Windows Mobile: Communicating with the Outside World
Explore the various options available on the .NET Compact Framework that allow your apps to connect with the outside world.
by Wei-Meng Lee
May 28, 2008
n last month's DevX special report, I showed you how you can develop for the Windows Mobile platform using the .NET Compact Framework. Now, you'll expand on those concepts and learn how you to explore the various communication options available on this platform so that your applications can connect to the outside world. In particular, this article will discuss:
Short-range communications technologies such as:
Infrared
Bluetooth/serial port
Long-range communications technologies such as:
GPRS/EDGE
WIFI
You'll also learn how you can use the managed APIs in the .NET Compact Framework to program:
Infrared communications
Serial communication over Bluetooth
Sockets communications
Web services
The last section of this article shows how to develop a Windows Mobile application to take pictures using the built-in camera and then upload the picture to a web service.
IrDA
Infrared communication is one of the most common forms of communication for devices today. If you've ever used a TV remote control, you've experienced the convenience of using infrared communications. While infrared communications require line-of-sight between the sending and receiving devices, they are a quick and cheap way of communicating between devices.
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