Microsoft® Mobile Development Handbook

Summary

In this chapter, we looked at the task of establishing a network connection to send and receive information. We discussed how ActiveSync, or Windows Mobile Device Center in Windows Vista, establishes a passthrough Internet connection that you can use when docked. For devices that run Windows Mobile, we discussed how Connection Manager provides a unified API for managing and prioritizing connection requests. We also looked at the lower-level RAS API used to establish connections on devices running Windows CE. Finally, we discussed using SMS as a means of sending and receiving application data. In Chapter 17, we revisit this topic with a more detailed look at the Windows Mobile managed libraries.