In the last days I set up a demo app running on a SmartPhone / PocketPC. I needed to wake-up an app on the SP by sending an SMS. This is well described in http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnnetcomp/html/ReceivingSMSMessages.asp . The hard part is setting the security right...

The right installation sequence for using both managed and unmanaged: Active Sync 3.8 eMbedded Visual C++® 4.0 with Service Pack 2 eMbedded Visual C++® 4.0 Service Pack 4 Visual Studio .NET 2003 choose Mobile / CompactFramework Pocket PC 2003 SDK Smartphone 2003 SDK Smartphone...

I did it! Last night I was able to install the development environment for my Motorola MPx200, i.e. SmartPhone 2002, and run my first HelloWorld! I tried it some months ago, and it didn’t work. My suspect was the installation mess of the PC (betas and so on), but I were wrong. Started from scratch...