Windows Mobile SDK documentation provides the information you need to develop applications for Windows Mobile-based Pocket PCs and Smartphones. The documentation includes a Developer's Guide and Developer's Reference. The following table describes the information in each section.
| Developer's Guide | Description |
| Pocket PC Developer's Guide Smartphone Developer's Guide | Programming help that includes feature overviews, step-by-step procedures, information on mobile device hardware, development tools, resources for Windows Mobile developers, user interface guidelines, and much more. Procedural topics often contain code examples. |
| Developer's Reference | Description |
| Pocket PC Developer's Reference Smartphone Developer's Reference | A C++ API Reference for writing unmanaged C++ applications.
An HTML Reference for Pocket Internet Explorer that describes the HTML collections, elements, and objects you can use in Web pages on Windows Mobile-based devices. To see if a function, structure, or other programming element is supported on a particular platform or product version, see the Requirements section of that element's page in the Reference. |
The documentation applies to the following Windows Mobile software platforms:
- Pocket PC 2003 Second Edition
- Smartphone 2003 Second Edition
- Pocket PC 2003
- Smartphone 2003
- Pocket PC 2002
- Smartphone 2002
- Pocket PC 2000
Note For releases earlier than Pocket PC 2003 Second Edition and Smartphone 2003 Second Edition, software development kits, which include documentation, are available from the Downloads page in the Mobile and Embedded Development Center.