Put Your Apps on the Landscape with Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition
New mobile devices on store shelves all over the world are built to accommodate both landscape and portrait screen orientation and the good news is that the second edition of Windows Mobile 2003 supports this flexibility. The bad news is that it's not just yet a straightforward process, but we'll show you how to get the job done.
by Wei-Meng Lee
July 27, 2004
icrosoft recently unveiled the Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition, which supports different screen orientations and higher resolution display for mobile devices. The new screen orientation capability means you can view your Pocket PC either in Portrait or Landscape mode. Landscape mode is particularly useful for Web browsing, where pages generally display better in a wide-format perspective.
Despite the new updated platform, there is no accompanying new Pocket PC SDK that allows you to take advantage of the new features of the platform. The good news is that you can use some techniques in the .NET Compact Framework to do this instead, and I'll discuss those techniques in this article.
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icrosoft recently unveiled the Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition, which supports different screen orientations and higher resolution display for mobile devices. The new screen orientation capability means you can view your Pocket PC either in Portrait or Landscape mode. Landscape mode is particularly useful for Web browsing, where pages generally display better in a wide-format perspective.
