Foreword

Nick GrattanMicrosoft Regional DirectorAuthor of Pocket PC, Handheld PC Developer's Guide with Microsoft Embedded Visual BasicHook Norton, Oxfordshire, England.

Over the last few years, the development tools and techniques used for both mobile and desktop/server applications have been converging. This trend started with the Microsoft Foundation Classes and Active Template Libraries for C++ and eMbedded Visual Basic. It has since culminated with the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework and Mobile Web Controls for C# and VB.NET being fully integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET.

Coinciding with this trend has been organizations’ desire to include a mobile element into existing and new applications, as the benefits of providing such solutions ...

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