Friday, August 30, 2002
Connected Pocket PC applications
Posted by Andy Sjostrom in "DEVELOPER" @ 12:29 AM
Chris Forsberg and I have just published two articles with source code that shows how to make use of the new kid on the Pocket PC block: XML Web Services. The first article, "Chart Shipping Rates with .NET and Pocket PC Phone Edition", explains the inner workings of a connected Pocket PC application that compares shipping rates and presents the results in a chart. Here at Pocket PC Thoughts, we recently discussed the ins and outs of thin vs fat Pocket PC clients. On that subject, Chris writes in the article:"The Web application hype taught us the benefit with online interactivity and up-to-date information. But the downside was the poor user interface and application navigation. With Pocket PC Phone Edition and XML Web Services, there is now an alternative to create applications with a rich Windows user interface while taking advantage of the benefits that online data bring. The creation of such applications have been made significantly easier with the new Smart Device Extensions and .NET Compact Framework."
In the second article, "Driving Directions using .NET and Pocket PC Phone Edition", I illustrate what cool things you do with a connected Pocket PC and XML Web Services. "If you know the phone number for the place at which you are, and the phone number for the place to where you wish to go, then you can use the sample application Directions Anyplace to get directions between the two places."
In the second article, "Driving Directions using .NET and Pocket PC Phone Edition", I illustrate what cool things you do with a connected Pocket PC and XML Web Services. "If you know the phone number for the place at which you are, and the phone number for the place to where you wish to go, then you can use the sample application Directions Anyplace to get directions between the two places."
