SWMUG

What a great meeting last night. With over 42 attendees, all chatting over a cold frothy, we got off to a great start.

First was the latest technology news, hotly debated with opinions from all sides of the technology spectrum.

This was followed by Don Kerr, MS Product Manager for Windows Phone, who gave us the run down on WP7 Series, and more importantly where to look for news (Gamer Developers Conference, Charlie Kindel’s Blog) and what to expect over the coming year.

This was met with an honest enthusiasm (almost a sigh of relief “Finally….”) although the jury’s out, waiting for the next developments from Android and Apple. Nevertheless with the power of XNA, LiveID, Social Media Connect, and XBox Live (not to mention Exchange Activesync, Sharepoint, and Office for Enterprise) the consensus is that MS will still be in the game, despite Android 3 and iPhone 4.

Next up was the ever delectable Anina Net chatting about her journey from the Fashion world into the Mobile Tech World, culminating with Mobile Magazines.

Charlie did a fantastic job, and the City Hotel is an awesome venue. Proved by how late most attendees stayed, networking over pub food and bevvies.

Next month is already looking promising for continuing this series on High Calibre Speakers. It does get geeky, but never dull.

Of course, Roger from Channel42 was there with his Community Cam ™.

Yep it’s true, Don Kerr, the Product Manager for Windows Phone,  Microsoft Australia will be presenting on the new Windows Phone 7 Series.

He’ll be followed by Anina Net, super-model, the first ever Top Foreign Model Award winner in China, and Nokia Champion. Anina will be presenting on her Mobile Startup Technology, 360Fashion which is about Mobile Magazines. Not only are these a work of art, but they are a compelling marketing tool, and work across all phone platforms.

Check out Anina’s Gallery:

Also, her Tech Credentials here 

See a super-model and a mobile geek

Two presentations not to be missed!!!

Whatever you do, don’t head to the Microsoft building. For two reasons.

1. We’ve moved and you can find us at the City Hotel. 
2. There’s no beer at the MS building, however, there is beer, and wine, soft drink and your choice of pub meals at the City Hotel.

We start as usual at 6:30pm on Tues 9 March, we’ll be discussing the latest news in Mobile Technology, be blown away by these two amazing speakers, and have a chance to network.

Please remember to share this with your friends – invite as many along as you like.

As you can imagine with an event like this, space will become limited relatively quickly, so please RSVP (free entry) at    sign up to our Facebook Group and RSVP there, or email RSVP@swmug.org

See you there – and watch out for our SMUG Mobile Mag…

Just a reminder that next Tuesday, 14^th July, will be our July SWMUG meeting.

This meeting will also be our AGM, but we’ve got some other great stuff lined up.  Full details are below.

Please RSVP via Facebook SWMUG Events, or email to rsvp@swmug.org if you plan on attending.

6:30pm on Tuesday 14^th of July 2009

at Microsoft, 1 Epping Road (cnr Rivett Rd), North Ryde

Due to some changes in the after-hours security services at Microsoft Australia, there is no on-site security staff after 6pm. Therefore the group will need to wait outside the main entrance until a Microsoft representative is available to take us to our meeting room. People arriving after 6:15 please call one of the Exec Members via the mobile number posted on the door at the main entrance.

So come one, come all – bring a friend, non-members are welcome!
See you there!

Agenda for SWMUG July 2009

This month’s mobility news

We’ll start with a discussion on mobility news from June/July including some new handsets! If you have some news you’d like to share, send your links into nick@swmug.org, tag with #SWMUG on twitter or bring your news along with you on the night.

SWMUG Annual General Meeting

Once a year we hold our Annual General Meeting where we are required to present the financials of the Organisation and vote on Executive Membership. This year we will also be holding a formal vote on changing the name of the user group to the Sydney Mobile User Group, along with extra coverage (and comparisons) of the alternative platforms.

iPhone 3.0 OS review

Roger Lawrence (@rog42) will talk about Apple’s new much anticipated iPhone 3.0 OS. After using the new iPhone OS for over a month Roger will provide an overview of the update features and provide comparisons with the Windows Mobile platform.

Pizza and refreshments

Nokia e75 Review

Jodie Mines (@jodiem) will provide a review of one of Nokia’s latest entries into the Smartphone market, the Nokia e75. Featuring both a numeric and qwerty keyboard the e75 is looking like a strong contender in the Smartphone space.

Registering and getting started in the Windows Mobile Marketplace

Roger Lawrence will take you through how to register and get started in Develop Applications for Windows Mobile 6.5 and selling these apps through the Windows Mobile Marketplace.

Developer Web Widgets for Windows Mobile 6.5

One of the new features of windows mobile 6.5 is the ability for web developers to develop widgets, which can also be sold through the upcoming marketplace. This session will walk you through how to build your first widget and get you coding for 6.5.

Kean, Jon, Ron, James, Roger, John, & Nick

Update [14/05]: Some photos from the May ‘09 Meeting are here

Hello there,

welcome to our brand new website! As this site is powered by the nifty CMS system Wordpress we’ll be able to keep you up to date much easier then before. By way of a bit of a recap, we just had an excellent May meeting that included amongst others,  a mini-Windows 7 install-fest, some good developer overviews about Mobile Market Place & discussions about various themeing & usability enhancements for Windows Mobile.

Photos to come soon!. Also, don’t forget that tonight (13th May) the brand new Sydney Windows Usergroup will meet at Microsoft (Details & Agenda).

Oh – and CeBIT is on – so drop by Stand #70 and tell ‘em the SWMUG sent you.