Sony Ericsson Beta SDK for Windows Mobile 6.1 1.0.5

The Sony Ericsson Beta SDK for Windows Mobile 6.1 is a set of tools, plug-ins and documentation that allows you to develop and test Xperia Native Panels, Xperia Web (HTML) Panels, Xperia Panels with OpenGL ES support and applications for Windows Mobile 6.1 for Xperia X1 phone.

The Microsoft Visual Studio IDE Plug-in allows you to develop and debug Xperia Panels that run on the Xperia X1 phone using the included Xperia X1 Device Emulator.

The SDK v1.0.5 release adds Xperia Panels with OpenGL ES support, allowing developers to incorporate a broad set of redering, texture mapping, special effects and other powerful visualization functions and provides a graphics pipeline that allows free access to graphics hardware acceleration on the Xperia X1 phone through the Xperia Panels interface.

For those of you who don't know, Xperia Panels are Windows Mobile apps which can expand the Today Screen API for creating a Full Screen immersive experience.

The Sony Ericsson Beta SDK for Windows Mobile 6.1 includes:
· Xperia X1 Emulator
Including key mapping support; run, test, and debug your Xperia Panels locally on your PC using the Xperia X1 Device Emulator

· API Reference
API reference documentation related to the specifics of developing Xperia Panels

· Microsoft Visual Studio Templates
Use predefined Xperia Native and Web (HTML) Panel templates to create the basic project containers and a preliminary set of items for your Xperia Panels

· Tutorials
Tutorials give you a "hands-on" introduction to the SDK and the tools you use to build applications on it

· Developers' Guidelines
The Getting Started documentation includes overviews, system requirements, set-up information, and walkthroughs that help you learn about the Sony Ericsson Beta SDK for Windows Mobile 6.1

· Sample Code
The Sony Ericsson Beta SDK for Windows Mobile 6.1 ships with several sample projects to help you start your own development projects