Build a 'SNAPI' App that Utilizes Windows Mobile 5.0 Managed APIs
The new Managed APIs in Windows Mobile 5.0 enable developers to do more, whether it's interacting with Pocket Outlook, working with the new telephony API, or sending and receiving SMSs. This article will help you get started using WM 5 with a great sample application that uses the State and Notification API to automatically sends an SMS message to callers when you are busy.
by Sanjay Shetty
September 1, 2006
rior to Window Mobile 5.0 (WM5) even simple things such as checking battery status, sending an SMS, or programming Pocket Outlook were rather difficult. Fortunately, WM5 came with new managed APIs that expose a phenomenal number of abilities that will greatly enhance mobile applications.
Windows Mobile 5.0 offers many new APIs. Although they are spread across a number of different services, they are all focused on the common goal of improving developer productivity. In this article, I'll focus on the State and Notification API (SNAPI). Using SNAPI, I'll build a CallHandler application that automatically sends an SMS to a caller when the call recipient is busy and sets a Task reminder for the call recipient to return the call later.
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rior to Window Mobile 5.0 (WM5) even simple things such as checking battery status, sending an SMS, or programming Pocket Outlook were rather difficult. Fortunately, WM5 came with new managed APIs that expose a phenomenal number of abilities that will greatly enhance mobile applications.
