When I mentioned earlier about the .NET Developer ‘s Journal issue on Mobility which came out in October, I forgot to give the link to my column, titled “What is Mobility?”  There is also a good list of articles in this issue.  Consider the following:

• Developing Orientation Aware Smart Device Applications,  written by fellow .NETCF MVP and friend, Jim Wilson.  He also has a MSDN column, You Can Take It With You, a focus on mobility and specifically the .NET Compact Framework.

• Mobility, LBS, and MapPoint written by Steve Milroy, fellow RD in Denver.  Steve is another guy with broad yet deep mobility experience.

• Location-Based Services written by Paul Harris, Microsoft employee in the Communications sector, and Chris Kinsman, fellow RD in Seattle.  These are two guys who do a lot with .NETCF.  If you are curious about how your programs could work with GPS, this article will get you started.  It includes code samples using .NETCF and OpenNetCF.Org code.

• Microsoft CRM Mobile written by Arif Kureshy, a member of the Microsoft CRM group.  This article looks at data exchange in a SOA design.  Since Arif works with the team that built the .NETCF version of Microsoft CRM, this is a must read for those doing disconnected applications with .NETCF.  Arif also recently wrote a MSDN article, Architecting Disconnected Mobile Applications Using a Service Oriented Architecture.

• Smart Personal Object Technology (SPOT), Part I: An introduction to hardware, network, and system software, written by Donald Thompson who is on the SPOT team.  I think SPOT watches are way cool and that there are so many scenarios where they can be applied.  I look forward to seeing the next part of this.  Stay tuned to this series as Donald tells us how .NET developers will be able to participate in this technology.  This article also is the basis of this issue’s cover.

So, I say “Great Job!” to this list of authors.  I also am appreciative of the efforts of Derek and Gail and the rest of the .NETDJ team at Sys-Con.