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"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.

Improving users experience in Touch screen/ Tablet PC with the new interface Pen Flicks in Windows Vista?

Growing up in the 80s, two of the concepts that drew me in to computer science were computers that were small enough to take with you (called "Luggables" then) and displays that were thin enough to hang on a wall. Technology has come a long way in that time-and the Ultra-Mobile class of personal computers that run the Windows Vista operating system is a great example of that progress. So what is a UMPC and why would I be interested in writing an application that is optimized for it?

When Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition appeared in 2002, developers were sometimes confused about whether to write code on a Tablet PC or if it were possible to develop Tablet PC applications on existing desktop computers.The solution turned out to be fairly straightforward, if less than intuitive. However, with the addition of Ultra-Mobile PCs (UMPCs), multiple releases of the Tablet and Touch Technology API, and now the Windows Vista operating system, this question arises again: What do you need to do to set up your developer environment and create applications for these form factors?

The Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC) presents a new opportunity for existing applications to extend their potential audience. Microsoft Windows desktop applications can mobilize onto the UMPC platform, providing users with desktop functionality while on the move. Windows Mobile? device applications can take advantage of the larger screen size and storage space of the UMPC to extend the application capabilities.

The Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC) expands the market for PC games that run on Microsoft Windows XP, as long as developers consider certain design requirements to ensure a good user experience. In most cases, a single version of games can span both the UMPC and traditional PC platforms.

You'd be surprised how much you already know about mobile app development. If you use Visual Studio 2005 to code Windows desktop or Web apps, then you have everything you need to get started in this fast-growing market. Find out just what you already know and how to bridge the gap between desktop and mobile. Also learn some tips for coding both mobile client and mobile Web apps.

You can do a lot of fun applications using an SMS gateway but unless you work for a major television network, good luck getting a return on your investment. In this article, we'll show you a great alternative to an expensive SMS gateway using a Pocket PC and a Bluetooth connection.