Design Considerations for Smart Device Development

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Smart Device Development

Design Considerations for Smart Device Development

Visual Studio provides three different programming languages and many different project types for smart device development. This section contains a summary of these project types, and some guidance about how to select the appropriate language for your project.

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Choosing a Smart Device Project Type: Provides an overview of the many different smart device projects available within Visual Studio, and the different hardware platforms they support.
Selecting a Development Language: Provides guidance on selecting the best development language for your project.
Customizing Skins (Devices): Describes skins in smart device projects and how you can customize them.
Platform Naming Convention in Windows Mobile 6: Explains new platform names in Windows Mobile 6 such as Profession and Standard.
How to: Add Icons to Device Projects: Describes how to add icons to your device project.

Other Resources

Mobile Developer Center

Smart Device Development