Develop for the SmartPhone Using Techniques You Already Know
The form factor is new, but developing applications for these cutting-edge devices is mostly old hat. Armed with just a few additional principles and warnings, you can be making apps for SmartPhones long before the rest of the pack.
by Sanjay Shetty
December 2, 2003
martPhones are the new devices that are said to be the death knell of the PDA and its clones. You can leverage your existing .NET skills and be among the first developers making expert apps for the SmartPhone. This article will get you familiar with the SmartPhone development environment, covering all the basics and revealing the pitfalls you need to watch out for. In it, you'll learn to build a simple application that consumes a Web service that looks up stock quotes.
Understanding the device is the first step to building SmartPhone applications. Figure 1 shows a typical SmartPhone device and its key features.
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martPhones are the new devices that are said to be the death knell of the PDA and its clones. You can leverage your existing .NET skills and be among the first developers making expert apps for the SmartPhone. This article will get you familiar with the SmartPhone development environment, covering all the basics and revealing the pitfalls you need to watch out for. In it, you'll learn to build a simple application that consumes a Web service that looks up stock quotes.
