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

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.