Design sleek, high-performance applications for the newest smart mobile devices with the industry’s most respected reference to Windows CE .NET. Now in its third edition, this essential guide has been updated for Windows CE .NET 4.2 and the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework. Author Douglas Boling expertly demonstrates how to apply your Windows or embedded programming experience to the Windows CE .NET environment to build fast, small-footprint applications for the Windows Powered Pocket PC, Smartphone, and other next-generation devices. Accelerate your expertise—and get to market faster—with Doug’s professional-level instruction.
Learn how to:
- Use specialized techniques for handling memory, storage, and power constraints
- Enable communications to networks, PCs, or other devices—including using infrared and Bluetooth technologies
- NEW—Use the .NET Compact Framework to build CPU-independent applications
- Develop applications for the Pocket PC and create custom extensions
- NEW—Program for the unique requirements of the Smartphone, including security features
- NEW—Use Short Message Service to write connected applications on the Pocket PC Phone Edition and Smartphone
- NEW—Write your own device drivers, services, and super services
- Configure user and event notifications
- Program the Game API (GAPI)