Programming WinCE 3.0 for the Pocket PC Pocket PC

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effective Pocket PC program? The diagram below clearly shows where your. application sits in relation to the services provided by Windows CE, and what you …

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Programming WinCE 3.0 for the Pocket PC
Dino Esposito, Artis.Net
The Pocket PC is a palm-sized, tablet footprint, mobile device - and a useful
personal companion. Microsoft’s Pocket PC platform combines the power of a
personal information manager (PIM) with already-familiar software (with a high
degree of compatibility with Win32 desktop computers) and a sophisticated
hardware design to provide a device that’s cheaper than a laptop and more usable
than earlier palmtops.
Pocket PC is a hardware platform based on Windows CE 3.0, a 32-bit operating
system designed to support a broad range of devices, including industrial
controllers and consumer products (for example, cameras and phones). Pocket PC
joins other CE-based platforms such as H/PC Pro, AutoPC and Palm-size. The
differences between these are mostly determined by the nature of the hardware
and typical usage of the device.
Microsoft provides Windows-like development environments and tools to allow you
to create applications for CE-powered systems. The latest of these tools is
Microsoft eMbedded Visual Tools - a CE-localized and shrink-wrapped version
of more familiar programming environments such as Visual Basic and Visual C++.
The goal of this…