Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 includes the tools and frameworks you need to develop applications for Pocket PC and Smartphone 2003 Second Edition. If you don't have one of these devices handy, you can create and test your device applications on your desktop computer using emulation technology without leaving the Visual Studio integrated development environment. Visual Studio 2005 supports Microsoft Visual Basic .NET, Microsoft Visual C#, and Microsoft Visual C++ languages for device application development. (Note that not all Visual Studio 2005 versions support device application development.)

If you have more time:

For more information, see Application Development Overview (Devices). If you already have Visual Studio 2005 installed, you can practice creating a device application by following the steps in the Walkthrough: Creating Windows Forms Applications for a Device.

-- Paul Cornell

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