Cruising the Interstate with Windows Mobile 6 Development

n recent years, the mobile application platform has gained a lot of interest among enterprise developers. With so many mobile platforms available, customers aren’t lacking choices. However, at the forefront of a developer's mind are the various criteria that must be evaluated before deciding which platform to support. These factors are:

1. Size of device installed base
2. Ease of development and support for widely known/used programming languages
3. Ability to run one version of an application on a large number of devices

One of your mobile platform choices is the Microsoft Windows Mobile platform, now in its sixth generation. Today, the Windows Mobile platform is one of the most successful mobile device platforms in the market, with support from many different handset manufacturers (such as HP, Asus, HTC, and even Sony Ericsson and Palm).

This article will walk you through the basics of Windows Mobile, help you write your first application and demonstrate how to test and deploy that application to a real device. If you’ve always wondered how to get started in Windows Mobile development, this article is your highway to advanced Windows Mobile development!