Windows Mobile, Pocket PC, PDA, etc. question

[Keith Smith]

What is the difference between these items and can Visual C# write apps for
them?

Windows Mobile
Windows CE
Pocket PC
PDA
Palm Pilot

[Claire]

Palm Pilot isn't microsoft but Palm OS.
Ive no idea/interest what the difference is between the rest even tho' I
program pdas. I just know different pda OSes depend on the age of the pda
device operating system you're programming.
Visual c#? Yes, just create a smart device application. You get a stunted
set of classes and have a Compact Framework rather than all the frills you
get with regular windows programming. You can extend the capabilities a bit
using 3rd party classes. OpenNetCF do a nice freeby but Ive found some of
their stuff is buggy. Can't complain if you get a freebie though as there's
enough good stuff to forgive the bad.
You'll need to install Active Sync so the debugger can talk to the PDA, or
VS can talk to an emulator on your desktop. (Im not sure if that's
automatically installed with visual studio or you have to download it from
msdn.)

[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

hi

you have a confusion regarding "buzzwords"
Both PocketPC (PPC) & Palm are PDA

Basically I think that right now you can run a .net app in pretty all of the
MS OSes.
For PPC you need the compact framework, for the others I think you use the
regular one, not sure about CE though.

you cannot use Palm neither.
if you are still confuse post back.

cheers,

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Ignacio Machin,
ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us
Florida Department Of Transportation
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What is the difference between these items and can Visual C# write apps
for them?

Windows Mobile
Windows CE
Pocket PC
PDA
Palm Pilot