Pocket PC Development with VS.NET 2003

I finally got my free PocketPC yesterday and its vastly superior to my Handspring Treo.  Of course, my Handspring Treo actually works with the Internet over the built-in cell phone, so it will continue to be my main PDA.  I suppose this is why so many other developers are already starting to put their free PocketPCs up on EBay!  I'm keeping mine to develop on though, and its amazing how easy it really is to do with VS.NET 2003 -- Microsoft definitely got this right.  There is already a project type for PocketPC development, and using it automatically lets you know what .NET functionality is valid for the PocketPC.  Setting a reference to the System.Data.SqlServerCe namespace even automatically installs SqlCE on the PocketPC when you deploy.  I haven't really done much yet, but what I have tried has been remarkably easy, so I plan on doing more.  So if you qualify for this free PocketPC you really need to sign up and get yours before the offer is no longer valid.

4 Comments

  • Paul,





    Did you get this by having an MSDN Subscription? A friend of mine said he spoke with Microsoft and they said that MSDN subscribers don't count (which contradicts the webpage on MSDN).





    Other than that, have fun!

  • I got mine from having a corporate Universal MSDN subscription -- just like it says. All of my colleagues have also gotten theirs too. I think it has to be Universal, not something lessor, and it must be corporate or actual purchase, not a gift subscription.

  • Good, I'm covered then :)





    Thanks

  • While the development is nice, installation of your developed programs on a PocketPC is much harder than it should be. I have spent about 3 times as much time on installation as I have on development.



    A conversion program among Web, Windows, & SmartApplications would be a nice. Why have to write the same code multiple times. Also, certain controls have different properties and display differently depending on the fornat, specifically, I would avoid using the TabControl component if you want similar programs on both the PocketPC & WIndows environemnt.

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