Mobile and Wireless Development Learning Guide

Updated: May 7, 2007 — If you're ready to expand your developer skills to mobile and wireless applications, then this learning guide is for you. It's chock full of articles, tutorials, tools, sample code and much more. Browse the resources below to help transfer your existing skills beyond the desktop. Take a moment to e-mail us to let us know what other guides you'd like to see on SearchVB.com.

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Quickstart for Mobile Developers    Mobile and Wireless Articles    Tutorials and Learning Aids    Essential Downloads and Tools    Newsgroups and Forums    Other Mobile Developer Resources     VISIT OUR OTHER LEARNING GUIDES

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	"A work force that is both mobile and connected is becoming essential for business success," said Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft. "That's why we're integrating innovative mobile technologies into all our key products, with Windows Mobile as the centerpiece."

Quickstart

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• Demo: Windows Mobile 6 flash demo (Microsoft)
• Datasheet: Want to develop on Windows Mobile? (Microsoft)
• Guide: Free 61-page guide introduces Windows Mobile 6 (windowsfordevices.com)
• Article: Why Develop on the Windows Mobile Platform? (Microsoft)
• Overview: Learn Windows Mobile (Microsoft)
• Article: What's New for Developers in Windows Mobile 6 (Microsoft)
• Article: What's New in Visual Studio 2005 for Native Developers (Microsoft)
• Article: What's New for Developers in Windows Mobile 5.0 (Microsoft)
• Article: Visual Basic 2005 tools for mobile development (Microsoft)
• Article: Smart Client Architecture and Design Guide (Microsoft)
• FAQ: Windows Mobile Platform Migration FAQ for Developers (Microsoft)
• FAQ: Smartphone Developer Network forums FAQ (Smartphone Developers Network)
• FAQ: Smart Client FAQ (Microsoft)
• FAQ: Windows Forms FAQ (Microsoft)
• FAQ: .NET Compact Framework FAQ (Microsoft)
• FAQ: Developing Applications for Windows Mobile (Microsoft)

Mobile and Wireless Information

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• Article: Windows Mobile 6 to Synchronize App Development (BetaNews)
• Article: Windows Mobile 6 - What's in it for developers? (Backstage at MED)
• Article: WM 6 SDK and Cellular Emulator (Can you hear me now?) (Fernando Zandoná)
• Article: Comparing Windows Mobile 5.0 and Windows Mobile 6 (Jim Wilson)
• Article: Windows Mobile 6 breaks down barriers and creates new opportunities for developers (Thaddeus Computing)
• Guide: Windows Mobile Programming for Symbian OS Developers (Microsoft)
• Guide: Windows Mobile Programming for Palm OS Developers (Microsoft)
• Article: What's New in Visual Studio 2005 for Native Developers (Microsoft)
• Article: Device Debugging and Emulation in Visual Studio 2005 (Microsoft)
• Article: Using Visual Studio 2005 to Design User Interfaces and Data for Device Applications (Microsoft)
• Article: Getting Started with Visual Studio .NET and the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework (Microsoft)
• Article: Introduction to Development Tools for Windows Mobile-based Devices (Microsoft)
• Article: Building portable Windows mobile-based applications (Microsoft)
• Article: Northwind Pocket Inventory: Logistics for Windows Mobile-based Smartphones (Microsoft)
• Article: Are Your Mobile PC applications network location aware? (Microsoft)
• Article: Windows Mobile 5.0 application security (Microsoft)
• Article: Managing remote devices with Odyssey Athena and XML Web service (Microsoft)
• Article: Increasing permissions for Web-deployed Windows Forms applications (Microsoft)
• Article: You can take it with you (Microsoft)
• Webcast: Smart Clients and N-tier design (Microsoft)
• Article: Writing mobile games using the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework (Microsoft)
• Article: Mobile PC power management (Microsoft)
• Article: Roadmap for Mobile Web Development with ASP.NET (ASP.NET)
• Article: XrossOne Mobile GDI+ for the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework (Microsoft)
• Article: Building Mobile Web Apps with .NET Mobile Web SDK & ASP.NET (Wireless Developer)
• Book Excerpt: Programming Visual Basic for the Palm OS (O'Reilly)
• Article: Mobile/PocketPC Development Jump Start (developer.com)
• Article: Delivering wireless software fast and on schedule (outr.net)
• Article: Top ten pitfalls of wireless application development (outr.net)
• Article: Take data anywhere (Mobile Advisor)

Tutorials and Learning Aids

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• Video Tutorial: An Introduction To Developing with Microsoft Windows Mobile 6 (Channel 9)
• Video Tutorial: What's New in Windows Mobile 6: Sound APIs (Channel 9)
• Step by Step: New Native Windows Mobile Development Features in Visual Studio 2005. (Microsoft)
• Step by Step: Building a .NET Compact Framework Application for a Windows Mobile-based Device Using Visual Studio 2005. (Microsoft)
• Step by Step: Step by Step: Introduction to the New Windows Mobile Managed APIs (Microsoft)
• Step by Step: Step by Step: Developing Multithreaded Applications with the .NET Compact Framework 2.0 (Microsoft)
• Step by Step: Step by Step: Incorporating COM Objects into Your .NET Compact Framework 2.0 Application (Microsoft)
• Step by Step: Step by Step: Developing a SQL Mobile Application with Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 (Microsoft)
• Step by Step: Step by Step: Program Microsoft SQL Server CE 2.0 Merge Replication Using .NET Compact Framework (Microsoft)
• Step by Step: Step by Step: Developing Orientation-Aware and Resolution-Aware Windows Mobile-based Applications in Native Code (Microsoft)
• Webcast: Creating a Windows Mobile-based Pocket PC Application Using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 (Microsoft)
• Webcast: Creating a Windows Mobile-based Smartphone Application Using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 (Microsoft)
• Article: Developing for Windows mobile-based Smartphones: Present and future (Microsoft)
• Tutorial: Mobile Web Application (dotnetspider.com)
• Video: Windows Mobile 6.0 (Channel 9)
• Webcast: What's New in Visual Studio 2005 for Devices (Microsoft)
• Webcast: My First Mobile Application with Visual Studio 2005. (Microsoft)
• Video: Creating a Windows Mobile-based Pocket PC Application Using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. (Microsoft)
• Video: Creating a Windows Mobile-based Smartphone Application Using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. (Microsoft)
• Video: Introduction to Windows Mobile Smartphone Development Using C++ and Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. (Microsoft)
• Video: Introduction to Debugging Using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. (Microsoft)
• Video: Upgrading eMbedded Visual C++ Applications to Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. (Microsoft)
• Webcast: Building a .NET Compact Framework Application for a Windows Mobile-based Device Using Visual Studio 2005. (Microsoft)
• Webcast: New Native Windows Mobile Development Features in Visual Studio 2005. (Microsoft)
• Webcast: Introduction to Managed Development for Devices with Visual Studio 2005. (Microsoft)
• eHow-to: Introduction to the ScreenLib Library for Windows Mobile Developers (Microsoft)
• eHow-to: Designing an Application for a Windows Mobile-based Device (Microsoft)
• eHow-to: Using Setup Projects to Deploy Windows Mobile 5.0 Applciations (Microsoft)
• eHow-to: Windows Mobile Security Model (Microsoft)

Essential Downloads and Tools

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• SDK: Windows Mobile 6 SDK (Microsoft)
• Download: Mobile Application Development Toolkit (Microsoft)
• Starter Kit: WMPStatusPlugin (Today Screen Plug-in) (Microsoft)
• Starter Kit: DexMobile (Game) (Microsoft)
• Starter Kit: Tabbed Web Browser (Application) (Microsoft)
• Download: Windows Mobile 5.0 Developer Evaluation Kit (Microsoft)
• Download: Windows Mobile 5.0 SDK for Pocket PC (Microsoft)
• Download: Windows Mobile 5.0 SDK for Smartphone (Microsoft)
• Download: .NET Compact Framework 1.0 SP3 Developer Redistributable (Microsoft)
• Download: Windows Mobile Developer Power Toys (Microsoft)
• Download: Application Verifier for Windows CE and Windows Mobile 5.0 (Microsoft)
• Download: Microsoft Device Emulator 1.0 community preview (Microsoft)
• Download: Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Software Development Kit 1.7 (Microsoft)
• Download: Windows Mobile-based Pocket PC game API (GAPI) 1.2 (Microsoft)
• Downloads: Code samples for mobile developers (Microsoft)
• Downloads: Projects and application samples (Channel9)
• Downloads: Windows Forms .NET code samples (WindowsForms.net)
• Downloads: .NET CF Code Snippets (Devbuzz.com)
• Downloads: The Code Project (Code Project)
• Downloads: .NET Sample Page (Mike Woodring)
• Download: ASP Store Locator Sample for MapPoint Web Service (Microsoft)

Newsgroups and Forums

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• Where peers share know-how and experience: ITKnowledge Exchange (SearchVB.com)
• Forums: Windows for Devices (WindowsForDevices.com)
• microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb
• microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.csharp
• microsoft.public.smartphone.developer
• microsoft.public.smartphone
• microsoft.public.pocketpc.developer
• microsoft.public.pocketpc
• microsoft.public.pocketpc.developer.networking
• microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.compactframework
• microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet.mobile
• microsoft.public.pocketpc.activesync
• microsoft.public.pocketpc.binaries
• microsoft.public.pocketpc.wireless
• microsoft.public.sqlserver.ce

Other Resources

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• Web site: Mobile Developer Center
• Web site: Channel 9 MobileDeveloper wiki
• Web site: OpenNETCF.org
• Web site: Pocket PC Developer Network
• Web site: ASP.NET
• Web site: Mobidogs.com
• Web site: Smartphone Developer Network
• Web site: dotnetjunkies
• Web site: DotNetBips.com
• Internet Audio Talk Show: .NET Rocks!

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	Brent Sheets is a former Senior Editor at TechTarget and a frequent contributor to SearchVB.com. He founded and managed the popular Visual Basic Web Directory website until it was acquired by TechTarget in 2000 and relaunched as SearchVB.com. Brent currently resides in sunny Florida with his wife and daughter.

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