Developers wanting to create panels that plug into Sony Ericsson’s “Sliding Panel homescreen” can now do so - the SDK has just been released. The requirements for the SDK are pretty humane - you need Visual Studio 2005, the WM6 SDK and the latest version of ActiveSync 4.5.
Unfortunately, Sony Ericsson does not specify which programming language(s) can/must be used to create these panels - I am pretty sure that .NET CF developers will be left out due to the way-too-long startup time of the CLR interpreter (up to three seconds on my rx4240).
Amusingly, the SDK ships with a full XPERIA simulator - should anyone of you feel like taking the box for a spin: this is your opportunity…
Further information can be found at Sony Ericsson’s developer network!
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Amusing that Sony Ericcson can release the SDK panel, but not any news on the phone! It is nice that Sony flipped their stance in a few days and assured us the xperia x1 will be out Q4 as planned, but what exactly does that mean?
Hi tommy,
thank you so much for your comment!
I think that SE wants to have a plethora of panel apps available when the device drops: they thus have good reason to release the SDK in advance..
All the best
Tam Hanna