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Windows Mobile lets you reuse your existing Visual Studio and .NET development skills and server infrastructure to extend your applications to mobile devices and give users new experiences and solve new business problems.

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	Getting Started Take Quick Steps Towards Building Windows Mobile Applications Ramp Up on End-to-End Windows Mobile Application Development Access Windows Mobile Development Tools and Resources "How Do I?" Videos How Do I: Build a .NET Compact Framework 3.5 Application for Windows Mobile 6 Devices? Webcasts Creating Your First Windows Mobile 6 Application with Visual Studio 2008 Introduction to Windows Mobile Device Development (Level 200) Downloads Windows Mobile 6 SDKs Technical Articles What's New for Developers in Windows Mobile 6 Architectures of the Today Screen Plug-in and the Home Screen Plug-in Documentation Writing Device-Independent Windows Mobile Applications with the .NET Compact Framework "How Do I?" Videos How Do I: Implement a Managed Application Requiring Callbacks from a Native API? How Do I: Monitor and Manage Display Orientation Changes? Best Practices Design to Microsoft Application Certification Standards "How Do I?" Videos How Do I: Build and Run a Unit Test for a Smart Device Application? How Do I: Debug Native Code in a Managed Windows Mobile Application? How Do I: Test Unit Tests for Devices? How Do I: Use Visual Studio 2008 Device Security? Webcasts PowerToys for .NET Compact Framework 3.5 (Level 200) Best Practices Show That the Application Was Independently Tested to Run on Windows Mobile Devices Technical Articles Remote Device Configuration with the .NET Compact Framework Documentation Delivering Applications Understanding Windows Mobile Security Using the Device Security Manager "How Do I?" Videos How Do I: Create a Desktop Project for Installing CAB Files to a Windows Mobile Device? How Do I: Use NETCFCFG to Run My Application Against a Specific Version of the .NET Compact Framework? Distribution Leverage Online Distributors to Improve Global Sales and List Your Application in the Windows Mobile Catalog

Windows Mobile Team Blog

Reading Environment Variables and additional Environment.SpecialFolder settings from .NET CF
Friday, Jul 10 by Peter Nowak
All in One WPF Demo
Thursday, Jul 9 by BrunoTerkaly
Bruno’s Drinking From A Firehose Series: XAML & Binding – Part 02
Thursday, Jul 9 by BrunoTerkaly
Is Silverlight Ready for the Enterprise?
Wednesday, Jul 8 by BrunoTerkaly
Thrive Campaign
Wednesday, Jul 8 by BrunoTerkaly
Charles Petzold – Always the Best Examples
Wednesday, Jul 8 by BrunoTerkaly
Blog down – working on fixes
Wednesday, Jul 8 by BrunoTerkaly
WCF for mobile whitepaper
Wednesday, Jul 8 by mahathi
R.I.P., M.J.
Wednesday, Jul 8 by frankpr
Russ Fustino brings back Russ’ Toolshed
Tuesday, Jul 7 by jonbox

Code Gallery Samples

Programming Microsoft Synchronization Services for ADO.NET (Devices)
These are the code samples to accompany the whitepaper "Programming Microsoft Synchronization Services for ADO.NET (Devices)" published on MSDN.These were developed by Appa Mundi Ltd. You may use them and modify them as you wish.... more...

UI Framework for .NET Compact Framework 3.5
A sample UI Framework for creating attrative UI's on .NET Compact Framework 3.5

Windows Mobile Webcast - Windows Mobile Device Security
Security is an important topic for Windows Mobile Application Developers. Depending on the security configuration of particular devices, applications might need to be signed with either a privileged or unprivileged certificate. Besides signing applic... more...

iPhone UI
It's an interface that works with transparency effects. As a sample I used an interface just like the iPhone one. In this tutorial I am explaining how simple is working with transparency on Windows Mobile.

Code for "Use GPS and Web Maps for Location-Aware Apps"
We show you how to build a location-aware task list application for Windows Mobile devices that uses GPS to remind you of a task when and where it’s appropriate.

Windows Mobile Highlights

Windows Mobile 6.5 Developer Toolkit is available for Download
Friday, Jun 5
Windows Mobile RampUp Track Has been Launched on MSDN
Wednesday, May 20

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"How Do I?" Videos

How Do I: Use Bing inside a Windows Mobile Application?
Wednesday, Jun 24
How Do I: Display Virtual Earth Maps inside a PictureBox Control?
Monday, Jun 15

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