Todd Landstad
Todd Landstad is on the ISV Business Development Team for the Microsoft Mobile & Tailored Platforms Division. He works with Windows Vista ISVs to help design and ship great mobile PC solutions.
A Canadian-born transplant to the great Northwest, he enjoys time with his family, woodworking, and tech gadgets.
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Developing Windows Vista Applications for the Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC)
Last updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Published in: CODE Focus Magazine: 2007 - Vol. 4 - Issue 2 - Mobility
Growing up in the 80s, two of the concepts that drew me in to computer science were computers that were small enough to take with you (called “Luggables” then) and displays that were thin enough to hang on a wall.Technology has come a long way in that time-and the Ultra-Mobile class of personal computers that run the Windows Vista™ operating system is a great example of that progress. So what is a UMPC and why would I be interested in writing an application that is optimized for it?