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With the release of Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft has also updated the .NET Compact Framework. The .NET Compact Framework 3.5 adds new APIs and, most notably, it now supports the new Language Integrated Query (LINQ) and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) features that are standard on the .NET Framework (the WCF feature will be covered in more depth in an upcoming article). On the Visual Studio 2008 front, there are new tools to make testing and development work much easier and robust.

Got a client that's asking to send messages via SMS? If so, you know there's no easy way to do it without third-party software. Learn how to build your own image-sending SMS application using only the .NET Compact Framework.

Imagine giving a presentation from your cellphone! Learn how to write a PowerPoint clicker application for your Bluetooth-enabled Windows Mobile device.

This article addresses the possibilities and practicality of a Windows Mobile application that automatically adjusts the Pocket PC's ring level based on the ambient noise in its current environment. The functionality of this app prevents the phone from ringing too loudly or softly, saving me from embarrassment and missed calls. In this article, I'll use this problem as an introduction to Windows Mobile development using Visual Studio 2005 and C#...

Introduction to working with LINQ and Datasets in Compact Framework 3.5 Beta 1

Many developers must include a "full screen" feature into their applications. In this article, I am focusing on Pocket PC and Windows CE devices. I've tried to introduce a universal solution for PDA software developers using the .NET Compact Framework that will enable them to include a full screen mode on both platforms, without requiring recompilation or code changes.

An article on building a pocket PC application using VS 2005 and C#

"Universal Remote Control" application for PocketPC (Windows Mobile 3.0 and later) implemented in C#.

At a minimum, a Mobile PC application is expected to efficiently manage the power needs, communication environment, inking and form factor constraints of the platforms it supports. This article shows how to easily incorporate ink awareness, power awareness, power awareness and size awareness into otherwise Mobile PC agnostic Windows Form applications, bringing then much closer to conformity as Mobile PC applications. The Mobile PC agnostic Windows Form application used for this demonstration is the VB.NET version of the Black Jack Card Game Starter Kit sample application with either Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition or Visual Studio 2005 as the development environment. The idea is to combine several distinct classes that manage screen size, ink, power and network connectivity separately into one Windows Form class that is easily inherited by a Mobile PC agnostic application. This article highlights some of the benefits of this approach.

The application which will be used in this article is based on an UltraLite 10 database and will use a technology called MobiLink 10 to allow for data exchange between the mobile UltraLite database and the central database. Although MobiLink has the ability to synchronize to most major databases (including SQL Server, IBM DB2, Oracle and Sybase) for the this sample we will be using SQL Anywhere as the central (consolidated) database. All of these tools are included in the free SQL Anywhere 10 Developer Edition.