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developing on a pda? or similar ?

this may seem odd but as someone who travels A LOT I need a really portable
development device for .NET -

I know .NET will run on pocket pc, what about development tools ?

Is there anything available between a laptop and a pda - ? Laptops are
overkill with really bad battery life!

thanks

C
Jul 19 '05 #1
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Visual Studio won't run on a Pocket PC. Theoretically you could code by
writing text files, although you'd probably have to compile them on a PC.

Why bother, though? Laptops are cheaper, smaller and have better battery
life than ever. Plus they have keyboards. The Centrino-based laptops can
get up to 8-10 hours batter life (depending on the model), if you have two
batteries installed.

http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-3121_7-...=st.cn.sr1.ssr.

If you really need portability, there are some ultralights, like the Sony
Vaio PCG-TR1A (not cheap, though):

http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTE...buNFv&Dept=cpu

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this may seem odd but as someone who travels A LOT I need a really portable development device for .NET -

I know .NET will run on pocket pc, what about development tools ?

Is there anything available between a laptop and a pda - ? Laptops are
overkill with really bad battery life!

thanks

C

Jul 19 '05 #2
Hi,

Visual Studio 2003 Professional or higher. Or, Embedded Visual Tools 3.0
(available from Microsoft as a download or for the shipping charge).

--
Richard Grier (Microsoft Visual Basic MVP)

See www.hardandsoftware.net for contact information.

Author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, 3rd
Edition ISBN 1-890422-27-4 (391 pages) published February 2002.
Jul 19 '05 #3

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