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The Windows Mobile team added a new article on their blog,this time helping application developers to use custom PNG icons for the apps in WM6.5. Icons in…

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The Windows Mobile team added a new article on their blog,this time helping application developers to use custom PNG icons for the apps in WM6.5. Icons in Windows Mobile has always been tricky because of the many devices and different screen resolutions on the market.

If you plan to distribute your application via Windows Marketplace for Mobile (and I don’t know why you wouldn’t) the requirements document requires that you use a 45 x 45, 60 x 60, or 90 x 90 Start screen icon for your application. This post will cover how to use PNG files as icons in the Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional Start screen. For information on creating PNG icons, see my previous post on Creating
Custom Icons for Windows Mobile 6.5.

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