
>
> --
> Peter Foot
> Windows Embedded MVP
> www.inthehand.com | www.opennetcf.org
>
> Do have an opinion on the effectiveness of Microsoft Windows Mobile and
> Embedded newsgroups? Let us know!
> https://www.windowsembeddedeval.com/community/newsgroups
>
> "PHS" <PHS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0BDD80E2-E595-49F3-BDEC-65DDD4039324@microsoft.com...
> >I don't intend to cause offence to anyone but my general experience with MS
> > hosted newsgroups is the time it takes to get a response to questions. I'm
> > use to forums where there is a more livelier interaction to threads and I
> > wonder if I might not be better off posting my questions to another forum.
> > I
> > really need a quicker turnround time to questions and the experience I've
> > had
> > in this forum is more or less the same I've had in other MS newsgroups. I
> > might be trying to post questions to a more discerning newsgroup here,
> > where
> > if I go to another forum somewhere else, I can at least share the same
> > crowded bar-room if you get my meaning. Please don't take this as a
> > negative
> > criticism.
> >
> > Despite my experience with .Net in general, I'm new to pocket pc
> > development
> > so there are many things I need to ask and I'm wanting quicker turn round
> > of
> > responses rather than wait a day or more for one-shot quality which is
> > what
> > I'm probably getting here. The busier the newsgroup, the more likely I
> > might
> > get my responses. I hope you can help.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Peter.
>
>
>

r_z_aret
Fri Oct 22 15:12:51 CDT 2004

On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 09:05:03 -0700, PHS
<PHS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I don't intend to cause offence to anyone but my general experience with MS
>hosted newsgroups is the time it takes to get a response to questions. I'm

No offence taken here.

I find the fastest way to get answers to my questions is with google
(http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search). I often get answers
in less time than I would need to _write_ and submit a reasonable
question for a forum. If google doesn't answer my question, playing
with search strategies and wandering through the hits I do get helps
me formulate a question that is more likely to get a "good" (for my
purposes) answer the first time.

I've also found that in the longer term, monitoring newsgroups has
given me answers to questions I hadn't yet asked.

-----------------------------------------
To reply to me, remove the underscores (_) from my email address (and please indicate which newsgroup and message).

Robert E. Zaret, eMVP
PenFact, Inc.
500 Harrison Ave., Suite 3R
Boston, MA 02118
www.penfact.com

Peter
Sat Oct 23 07:50:24 CDT 2004

If your writing in .NETCF then thats definately a good place to post and
it's a very active newsgroup. However I'd also agree with Robert in that
checking the google archives first for the newsgroup you can often find a
lot of issues which have already be discussed.

Peter

"PHS" <PHS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BA1A5EDC-5829-430E-936C-64F3371B6573@microsoft.com...
> Peter,
>
> Is that the right group for me to try first, do you think?
>
> My environment: iPaq HX4700 running Windows Mobile 2003 SE. I have VS.Net
> 2003 installed plus the SDKs etc I downloaded from MS for the emulators
> etc.
> In general, I want to ask about general development on my device,
> deployment,
> debugging, memory management, is-this-possible-and-why-not type of
> questions.
> I would have thought this newsgroup I'm on now was the preferred newsgroup
> for iPaq pocketpc development?
>
> Regards
>
> Peter.
>
> "Peter Foot [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Since you mention .NET in your post I am assuming you wish to develop for
>> Pocket PC with the .NET Compact Framework, you should post any .NET
>> Compact
>> Framework related questions in the dedicated newsgroup at:-
>> microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.compactframework
>>
>> Peter
>>
>> --
>> Peter Foot
>> Windows Embedded MVP
>> www.inthehand.com | www.opennetcf.org
>>
>> Do have an opinion on the effectiveness of Microsoft Windows Mobile and
>> Embedded newsgroups? Let us know!
>> https://www.windowsembeddedeval.com/community/newsgroups
>>
>> "PHS" <PHS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:0BDD80E2-E595-49F3-BDEC-65DDD4039324@microsoft.com...
>> >I don't intend to cause offence to anyone but my general experience with
>> >MS
>> > hosted newsgroups is the time it takes to get a response to questions.
>> > I'm
>> > use to forums where there is a more livelier interaction to threads and
>> > I
>> > wonder if I might not be better off posting my questions to another
>> > forum.
>> > I
>> > really need a quicker turnround time to questions and the experience
>> > I've
>> > had
>> > in this forum is more or less the same I've had in other MS newsgroups.
>> > I
>> > might be trying to post questions to a more discerning newsgroup here,
>> > where
>> > if I go to another forum somewhere else, I can at least share the same
>> > crowded bar-room if you get my meaning. Please don't take this as a
>> > negative
>> > criticism.
>> >
>> > Despite my experience with .Net in general, I'm new to pocket pc
>> > development
>> > so there are many things I need to ask and I'm wanting quicker turn
>> > round
>> > of
>> > responses rather than wait a day or more for one-shot quality which is
>> > what
>> > I'm probably getting here. The busier the newsgroup, the more likely I
>> > might
>> > get my responses. I hope you can help.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > Peter.
>>
>>
>>